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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Apr 23, 2018 11:40:34 GMT
The theme from Laverne & Shirley (1976-1983, USA) was a top 40 hit in the United States and Canada.
The theme from Welcome Back, Kotter (1975-1979, USA) was a hit in the United States, Canada and Australia
The Strange World of Gurney Slade (1960, UK) was a failure both critically and commercial when originally aired, but the instrumental theme became a Top 20 UK hit:
The closing theme from The Aunty Jack Show (1972-1973, Australia) topped the Australian charts:
The theme from Greatest American Hero (1981-1983, USA) was a hit in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland and Australia.
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Post by detour on Apr 23, 2018 16:22:34 GMT
Theme Song Title: 'The Ballad of Jed Clampett'
TV Show: Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971)
Artist: Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys
Chart Peak: No. 1 (3 weeks), Hot Country Songs, 1963
Theme Song Title: 'Batman Theme'
TV show: Batman (1966–1968)
Artist: The Marketts
Chart Peak: No. 17, Hot 100, 1966
Theme Song Title: 'Those Were the Days'
TV show: All in the Family (1971–1979)
Artist: Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton (as the Bunkers)
Chart Peak: No. 30, Adult Contemporary, 1972
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Post by MCDemuth on Apr 23, 2018 16:47:01 GMT
Theme Song Title: 'Good Ol' Boys'
TV Show: The Dukes Of Hazzard (1979-1985)
Artist: Waylon Jennings
The song became a #1 hit on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in November of 1980.
I wish TV Shows would go back to having Theme Songs, they were so much fun! These days were lucky if we get a short instrumental ditty.
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Post by bravomailer on Apr 23, 2018 18:10:15 GMT
Hawaii Five-O
The Rockford Files
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Post by Ass_E9 on Apr 24, 2018 3:34:19 GMT
"Moonlighting Theme" - Al Jarreau (#1 Adult Contemporary)
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Post by Ass_E9 on Apr 24, 2018 3:36:37 GMT
"Miami Vice Theme" - Jan Hammer (#1 Billboard Hot 100)
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Post by mikef6 on Apr 24, 2018 18:48:48 GMT
In 1965, after the success of James Bond in the flickers and “The Man From U.N.C.L.E. on the tube, a previously canceled British TV show called Danger Man was brought back in a full hour format. British intelligence John Drake was played by Patrick McGoohan. Danger Man was also shown in the U.S. under the title “Secret Agent”. It ran for 3 years. This second series is the one for which Johnny Rivers sang the theme song which reached #3 on the U.S. Top 40 chart in March 1966.
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Post by Ass_E9 on May 1, 2018 21:11:47 GMT
"Six Feet Under Theme" - Thomas Newman (#186 Billboard Top 200)
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Post by telegonus on May 8, 2018 8:34:12 GMT
Lalo Schfrin's pulsating score for Mission: Impossible was all over the airwaves, AM kind especially, not long after the series premiered. It's not a favorite TV show theme for me but it brings back nice memories.
Mike Post's score for The Hill Street Blues worked wonders on that show. It was catchy, fast moving, sad and happy; and it epitomized the decade which the show was a product of: the Eighties.
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Post by Captain Spencer on May 10, 2018 2:22:41 GMT
The theme from Magnum P.I. by Mike Post was a Top 40 hit.
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Post by Ass_E9 on May 10, 2018 18:51:28 GMT
"L. A. Law Theme" - Mike Post (#13 Adult Contemporary)
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