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Post subject: TV Shows With Great Theme Songs
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 9:22 am
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I work the graveyard shift at my job, and, as a result, end up watching a lot of late-night television on my nights off. This means I see a lot of old TV shows; some I remember watching when I was a kid and others are completely new to me. I lot of those shows aren't all that great, but many of them have some terrific theme songs. A few that I was really impressed with listening to with fresh ears....


Sanford & Son


I Dream of Jeannie


Barney Miller (maybe the best TV theme of all time)


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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 9:27 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 11:14 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 12:38 pm
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Great thread. :D
This one was huge. Here we have the original TV theme, and Fess Parker’s version was a hit on the radio:




This may not have been big on the radio, the show didn’t get the love many thought it deserved, but Navy bands picked up on the theme. It found it’s way to bases from coast to coast:

From the late 50s to early 60s (with Bobby Darin as cast member):


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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 1:18 pm
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This is one (of the very few) I remember listening even without the TV show:


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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:39 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 5:29 pm
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Great responses, guys!

jmattis wrote:
This is one (of the very few) I remember listening even without the TV show:

That's another good one! I would also wait for the 'Taxi' theme and then change the channel.

A couple of other themes that stick in your head...


CHiPs (someone apparently had fun with a phaser pedal playing this one!)


The Original Dr. Who theme (a classic piece of early electronic music)


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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 5:42 pm
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Hockey Night in Canada

One more for those living north of the border (or close enough to it to get CBC).


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One of the first Slap lines I ever learned. I'm guessing either Marcus Miller or Will Lee.

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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 8:30 pm
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Hawaii Five O!


Indeed.



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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 10:49 am
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I used to have the "Hawaii Five O" soundtrack on vinyl. I think the whole thing was from The Ventures, but I don't remember. It was part of a bunch of old records my oldest brother gave me many years ago. Unfortunately, I no longer have any of it.

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