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On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:14:00 -0700, allenkirshner@hotmail.com wrote:
>On Oct 17, 4:20 pm, sueb wrote:
>> On Oct 14, 7:25 pm, allenkirsh...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>> > ORIGINAL TV THEMES THAT HAVE HIT, OR BUBBLED UNDER, THE BILLBOARD HOT
>> > 100 SINGLES CHART
>>
>> > The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Bill Hayes (#1), 'Tennessee' Ernie Ford
>> > (#5), Fess Parker (#5) and the Voices of Walter Schumann (#14) (from
>> > Davy Crockett)
>>
>> > Stranger on the Shore - Mr. Acker Bilk (#1) (from the same-titled
>> > British TV series)
>>
>> > S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage (#1)
>> > Welcome Back - John Sebastian (#1) (from Welcome Back Kotter)
>> > Miami Vice - Jan Hammer (#1)
>> > How Do You Talk To An Angel? - the Heights (#1) (from the Heights)
>> > Believe it or Not - Joey Scarbury (#2) (from the Greatest American
>> > Hero)
>>
>> > Dragnet - Ray Anthony Orchestra (#3)
>> > Secret Agent Man - Johnny Rivers (#3) and the Ventures (#54)
>> > Hawaii Five-O - the Ventures (#4)
>> > Happy Days - Pratt & McClain (#5)
>> > Makin' It - David Naughton (#5)
>>
>> > Peter Gunn - Ray Anthony Orchestra (#8), Duane Eddy (#27), Deodato
>> > (#84) and the Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy (#50)
>>
>> > Bad Boys - Inner Circle (#8) (from Cops)
>> > Three Stars Will Shine Tonight - Richard Chamberlain (#10) (from Dr.
>> > Kildare)
>> > The Rockford Files - Mike Post (#10)
>> > Hill Street Blues - Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton (#10)
>> > I Don't Want To Be - Gavin DeGraw (#10) (from One Tree Hill)
>>
>> > Closer to Free - BoDeans (#16) (from Party of Five)
>> > Zorro - the Chordettes (#17)
>> > Batman - the Marketts (#17), Neal Hefti (#35) and LaVern Baker (#135)
>> > I'll Be There For You - the Rembrandts (#17) (from Friends)
>> > Different Worlds - Maureen McGovern (#18) (from Angie)
>>
>> > Bonanza - Al Caiola and his Orchestra (#19) and Johnny Cash (#94)
>> > Long Lonesome Highway - Michael Parks (#20) (from Then Came Bronson)
>> > Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow - Rhythm Heritage (#20), Merry Clayton
>> > (#45) and Sammy Davis Jr. (#101) (from Baretta)
>> > Mr. Lucky - Henry Mancini and his Orchestra (#21)
>> > The Dukes of Hazzard - Waylon Jennings (#21)
>>
>> > Moonlighting - Al Jarreau (#23)
>> > Making Our Dreams Come True - Cyndi Grecco (#25) (from Laverne &
>> > Shirley)
>> > Magnum P.I. - Mike Post (#25)
>> > Ben Casey - Valjean (#28)
>> > Blue Star - Felicia Sanders (#29) and the Ventures (#120) (from Medic)
>>
>> > Route 66 - Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra (#30)
>> > Ballad of Paladin - Duane Eddy (#33) (from Have Gun Will Travel)
>> > Seattle - Perry Como (#38) (from Here Come the Brides)
>> > The Men - Isaac Hayes (#38)
>>
>> > Mission: Impossible - Lalo Schifrin (#41), Adam Clayton & Larry
>> > Mullen Jr. (#7) and the Alan Copeland Singers (as part of the medley
>> > 'Mission: Impossible theme / Norwegian Wood') (#120)
>>
>> > Those Were the Days - Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton (#43) (from
>> > All in the Family)
>> > The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & the Foggy
>> > Mountain Boys (#44) (from the Beverly Hillbillies)
>> > Charlie's Angels - Henry Mancini and his Orchestra (#45)
>> > Dynasty - Bill Conti (#52)
>> > My Three Sons - Lawrence Welk (#55)
>>
>> > WKRP in Cincinnati - Steve Carlisle (#65)
>> > 77 Sunset Strip - the Big Sound of Don Ralke (#69)
>> > Where Everybody Knows Your Name - Gary Portnoy (#83) (from Cheers)
>> > Dream Along With Me (I'm On My Way to a Star) - Perry Como (#85) (as
>> > part of the double-sided single 'Somebody Up There Likes Me / Dream
>> > Along With Me (I'm on My Way to a Star' - A-side peaked separately at
>> > # 18) (from the Perry Como show)
>> > Hootenanny Saturday Night - the Brothers Four (from Hootenanny) (#89)
>>
>> > The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana) - the Banana Splits (#96)
>> > (from the Banana Splits)
>> > Chico and the Man - Jose Feliciano (#96)
>> > Adventures in Paradise - Jerry Byrd and his Steel Guitar (#97)
>> > Bewitched - Steve Lawrence (#103) (as part of the double-sided single
>> > 'Bewitched / I Will Wait for You' -- B-side peaked separately at #113)
>> > Dallas - Floyd Cramer (#104)
>>
>> > The Rebel - Johnny Yuma - Johnny Cash (#108) (from the Rebel)
>> > Love is All Around - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (#108) (from Mary
>> > Tyler Moore)
>>
>> > (note that the actual version from the Mary Tyler Moore TV series, as
>> > performed by Sonny Curtis, did not hit, or bubble under, the Billboard
>> > Hot 100 singles chart. It did, however, hit #29 on the country
>> > charts)
>>
>> > Woke Up This Morning - A3 (#109) (from the Sopranos)
>> > Hey, Does Somebody Care - God's Children (#112) (from Matt Lincoln)
>> > Here with Me - Dido (#116) (from Roswell)
>> > Hikky Burr - Part One - Bill Cosby with the Bunions Bradford Band
>> > (from the Bill Cosby Show) (#124)
>>
>> > and
>>
>> > Naked City Theme - Nelson Riddle (#130)
>>
>> > --
>> > Allen Kirshner
>> > (the alt.music.lyrics TV theme guy)
>>
>> What about Quentin's Theme from Dark Shadows? It hit the charts in
>> the late 60's. It wasn't the theme song for the show but it was a
>> song (called a theme) from a TV show. I don't know the artist.
>>
>> Susan B.- Hide quoted text -
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>> - Show quoted text -
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>-- You're correct it did hit the charts and I do have included as part
>of the list entitled 'Non-theme song, TV-related chart hits',
>currently posted on 'alt.music.lyrics'. Here's the entry for that
>particular song:
>
>'The song 'Quentin's Theme' (a.k.a. Shadows of the Night), by Charles
>Randolph Greane Sound and covered by the Robert Cobert Orchestra, was
>incorporated into the TV series 'Dark Shadows'. The original hit
>#13,
>the cover hit #125.'
How about "Nadia's Theme" aka the Theme from "the Young and The
Restless"? It *was* the show's theme song for at least a year before
it became Nadia Comaneci's Olympic performance music.
From Wikipedia:
"Nadia's Theme" is a piece of music composed by Barry De Vorzon and
Perry Botkin, Jr. that currently serves as the theme music to the
American television soap opera The Young and the Restless.
The melody, originally titled "Cotton's Dream", was written by De
Vorzon and Botkin as incidental music for the 1971 theatrical film
Bless the Beasts and Children. Two years later, Botkin wrote a
rearranged version of the piece for The Young and the Restless; the
show debuted on March 26, 1973. The melody was later renamed "Nadia's
Theme" after the ABC television network lent the music for Romanian
gymnast Nadia Comaneci's performance during the 1976 Summer
Olympics.[1]
About one month after the 1976 Olympics, the song was released as a
single by A&M Records, with its B-side containing an instrumental of
De Vorzon's song, "Down the Line.". It soared to up to position number
8 on the Billboard Music Charts by December of 1976, in part because
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