1971-2006 Being a musical variety show with a 35-year history, it only makes sense that the show had a lot of original theme songs. For now, let’s just list the official theme songs used from 1971-2006. 1971-1973: “Hot Potatoes”, by King Curtis, and later redone by the Rimshots. 1973-1975: “TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)”, composed [...]
1960-1968 Now here’s a classic. The Andy Griffith Show, starring Andy Griffith, of course, was a CBS sitcom about a widowed sheriff in a fictional small community called Mayberry in North Carolina. Its theme song is a whistled version of “The Fishin’ Hole”. It was composed by film and television composers Earle Hagen and Herbert [...]
So apparently, time was when National Geographic was just a show on PBS. I guess that was in the eighties (as NGC was launched in 1997). Anyway, the “National Geographic Theme Song” (that’s what it’s called) is all over the internet. Rephrase: There’s an abundance of information about the theme song net-wide. So cut the [...]
1975-1982 Well, I wasn’t really around when this show aired but I must admit it has got a jammin’ theme song. Barney Miller was a comedy series about NYPD captain Barney Miller and his attempt to keep sane while leading the 12th precinct detectives. It starred Hal Linden as Barney Miller, Ron Glass, Jack Soo, [...]
1998-2006 Rank your Halliwells according to hotness. Mine: Paige>Prue>Phoebe>Piper. Anyway, the theme song for Charmed, which is not really trivial, is the version of the song “How Soon Is Now?” by the band Love Spit Love. Love Spit Love was the group formed by Richard Butler when The Psychedelic Furs disbanded. “How Soon Is Now?” [...]
2001 Band of Brothers is that 2001 HBO World War II miniseries that lasted a lifetime. Anyway, let’s get straight to the point. It had a theme song that was appropriate for its theme—slow, sad, gloomy. Alright fine, Band of Brothers was quite cool. All of its songs, ergo, its theme song, was composed by [...]
Extreme Championship Wrestling Not really a wrestling fan, but we need to earn a buck. I know of two ECW theme songs to date. One is “Bodies” by American band Drowning Pool. It was the official theme song for SummerSlam 2001, One Night Stand 2005 and 2006, December to Dismember 2006, and ECW on Sci [...]
2004-present Hello y’all, how’s it hangin’? Last month was a postless month—I know, been busy with other projects—but rest-assured, Theme Songs is and will always be alive. So anyway, for my “return of the comeback,” something for the kids. The Backyardigans is a Canadian-American CGI-animated television series. I’ve been checking out clips of it from [...]
1997-present Whatever happened to Primus? Warning: Explicit lyrics. The South Park theme is unmistakeably Primus. For those not in the know, Primus is an American band with a sound so unique, it has often been imitated, but never duplicated. Cliché. The original theme song stays, but it has been remixed a couple of times. One [...]
1972-1977 This is really old. Sanford and Son was an American sitcom that starred the late Redd Foxx as a 65-year-old junk dealer, and his son, played by Demond Wilson. In 2007, Time magazine included the show in their “100 Best TV Shows of All Time” list. The theme song is entitled “The Streetbeater” and [...]