TVLine’s remaining TV theme song reviews will similarly tackle a decade at a time, visiting a bar where everyone knows your name… kiss-and-telling about being seen with Farrah… and hearing about how the Fresh Prince ‘s life got flipped-turned upside-down. Of note here is that whereas CBS seemed to dominate our first round-up, of theme songs from the 1950s/60s, ABC this time also proves to be quite dyn-o-mite during the disco era, creating memorable music for the likes of The Love Boat, Charlie’s Angels, the OG S.W.A.T.
series’ premiere dates, we’re continuing our series with a look at the groovy ’70s. Sesame Street - Funky Chimes ClosingOriginal theme by Joe Raposoĭidn't see that coming, did you? This version of the Sesame Street theme played behind the sponsorship and grant announcements at the end of the show in the later 70s and into the 80s, and it's a stone groove.TVLine’s mutli-part review of TV’s all-time greatest theme songs is movin’ on up (movin’ on up) this week, to the 1970s.īased on U.S. Just keep your trout out of the milk.īy Grusin & Ames Performed by El Chicanoīy Barry DeVorzon performed by Rhythm Heritage The version from the show, with its wakka-wakka guitar line, plays much funkier than the single, which comes off jazzier, but features some madman drumming. I had completely forgotten that there was a TV series, but hearing Pate's abbreviated version of Hayes' Oscar winning theme really strips it down to the elements that would so inspire your Mike Posts and and Dave Grusins. I'm not going to, but I bet someone could.
I'm sure someone could make the argument that the Shaft theme was largely responsible for kicking off the funky cop theme trend.
Shouldn't come as a surprise given the nature of the show. Train actually had several theme songs over the years, which probably The Sound Of Philadelphia from Soul Train (1973-75)
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