In the 1970s, TV theme songs were big business. The opening song from The Rockford Files became one of the biggest radio hits ...

The introductions of TV shows feature some of the most memorable tunes ever written, in order to catch your attention and ...

Over the last 40 years, it has been extremely rare for an instrumental to top the Billboard Hot 100. That makes it all the harder to believe that during a five-year span in the mid-1970s, no fewer ...

Memorable TV theme songs have the power to instantly transport viewers back to their favorite shows. Whether through a catchy melody, relatable lyrics, or distinctive instrumentation, these themes ...

There’s something almost magical about hearing the first few notes of a TV theme song from your past. It doesn’t just remind you of a show—it brings back where you were sitting, who you watched it ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. What do Mariah Carey, Ozzy Osbourne, and the Barenaked Ladies have in common? You've probably heard a theme song they performed hundreds of ...

Nearly 35 years ago, producers Thomas Miller and Edward Milkis put together a 20-minute presentation to convince ABC that two guest stars on “Happy Days” could be spun off into their own series. They ...

So, let's imagine that you are a participant in a call-in radio show contest and, in order to receive the prize, you must sing a classic TV show theme song. Confident that you can win, you begin ...

A couple of months ahead of the premiere of “Matlock” on CBS, I went back and revisited episodes of the original legal drama starring Andy Griffith. It ran from 1986 to 1995 and its case-of-the-week ...

There is a tendency to not think of theme music as a “real” song. Though they are some of the most intrinsic and enduring pieces of music, they aren’t songs we often listen to outside of the show they ...

The Grammy-winning singer of an iconic TV theme song is dead at age 86. The Associated Press reports Jack Jones, the crooner best known for television’s “The Love Boat” theme song, died Wednesday ...

In 1975, the music charts were dominated by songs about love, rhinestones, and Philadelphia freedom. But a surprise TV theme snuck its way onto the Billboard Hot 100 and became one of the most ...