#ForgottenTVLyrics: The Master List

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The list (so far):

1. The A*Team [full theme]
2. Absolutely Fabulous
3. Alfred Hitchcock Presents [Charles Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette]
4. Alice ["There's a New Girl in Town"]
5. All in the Family
• Full lyrics
• A satirical version, aimed at the FCC!
• All In The Family [closing theme]
All In The Family [closing theme with lyrics!]
6. American Bandstand
7. The Andy Griffith Show
8. Angie ["Different Worlds"]
9. Banacek
10. Batman
11. Baretta (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow)
12. Barnaby Jones
13. Barney Miller
14. Baywatch
• Original theme ["Save Me" - Peter Cetera]
• Syndication ["I'm Always Here"- Jimi Jamison]
Baywatch Hawaii "Let Me Be the One" written and performed by Carlos Villalobos, Glenn Medeiros and sung by Fiji.
• Baywatch Nights [Alfonzo Blackwell - The Nights Will Never Be the Same]
15. Beverly Hillbillies [The full music has a third stanza about Drysdale]
16. Beverly Hills 90210
17. Bewitched
18. The Big Bang Theory
19. The Bill Cosby Show ["Hikky Burr"]
20. Bonanza
21. Breaking Bad
22. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
23. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
24. Candid Camera (UK)
The Carol Burnett Show Celebrity Sweepstakes
25. Charlie's Angels
26. Charmed [Love Spit Love - "How Soon is Now"]
27. Checkmate
28. Cheers
• My Kind of People
• Another Day
• original demo
• Final Version
• Prost, Helmut! [The German version]
• Cheers (Versión española)


29. Chico and the Man
30. Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
31. CHiPS [theme only, but a rockin' 12" version]
32. Combat!
Community
33. The Cosby Show [Seven different versions]
34. Dallas
35. The Dating Game
36. Davy Crockett
37. The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd [full theme?]
38. DC Superhero Girls
39. Deadwood
The Diamond Head Game
40. The Dick Van Dyke Show
41. Diff'rent Strokes
42. Dr. Kildare
43. Downton Abbey
44. Duck Tales
45. Duck Tales (2017)
46. The Dukes of Hazzard
47. Dynasty
48. Ellen [Texas - So Called Friend]
49. The Facts of Life
50. The Fall Guy
51. Family Feud
52. Family Guy
53. Family Matters ["As days go by" - Jesse Frederick
54. Family Ties ["Without Us"]
55. Fawlty Towers
56. Felicity
57. Fireball XL5
58. Flo
59. Forsyte Saga [Eric Coates - The Three Elizabeths Suite - Halcyon Days]
60. Frasier ["Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs"]
61. Friends [The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You ]
62. The Fugitive
63. Full House
64. Fuller House [Everywhere You Look - Carly Rae Jepsen]
65. Funny Face / The Sandy Duncan Show [Need a source!]
https://www.discogs.com/Jack-Jones-The-Kind-Of-Girl-She-Is/release/6913129
66. Futurama
67. Gidget [Johnny Tillotson - (Wait 'Til You See) My Gidget]
68. Gilmore Girls [Carole King - "Where You Lead"]
69. Good Times  https://www.discogs.com/Prime-Time-Good-Times-Theme/release/2156410 4:14 version ####
70. The Golden Girls
71. The Greatest American Hero
72. Disney's Gummi Bears
73. Gunsmoke
74. Happy Days [alternate lyrics]
Hart to Hart
75. Have Gun Will Travel
76. Hawaii Five-0
77. HBO 1983 Intro
You can watch a documentary on the creation here!
78. Here Come the Brides ["Seattle" by Bobby Sherman]
79. Hill Street Blues
80. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [The Eagles - Journey of the Sorcerer]
81. The Hogan Family [Roberta Flack - Together Through The Years]
82. Hogan's Heroes
83. The Honeymooners ["You're My Greatest Love"]
84. Hotel
85. House


• "Teardrop" by Massive Attack (U.S.)
• "House" by Scott Donaldson and Richard Nolan (Europe)
• "House, M.D. Main Theme" by Jon Ehrlich and Leigh Roberts (Singapore and Netflix) ####
86. Howdy Doody
87. I Dream of Jeannie
88. I Love Lucy
89. I Spy
90. The Incredible Hulk: The Lonely Man Theme
91. Ironsides
92. It Takes A Thief
93. Jeopardy!


• 1964-1975 "Take Ten" by Julann Griffin ####
• 1984-1991
• 1991-1997
• 1997-2001
• 2001-2008
• 2008-Present
94. Joannie Loves Chachi
95. The Joker's Wild
96. Kim Possible
97. Knot's Landing ###
98. Kojak (Second theme)
99. Kojak (First theme)
100. Kojak (Third theme-Fifth Season)
101. L. A. Law
102. Land of the Giants
103. Laugh-In
104. Laverne & Shirley (Making Our Dreams Come True)
105. Law and Order
106. The Lawrence Welk Show
107. Leave It To Beaver (The Toy Parade)
108. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/lifestylesRichFamous.html
109. Living Dolls [Who's The Boss spin-off]
110. The Love Boat
111. Looney Tunes ["The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"]
112. Lost In Space
113. M Squad [Count Bassie!]
114. Mad About You ["Final Frontier"]
115. Mad Men
116. The Magician
117. Magnum, P.I.
118. Makin' It
119. Malcolm in the Middle
120. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. [I need a source!]
http://markssuperblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/man-from-uncle-theme-has-lyrics.html
121. Mannix
122. Marcus Welby, M.D.
123. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
124. The Mary Tyler Moore Show


• First Season
• Second Season
• Joan Jett version, all three stanzas, third stanza rewritten



125. M*A*S*H
126. Masterpiece Theater [Rondeau from Sinfonies de Fanfares - Suite de Symphonies - Jean-Joseph Mouret]
127. Maude
128. Merrie Melodies [Merrily We Roll Along [I need a source!]
https://www.discogs.com/Bugs-Bunny-With-Mitch-Miller-His-Orchestra-Merrily-We-Roll-Along-I-Taut-I-Taw-A-Puddy-Tat/release/2834101
LT116: Billboard Frolics by dannyjmurray1 The first appearance in a Warner Brothers cartoon. Are these the original lyrics?
129. Miami Vice
130. Millennium
131. Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
132. Mission: Impossible
133. Mr. Belvedere
134. Mister Lucky
135. The Mod Squad [cover]
136. The Monkees
137. Moonlighting
138. The Munsters
139. My Favorite Martian [Are the words legit? Or added later?]
140. My Living Doll [colorized, legitimate lyrics?]
141. The Naked City


• "This is the Naked City" by George Duning (1958-59)
• "Somewhere in the Night" by Billy May (1960-62)
• "The {New} Naked City Theme" by Nelson Riddle (1962-63)
142. Name of the Game
143. NBC Mystery Movie
144. NBC Nightly News [John Williams - "The Mission"]
145. NCIS
146. Newhart###
147. Newlywed Game
148. Night Court
149. Now You See It ["Chump Change" by Quincy Jones]
150. NYPD Blue
151. The Odd Couple
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152. One Foot in the Grave
153. One Life To Live [1984-1991, Peabo Bryson]
154. One Life to Live ["Brand New Start"]
155. One Saturday Morning
156. Once and Again
157. Pee-wee's Playhouse
158. Peter Gunn 


• Original theme
• ["Bye-Bye", lyrics added later]
159. Perfect Strangers
160. Petticoat Junction
161. Phineas and Ferb ["Today Is Gonna Be a Great Day"]
162. Playboy After Dark ["Playboy's Theme"]
163. Popeye
164. Punky Brewster ["Every Time I Turn Around"]
165. Rawhide
166. Red Dwarf
167. Remington Steele
168. The Ren & Stimpy Show
169. Renegade
170. Richie Brockelman, Private Eye
171. Riptide
172. The Rockford Files
173. Roseanne
174. Route 66


• original theme
• Lyrics added later


175. St. Elsewhere
176. Sanford & Son ["The Streetbeater"]
177. Saturday Night Live - Closing Theme (A Waltz in A)
178. Seinfeld
179. Sesamstrasse [German]
     • Opening
     • Closing [One of my fave beats! Those horns!]
180. Sesame Street


• Opening
• Closing
• ...and the "funky chimes"!


181. Silk Stalkings
182. Silver Spoons ["Together"]
183. Simon & Simon
184. Six Million Dollar Man ["Wine Women and War"]
185. Smallville [Remy Zero - Save Me]
186. Soap
187. The Sopranos [Alabama 3 - Woke Up This Morning (Chosen One)]
188. Space 1999
189. Square Pegs
190. Star Trek
191. Star Trek: The Next Generation [originally from "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"]
192. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
193. Star Trek: Voyager
194. Star Trek: Enterprise
195. The Streets of San Francisco
196. Stephen Universe
197. S.W.A.T.
198. TaleSpin
199. Taxi ["Angela"]
200. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Original theme (1987-1996)
• 2003-2009
• 2012-present
201. Texas Wheelers [John Prine - Illegal Smile]
202. That 70s Show [Big Star - In the Street 1972]
203. thirtysomething
204. Tic Tac Dough
205. The Time Tunnel
206. To Tell The Truth
207. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson


• Toot Sweet
• It's Really Love
• Johnny's Theme
208. 21 Jump Street
209. Vega$
210. The Waltons
211. Welcome Back Kotter
212. What's Happening!!
213. Wheel of Fortune Theme 1975-1983
214. White Shadow
215. Who's The Boss? ["Brand New Life"]
216. Wild Wild West
217. The Wizard of Odds
218. WKRP in Cincinnati
219. Wonder Woman
220. X-Files
221. "The Young and the Restless" (Nadia's Theme)

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Future reference

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• The Untouchables [theme only]
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• The Rogues [by Nelson Riddle]
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• Tic Tac Dough (1990 version)
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• Ripley's Believe It or Not [by Henry Mancini]
• Game Shows!  https://www.discogs.com/Various-Classic-TV-Game-Show-Themes/release/487454
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Rugolo#Film_and_TV_Scores
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Conti#Other_film_and_television_credits
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerrold_Immel
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_DeBenedictis
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Post
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conlan
• John Williams (NBC News, Olympics, Amazing Stories)
• https://www.discogs.com/Prime-Time-Good-Times-Theme/release/624111 disco versions of Good Times and Soul Train?
• https://www.discogs.com/Prime-Time-Motown-Presents-Prime-Time-Performing-TV-Themes-The-Way-You-Like-To-Hear-Them/release/1677555
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• John Williams
• NBC Sunday Night Football^[5]
• Amazing Stories
• Checkmate (TV series)
• Land of the Giants
• Lost in Space
• The Time Tunnel
• The Tammy Grimes Show^[6]
• The theme for Great Performances

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Main_Title_Theme_Music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-rated_United_States_television_programs_by_season

• https://www.discogs.com/Chuck-Barris-Themes-From-TV-Game-Shows/release/493124
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_Train#Theme_music

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Forgotten TV Lyrics: Ironsides

While this is an instrumental, it's the uncut theme to Ironside, so I include it in the "Forgotten TV Lyrics" index.

Besides, it's Quincy Jones, one of the great soundtrack composers of the 20th Century!

If you're looking for a copy, it's available on the Smackwater Jack album!

Here's what Wikipedia has to say about the music on the series:

The opening theme music was written by Quincy Jones and was the first synthesizer-based television theme song, though in 1971, Jones recorded a fuller four-minute band version for the album Smackwater Jack.^[3][4] This recording was then edited and used for the opening credits of the fifth through eighth seasons (1971–75). (The entire album track can be heard in the fifth-season episode "Unreasonable Facsimile" as Ironside and team track a suspect on the streets of San Francisco.) In addition to the opening theme music, Quincy Jones composed the entire score for the first eight episodes. Oliver Nelson took over those duties up to the end of the winter to spring 1972 episodes. Nelson was then replaced by Marty Paich for all the episodes from the beginning of the fall of that year up until the last episode that was produced in the spring of 1974. The song "Even When you Cry" with music by Quincy Jones and lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman was performed by James Farentino in the episode 'Something for Nothing' while Marcia Strassman had already sung it off-screen in the earlier episode 'The Man Who Believed' both during season 1.

I wonder if that Season One score has been released?

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Forgotten TV Lyrics: The Bill Cosby Show: Hicky Burr

"Hicky Burr", the theme to The Bill Cosby Show, words by Bill Cosby, music by Quincy Jones, with vocalization by Bill Cosby.

Many people have forgotten that Quincy Jones wrote a lot of movie soundtracks, as well as many TV themes.  From Wikipedia:

In addition, he composed "The Streetbeater," which became familiar as the theme music for the television sitcom Sanford and Son, starring close friend Redd Foxx; he also composed the themes for other TV shows, including Ironside, Banacek, The Bill Cosby Show, the opening episode of Roots, and the Goodson & Todman game show Now You See It.

(I'll get to those eventually...)

This series didn't last long... two seasons. I remember it being on cable, but it never kept my attention...it seemed strange in the way it presented the story.

You can find the song on Quincy Jones' record, Smackwater Jack, which also contains the theme to "Ironside", as well as "Theme from "The Anderson Tapes", a movie which is mostly forgotten, but which has an amazing cast, and a few historical footnotes attached!

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Forgotten TV Lyrics: The Love Boat

The #forgottentvlyrics to The Love Boat!

The song was written by Charles Fox (music) and Paul Williams (lyrics). It became the theme music of the popular American television series The Love Boat, broadcast between 1977 and 1986. Jones's version was used as the opening tune for most of the seasons, only to be replaced by Dionne Warwick's cover in the last one.

(From the Wikipedia article.)

This is one of the rare TV themes available at karaoke bars. I like to sing it, as it has a nice disco beat, with a lounge lizard style. (Nothing against Mr. Jones, it's just the way I sing it.)

#ForgottenTVLyrics: An Explication

I've got a lot of eclectic musical tastes.
I love when marching bands cover popular music.
I can sing the aria to "What's Opera, Doc?"

...and...

I'm fascinated by television theme songs, especially those with lyrics, specifically those with lyrics which are rarely heard on television.

It started when "Cheers" went off the air.  One of the entertainment magazines featured the lyrics, which were never heard on air:

All those night when you've got no lights, 

The check is in the mail; 

And your little angel 

Hung the cat up by it's tail; 

And your third fiance didn't show; 

[...]

Roll out of bed, Mr. Coffee's dead; 

The morning's looking bright; 

And your shrink ran off to Europe, 

And didn't even write; 

And your husband wants to be a girl; 

source: http://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/cheerslyrics.html

WOW!  Those were pretty cool!  

Then I remembered that M*A*S*H had lyrics in the movie, which never aired on television because those lyrics were specific to a story in the movie.  

Then, in 1997, there was an official history book for Star Trek, to celebrate the 30th (sigh) anniversary of the series.  Inside, was the original sheet music to the theme song, WITH LYRICS!  (Roddenberry, in a money-grubbing move, added lyrics so he could earn half the royalties on the theme.  Alexander Courage was not pleased.)

It slowly snowballed from there, as I picked up trivia from various sources and found sheet music collections.

Thanks to YouTube and other resources, it's now less difficult to find the original recordings (on vinyl!) online.

Thus, in 2013, I created a hashtag #forgottentvlyrics, and began posting to social media.  Twitter and Facebook didn't have good indexing, so I placed everything on Google Plus.  Since then, I've realized, why not transfer everything here, so I can at least make a few pennies.  (And who knows how much longer Google Plus will remain viable?)

The following is a list of what I've found so far. As I copy posts over to here, I'll include links in the titles.  

One more note... I'm doing all this in 2015, but placing everything in 2012, which was empty of posts.  I don't want to clutter up my regular feed.  

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The list (so far)

1. The A*Team [full theme]
2. Alfred Hitchcock Presents [full theme]
3. All in the Family
4. All In The Family [closing theme with lyrics!]
5. American Bandstand
6. The Andy Griffith Show
7. Angie
8. Baretta (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow)
9. Beverly Hills 90210 [no lyrics, just the full theme]
10. Bewitched
11. Buck Rogers in the 21st Century
12. Buffy the Vampire Slayer [theme only]
13. Charlie's Angels
14. CHiPS [theme only, but a rockin' 12" version]
15. Davy Crockett
16. The Dick Van Dyke Show
17. Duck Tales 
18. The Dukes of Hazzard
19. The Facts of Life
20. The Fall Guy
21. Flo
22. Gilmore Girls
23. The Greatest American Hero
24. Gunsmoke
25. Happy Days [alternate lyrics]
26. Have Gun Will Travel
27. Hogan's Heroes
28. The Paper Chase
29. I Dream of Jeannie
30. I Love Lucy
31. Joannie Loves Chachi
32. Laverne & Shirley (Making Our Dreams Come True)
33. Leave It To Beaver (The Toy Parade)
34. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
35. The Love Boat
36. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
37. M*A*S*H
38. Makin' It
39. Malcolm in the Middle
40. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.  [I need a source!]
41. Merrily We Roll Along (Merrie Melodies)  [I need a source!]
42. The Merry Go Round Broke Down (Looney Tunes)
43. Moonlighting
44. The Munsters
45. The Odd Couple
46. Peter Gunn
47. Star Trek
48. Taxi [full theme]
49. To Tell The Truth
50. 21 Jump Street
51. Welcome Back Kotter
52. WKRP in Cincinnati
53. Wonder Woman
54. The Bill Cosby Show (Hicky Burr)
55. Ironsides [theme only]
56. The Untouchables [theme only]
57. Route 66
58. Naked City
59. The Rogues [the previous four are by Nelson Riddle]
60. Peter Gunn [alternate lyrics?]
61. Mr. Lucky
62. NBC Mystery Movie
63. What's Happening!!
64. Tic Tac Dough (1990 version)
65. Once Is Not Enough
66. Newhart
67. Hotel
68. Remington Steele
69. Ripley's Believe It or Not [All by Henry Mancini]

That reminds me... I wonder how long the Dallas theme runs?  

That's got a nice disco beat as well!

Hmmm.... maybe I'll do a separate post on remixes!

WHEW!

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