"of radio and television, celebrities often had a signature song associated with them that became their theme music. Such music would be played when a celebrity was about to appear, often played by a band if the celebrity were appearing on the talk show . For example, Bob Hope's theme song, which almost always preceded his appearance, was Thanks for the Memory. In another example, Lucille Ball's theme music was Hey, Look Me Over. Other celebrities will have the theme music played for their most notable role; for example, playing the theme from Indiana Jones when Harrison Ford is the"
"Thanks for the Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam) Thanks for the Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam) is a song by the British rock band Slade, released in 1975 as a non-album single. It was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Chas Chandler. It reached No. 7 in the UK, remaining in the charts for seven weeks. ""Thanks for the Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam)"" was Slade's first new single following their film ""Slade in Flame"". Although it later received recognition as one of the greatest rock films of all time,"
"(1933). In the years that followed, Rainger wrote or collaborated on such hit songs as ""I Wished on the Moon"", ""Love in Bloom"" (comedian Jack Benny's theme song), ""Faithful Forever"", ""Easy Living"", ""June in January"", ""Blue Hawaii"", and with Leo Robin on the 1938 Oscar-winning song ""Thanks for the Memory"", sung by Bob Hope in the film ""The Big Broadcast of 1938"". Rainger paid one year's tuition fees to the Austrian composer Arnold Schönberg in advance, so that Schönberg could pay for the transportation of his belongings to Los Angeles from Paris in 1933. Rainger died in a plane crash"
"""Top of the Pops"" and the children's show ""Shang-a-Lang"". Upon release, ""Sounds"" felt the song marked a ""considerable change of pace for Slade"", but ""one of their best"". ""Record Mirror"" described it as a ""very fast, driving single"". ""Melody Maker"" stated: ""It's their best..."" Thanks for the Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam) Thanks for the Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam) is a song by the British rock band Slade, released in 1975 as a non-album single. It was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Chas Chandler. It reached No. 7 in"
"features musical sections from the ragtime “At a Georgia Camp-Meeting” written by Kerry Mills; and James P. Johnson’s jazz classic “The Charleston;” and a short swing lyric section called “Truckin’ (They’re Going Hollywood in Harlem)” written by Rube Bloom with lyrics Ted Koehler. Boris Morros provided the musical direction and Arthur Franklin was the musical adviser. Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin won the 1939 Oscar for Best Song for their song, ""Thanks for the Memory,"" and the song later won an ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for ""Most Performed Feature Film Standard"" in 1989. The song is often regarded"
"hits during its lifetime. One of them, ""If You Remember Me,"" the unused theme song for Franco Zeffirelli's remake of ""The Champ"" , was initially credited solely to Thompson; later pressings of the single were credited to ""Chris Thompson and Night."" (But this source gives lyric credit to Carole Bayer Sager for ""If You Remember Me,"" and the music credit to Marvin Hamlisch.) The song reached #17 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and #7 Adult Contemporary. After the band broke up in 1982, he rejoined the Earth Band. In 1980, he co-wrote and sang backing vocals on the track"
"as the children thanking the sponsors at the beginning and end of the show. The show's theme song was written by Stephen Horelick, Dennis Neil Kleinman, and Janet Weir; Horelick also served as the series' music director and composer and received an Emmy nomination in 2007 for his work on the series. Over the show's 23-year run, it went through three variations of the theme song. The original theme was performed by Tina Fabrique and featured one of the first uses of the Buchla synthesizer in a TV theme song. The original opening sequence consisted of a cartoon butterfly transforming"
"Fields conducting his Ripppling Rhythm Jazz Orchestra and John Serry Sr. (Italian-American concert accordionist). In addition to the Academy Award for Best Original Song (1938), the film earned an ASCAP Film and Television Award (1989) for Bob Hope's signature song ""Thanks for the Memory. During the late 1940s and into the early 1950s, a production unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer headed by Arthur Freed made the transition from old-fashioned musical films, whose formula had become repetitive, to something new. (However, they also produced Technicolor remakes of such musicals as ""Show Boat"", which had previously been filmed in the 1930s.) In 1939, Freed"
"was omitted altogether when the DVD set was released, with the CBS logo behind Ludden in the original picture being enlarged. The theme song used on ""Password"" from 1961 to 1963 was called ""Holiday Jaunt"", composed by Kurt Rehfeld. That theme was followed later by ""You Know the Password"", composed by Bob Cobert, which was used from 1963 until the CBS version's cancellation in 1967. During the closing credits Ludden would often be seen keeping time to the music on Cobert's tune. When ""Password"" returned on ABC in 1971, Score Productions composed ""The Fun of It"". The theme used later"
"montage of group shots from the same family photo shoot which the current photos used in the rest of the credits come from. The show's theme song is ""As Long as We've Got Each Other"", which was written and composed by John Bettis (lyrics) and Steve Dorff (music). It was performed by: There were nine versions of the theme song used; others included a Halloween-themed version not sung by Thomas or Warnes used in a two-part Halloween episode in 1990. A shorter version of the Thomas/Warnes version was used starting in season five. There was also an a cappella version"
"to the final edition. In """", Pete Waterman said that the idea for ""The Hit Man and Her"" came to him when he turned on the TV late one night and the only TV station still on-air was featuring guest Elvis Costello talking about Irish politics. The theme tune, ""Cocoon"", was performed by Timerider. The track also appeared in the film ""The Fruit Machine"", and Pete also used it as the signature tune for his Saturday morning Radio City show. It is still today used as the theme tune for Barnsley F.C. and is played as the team comes out"
"the death of Billy Aldrich (Alec Baldwin) in the process. In 1972 and 1974, the serial received a Daytime Emmy for Best Drama. During that period until a new opening sequence was created in 1977, announcer Mel Brandt (who was also known for his announcing the animated ""Laramie Peacock"" color opening in the 1960s and 1970s) would inform the audience at the beginning of each episode: """"And now, The Doctors, (The Emmy-award winning program) dedicated to the brotherhood of healing."""" The iconic theme song, which stayed with the program through 1981, was composed by in-house musician Robert Israel at Score"
"of heart failure in Woodland Hills, California at the age of 84 and was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. Posthumous credits or shows in which pre-written songs by Leo Robin were featured include: Leo Robin Leo Robin (April 6, 1900 – December 29, 1984) was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter. He is probably best known for collaborating with Ralph Rainger on the 1938 Oscar-winning song ""Thanks for the Memory"", sung by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross in the film ""The Big Broadcast of 1938"". Robin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and studied at"
"Award in 1989. The main theme from the finale of Beethoven's 9th Symphony (commonly known as ""Ode to Joy"") is featured prominently in Michael Kamen's score throughout the film, in many guises and variations (mostly as a leitmotif for Gruber and the terrorists), and thematic variations on ""Singin' in the Rain"" are also featured, as the theme for the character Theo. McTiernan said that he incorporated those themes into the film's soundtrack as an homage to Stanley Kubrick's ""A Clockwork Orange"" (which featured both pieces of music). Basing his score around thematic variations on well-known pieces is a concept that"
"theme song. In 1963, Tom Prideaux wrote in ""Life"" magazine that the song ""has been played ever since [1919] for God knows how many beauty contests, debutante cotillions and strip-tease acts."" It was also often used in catwalk fashion shows. Fred Astaire danced to the song in the film ""Blue Skies"" in 1946. It was the theme song to the 1950s television game show ""The Big Payoff"" & ""The Dream Girl of 1967 (December 19, 1966-April 28, 1967)"" on ABC-TV Daytime USA and it performed & remade for instrumental by Percy Faith before replaced by Chuck Barris' New Theme of"
"Thank You for Being a Friend ""Thank You for Being a Friend"" is a song written by Andrew Gold, who recorded it for his third album, ""All This and Heaven Too"". The song reached number 25 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in 1978. On the ""Cash Box"" chart, ""Thank You for Being a Friend"" spent two weeks at #11. The song was later re-recorded by Cynthia Fee (also known for her work with Kenny Rogers) to serve as the theme song for the NBC sitcom ""The Golden Girls"", and recorded again for the series' CBS spin-off ""The Golden Palace""."
"her daughter, it was mobbed. Shirley Ross Shirley Ross (born Bernice Maude Gaunt, January 7, 1913 – March 9, 1975) was an American actress and singer, notable for her duet with Bob Hope, ""Thanks for the Memory"" from ""The Big Broadcast of 1938"". She appeared in 25 feature films between 1933 and 1945, including singing earlier and wholly different lyrics for the Rodgers and Hart song in ""Manhattan Melodrama"" (1934) that later became ""Blue Moon."" Ross was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the elder of two daughters of Charles Burr Gaunt and Maude C. (née Ellis) Gaunt. Growing up in California,"
"""Thriller"" was used. This song was accompanied by the image footage of Hulk Hogan winning the WWF title from The Iron Sheik. Other theme music included ""Cruise Control"" by the Dixie Dregs (Oct. 1981—March 1984) with footage of Bob Backlund being mobbed and picked up by jubilant fans while holding up the Championship belt. ""One Fine Morning"" by Canadian jazz-rock ensemble Lighthouse was also used (approx. 1974–1975). Various pop music was used for commercial bumpers starting in late 1982, including ""Start Me Up"" by The Rolling Stones, ""Dirty Laundry"" by Don Henley, ""Private Eyes"" and ""Out of Touch"" by Daryl"
"Thank God It's Friday (Love & Kisses song) ""Thank God It's Friday"" is a 1978 disco song by the studio disco group Love & Kisses, popularized as the theme song of the film by the same name. It was written by European composer and producer Alec R. Costandinos. It peaked at #1 on ""Billboard""s Disco charts, #23 R&B and #22 Pop. Over the years some radio stations would play the song at 5:00 p.m. on Fridays to mark the end of the work week and get its audience pumped-up for the weekend. The song's catchphrase tantalized listeners with the prospect"
"Up"" from 1999 to 2001). After the 1999 Finals, NBC used ""Fly Away"" by Lenny Kravitz for their montage. In 2002, after NBC's final broadcast, the network aired a montage of memorable moments from every year of coverage, using music from ""Titans Spirit"" (from the film ""Remember the Titans"") to ""Winning It All"" and most notably, ""To The Flemish Cap"" from the 2000 film ""The Perfect Storm"". The song composed by James Horner is played at the beginning of the montage as well as the end featuring footage from the Los Angeles Lakers dynasty era. This theme song has made"
"Top 5, 1976); the theme to ""Laverne & Shirley"", performed by Cyndi Grecco (#25, 1976); the theme to ""Friends"", ""I'll Be There For You"", which was a hit for The Rembrandts; the theme from ""S.W.A.T."", which was a hit for Rhythm Heritage, the theme song from ""Pokémon"" (known as ""Pokémon Theme"" in the ""2.B.A. Master"" soundtrack), which is a long time hit for Jason Paige, and the theme song from ""Drake & Josh"", ""Found a Way"", which was a hit for Drake Bell. The theme song from ""iCarly"", ""Leave It All To Me"", was a hit for Miranda Cosgrove and"
"after the song ""Goodnight, Sweetheart"", a popular song of the 1930s and 1940s, popularised by Al Bowlly in 1931; it was later sung by Nick Curtis as the series signature tune. During one episode Gary and Phoebe refer to Bowlly's death during the Second World War. Because of a script-editing error, two different episodes (series one, episode six and series four, episode two) were both titled ""In the Mood"". There is no special connection between these two episodes. All six series and the 1995 Christmas Special have been released on DVD in the UK (Region 2), the Christmas special was"
"Thnks fr th Mmrs ""Thnks fr th Mmrs"" (a disemvoweling of ""thanks for the memories"") is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy. The song debuted on radio on March 20, 2007, and was released on March 27 as the third single from their third studio album, ""Infinity on High"". With music composed by Patrick Stump and the lyrics penned by bassist Pete Wentz, the song was one of the two tracks produced by Babyface for the album. ""Thnks fr th Mmrs"" was a commercial success, reaching No. 11 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in the United States,"
"planned. On Marc Maron's January 17, 2013 WTF podcast, Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl said that the band's cover of ""Lonely Boy"" would eventually be released as the A-side of a special ""Solid Gold"" 45 rpm single with a Foo Fighters version of Gold's ""Never Let Her Slip Away"" as the B-side. Although ""Lonely Boy"" was the bigger radio hit in the States, his single ""Thank You for Being a Friend,"" which peaked at #25 in 1978, later gained popularity as the theme song for ""The Golden Girls."" (It was performed by Cindy Fee over the opening titles of the"
"Mike Moran; Mercury was an admirer of lyric soprano Montserrat Caballé, both recorded the official theme as a duet. Due to Mercury's death eight months earlier, the duo was unable to perform the song together during the opening ceremony. A recording of the song instead played over a travelogue of the city at the start of the opening ceremony, seconds before the official countdown. ""Amigos Para Siempre"" (""Friends for Life"") was the other musical theme. It was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black, and sung by Sarah Brightman and José Carreras during the closing ceremonies. Ryuichi Sakamoto composed"
"Thanks for the Night ""Thanks for the Night"" is a single by the Damned, released in May 1984. It was recorded at something of a transitional stage for the group, being the last studio recording completed with Captain Sensible until 2001's ""Grave Disorder"" album. It was also the first released recording to feature bass player Bryn Merrick, and also the first with ""Strawberries"" keyboardist Roman Jugg as a full member of the band. The song also bore a strong resemblance to the ""Strawberries"" album track ""Ignite"". The B-side, ""Nasty"", was recorded for the BBC comedy series ""The Young Ones"", and"
"love theme song ""If I Never Knew You"" performed by recording artists Jon Secada and Shanice. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and Best Original Song (for ""Colors of the Wind""). In honor of the film's twentieth anniversary, the soundtrack was remastered and reissued as the eleventh entry of ""The Legacy Collection"" series. The ""Legacy"" edition includes the film's complete original soundtrack in chronological order, along with six demo recordings in a two-disc set. There are 28 tracks on disc one, and 8 tracks on disc two. This release includes the song “If I Never Knew"
"The National Basketball Association used ""Remember the Name"" as the theme song for the 2006 and 2007 NBA Playoffs as well as the 2008 NBA Draft. The song is also featured on the soundtrack of the EA Sports video game ""NBA Live 06"". In addition, WWE featured the song in the opening video package for Wrestlemania 32. The song was used in ""The OG"", the twelfth episode in the second season of the CBS TV series ""Numb3rs"". The song is featured in promotional TV trailers for the 2006 movie, ""Gridiron Gang"", NBC's 2006 series, ""Friday Night Lights"", and ""Pride"", directed"
"(i.e. acoustic drums, a horn section). The theme was remixed again for the series' 42nd season. (See above.) Basically, the characters danced around while the credits rolled. Starting in season 46, the new closing theme is the original closing song ""Smarter, Stronger, Kinder,"" as the credits play during the song. HBO edits of pre-2003 episodes also used the Friday credit sequences at the end of every episode, including those that originally aired from Monday to Thursday. The theme was covered by The Free Design on their 1970 children's album ""...Sing for Very Important People"". In 1982 the theme was covered"
"students. Alumni worked as crewmembers while students worked as actors; half of the third season extras were students from the university's film department. ""We Used to Be Friends"" by The Dandy Warhols was used as the series' theme song. Composer Josh Kramon was originally going to produce a noir version of a 1980s song for the theme. However, Rob Thomas was ""pretty much set on finding a song"", and ""We Used to Be Friends"" was chosen right from the beginning. This theme was considered by TV critic Samantha Holloway to be one of ""the five most recognizable, sing-along-able, memorable and"
"Johnny's Theme ""Johnny's Theme"" is an instrumental jazz song played as the opening theme of ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"" from the show's inception in 1962 through its finale in 1992. The piece was composed by Paul Anka and Johnny Carson, based on a previous composition by Anka. It was performed by The Tonight Show Band, which released an arrangement by Tommy Newsom in 1986 as part of its Grammy Award-winning eponymous debut album. The single release also garnered a Grammy nomination. ""Johnny's Theme"" has since been released in cover versions and on compilation albums. It has appeared in"
"on KNXT (now KCBS-TV) during the early 1980's NBC used the song as theme music for its coverage of the NCAA men's basketball tournament in 1980 and 1981. Heavyweight champion Michael Spinks used the song as his entry music as he walked to the ring prior to his title bout against Mike Tyson in 1988. The match was taglined ""Once and for All"" and was hosted by future President Donald Trump. At the time, the match was the highest grossing fight in boxing history. The song was sampled for Nas' song, ""We Will Survive"" from his third studio album, ""I"
"a 2006 ""Wall Street Journal"" article deemed it ""a true national heirloom"". It is widely known as the theme to the BBC Two motoring program ""Top Gear"". After the death of group leader Duane Allman in 1971, the Allman Brothers Band continued on, adding keyboardist Chuck Leavell. A year later when Berry Oakley also died, Lamar Williams was brought in as the bassist replacement, finishing the album Berry did not. The addition of Leavell in particular changed the band's sound and direction, which has often been considered most evident on ""Jessica"". Guitarist Dickey Betts wrote the song at ""the Farm,"""