My pick for some of the shows with the best opening theme songs


Grady
Perfect Strangers
Who's the Boss
Angie
Taxi

oh gee, Sol,wonder where you came up with this idea.......*whistles*

BTW, where can one hear the theme for Grady?

oh gee, Sol,wonder where you came up with this idea.......*whistles*

BTW, where can one hear the theme for Grady?


LOL, it should be on this site,. I think Grady had a, very beautiful jazzy tune, I would buy the CD if I could-lol

hangin' with mr cooper- the en-vogue one

diff'rent strokes- the first one up until they changed it later on in the show

cheers

solomon, can i include animated shows as well?

Diff'rent Strokes
Taxi
Gilligan's Island
Family Ties
Who's the Boss?

#1 ALL IN THE FAMILY
Different Strokes
Facts of Life
Who's the Boss
Family Ties
Everybody Loves Raymond
King of Queens
Friends
Everwood
Roseanne
Back to You
Reba
Two and a Half Men
Full House
Growing Pains

I think my number one favorite TV theme song of ALL time just might be the "As the World Turns" theme used from 1973 to 1981. To me, it's the absolute essence of the soap opera genre. It's grand, majestic, epic, romantic, dramatic...everything you need in a soap theme. I wasn't born until nine years after it was replaced, and so I grew up watching the show with different themes, but for some reason, no matter what, when I think ATWT, I immediately think of that classic theme song.

Family ties
step by step
family matters
boy meets world
sanford and son
welcome back,kottoer
perfect strangers
the odd couple
I love lucy
the hooneymooners

Family ties
step by step
family matters
boy meets world
sanford and son
welcome back,kottoer
perfect strangers
the odd couple
I love lucy
the hooneymooners



I forgot about Step by Step

S.W.A.T.
Rockford Files
Laverne And Shirley
Happy Days
One Day At A Time
How Could I forget one of the GREATEST!!!

Mary Tyler Moore

the a-team
quantum leap
happy days

Top Ten best theme songs
1- Get Smart
2- Cheers
3- Corner Gas
4- M*A*S*H
5- All in the Family
6- The Beachcombers (Classic 60s CBC series)
7- Dick Van Dyke
8- Munsters
9- Andy Griffith
10- Lost in Space

Honorable mentions:
I love Lucy
Leave it to Beaver
Family Ties
The Flintstones
Star Trek (Hated the Show, but, have to admit the TS was pretty good)
Hill Street Blues
Hogan's Heroes

I like the theme from Friends the most.

All the ones on my signature

The Incredible Hulk
I Dream of Jeannie
MASH
Dragnet (both the Jack Webb versions and the 2003 Ed O'Neill one)
Adam-12
CSI:NY and CSI

S.W.A.T.
I LOVE LUCY
THE JEFFERSONS
DALLAS
GOOD TIMES
COPS
ROSEANNE (except the non-instrumental version)
FAMILY GUY
FACTS OF LIFE
ONE DAY AT A TIME
STARSKY & HUTCH
BARETTA
CHEERS
ALL MY CHILDREN (pre 1986)
KING OF QUEENS
MARTIN
A DIFFERENT WORLD (Aretha Franklin's version)
COSBY SHOW (all except the season with the stupid tropical theme)
WHAT'S HAPPENING
GET SMART
EMERGENCY
MUNSTERS
CORNER GAS
GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
SANFORD & SON

S.W.A.T.
I LOVE LUCY
THE JEFFERSONS
GOOD TIMES
COPS
ROSEANNE (except the non-instrumental version)
FAMILY GUY
FACTS OF LIFE
ONE DAY AT A TIME
STARSKY & HUTCH
BARETTA
CHEERS
ALL MY CHILDREN (pre 1986)
KING OF QUEENS
MARTIN
A DIFFERENT WORLD (Aretha Franklin's version)
COSBY SHOW (all except the season with the stupid tropical theme)
WHAT'S HAPPENING
GET SMART
EMERGENCY
MUNSTERS
CORNER GAS
GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
SANFORD & SON
I think you mean pre 1990 with AMC. Its classic, original theme ran for the show's first twenty years, with three arrangements (1970, 1971, and 1976).

Get Smart - I always loved the opening scene of Maxwell Smart driving along the streets in D.C. to get out the car and go to his secret headquarters.

Police Squad! - I always cracked up laughing at the way that when the announcer said the guest stars' names, they always ended up getting shot or getting killed by something else. :lol:

Mary Tyler Moore

What's Happening!! - I loved the theme song from the 1st 2 seasons opening credits, b/c I always used to get a lugh out of seeing the guys do something crazy in the credits.

Good Times

Taxi - driving over that bridge while playing this show's theme song always gave me goosbumps in a good way.

Barney Miller - Who wouldn't jump up and down when this show's theme credits played?

Hawaii Five-O - the shots of beautiful Honolulu and Waikiki and the cast, combined w/ that awesome theme song made for a great opening theme credits!

Hill Street Blues - the theme song by itself made you forget that you were about to watch a Police Show. But I loved the intro credits of the casts' shots w/ that midwestern city background. BTW, I also made an opening credits sequence of "The Price is Right" using the "Hill Street Blues" theme song.

A-Team, The - You would love to go peppering people out of that Van while playing this theme song.

Unsolved Mysteries - The scenes w/ the murders and the opening theme song always sent chills down my spines.

Miami Vice - That '80s rockin' guitar and synthesizers and drums gave it that '80s Miami feel!

Chico and the Man - Jose Feliciano's Flamenco-sounding theme song should of served as a sign of hope for Freddie Prinze Sr. from killing himself. No. But in truth, I liked it b/c it really does tell a tale of hope.

"CHiPs" - that awesome theme song used from 1978-83 was really great w/ Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox riding the highway with the credits just showing the motorcycle, the gloves, the helmets, and the California setting itself.

There are others I could choose but these are the ones that stick out at me so far.

Get Smart - I always loved the opening scene of Maxwell Smart driving along the streets in D.C. to get out the car and go to his secret headquarters.

Police Squad! - I always cracked up laughing at the way that when the announcer said the guest stars' names, they always ended up getting shot or getting killed by something else. :lol:

Mary Tyler Moore

What's Happening!! - I loved the theme song from the 1st 2 seasons opening credits, b/c I always used to get a lugh out of seeing the guys do something crazy in the credits.

Good Times

Taxi - driving over that bridge while playing this show's theme song always gave me goosbumps in a good way.

Barney Miller - Who wouldn't jump up and down when this show's theme credits played?

Hawaii Five-O - the shots of beautiful Honolulu and Waikiki and the cast, combined w/ that awesome theme song made for a great opening theme credits!

Hill Street Blues - the theme song by itself made you forget that you were about to watch a Police Show. But I loved the intro credits of the casts' shots w/ that midwestern city background. BTW, I also made an opening credits sequence of "The Price is Right" using the "Hill Street Blues" theme song.

A-Team, The - You would love to go peppering people out of that Van while playing this theme song.

Unsolved Mysteries - The scenes w/ the murders and the opening theme song always sent chills down my spines.

Miami Vice - That '80s rockin' guitar and synthesizers and drums gave it that '80s Miami feel!

Chico and the Man - Jose Feliciano's Flamenco-sounding theme song should of served as a sign of hope for Freddie Prinze Sr. from killing himself. No. But in truth, I liked it b/c it really does tell a tale of hope.

"CHiPs" - that awesome theme song used from 1978-83 was really great w/ Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox riding the highway with the credits just showing the motorcycle, the gloves, the helmets, and the California setting itself.

There are others I could choose but these are the ones that stick out at me so far.


I forgot about What' Happening, especially the opening theme for season 3, great tune

S.W.A.T.
I LOVE LUCY
DALLAS
THE JEFFERSONS
GOOD TIMES
COPS
ROSEANNE (except the non-instrumental version)
FAMILY GUY
FACTS OF LIFE
ONE DAY AT A TIME
STARSKY & HUTCH
BARETTA
CHEERS
ALL MY CHILDREN (pre 1986)
KING OF QUEENS
MARTIN
A DIFFERENT WORLD (Aretha Franklin's version)
COSBY SHOW (all except the season with the stupid tropical theme)
WHAT'S HAPPENING
GET SMART
EMERGENCY
MUNSTERS
CORNER GAS
GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
SANFORD & SON
I forgot to add:

THE WHITE SHADOW
BARNEY MILLER
CHiPs

Let me add to my long list:

COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER
THAT 70's SHOW
EIGHT IS ENOUGH (all versions)

The Incredible Hulk
I Dream of Jeannie
MASH
Dragnet (both the Jack Webb versions and the 2003 Ed O'Neill one)
Adam-12
CSI:NY and CSI

I can't believe I forgot Hawaii Five-O.

I also like the theme to "Mr. Belvedere".