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WEBN · 10-12-2003, 01:47 AM

Does anyone know where I can get the ending song of WKRP, I love that song for some reason

treky · 10-12-2003, 04:45 AM

I don't know, but since it's a song by The Blues Brothers-a singing duo that John Belushi & Dan Ackroyd, from "Saturday Night Live" back in the 70s-had, you can probably find it on an album of theirs. I think they made a couple of them. I wouldn't know where to look for them, though. You might try E-Bay.

Ignatowski · 07-28-2011, 12:22 PM

The closing theme was not the Blues Brothers. Was just a studio singer and the song had no words, was just all gibberish and done basically as a joke to keep everyone wondering what he was saying. As I recall they werent going to use it originally but everyone pretty much thought it was a great idea. The singer I think was Jimmy Ellis.

robyrob · 07-28-2011, 01:05 PM

not the Blues Brothers:

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The closing theme, "WKRP In Cincinnati End Credits", was a hard rock number composed and performed by Jim Ellis, an Atlanta musician who recorded some of the incidental music for the show. According to people who attended the recording sessions, Ellis didn't yet have lyrics for the closing theme, so he sang nonsense words to give an idea of how it would sound. Wilson decided to use the words anyway, since he felt that it would be funny to use lyrics that were deliberate gibberish, as a satire on the incomprehensibility of many rock songs.[22] Also, because CBS always had an announcer talking over the closing credits, Wilson knew that no one would actually hear the closing theme lyrics anyway. In one pop-cultural nod to the closing theme, a character performs the song in the film Ready to Rumble. The closing theme is also played at the end of the syndicated morning radio show The John Boy and Billy Big Show.

http://www.televisiontunes.com/WKRP_..._-_Ending.html

Ignatowski · 07-28-2011, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by robyrob

not the Blues Brothers:

http://www.televisiontunes.com/WKRP_..._-_Ending.html

cooooooooool thanks!!

10-12-2003, 01:47 AM	#1
WEBN Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Oct 09, 2003 Posts: 3	Ending theme Does anyone know where I can get the ending song of WKRP, I love that song for some reason

10-12-2003, 04:45 AM	#2
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	I don't know, but since it's a song by The Blues Brothers-a singing duo that John Belushi & Dan Ackroyd, from "Saturday Night Live" back in the 70s-had, you can probably find it on an album of theirs. I think they made a couple of them. I wouldn't know where to look for them, though. You might try E-Bay.
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07-28-2011, 12:22 PM	#3
Ignatowski Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 02, 2010 Location: detroit Posts: 148	The closing theme was not the Blues Brothers. Was just a studio singer and the song had no words, was just all gibberish and done basically as a joke to keep everyone wondering what he was saying. As I recall they werent going to use it originally but everyone pretty much thought it was a great idea. The singer I think was Jimmy Ellis.