Daily Eighties Flashback: Joe Harnell “Theme from Hot Pursuit”
Exactly 40 years ago today, the television show Hot Pursuit began its one-season run on NBC. The show’s theme music was written by Joe Harnell.
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Daily Eighties Flashback: Osborne & Giles “Stranger in the Night”
Osborne & Giles made two appearances on Billboard‘s R&B singles chart. On this date in 1985, the first of those two songs, “Stranger in the Night,” rose to a peak position of number 67.
Daily Eighties Flashback: Stu Gardner and Bill Cosby “Kiss Me”
Exactly 40 years ago today, The Cosby Show debuted on NBC, beginning its epic eight-season run. The show’s theme music was a piece written by Stu Gardner and Bill Cosby titled “Kiss Me”...
Daily Eighties Flashback: Fat Boys & The Beach Boys “Wipeout”
The Fat Boys hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart two times. On this date in 1987, the first of that pair of hits, their version of “Wipeout” that also features The...
Daily Eighties Flashback: Mike Post and Pete Carpenter “Theme from Hunter”
Exactly 40 years ago today, the television show Hunter debuted on NBC, beginning its seven-season run. The show’s theme music was composed by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter.
Daily Eighties Flashback: Johnny Douglas and Robert J. Walsh “Theme from Transformers”
Exactly 40 years ago today, the animated series Transformers debuted, beginning its four-season run. The show’s theme song was written by Johnny Douglas and Robert J. Walsh.
Daily Eighties Flashback: Lou Rawls “E/R”
Before the NBC television drama E/R that aired from 1994 to 2009, a sitcom titled E/R ran for one season on CBS in 1984-1985. Exactly 40 years ago, E/R the sitcom debuted. Its theme song...
Daily Eighties Flashback: Ray Parker Jr. “Theme from Pryor’s Place”
Exactly 40 years ago today, the television show Pryor’s Place debuted on CBS, beginning a thirteen-episode run. The show’s theme song was performed by Ray Parker Jr.
Daily Eighties Flashback: Tom Scott “Goodbye Blues”
Exactly 40 years ago today, the television show Hawaiian Heat debuted, beginning its eleven-episode run on ABC. The show’s theme song was “Goodbye Blues” performed by Tom Scott.
Daily Eighties Flashback: Lilo Schifrin “Theme from Glitter”
Exactly 40 years ago today, the television show Glitter debuted on ABC, beginning a fourteen-episode run. The show’s theme music was composed by Lilo Schifrin.
