Television's Greatest Hits
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Television's Greatest Hits is a series of albums containing recordings of TV theme songs through the years. This series was first introduced in 1985 as the centerpiece of the then-new TVT Records. Each volume contains 65 theme songs.
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[edit] 50s and 60s (1985)
- Captain Kangaroo
- The Little Rascals
- The Flintstones
- The Woody Woodpecker Show
- The Bugs Bunny Show
- Casper the Friendly Ghost
- Felix the Cat
- Popeye
- Yogi Bear
- Magilla Gorilla
- Top Cat
- The Jetsons
- Fireball XL5
- Howdy Doody
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Petticoat Junction
- Green Acres
- Mister Ed
- The Munsters
- The Addams Family
- My Three Sons
- The Donna Reed Show
- Leave It to Beaver
- Dennis the Menace
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
- The Patty Duke Show
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Gilligan's Island
- McHale's Navy
- I Dream of Jeannie
- I Love Lucy
- The Andy Griffith Show
- Star Trek
- Lost In Space
- The Twilight Zone
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- Superman
- Batman
- Flipper
- Combat!
- The Rifleman
- Bonanza
- Branded
- F Troop
- Rin Tin Tin
- Daniel Boone
- The Wild Wild West
- The Lone Ranger
- The Roy Rogers Show ("Happy Trails")
- Mission: Impossible
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- Get Smart
- Secret Agent Man
- Dragnet
- Perry Mason
- Adam-12
- The F.B.I.
- Hawaii Five-O
- 77 Sunset Strip
- Surfside 6
- Ironside
- Mannix
- The Mod Squad
- The Tonight Show
- The Late Late Show
[edit] More 50s and 60s (1986)
- The Three Stooges
- Merrie Melodies
- The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
- Huckleberry Hound
- Mighty Mouse
- Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse
- The Pink Panther Show
- The Road Runner Show
- George of the Jungle
- Jonny Quest
- Spider-Man
- Underdog
- Looney Tunes
- Peanuts ("Linus and Lucy")
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- The Odd Couple
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Gidget
- That Girl
- Bewitched
- Love, American Style
- The Honeymooners
- I Married Joan
- The Monkees
- The Brady Bunch
- The Partridge Family
- My Mother the Car
- Car 54, Where Are You?
- It's About Time
- My Favorite Martian
- Jeopardy!
- Hogan's Heroes
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- The Rat Patrol
- 12 O'Clock High
- The Time Tunnel
- Voyage To the Bottom of the Sea
- Seahunt
- Daktari
- Tarzan
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
- Rawhide
- Bat Masterson
- Maverick
- Wagon Train
- Have Gun – Will Travel
- The Virginian
- The Rebel
- Peter Gunn
- Route 66
- I Spy
- The Avengers
- The Saint
- Hawaiian Eye
- The Green Hornet
- The Outer Limits
- Dark Shadows
- Ben Casey
- Medical Center
- NBC Mystery Movie
- ABC's Wide World of Sports
- The Jackie Gleason Show
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
[edit] 70s and 80s (1988)
- Sesame Street
- The Muppet Show
- The Alvin Show
- Speed Racer
- Mr. Magoo
- Inspector Gadget
- The Smurfs
- Dastardly and Muttley
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- The Archies
- Josie and the Pussycats
- Dudley Do-Right
- Fractured Fairy Tales
- Cheers
- The Bob Newhart Show
- The Greatest American Hero
- Welcome Back, Kotter
- Room 222
- WKRP In Cincinnati
- Taxi
- Barney Miller
- Three's Company
- Happy Days
- Laverne & Shirley
- The Facts of Life
- Good Times
- One Day at a Time
- Gimme a Break!
- Maude
- The Jeffersons
- All In the Family
- Sanford and Son
- Dallas
- Dynasty
- Knots Landing
- L.A. Law
- St. Elsewhere
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
- M*A*S*H
- The Waltons
- Little House On the Prairie
- Hart to Hart
- Charlie's Angels
- Wonder Woman
- The Love Boat
- American Bandstand
- Solid Gold
- Entertainment Tonight
- Miami Vice
- S.W.A.T.
- Baretta
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Barnaby Jones
- Starsky and Hutch
- The Rookies
- Kojak
- The A-Team
- The Name of the Game
- Quincy, M.E.
- Hill Street Blues
- Simon & Simon
- Magnum, P.I.
- The Rockford Files
- Saturday Night Live
[edit] The Commercials (1989)
- "Snap, Crackle, Pop" (Rice Krispies)
- "I'm a Chiquita Banana" (Chiquita Bananas)
- "Choo-Choo Charlie" (Good & Plenty)
- "If You Like Fluff Fluff Fluff" (Marshmallow Fluff)
- "Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut" (Almond Joy and Mounds Candy Bars)
- "There's Nothing Like the Face" (Hershey's Chocolate Bars)
- "Do You Know Exactly How" (Oreo Cookies)
- "Candy-Coated Popcorn, Peanuts and a Prize" (Cracker Jack)
- "I'd Like To Buy the World a Coke" (Coca-Cola)
- "It's the Real Thing" (Coca-Cola)
- "Things Go Better With Coke" (Coca-Cola)
- "Come Alive" (Pepsi Cola)
- "Be a Pepper" (Dr Pepper)
- "The San Francisco Treat" (Rice-A-Roni)
- "The Dogs Kids Love To Bite" (Armour Hot Dogs)
- "Fruit Juicy" (Hawaiian Punch)
- "I Love Bosco" (Bosco)
- "N-E-S-T-L-E-S" (Nestlés Quik Chocolate Flavor)
- "It's Slinky" (Slinky)
- "Meet the Swinger" (Polaroid Swinger)
- "Oh, Fab, I'm Glad" (Fab Laundry Detergent)
- "Stronger Than Dirt" (Ajax Laundry Detergent)
- "Mr. Clean, Mr. Clean" (Mr. Clean All-Purpose Cleaner)
- "Use Ajax, the Foaming Cleanser" (Ajax cleanser)
- "My Dog's Better Than Your Dog" (Ken-L Ration Dog Food)
- "Meow, Meow, Meow, Meow" (Meow Mix Cat Food)
- "In the Middle, In the Middle, In the Middle" (NYS Department of Safety)
- "When You Say Bud" (Budweiser Beer)
- "Here's To Good Friends" (Löwenbräu Beer)
- "If You've Got the Time" (Miller High Life)
- "Schaefer Is the One Beer To Have" (Schaefer Beer)
- "When You're Out of Schlitz" (Schlitz Beer)
- "A Completely Unique Experience" (Colt .45 Malt Liquor)
- "My Beer Is Rheingold, the Dry Beer" (Rheingold Beer Extra Dry)
- "Add a Ring" (Ballantine Premium Lager Beer)
- "Hey, Get Your Cold Beer" (Ballantine Premium Lager Beer)
- "To a Smoker, It's a Kent" (Kent Cigarettes)
- "Winston Tastes Good" (Winston Cigarettes)
- "You Can Take Salem Out of the Country" (Salem Cigarettes)
- "Theme from 'The Magnificent Seven'" (Marlboro Cigarettes)
- "Like Father, Like Son" (Health PSA)
- "See the U.S.A." (Chevrolet Motors)
- "Texaco Star Theme" (Texaco)
- "Pick One Up and Smoke It Sometime" (Muriel Cigars)
- "Hey, Big Spender" (Muriel Cigars)
- "A Little Dab'll Do Ya" (Brylcreem)
- "Dippity Do, Dippity Do" (Dippity Do Styling Gel)
- "The Stripper" (Noxzema Shaving Cream)
- "How're You Fixed For Blades" (Gillette Blue Blades)
- "Look Sharp March" (Gillette Blue Blades)
- "The Mariner" (Old Spice Long-Lasting Cologne)
- "Chock Full o' Nuts Is That Heavenly Coffee" (Chock Full o'Nuts Coffee)
- "Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee" (Sara Lee)
- "Plop Plop Fizz Fizz" (Alka-Seltzer Effervescent Antacid)
- "The Shape Your Stomach's In" (Alka-Seltzer Effervescent Antacid)
[edit] Black and White Classics (1996)
- Astro Boy
- Roger Ramjet
- The Mighty Hercules
- The Gumby Show
- Beany and Cecil
- Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
- Quick Draw McGraw
- Wally Gator
- King Leonardo and His Short Subjects
- The Big World of Little Adam
- Kukla, Fran and Ollie
- Soupy Sales
- Captain Midnight
- Make Room For Daddy
- Father Knows Best
- My Little Margie
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
- Hazel
- Our Miss Brooks
- Karen
- The Real McCoys
- Lassie
- Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
- Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- Gunsmoke
- Lawman
- 26 Men
- Colt .45
- Cheyenne
- Bronco
- The Legend of Jesse James
- Hopalong Cassidy
- The Everglades
- Adventures In Paradise
- Victory At Sea
- Dr. Kildare
- Medic
- Burke's Law
- Highway Patrol
- M Squad
- The Detectives
- The Untouchables
- The Fugitive
- Checkmate
- Tightrope!
- Mr. Lucky
- Bourbon Street Beat
- Pete Kelly's Blues
- Asphalt Jungle
- Mr. Broadway
- Johnny Staccato
- Naked City
- The Twenty-First Century
- The French Chef
- Candid Camera
- You Bet Your Life
- Amos 'n' Andy
- The Abbott and Costello Show
- Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
- The Lawrence Welk Show
- Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour
- Miss America Pageant
- The Red Skelton Show
- The Bob Hope Show
[edit] In Living Color (1996)
- Stingray
- Thunderbirds
- Gigantor
- Cool McCool
- The Go-Go Gophers
- The World of Commander McBragg
- Secret Squirrel
- The Atom Ant Show
- Wacky Races
- Hong Kong Phooey
- Super Chicken
- Tom Slick Racer
- H.R. Pufnstuf
- Land of the Lost
- Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
- Banana Splits
- Chico and the Man
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies
- The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
- Nanny and the Professor
- Here Come the Brides
- The Flying Nun
- Family Affair
- The Dating Game
- The Newlywed Game
- Let's Make a Deal
- All My Children
- General Hospital
- Peyton Place
- Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
- Gentle Ben
- Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
- Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
- The High Chaparral
- The Big Valley
- Cimarron Strip
- Laredo
- The Men From Shiloh
- It Takes a Thief
- The Magician
- Switch
- Felony Squad
- Police Woman
- The Men
- Cannon
- Judd, for the Defense
- Emergency!
- Police Story
- The Six Million Dollar Man
- The Bionic Woman
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
- Night Gallery
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker
- The Invaders
- Land of the Giants
- Lost In Space
- Olympic Fanfare
- Masterpiece Theatre
- Hullabaloo
- Where the Action Is
- Happening '68
- This Is Tom Jones
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
- The Dean Martin Show
- The Carol Burnett Show
[edit] Remote Control (1996)
- Fish
- Night Court
- What's Happening!!
- Diff'rent Strokes
- Mr. Belvedere
- Growing Pains
- Charles in Charge
- Silver Spoons
- Webster
- Too Close For Comfort
- Who's the Boss?
- Perfect Strangers
- Alice
- It's a Living
- Angie
- 227
- The Golden Girls
- ALF
- Mork & Mindy
- Police Squad!
- Family Ties
- Moonlighting
- Soap
- Benson
- The Benny Hill Show
- The Young Ones
- The People's Court
- Family Feud
- The Price Is Right
- Siskel and Ebert
- Monday Night Football
- Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
- Fame
- The Paper Chase
- Fantasy Island
- Falcon Crest
- The Colbys
- Highway to Heaven
- The Dukes of Hazzard
- B. J. and the Bear
- Movin' On
- The Fall Guy
- James at 15
- Eight Is Enough
- Baa Baa Black Sheep
- Trapper John, M.D.
- CHiPs
- Vega$
- Matt Houston
- Cagney & Lacey
- T. J. Hooker
- Hardcastle and McCormick
- Hunter
- MacGyver
- Knight Rider
- Airwolf
- The Incredible Hulk
- V: The Series
- The New Twilight Zone
- Doctor Who
- Mystery!
- The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
- Roots
- Vietnam: A Television History
- Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
[edit] Cable Ready (1996)
- The Simpsons
- The Ren and Stimpy Show
- The Brothers Grunt
- Duckman
- The Adventures of Pete & Pete
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast
- Clarissa Explains It All
- Barney & Friends
- Where In the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
- Saved By the Bell
- Major Dad
- My Two Dads
- Blossom
- Full House
- Empty Nest
- Family Matters
- The Cosby Show
- A Different World
- Roc
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Home Improvement
- Roseanne
- Seinfeld
- Mad About You
- It's Garry Shandling's Show
- The John Larroquette Show
- Hudson Street
- The Single Guy
- Davis Rules
- Murphy Brown
- The Nanny
- Designing Women
- Doogie Howser, M.D.
- Wings
- Anything But Love
- Evening Shade
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
- Sisters
- I'll Fly Away
- Thirtysomething
- My So-Called Life
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- Melrose Place
- The Heights
- 21 Jump Street
- In the Heat of the Night
- Midnight Caller
- America's Most Wanted
- Unsolved Mysteries
- Sledge Hammer!
- The Equalizer
- NYPD Blue
- Law and Order
- Twin Peaks
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Alien Nation
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
- Tales From the Crypt
- Quantum Leap
- Max Headroom
- Liquid Television
- HBO Feature Presentation
- The Tracey Ullman Show
- The Kids in the Hall
- Late Show with David Letterman
[edit] External links
- Soundtrack Collector: A place for more info on the series.