Theme Songs Archives - Events-In-Music.com https://events-in-music.com/category/theme-songs/ Notable People and Events in Music, Entertainment and the Arts Thu, 28 Dec 2023 19:01:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 https://i0.wp.com/events-in-music.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EIM-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Theme Songs Archives - Events-In-Music.com https://events-in-music.com/category/theme-songs/ 32 32 111152217 Who is Sneaky Pete? https://events-in-music.com/who-is-sneaky-pete/ https://events-in-music.com/who-is-sneaky-pete/#respond Sat, 29 Apr 2023 06:34:55 +0000 https://events-in-music.com/?page_id=3045 Sneaky Pete Kleinow

No, not Sneaky Pete the TV crime series that ran from 2015-2019. We’re talking about the legendary pedal steel guitar player “Sneaky” Pete Kleinow. Most people who have heard of Sneaky Pete know him as the incomparable pedal steel player of the also-legendary Flying Burrito Brothers, headed by (another legend!) Gram Parsons, the spearhead of...

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]]> https://events-in-music.com/who-is-sneaky-pete/feed/ 0 3045 Who Wrote the Pink Panther Theme Music? https://events-in-music.com/who-wrote-the-pink-panther-theme-music/ Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:14:16 +0000 https://events-in-music.com/?p=2366 Pink Panther

The Pink Panther theme is one of the most famous movie soundtracks of all time. It was written by Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), whose career spanned 40 years and garnered the composer four Oscars and twenty Grammys, the all-time record for a pop artist. [Since surpassed by Beyonce] Other famous Mancini compositions are the...

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]]> 2366 Everybody’s Talkin’: About Harry Nilsson https://events-in-music.com/everybodys-talkin-about-harry-nilsson/ Wed, 29 Mar 2023 08:02:43 +0000 https://events-in-music.com/?p=2322 Harry Nilsson

Harry Nilsson is my favorite singer of all time. He was also a great piano player and brilliant all around musician. But his VOICE, and amazing vocal abilities, I think, are unequaled. Harry was a troubled, perhaps devilish guy with the absolute voice of an angel. This documentary is a must see! About Who is...

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]]> 2322 First Rock and Roll Record? https://events-in-music.com/first-rock-and-roll-record/ Wed, 22 Mar 2023 03:54:37 +0000 https://events-in-music.com/?page_id=2170 The genesis of rock and roll: Where and when did it all begin? Some have claimed that Elvis Presley’s 1954 cover of bluesman Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup’s “That’s All Right” is the definitive first rock and roll recording. Others trace the “first” R&R record back to 1951 and a song entitled “Rocket 88,” recorded by...

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]]> 2170 Who Wrote the Theme from The Exorcist? https://events-in-music.com/who-wrote-the-theme-from-the-exorcist/ Tue, 21 Mar 2023 05:55:32 +0000 https://events-in-music.com/?p=2138 What do you remember most about the controversial 1973 horror film, The Exorcist? The special effects like Linda Blair, as the possessed Regan, swiveling her head 360 degrees? The graphic language often parodied as “Your mother sews socks that smell”? The phenomenon? It was the biggest grossing (no pun intended!) film of 1973 and was nominated...

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]]> 2138 Who Sang Don’t Worry Be Happy https://events-in-music.com/who-sang-dont-worry-be-happy/ Wed, 15 Mar 2023 03:02:36 +0000 https://events-in-music.com/?p=1923 “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” was a #1 U.S. pop hit in 1988 for singer Bobby McFerrin, winning the Grammy, for Best Song of the Year. (Despite Internet references to the contrary, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” is NOT a song by reggae great Bob Marley.) The song is unusual in that there are no musical instruments...

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]]> 1923 Who Wrote The Jeopardy Theme Song? https://events-in-music.com/who-wrote-the-jeopardy-theme-song/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 06:36:18 +0000 https://events-in-music.com/?page_id=1808 The answer is: TV’s famous daytime talk-show king, Merv Griffin. Griffin died in Los Angeles on August 12, 2007, after losing his ten-year battle with prostate cancer. Griffin, born in San Mateo, CA in 1925 as Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr., hosted the popular Merv Griffin Show from 1962 to 1986. While Merv Griffin is primarily...

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]]> 1808 Who Wrote We Will Rock You? https://events-in-music.com/who-wrote-we-will-rock-you/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 04:19:58 +0000 https://events-in-music.com/?p=1762

What has now become an international rock anthem sung en masse at sporting events, Queen’s “We Will Rock You,” from their 1977 News of the World album, was written by their inimitable lead guitarist Brian May. By all accounts, Brian May is one of the most accomplished guitarists in the history of music. He has...

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]]> 1762 Who Wrote the Law and Order Theme Song? https://events-in-music.com/law-order-theme-songs-mike-post-legacy/ Sun, 10 Jul 2016 22:01:21 +0000 https://events-in-music.com/?page_id=754 Whenever people start talking about the iconic TV cop show, Law and Order, invariably someone has to sing the opening strain of the theme song: “dun dun dun dun daaaaaa.” It’s that familiar, and that closely associated with the show. It’s not an accident. It’s the work of famed composer Mike Post. Few people in the...

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]]> 754 Who Wrote the Lone Ranger Theme Song? https://events-in-music.com/wrote-lone-ranger-theme-song/ https://events-in-music.com/wrote-lone-ranger-theme-song/#respond Wed, 11 May 2016 00:09:41 +0000 https://events-in-music.com/?page_id=487 The famous theme song from the Lone Ranger was written by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792–1868)… an Italian musical composer whose most known works include The Barber of Seville and William Tell. The Theme from the Lone Ranger is actually the fourth and final part of Rossini’s William Tell Overture. The Lone Ranger began as a...

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]]> https://events-in-music.com/wrote-lone-ranger-theme-song/feed/ 0 487 Who Wrote the Music to the Peanuts/Charlie Brown Christmas Specials? https://events-in-music.com/wrote-music-peanutscharlie-brown-christmas-specials/ Sun, 20 Nov 2016 21:18:07 +0000 https://events-in-music.com/?p=932

Who Wrote the Music to the Peanuts/Charlie Brown Christmas Specials? For fifty years, Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) drew the “Peanuts” comic strip. “Peanuts” first appeared in American newspapers in 1950. Schulz’s famous “Peanuts” characters were virtually all children and animals: Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, et al. Schulz’s characters...

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]]> 932 Who Wrote The Twilight Zone Theme Song? https://events-in-music.com/the-twilight-zone/ https://events-in-music.com/the-twilight-zone/#respond Tue, 10 May 2016 00:20:42 +0000 https://events-in-music.com/?p=472 The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone is more than a hit “sci-fi” television show and series of programs. It’s a BRAND! The 1959-1964 TV show was created and written by Rod Serling (along with numerous SPECIAL guest writers, including science fiction icon Ray Bradbury and Earl Hamner Jr., creator of The Waltons). From the very first episode, The...

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