Track Listing

1. Sesame Street
2. Muppet Show
3. Alvin Show
4. Speed Racer
5. Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
6. Inspector Gadget
7. Smurfs
8. Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
9. Scooby Doo
10. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - Ed Fournier, Michael Gray
11. Archie's (Everything's Archie)
12. Josie and the Pussycats - Rhythm Heritage
13. Dudley Do-Right
14. Fractured Fairy Tales
15. Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name)
16. Home to Emily [From the Bob Newhart Show]
17. Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)
18. Welcome Back, Kotter (Welcome Back)
19. Room 222
20. WKRP in Cincinnati
21. Taxi (Angela)
22. Barney Miller
23. Three's Company
24. Happy Days
25. Laverne and Shirley (Making Our Dreams Come True)
26. Facts of Life
27. Good Times
28. One Day at a Time
29. Gimme a Break
30. Maude (And Then There's Maude)
31. Jeffersons (Movin' on Up)
32. All in the Family (Those Were the Days)
33. Sanford & Son Theme (The Streetbeater)
34. Dallas
35. Dynasty
36. Knots Landing
37. L.A. Law
38. St. Elsewhere
39. Marcus Welby, M.D.
40. M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)
41. Waltons
42. Little House on the Prairie
43. Hart to Hart
44. Charlie's Angels
45. Wonder Woman
46. Love Boat
47. American Bandstand (Bandstand Boogie)
48. Solid Gold
49. Entertainment Tonight
50. Miami Vice
51. Theme from S.W.A.T.
52. Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow)
53. Streets of San Francisco
54. Barnaby Jones
55. Starsky and Hutch (Gotcha)
56. Rookies
57. Kojak
58. A-Team
59. Name of the Game
60. Quincy, M.E.
61. Hill Street Blues
62. Simon & Simon
63. Magnum, P.I.
64. Rockford Files
65. NBC's Saturday Night Live

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25369 in Music
• Released on: 1990-10-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack

Customer Reviews

A great item for taking a trip down memory lane
The instant that I saw this cd's lineup, I had to purchase it right away. It has several of my favorite themes from shows that I watched growing up and that I still enjoy watching, such as Scooby Doo, The A-Team, Cheers, M*A*S*H, and yes, even Sesame Street. I also like many of the themes to shows that I didn't ever watch, such as Dallas, Facts of Life, Happy Days, and Greatest American Hero.

All the themes are of superb quality, especially when you compare them to the first album in the Television's Greatest Hits series. There's also a Trivia Booklet that tells of some interesting facts about the shows and the themes, such as what years the show was on television, its rankings, who made the themes, how a few of the songs did on the pop charts, and much more.

I'll admit that I don't like all of the songs on the cd, and there are some that should've been included but were not (where is He-Man, Transformers, Duck Tales, and Punky Brewster??!). Also, being a huge fan of The Smurfs when I was a kid, I was disappointed to hear the theme that I wasn't familiar with (the one that has singing in it).

Still, it's loads of fun to drive somewhere with somebody you know and listen to the themes and to see who can guess which theme it is first. It's even better for just kicking back and playing it to take a trip back to the glory days of yesteryear. The track lineup isn't perfect, but it's good enough for a five star rating nonetheless.

If you'd like to own something to 'take you back' every now and then, and especially if you're a fan of television themes, then Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's is a MUST BUY!!

Original Versions
Sixty five original versions of television theme songs. It is so good to find original versions of these songs as most of these type of albums you buy contain versions sung by some unknown non original artist or played by an orchestra without the lyrics and this fact is never mentioned on the outside of the CD cover with the purchaser only finding out they have been ripped off when they get home. Rest assured this sensational album contains nothing but original versions as you heard when you watched the show on TV.

Of course some shows updated their theme songs over the years so some songs on here may be slightly different to what you remember if you tuned in a couple of seasons in.
The Muppet Show and The Smurfs are two which later versions of exist but it is good to hear and own the initial series versions anyway. There is an official Muppet Show soundtrack with the later version on it if you really want it. I am yet to come across the later Smurf one however.

With 65 TV shows covered you really can't go wrong with this collection. Sure there are some great 70's & 80's songs from shows not included, but other shows would have had to be left off for them to be put on here and everyone has different taste. I don't know how old this CD is, I found it in a second hand music store but hopefully if there isn't already a sequel the makers will bring one out with shows like Astro Boy, Married With Children, Chips, Dukes of Hazard, Secret Valley, Round the Twist, Fraggle Rock and other classics. Also a 90's version with shows like Seinfeld, Friends, Malcolm in the Middle, Law and Order, X-Files and so on would be great.

I love listening to theme songs, I don't really know why, but the fact remains that this would be the greatest collection of theme songs on the one CD that I have ever come across. Usually you have to buy whole soundtrack albums to get just one song and the other songs on the album are nothing but fillers. This CD is a must have for any collector of theme songs, just buy it!

Going Back In Time In A Great Way
A friend had this CD while we went on a long driving trip. Listening to this over the many miles was a great brain teaser, and stumped us for many of them. We could see the opening credits and scenes we remembered, but had so much fun trying to remembering these. We laughed like crazy when we figured them out, laughing with a long trip down memory lane. We will certainly buy the other versions for other trips. Great to share with people who can also relate to these shows.