Seldom-Heard TV Theme Lyrics

This is a compilation that's been sitting on my hard drive for a long time waiting to be finalized (tagging, digging out info, trimming, etc.) and is one of the earliest digital comps I ever started. It got tweaked a lot over the interim (adding and subtracting, getting better versions, etc.).

It's been ready to go for quite a while now, but I guess like a lot of the comps I put up, I hate to do all that final stuff that I need to do to get it ready for public sharity. When you're just listening to it for your own pleasure you don't trim the original source files to remove pesky silences or have to make sure all the info is right or look up album info from stuff you've ripped, and this one especially had a lot of final tweaking to be done. So I guess I've been pretty reluctant to finish this one off and put it out there.

But after the great Mondo Daddykin blog was attacked out of existence, I thought I should put this one up and dedicate it to him. I hope he'll come back someday; he was one of the greats and he will be missed. So this one's for you, Mondo Daddykin, and whatever you do in the future, don't let it get you down!

And to everybody else, this is one of my favorite comps and I hope you enjoy it too!

Seldom-Heard TV Theme Lyrics

Track List:

01 - Cast - Meet The Flintstones - Original Album Version (1961)
02 - Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) - Meet The Flintstones (1993)
03 - Desi Arnaz - I Love Lucy
04 - Hugo Montenegro - Jeannie (I Dream of Jeannie) (1967)
05 - Peggy Lee - Bewitched (1965)
06 - Sally Field - Who Needs Wings To Fly? (1967) - [THE FLYING NUN]
07 - Project: Pimento - Theme from 'Star Trek' (Vocal Ver.)
08 - Nichelle Nichols - Theme From Star Trek (Vocal Ver.)
09 - Sammy Davis, Jr. - You Can Count On Me (Theme from 'Hawaii Five-O') (1976)
10 - Don Ho - You Can Count On Me (Theme from 'Hawaii Five-O')
11 - Bill Murray - Hawaii Five-O Theme
12 - Lorne Greene - Bonanza
13 - Curt Massey - Petticoat Junction (1964)
14 - Unknown Artist - All For You - [HIGH CHAPARRAL]
15 - Harry Nilsson - Girlfriend - [THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER]
16 - Chorus - The Odd Couple (Vocal) (1968)
17 - The Mash - Suicide is Painless (1970) - [M*A*S*H]
18 - Rosemary Clooney - The Wonderful Season of Love (1961) - [PEYTON PLACE]
19 - Vikki Carr - Theme From Peyton Place (For Those Who Are Young) (1965)
20 - Richard Chamberlain - Three Stars Will Shine Tonight (1962) - [DR. KILDARE]
21 - Gene Barry - Burke's Law
22 - Carroll O'Connor & Jean Stapleton - Those Were The Days - [ALL IN THE FAMILY]
23 - Dan Castellaneta & Julie Kavner - Those Were The Days (1997)
24 - Andy Griffith - The Fishin' Hole - [THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW]
25 - Sonny Curtis - Love Is All Around - [THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW]
26 - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Love Is All Around
27 - The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You (1995) - [FRIENDS]
28 - The Manhattan Transfer - Twilight Zone / Twilight Tone
29 - Butch Patrick - Whatever Happened to Eddie? - [THE MUNSTERS]
30 - Chorus - At The Munsters
31 - Cast - Hogan's Heroes March (1966)
32 - Mary Schneider - Liberty Bell / Semper Fidelis / Blaze Away / Washington Post - [MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS]
33 - Sarah Vaughan - Peter Gunn (1965)


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'Seldom-heard' is a relative term, I suppose. Some of these songs were sung in episodes, were pop songs apart from the shows or became hit singles, and some were used in the movies the shows were originally based on. So 'seldom-heard' is in the context of the TV theme (as is the fact that not all the music was written for their respective shows). Just thought I'd mention it since I know some people will quibble with the selections (and believe me, people do). Basically, the criteria are lyrics, to music used as TV themes, that are not normally heard that often in connection to the TV theme used on the show. That really simplifies it, doesn't it?

And when you see more than one song associated with the same show, if you listen carefully, you'll notice that they actually have different lyrics! (with the exception of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show').

And if anyone has any additions, I'd love to hear them! Some material got squeezed out of this comp, but I don't have nearly enough material for a Volume 2, so if anybody has anything, I'd appreciate hearing them!


Notes on the compilation:

#03 - This track was one of the reasons I was waiting so long to finish the comp. My CD version of it was in storage so I was hoping to find another CD-quality version somewhere, but I used an LP version instead. All in all though, it doesn't sound too bad.
#07 - This version has the lyrics that Gene Roddenberry actually wrote and that Alexander Courage didn't like. I don't know who did the lyrics for Nichelle Nichols' version (or if Alexander Courage liked those either).
#14 - Couldn't find out who the singer was on this. It doesn't even seem to be listed on the LP cover. I love the pop version of this theme though. And whenever I heard the actual TV theme as a kid, it always reminded me of 'Telstar'. At least the beginning of the theme did. I'll probably put those up side-by-side someday and see what you think.
#15 - And for anyone who remembers the TV theme and the TV show (about a boy and his father), it's pretty funny (and a little disturbing) to hear the original song.
#26 - And normally I wouldn't have put this on because it's the same seldom-heard lyric as in Sonny Curtis' version, but I always loved her version, so I just felt like putting it on.


And for anyone who had the stamina to read to the end of this post, it probably means you're a fan of TV music (or of this blog, which seems less likely). So if there's anybody out there who missed some of Mondo Daddykin's files, I have most of them before Huckleberry Hound (I missed out on 6 or 7 of his last posts myself). Let me know if you want them and if there are enough people who are interested, maybe I can work something out. I hate the fact that so many people missed out on so much great stuff (most of which was unavailable anywhere else). Hopefully, Mondo Daddykin won't mind, but if he does, please let me know.