1. Six Feet Under 2. Sex And The City 3. Ally McBeal 4. Will & Grace 5. Everybody Loves Raymond 6. Frasier 7. Friends 8. Late Show With David Letterman 9. Mad About You 10. Melrose Place 11. Beverly Hills 90210 12. Law & Order 13. Northern Exposure 14. The Simpsons 15. Thirtysomething 16. Full House 17. 21 Jump Street 18. L.A. Law 19. Pee-Wee's Playhouse 20. Perfect Strangers 21. Growing Pains 22. Moonlighting 23. Who's The Boss? 24. Miami Vice 25. Night Court 26. The A-Team 27. St. Elsewhere 28. Cheers 29. Knight Rider 30. Cagney & Lacey 31. The Greatest American Hero 32. Hill Street Blues 33. Dynasty 34. Magnum, P.I. 35. The Facts of Life 36. Diff'rent Strokes 37. WKRP In Cincinnati 38. Taxi 39. Dallas 40. Fantasy Island 41. The Love Boat 42. Soap 43. Eight Is Enough 44. Three's Company 45. Wonder Woman 46. Charlie's Angels 47. The Muppet Show 48. Alice 49. What's Happening!! 50. Laverne & Shirley 51. One Day At A Time 52. Welcome Back, Kotter 53. Barney Miller 54. Starsky and Hutch 55. S.W.A.T. 56. The Jeffersons 57. Police Woman 58. The Rockford Files 59. Good Times 60. The Six Million Dollar Man 61. M*A*S*H 62. The Waltons 63. Maude 64. Sanford and Son 65. All In The Family 66. The Partridge Family 67. The Odd Couple 68. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 69. Happy Days 70. Sesame Street 71. Love, American Style 72. The Courtship of Eddie's Father 73. The Brady Bunch 74. Scooby-Doo 75. Hawaii Five-O 76. The Banana Splits 77. The Newlywed Game 78. The Dating Game 79. The Monkees 80. Batman 81. I Dream Of Jeannie 82. The Wild Wild West 83. Green Acres 84. Gilligan's Island 85. The Addams Family 86. Bewitched 87. The Jetsons 88. The Dick Van Dyke show 89. The Andy Griffith Show 90. The Flintstones 91. My Three Sons 92. The Twilight Zone 93. Leave It To Beaver 94. Perry Mason 95. The Honeymooners 96. Merrie Melodies 97. Looney Toons 98. Dragnet 99. I Love Lucy 100. The Lone Ranger
Album Description
America is a huge, diverse country with Yankee home cooking and Tex Mex cuisine. People ski on frozen Vermont mountains and surf the big waves in sun drenched California. One thing that binds it all together is TV. Television is American culture, a common thread that holds it all together on a nightly basis as we assemble around our living rooms to watch our favorite characters and shows. Twenty years ago, TVT Records was born with its first release, Television's Greatest Hits. Now after having sold millions of its TV theme compilations around the world, America's #1 independent label for the past 4 years running is returning to its roots. In celebration of TVT's 20th Anniversary, it is releasing the ultimate TV collection, All Time Top 100 TV Themes, featuring themes drawn from all the original sources. Hearing these theme songs consistenly evokes a strong emotional response, pointing to a time when everyone watched the same TV shows again and again. From I Love Lucy and Green Acres to Batman and The Monkees, to Welcome Back Kotter and M*A*S*H to Pee Wee's Playhouse and Twin Peaks to Friends and Six Feet Under, virtually anyone who grew up American watching television is sure to want a nostalgic piece of their shared cultural past.
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All-Time Top 100 TV Themes
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2005-08-23)
- Publisher: Tvt
- Label: Tvt
- Format: Soundtrack
- Studio: Tvt
- Average Customer Review:
based on 34 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #2754
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Summary: Lots of fun 2008-11-11
Comment: Listening to these CD's brought back some fond memories of childhood. The quality of the tracks were very good. Simply a lot of fun to listen to!
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Summary: Good variety, fine quality 2008-08-29
Comment: I know others have commented on the less-than-stellar production values of this compilation, but I think they're fine. The collection of songs is great, and even though at first I wasn't thrilled about the newer stuff, we've come to love those as well. This is a great collection to listen to with the whole family. I think it would be difficult to find a comparable compilation for a similar price. Good value.
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Summary: Hard To Please Everyone 2008-08-12
Comment: The fact that this has generated over 30 reviews to date, ranging from 5 stars to 1, indicates that it's impossible to please everyone when putting this kind of project together. In one respect I can sympathize with those who were hoping to get full versions of some of the tunes, especially those that were good enough to produce hit singles - some of them smash hits - and so felt compelled to award just 1 or 2 stars. I have less sympathy for those who bemoan the sound "quality" since, as one reviewer has pointed out, many are soundtrack bytes and some of that 60s and 70's TV had pretty dismal sound.
The way I look at it, these are memory-joggers and this is a CD that can be hauled out and played at a party or family gathering to see how many can recognize the series they came from. Did they miss some obvious ones? Well, in a word, "yes" with some that come to mind at once being The Themes from - - Ben Casey, a # 28 hit in 1962 for Valjean; Dr. Kildare [Three Stars Will Shine Tonight], a # 10 in 1962 for star Richard Chamberlain; Dynasty, a # 52 in 1982 for Bill Conti; and The Dukes Of Hazzard [Good Ol' Boys], a # 21 in 1980 for Waylon Jennings.
But while this 2-CD set is fun, I too would like to see a similar set offering the full versions of those that went on to become hit singles, including the ones just mentioned and these which became Top 10 hits: Theme From The Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not), a # 2 in 1981 for Joey Scarbury; Theme From Hill Street Blues, a # 10 in 1981 for Mike Post, who also had hits with The Theme From Magnum P.I. (# 25 in 1982)and The Rockford Files (# 10 in 1975); Theme From S.W.A.T. by The Rhythm Heritage (# 1 in 1976); Miami Vice Theme by Jan Hammer (# 1 in 1985); Welcome Back (from Welcome Back, Kotter) by John Sebastien of The Lovin' Spoonful (# 1 in 1976); Happy Days by Pratt & McClain (# 5 in 1976); and Hawaii Five-O by The Ventures (# 4 in 1969).
Others that made the Billboard charts in the lower regions include: I'll Be There For You (from Friends) by The Rembrandts (# 17 in 1995); Where Everybody Knows Your Name (from Cheers) by Gary Portnoy (# 83 in 1983); Moonlighting Theme by Al Jarreau (# 23 in 1987); Theme From My Three Sons by Lawrence Welk (# 55 in 1961); Theme From Charlie's Angels by Percy Faith & His Orchestra (# 49 in 1977); WKRP In Cincinnati by Steve Carlisle (# 65 in 1981); Making Our Dreams Come True (from Laverne & Shirley) by Cyndi Grecco (# 25 in 1976); The Song From M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless) by Al DeLory & His Orchestra (# 70 in 1970); Those Were The Days (from All In The Family) by Carroll O'Connor & Jean Stapleton (# 43 in 1972); and Batman Theme, a hit for both The Marketts (# 17) and Neal Hefti & His Orchestra (# 35) in 1966.
I've probably overlooked a few, but the point is, they could easily come up with a 2-CD volume containing just the hit versions.
Both the CD's and the insert are filled with vintage TV sets, and inside you get a re-listing of the contents showing composers, performers, and the running length of the series concerned for each track.
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Summary: Great CD!! 2008-06-17
Comment: I love this cd. It has really good themes. I recomend it to everyone because it's a great addition to your cd collection.
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Summary: A Long Awaited Collection 2008-04-14
Comment: As an avid fan of television themes I must applaud this collection.
For years and years I searched record stores and Phonolog editions for TV themes and info. Volumes 1 through 7 brought us the first comprehensive collection of TV themes ever released.
There were a greater number of themes that had been re-created in these first 7 volumes than I'd like to see. Just the same, I was happy to have as many originals as I found on these earlier volumes.
The All Time Top 100 TV Themes nearly fills all the gaps. I recommend this collection as the best available to date.
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