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A Deal with the TV God Part 1

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

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The TV Themes of the Seventies

The seventies was the decade of the variety show, giving performers yet another platform to promote hits. The t v theme son finally got really polished, popularized by the tube, but able to stand on its own as a radio hit. There were instrumentals that picked up where hawaii fivo left off,. adding muscle to ditties that were already so catchy and wanted them to last beon intfor example, in 19 74, m f s b recorded the theme to the premier black music show, soul train. It was the first t v theme to hit number one on the hot 100.

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