Dave Plier, newsman Roger Badesch, producer Curtis Koch and listeners talk about the lost art of TV themes, the themes that tell the back story, the musicians that wrote and songs the music and the recent survey that named 70’s sitcom ‘Happy Days’ as America’s most memorable theme.
America’s Most Memorable TV Themes that Told a Story: Tuning In to a Lost Art

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