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Batman Theme 3a (D & G) (DA) by Neil Hefti (lyric and chords) and Batman_Uke Ensemble (UBA) Tabs for ukulele
"Batman Theme", the title song of the 1966 Batman TV series, was composed by Neal Hefti. This song is built around a guitar hook reminiscent of spy film scores and surf music. It has a twelve bar blues progression, using only three chords until the coda. The eleven cries of "Batman!" were sung by a chorus of four tenors and four sopranos (performed by The Ron Hicklin Singers), backed up with bass guitar, brass and percussion. Batman Theme, Wikipedia.

Batman Theme

Bewitched Theme Song (UBA) (Howard Greenfield & Jack Keller, 1964) 
Jack Keller recalled, "the pilot had used Frank Sinatra's 'Witchcraft,' but they didn't want to pay for 'Witchcraft,' so they asked us to write something. We only had a week to write the song, do the demo, and get it out to California, and they accepted it and they put it on. The show was a smash." 'Bewitched' was originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972. In 2002, Bewitched was ranked #50 on "TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time". There's a good background piece on the Bewitched Theme: All About The Bewitched Theme Music. There were several versions of the theme song heard during various years of the show. YouTube has many of the variations: Bewitched Theme Song. Bewitched, Wikipedia.

Bewitched Theme Video Clip

Bewitched by Steve Lawrence from "Steve & Edie At The Movies."

Car 54, Where Are You? (UBA) (alt) (Nat Hiken and John Strauss) for the series “Car 54, Where Are You?,” 1961-1963. The continuing adventures of Officer Gunther Toody (Joe E. Ross) and Officer Francis Muldoon (Fred Gwynne).

Car 54, Where Are You Theme Song

Carol Burnett (Harry Zimmerman and Joe Hamilton, 1967) (UBA)  for the series “The Carol Burnett Show,” 1967-1978

Carol Burnett Show Theme Song (1967)

Cheers Theme - "Where Everybody Knows Your Name” (Gary Portnoy & Judy Hart Angelo, 1983) for the series "Cheers," 1982-1993.

The Cheers Theme Song ("Where Everybody Knows Your Name") by Gary Portnoy (1983-1992)

Where Everybody Knows Your Name by Gary Portnoy (Demo, TV & Radio Versions)

Get Happy ("C'mon Get Happy" by Wes Farrell and Danny Janssen, performed by David Cassidy and members of the Ron Hicklin Singers) (UBA*) for the series “The Partridge Family,” 1970-1974

Theme Song for the Partridge Family

Green Acres Theme (C) (Vic Mizzy, 1965) for the series "Green Acres," 1965-1971.
Although produced as a sister show to "Petticoat Junction" and closely related to "The Beverly Hillbillies," the show's roots were from a CBS radio comedy show, "Granby's Green Acres," an eight-episode series that aired from July 3 to August 21, 1950. The show is set in the same television universe as producer Paul Henning's "Petticoat Junction," featuring such towns as Hooterville, Pixley, Crabwell Corners, and Stankwell Falls, as well as sharing characters such as Joe Carson, Fred and Doris Ziffel, Sam Drucker, Newt Kiley, and Floyd Smoot.
In the March 1967 episode "The Beverly Hillbillies," the Hooterville theater puts on a play in homage to "famous television show" "The Beverly Hillbillies". Oliver plays Jethro opposite Lisa as Granny Clampett. Starting in 1968, "The Beverly Hillbillies" aired episodes with the Clampetts in Hooterville visiting distant cousins the Bradley family. This brought the world of all three shows into the same reality. Although the TV show received solid ratings during its six-year run, "Green Acres" was cancelled in 1971 as part of the "rural purge" by CBS. Vic Mizzy also wrote the theme song for "The Addams Family" as well as for other sitcoms, numerous movies and many popular songs. Green Acres, Wikipedia; Rural purge, Wikipedia; Vic Mizzy (American composer), Wikipedia.
 

Green Acres Theme Song by Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor (Opening and Closing themes)

Happy Days Theme (C & G) (Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox) for the series "Happy Days," 1974-1984.

Happy Days - Pratt & McClain (C & G) (the long version recorded in 1976)

Happy Days Theme Song

Happy Days (Theme from Happy Days) by Pratt & McClain (1976 single)

Happy Trails (Dale Evans, 1951) for the series "The Roy Rogers Show"
This was the theme song for the 1950s radio program and the television show that starred Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. It was written by Evans and always sung by the duo over the end credits of those programs.
In 1951, Foy Willing had written a song titled "Happy Trails In Sunshine Valley" for the Republic Pictures movie, "Spoilers of the Plains," starring Roy Rogers with Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage. Dale Evans used the first three notes of Foy's song and the title in writing her version of "Happy Trails."
Happy Trails was released in 1952 as a 78 RPM and 45 RPM by Rogers and Evans with the Whippoorwills and Orchestra, and re-issued in 1957. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. There have been numerous notable covers of Dale Evans' version of the song.
     * Janis Joplin left a taped recording of the song as a birthday greeting for John Lennon, three days before her death. Lennon, whose birthday was October 9, later told Dick Cavett that her taped greeting arrived at his home after her death.
     * Van Halen covered the song and usually ended live performances with that song.
Happy Trails (song), Wikipedia; Happy Trails, Songfacts.com; The Roy Rogers Show, Wikipedia.

Happy Trails by Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and The Whippoorwills (1952)

Happy Trails by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans with Dusty Rogers

Happy Trails by Randy Travis and Roy Rogers from Travis' "Heroes & Friends" (1990)

I'll Be Seeing You - Ver 1 — the EZ version — and I'll Be Seeing You - Ver 2  (Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal, 1938), the closing theme of the Liberace Show (ca. 1953-1959) (C & G)
Published in 1938, it was inserted into the Broadway musical "Right This Way," which closed after fifteen performances. The title of the 1944 film "I'll Be Seeing" was taken from this song at the suggestion of the film's producer, Dore Schary; the song is included in the film's soundtrack. It became the theme for Liberace by the early 1950s and was the closing song for his television series and later performances throughout the world. Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra had big hits with this song in 1944, and the song has been extensively covered. This was the song Johnny Carson asked Stevie Wonder to sing to him to close out his 30-year run on The Tonight Show. I'll Be Seeing You (song), Wikipedia; I'll Be Seeing You, Songfacts.com; Liberace, Wikipedia.

I'll Be Seeing You by Liberace (1978 live performance)

I'll Be Seeing You by Bing Crosby & John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra (1944)

I'll Be Seeing You by Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (1944)

I'll Be Seeing You by Vera Lynn (1940s, with original introduction)

I'll Be Seeing You by Linda Ronstadt (2004, with the original introduction)

It’s a Jungle Out There (Randy Newman, 2003), theme song for the series "Monk" (C)
"It's a Jungle Out There" is a song written by Randy Newman and used as the theme song for the TV series Monk starting in its second season. The lyrics allude to Monk's many fears and warn that some degree of caution and attention is necessary to stay alive, given everyday life's many dangers.
In 2004, it won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music. As the first season's theme song "Monk Theme" had won the same award the previous year, Monk became the first series to have two different theme songs win an Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music in consecutive years. It's a Jungle Out There (song), Wikipedia

It's a Jungle Out There by Randy Newman

It's Alright (Mike Moran) for the British series "New Tricks," 2004-2015
The series focuses on the work of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS) - a fictional division within London's Metropolitan Police Service tasked with re-investigating unsolved crimes. UCOS primarily functioned with a senior police detective overseeing the work of three retired police officers. Each episode focuses on a different investigation, with characters often coping with problems at their age but using their wisdom and humor, usually revolving around in-house banter, to overcome hurdles in the original investigation of cold cases. New Tricks, Wikipedia; It's Alright, Songfacts.com.

It's Alright, It's Okay by Dennis Waterman

Love Boat (UBA) (Paul Williams and Charles Fox) for the series “The Love Boat,” 1977-1986

Theme Song from The Love Boat by Jack Jones

Theme Song from The Love Boat by Jack Jones (long version)

Love is All Around (Sonny Curtis, 1970), the theme song from the "Mary Tyler Moore Show," 1970-1977

The theme song from the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" by Sonny Curtis

Love is All Around by Sonny Curtis (45 rpm record)

Making Our Dreams Come True (Cyndi Grecco) for the series "LaVerne and Shirley,” 1976-1983

LaVerne and Shirley Opening Theme Song

Making Our Dreams Come True by Cyndi Grecco for "LaVerne and Shirley"

Maverick Theme (David Buttolph and Paul Francis Webster) for the series “Maverick,” 1957-1962, (yup ... living on Jacks and Queens) featuring brothers Bret Maverick (James Garner), Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly), and Brent Maverick (Robert Colbert), a cousin, Beau Maverick (Roger Moore) and an uncle, Bentley Maverick (also played by Jack Kelly).

Theme Song from Maverick

Meet The Flintstones (F) (UBA) & Meet The Flintstones (G) (KF)  (Hoyt Curtin, William Hanna & Joseph Barbera, 1961) for the series “The Flintstones,” 1960-1966 (beginning in Season 3)
This was the first animated series to hold a prime-time slot on television. The original recording had a verse about the Rubbles. The melody is believed to have been inspired from part of the 'B' section of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op.31, No.2 (The "Tempest"), Movement 2 "Adagio,", composed in 1801/02, and reharmonized. Meet The Flintstones, Wikipedia; The Flintstones, Wikipedia.

Meet The Flintstones, Opening and Closing Themes

Meet The Flintstones, Original Album Version (1961)

Mickey Mouse Cub March (UBA) ("The Mickey Mouse March," Jimmie Dodd) for the series “The Mickey Mouse Club,” intermittently from 1955-1996

The Mickey Mouse March

The Mickey Mouse March by Mannheim Steamroller (1998), a rather dreamy instrumental with vocals beginning at about 1:50

Petticoat Junction (Curt Massey and Paul Henning, performed by Curt Massey) for the series “Petticoat Junction,” 1963-1970

Petticoat Junction Opening and Closing Theme

Petticoat Junction by Flatt and Scruggs

Rawhide (KF) & Rawhide (UBA) (Ned Washington and Dimitri Tiomkin, 1958, performed by Frankie Laine) for the series “Rawhide,” 1959-1966

Theme Song from Rawhide (Theme Song, Opening and Closing, 1959)

Rawhide by Frankie Laine (vinyl)

Theme Song from Rawhide by the Blues Brothers (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) (Soundtrack recording, 1980)

Theme Song from Rawhide (in "A") by the Blues Brothers (Video clip, 1980)

Scooby Doo Theme (“Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” David Mook & Ben Raleigh, 1969) for the series “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” 1969-1985 (C & G)
Scooby-Doo, Wikipedia.

Scooby Doo Theme Song by Larry Marks (1969)

Scooby Doo Theme Song by Austin Roberts (George A. Robertson, Jr.) (1970)

Scooby Doo Theme Song by Matthew Sweet

Secret Agent Man (P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri) for the "Danger Man" (1960-1962) & "Secret Agent" (1964-1968) series.
"Danger Man" was a British TV series featuring Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. It had a short U.K. run but became an unexpected hit in the U.S. during summer reruns under the name "Secret Agent." This prompted a resurrection of the show that ran from 1964 to 1968.

Secret Agent Man Theme by Johnny Rivers

Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers (audio recording)

Sesame Street ("Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?", by Jon Stone, Bruce Hart and Joe Raposo, 1969)

As is the case with many television series, the theme song changed over the years of the series. This is said to be the original theme from the beginning of the show. For more information, see: Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?, Wikipedia; Sesame Street, Wikipedia.

Sesame Street (Original Cast Record, 1969)

Spiderman (Paul Francis Webster and Bob Harris) from the 1967 TV animated series (Am)
There have been a dozen live-action and animated Spider-Man series on television since the 1960s plus the movie versions, international series and movies, comics, video games, assorted Marvel Animated Universe offerings, etc. Spiderman, Wikipedia; Spider-Man in television, Wikipedia; Spider-Man (1967 TV series), Wikipedia; Spider-Man in film, Wikipedia.

Spiderman Theme Song from the 1967 TV animated series

Suicide is Painless (Johnny Mandel & Mike Altman, 1970)  for the series “M.A.S.H.” 1972-1983 (Am & Em)
The song was written specifically for Ken Prymus, the actor playing Private Seidman, who sang it during the faux-suicide of Walter "Painless Pole" Waldowski (John Schuck) in the film's "Last Supper" scene. Director Robert Altman had two stipulations about the song for Mandel: it had to be called "Suicide Is Painless" and it had to be the "stupidest song ever written". Altman attempted to write the lyrics himself, but upon finding it too difficult, he gave the task to his 14-year-old-son Michael, who wrote the lyrics in five minutes. Altman said that while he made $70,000 for having directed the movie, his son had earned more than $1 million for having co-written the song. Suicide Is Painless, Wikipedia.

Suicide is Painless (Video from the movie)

Thank You For Being A Friend (UBA)  (Andrew Gold, performed by Cynthia Fee) for the series “The Golden Girls,” 1985-1992

Theme Song from The Golden Girls ("Thank You For Being A Friend") (with opening and closing credits)

Theme Song from The Golden Girls ("Thank You For Being A Friend") (Extended Version)

Thank You For Being A Friend by Andrew Gold (Official Music Video)

The Addams Family Theme (Vic Mizzy, 1964) for the series “The Addams Family,” 1964-1966
The show's memorable theme was dominated by a harpsichord with finger snaps as percussive accompaniment. The Addams Family, Wikipedia; The Addams Family (1964 TV series), Wikipedia.

The Addams Family Theme by Vic Mizzy (1964)

The Ballad Of Davy Crockett  (George Bruns & Thomas W. Blackburn, 1954) (C & G) (DA), theme song of the 1954 Disney mini-series and the 1955 movie about Davy Crockett.
The mini-series and the movie, fueled by a massive marketing campaign from Disney, ignited "The Crockett Craze," among schoolchildren, many of whom wore the imitation "coonskin cap." The Craze was referenced in the film "Back to the Future," which is set predominantly in 1955. In the film, the Fess Parker version of the song is heard on a jukebox inside Lou's Diner and, in a later scene, one of Lorraine Baines' brothers appears wearing a coonskin cap. The song was also featured in other films.
United States Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee wore a Davy Crockett cap during the 1956 campaign, as the Democratic presidential nominee, Adlai Stevenson; both lost.
Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. The Ballad Of Davy Crockett, Wikipedia.

The Ballad Of Davy Crockett by Bill Hayes (first recording)

The Ballad Of Davy Crockett by Fess Parker (who starred in the Disney mini-series and movie, 1954-1955)

The Ballad Of Davy Crockett by The Wellingtons (1954, 1971), the version heard during the Disney mini-series.

The Ballad of Davy Crockett by Tennessee Ernie Ford

The Ballad of Davy Crockett by Burl Ives

The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle (Sherwood Schwartz & George Wyle, 1964) for the series “ Gilligan's Island,” 1964-1967 (Am & Em)
Gilligan's Island, Wikipedia.

The Ballad of Gilligan's Island

The Ballad of Jed Clampett (Paul Henning, 1962) for the series “The Beverly Hillbillies” 1962-1971 (C & G)
The Ballad of Jed Clampett, Wikipedia; The Beverly Hillbillies, Wikipedia; Foggy Mountain Boys, Wikipedia.

The Beverly Hillbillies, Opening and Closing Credits

The Ballad of Jed Clampett (Theme From The Beverly Hillbillies), Flatt & Scruggs (Audio recording)

The Ballad of Jed Clampett (Theme From The Beverly Hillbillies), Flatt & Scruggs TV Appearance

The Ballad of Paladin (Johnny Western, Richard Boone, and Sam Rolfe, 1957) for the television series "Have Gun, Will Travel" 1957-1963, and for the radio series, 1958-1960 (G)
This was the ending theme song for the series "Have Gun, Will Travel," performed by Johnny Western who also recorded a longer version of the song. The 1962 recording by Duane Eddy reached #10 on the UK Singles Chart and #33 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. The television version of the series was rated #3 or #4 in the ratings every year of its first four seasons, and it is one of the few shows in television history to spawn a successful radio version. "Paladin" - the name of the foremost knights in Charlemagne's court - traveled around the Old West working as a mercenary for people who hire him to solve their problems, although he waived his steep fee for poor people who needed his help. He was the original "man in black" who when working dressed in black clothing, black boots, and carried his .45 caliber Colt revolver in a black leather holster with a platinum chess knight symbol affixed to the outside. His business card featured an engraving of a white knight chess piece and stated "Have Gun Will Travel / Wire Paladin / San Francisco." "Paladin" was a pseudonym; the real name of the character was never revealed. The Ballad of Paladin, Wikipedia; Have Gun – Will Travel, Wikipedia.

The Ballad of Paladin by Johnny Western (video clip of TV closing theme)

The Ballad of Paladin by Johnny Western (1st recording)

The Ballad of Paladin by Duane Eddy (1962)

The Ballad of Paladin by Faron Young

Opening Credits of "Have Gun Will Travel"

The Big Bang Theory Theme Song (D.C. Brown and Chuck Lorre) for the series “The Big Bang Theory” 2007-2019

The Big Bang Theory Theme Song Full by Barenaked Ladies

The Brady Bunch (UBA*) (Frank De Vol and Sherwood Schwartz) for the series “The Brady Bunch,” 1969-1974

The Brady Bunch Theme Song

The Fishin' Hole (A) (UBA) and The Fishin' Hole (C) (TM - 2 versions, both with riffs) (Earle Hagen, Herbert W. Spencer, and Everett Sloane) for the series "The Andy Griffith Show," 1960-1968
Whistling in the opening sequence, as well as the closing credits sequence, was performed by Earle Hagen. There were lyrics written for this song, but they weren't used on the show. The words were composed by the actor Everett Sloane, and are about killing time at "the fishin' hole." Andy Griffith recorded the lyrics. The opening and closing credits with Andy and Opie (Ron Howard) walking to and from "the fishin' hole" were filmed at Franklin Canyon north of Beverly Hills.
The Andy Griffith Show aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968. The Andy Griffith Show was a top ten hit through its entire run, never ranking lower than seventh place in the yearly ratings, ending its final season at number one. On separate occasions, it has been ranked by TV Guide as the ninth best and thirteenth best series in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its 8-season run, co-stars Don Knotts and Frances Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The Andy Griffith Show, Wikipedia; The Fishin' Hole (theme to The Andy Griffith Show), Songfacts.com.

The Fishin' Hole by Andy Williams from "Songs, Themes and Laughs from The Andy Griffith Show" (1961)

The Monkees (UBA)  (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) for the series “The Monkees, 1966-1968

Theme Song from The Monkees

The Muppet Show Theme (KF) and The Muppet Show (UBA)  (Jim Henson and Sam Pottle) for the series “The Muppet Show,” 1976-1981

Theme Song from The Muppet Show (Season 1, 1976)

Theme Song from The Sopranos ("Woke Up This Morning, Rob Spragg, Piers Marsh, Simon Edwards and Jake Black, 1997) for the series "The Sopranos," 1999-2007
"Woke Up This Morning" is a song by British band Alabama 3 (A3) from their 1997 album "Exile on Coldharbour Lane." The song is best known as the opening theme music for The Sopranos, which used the "Chosen One Mix" of the song. Alabama 3 frontman Rob Spragg wrote the song after hearing about the 1996 Sara Thornton murder case, who stabbed her husband after two years of abuse, mistreatment and neglect. The song is co-written with Piers Marsh, Simon Edwards and Jake Black. Woke Up This Morning, Wikipedia.

The Sopranos Opening Theme ("Woke Up This Morning") by Alabama 3

Woke up This Morning (The Sopranos Mix) by Alabama 3

Woke Up This Morning (Chosen One) by Alabama 3

Those Were the Days Theme (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse, & Roger Kellaway, performed by Caroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton) for the series "All in the Family," 1971-1979.

Theme Song from All In The Family  by Caroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton (video)

Those Were the Days by Carroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton (vinyl)

Three's Company  (UBA)  (Joe Raposo, performed by Ray Charles — no, not that Ray Charles, but the other Ray Charles, Charles Raymond Offenberg, 1918-2015) for the series “Three’s Company,” 1977-1984

Theme Song from Three's Company

Welcome Back (KF) and Welcome Back Kotter (UBA) (John Sebastian) for the series "Welcome Back Kotter" 1975-1979

Theme From Welcome Back Kotter (Opening and Closing)

Welcome Back (Theme From Welcome Back Kotter) by John Sebastian (vinyl)

Won't You Be My Neighbor (Fred Rogers) (C & G) for the series "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," 1962-2001
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood debuted in Canada on October 15, 1962. In 1966, Rogers moved back to the United States creating Misterogers' Neighborhood on the regional Eastern Educational Television Network (EETN, a forerunner of today's American Public Television). The US national debut of the show occurred on February 19, 1968. It aired on NET and its successor, PBS, until August 31, 2001. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Wikipedia.

Won't You Be My Neighbor? by Fred Rogers (video from TV show)

Won't You Be My Neighbor? by Fred Rogers (audio recording)

Won't You Be My Neighbor? by Fred Rogers (first and last performances - 1:55)