it was the theme song of millions of American people, their personal problems no less urgent than those of the government.

Another famous example of emulating instrumentation instead of singing the words is the theme song for The New Addams Family series on Fox Family Channel ( now ABC Family ).

Passing through: The theme song to the 1960s U. S. television comedy series Car 54, Where Are You?

The theme song introduces the viewer to the world's most fortunate hunting accident – whereby Jed shoots at game but instead hits " black gold, Texas tea ": he had discovered oil.

The show's theme song, " The Ballad of Jed Clampett ", was written by producer and writer Paul Henning and originally performed by bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs.

The series generally featured no country music beyond the bluegrass banjo theme song, although country star Roy Clark and the team of Flatt and Scruggs occasionally played on the program.

Going further back, an earlier version of the Choral Fantasy theme is found in the song " Gegenliebe " (" Returned Love "), for piano and high voice, which dates from before 1795.

The theme from Field of Dreams was played at the last game at Memorial Stadium in 1991, and the song " Magic to Do " from the stage musical Pippin was used that season to commemorate " Orioles Magic " on 33rd Street.

* Constantinople's change of name was the theme for a song made famous by The Four Lads and later covered by They Might Be Giants and many others entitled " Istanbul ( Not Constantinople )".

The show's theme song, written and performed by Gary Portnoy, and co-written with Judy Hart Angelo, lent its famous refrain, " Where Everybody Knows Your Name ", as the show's tagline.

The Car Talk theme song is " Dawggy Mountain Breakdown " by bluegrass artist David Grisman.

Episodes are called " sessions ", each of which follows a different musical theme, and episode titles are borrowed from notable album or song names ( e. g. " Sympathy for the Devil ", " Bohemian Rhapsody ", " Honky Tonk Women ", " My Funny Valentine ") or make use of a genre name (" Mushroom Samba ", " Heavy Metal Queen ").

MFSB released " TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia )", a 1974 hit recording featuring vocals by The Three Degrees, which became the first disco song to reach number one, after " Love's Theme ", on the Billboard Hot 100 ; it was written as the theme song for Soul Train.

" ( Brubeck wrote, and the Quartet performed, the theme song for the Craig Stevens CBS drama series ; the music from the series became material for the " New York " album.

" The first episode of The Doris Day Show aired on September 24, 1968, and, from 1968 to 1973, employed " Que Sera, Sera " as its theme song.

The song " Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps " was included in the soundtrack of the Australian film Strictly Ballroom, and became a theme song for the British TV show, Coupling, with Mari Wilson performing it for the title sequence.

The Blue Men play a short snippet of the show's theme song, and one dons Doraemon's beanie.

Lee Jackson's theme song Grabbag has elicited many spin-offs and remixes over the years by both fans and professional musicians, including an officially sanctioned studio version by the popular thrash metal outfit Megadeth.

" 9 to 5 ", the theme song to the feature film 9 to 5 ( 1980 ) Parton starred in along with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, not only reached number one on the country charts, but also, in February 1981, reached number one on the pop and the adult-contemporary charts, giving her a triple-number-one hit.

It was poorly received by critics, but Bowie's theme song rose to number two in the UK charts.

* Paul Gordon: Co-Composer for the English language theme song.

* Kouji Wada: Performer of the opening themes of Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02, Digimon Tamers, Digimon Frontier, the second opening theme of Digimon Savers, and the evolution song of Digimon Xros Wars

The club's theme song is called " See the Bombers Fly Up " and is based on the tune of Johnnie Hamp's 1929 song " Keep Your Sunny Side Up " at an increased tempo.

In all the bitter in-fighting, the squabbles over election procedures, the complicated numbers game that East and West played on the assistant secretaries' theme, the gentleman from Burma showed himself both as a man of principle and a skilled diplomat.

As in the Ninth Symphony, the vocal forces sing a theme first played instrumentally, and this theme is highly reminiscent of the corresponding theme in the Ninth Symphony ( for a detailed comparison, see Choral Fantasy ).

The opening theme, played pianissimo over string tremolos, so much resembles the sound of an orchestra tuning, many commentators have suggested that was Beethoven's inspiration.

This is the theme played out in Judges: the people are unfaithful to Yahweh and he therefore delivers them into the hands of their enemies ; the people then repent and entreat Yahweh for mercy, which he sends in the form of a judge ; the judge delivers the Israelites from oppression, but after a while they fall into unfaithfulness again and the cycle is repeated.

" In 2004, the Manchester Evening News published a contradictory story that a young musician from Wilmslow called David Browning played the trumpet on both the original recording of the theme in 1960 and a re-recording in 1964, for a one-off payment of £ 36.

Some of Kaye's films included the theme of doubles, two people who look identical ( both played by Danny Kaye ) being mistaken for each other, to comic effect.

The theme music played before EBU broadcasts is Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Prelude to Te Deum.

San Francisco Giants pitcher Brian Wilson chose " Jump Around " as his official theme song, played whenever he enters a game.

Finally, Odysseus asks Demodocus to return to the Trojan War theme and tell of the Trojan Horse, a stratagem in which Odysseus had played a leading role.

Therefore Furet suggests that ideology played the crucial role in the rise of the Reign of Terror because " man's regeneration " became a central theme for the Committee of Public Safety as they were trying to instil ideals of free will and enlightened government in the public.

Jack Murphy Stadium played " Cub-Busters ", a parody of the theme song from the 1984 movie Ghostbusters.

For instance, in " The Betrayal ", in which part of the episode takes place in India, the theme is heard played on a sitar.

Their approach was similar to classical music ; each instrument played its own melodic line to generate a grand musical theme.

The Terminators theme is played over the opening credits and is played in various points in the film in sped up versions: a slowed down version when Reese dies, and a piano version during the love scene.

The theme was played as the E-Street Band entered the stage, adding to the dramatic atmosphere in the stadium.

The British heavy metal band Motörhead played the main theme as the overture music on the 1981 " No sleep ' til Hammersmith " tour.

Whereas the first book has the deck of cards as a theme, this book is based on a game of chess, played on a giant chessboard with fields for squares.

During the first season, the theme music was played over a short film of a flashing blue light attached to the rear of a police motorcycle in Waikiki heading west ( the film is shown at twice the normal speed, as can be seen from people crossing a street behind the police motorcycle ).

In In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson, the main theme of the title song is played on a calliope towards the end of the piece.

* The Balladeer ( voice of Waylon Jennings ) sang and played the Dukes of Hazzard theme song, " Good Ol ' Boys ", and also served as the show's narrator.