10 "LOST" & NOT-SO-LOST CLASSIC 70s TV THEMES

[VonWenk]

Thanks for posting the openings to the Quinn Martin series especially. It's wonderful to hear "A Quinn Martin Production" as opposed to "A QM Production"; talk about destroying people's memories. I remember watching Matt Helm Saturday nights at 10:00 and being kind of shocked at the idea of his living with his girlfriend without benefit of marriage. That seemed liked almost revolutionary at the time.

[jatigre1]

Was there ever a series with Robert Wagner, I think I remember this song from an episode, or maybe was a movie...?

[angelboychanman]

Matt Helm and Serpico were made into series - both look like they wouldn't stand up over time.

The theme from Berreta is way cool.

[Susan8115]

Fernando, you look mahvelous!

[looneybun1]

@Susan8115 ya know, u wook mahvelous too! :D

[nickatdusk]

"Tonight's Episode:Looking Dramatically Into The Distance As Your Name Is Read"

[miamiscifi]

search was the BEST...and gotta love joanna lumley (patsy from AbFab) in the new avengers

[miamiscifi]

search was the BEST

[CelesteK]

Michael Douglas was in The Streets Of San Francisco?

[miamiscifi]

@CelesteK that is his initial claim to fame..with karl malden

[WizzoPro9476]

@CelesteK Yep!



[Aeolis7]

I wonder what kind of establishment "The Cock Pit" could have been? 7:07

[laurelfan1]

@Aeolis7 I was wondering same thing :D

[Aeolis7]

"Tonights Episode...!"

[ertvhd1]

Everytime I listen the 70s themes, these things are present: wah-wah and fast drums. Such good tunes! Good times was those! Merci pour cette vidéos :-)

[godzilloid]

Ever wonder what these people are doing now?

[Raymasaki]

@godzilloid

Just Google their name & wikipedia will have info on them

date of birth to other shows & movies they did & if they are still Alive.

[terriblita308]

Barreta's theme rocks!

[JFredUK]

I know it was more to do with the style of the time, but it always makes me laugh to think that the reason why the titles were always, 'read out', was for the sake of viewers who couldn't read! LOL

[browneye1967]

Who the hell is Luther Adler and why is he so special?

[msk7046]

Some rare gems here! Thanks!

[midmodgal]

Put these out on DVD & I'll buy them. You can't go wrong with TV shows of the 60's & 70's -especially the Quinn Martin Productions. Cool cars!

[Akitrom]

I was a big fan of SEARCH, the program where Burgess Meredith ran the remote "Probe Control" operations room, directing agents equipped with miniaturized camera / mics and implanted with bio-telemetry. Science fiction at the time, but nothing to get excited about now, forty years later.

[canadian49]

Sure grought back good memories!

[canadian49]

Mr Roper was in this....LOL....oh Stanley!

[HUSKY57887]

Baretta's theme is better when sung by S.D. Jr.

[megamanj2004X]

I was born in the mid 1980s and I gotta these '70s shows were well-produced and their TV Intros (especially their sci-fi and cop shows) were well-inventive and next to the 1960s and/or 1950s, the 1970s some of the most well-composed theme songs ever done.

[fowzie777]

carl "the nose" malden....quinn martin produced just about everything back then...same announcer too!!

[jody808]

there were so many cop shows back then, i remember some of them

[Theagchm]

Thanks for uploading these gems. I don't know where you found them but they brought back so many memories.

[luvs2cover]

this was so cool thanks for posting.

[bondbrookebond]

Such great tv themes never to be rivalled, thanks for all these gems.

[jeepgayguy]

my god, where did you dig these up from? i only recognise "streets" because that was the only one that i watched as a child.

[60sEverything]

Dan August--god it hs been years since I seen this. I remember QM shows very well, though Banyon got by me. I think it was on in 73 but it was on against several other shows and it got killed after a few months. Streets of I recall but didn't watch much of then. I might now that some of it is on DVD. The Persuaders--terrific theme. RIP Tony Curtis.

This is fun. Matt Helm--Fantastic! theme.

[mandrake2273]

I was born in the early sixties, but I don't remember a lot of these shows! They probably weren't on where I lived.

[markjf131]

The black chick in Dan August was super hot. I wonder if Burt was getting him some of that.

[bigbandman70]

@markjf131 It's Burt. Of course he was. Ena Hartman was gorgeous.

[pacus2006]

I used to love Streets of San Francisco.

[digital2500]

RIP to Tony Curtis who starred in the Persuaders!

[vividwatch47]

"Banyon" was only one of two Quinn Martin series to feature a voiceover credit for the actors in the main title while the actors' names were in type (the other being "The Streets Of San Francisco", which follows).

[Jdoe235]

@vividwatch47 eerrrrmmmmm. I don't think so. The first 3 clips in this video were quinn martin productions and all had voiceovers.

[vividwatch47]

@Jdoe235, I was trying to say that "Banyon" and "The Streets Of San Francisco" were the only Quinn Martin series to feature type on the actors credits in the opening title WHILE they were being spoken. PLEASE GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!

[ryoushii]

Quinn Martin had a thing for hot black chicks didn't he

[hanoc101]

Dan August was one of Quinn Martin's few flops. That man ruled 70's crime/action shows.

[cdfreester]

Burt, watch out that toupe doesn't fly off.

[bobszvetics1]

@cdfreester THATS MEAN OF YOU TO SAY THAT

[reymatt76]

@cdfreester This was 1971, do you think he was wearing one yet?

[DesiluTrek]

What? Didn't they want to pay Sammy Davis Jr. for the Baretta theme the last year?

[spider9137]

@DesiluTrek

Sammy's lyrics don't appear in the series until well into the first season.

[DesiluTrek]

@spider9137 Didn't know that, thanks for clarifying!

[recordman64]

@spider9137: The theme with the lyrics makes its debut in a first season episode called "Ragtime Billy Peaches"...it's played while Baretta is tailing a suspect. That version is sung by L.A.-based backup singer Jim Gilstrap. His rendition was deemed unsuitable for the opening credits due to him being relatively unknown, so when someone suggested Sammy Davis Jr., they got him to record a version and that was the one we all know and love.

[Dragonrdh]

Love those Quinn Martin productions!

[herrrob14]

Sal Mineo.. now that's a blast from the past. Poor Sal! He came to an untimely end!

[silvereagle2061]

@herrrob14 yes he did

[spider9137]

I like that split-second glimpse of Karl Malden on the cable car at 2:30.

[spider9137]

The theme music to Dan August and Banyon sound somewhat similar in the beginning ... and they both feature a shot of the heroes leaping over a railing!

[doglips1958]

I remember the episode where Baretta looked for Robert Blake's wife's killer but he was unsuccessful.LOL

[eci4r]

dan august better be at number 1

[lfsnz67]

The Persuaders theme by John Barry wins in that group...

[jmstudio]

Great post! It seems that OPENING TITLES is a lost art these days. Some great music and a few cool graphics and typography.

[pannoni1]

It's a shame we get these ads popping up. (GREEDY GOOGLE!) You say Brandy and Ray J; I say Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder! Remember how few ads there were in the 70s? Most stuff came straight from the heart. Believe in love everybody!

[cosworth6nut]

Many, many thanks for the memories and for making me feel very old *LOL*

I have to admit, these all look American and as such, few made it to blighty that I remember. Thanks again for posting.

[Coburnify]

alot of running...

[stevieray1967]

wow...never knew Burt Reynolds and Mr. Roper were in a detective series together

[SaleGuy]

Let's not forget Oscar Goldman!

[woodster1965]

its ok ive just found freewheelers on here....good old Youtube....never lets you down!! lol

[woodster1965]

does anyone remember a tv show called 'The Freewheelers'?

I think it was on at around the time of The Persuaders may have been a re-run when i watched it but was defo in the early/mid 70s

[TimelordR]

@woodster1965 The Freewheelers was a British TV show that was on ITV from 1968 to 1973 that was sort of like ABC's The Mod Squad, only with teenagers involved in espionage, instead of police work.

[Blaqjaqshellaq]

Hope someone posts the BIG HAWAII opener!

[bigkellyr]

My father was a small town police officer and his favorite shows were: Police story, The Blue Knight and Barney Miller. I just loved Streets of San Francisco and there used to be a show about a medical examiner (not Quincy) from San Fransico I think. Also With Burt Reynolds as Dan August I thought his name was Hawk? Also do you have anything from The Smith Family with Glenn Ford and Ron Howard? Thanks for posting this.

[recordman64]

Burt Reynolds DID play Hawk, but that was from 1966, four years before Dan August. Both shows were dusted off after Reynolds became a major box-office star and played to bigger audiences the second time around.

[grandpadewey]

Quinn Martin must have had a huge ego to have his name mentioned in the titles of all his shows.

[Cindylover1969]

Well, it was the name of his company!

[TheCountAlucard]

Quinn Martin was HUGE. He did more for "action tv" than any other producer or company. If I was him, I would have had my name out there way more than he ever did!

[gilgamess]

Thanks for this compilation. I particularly enjoyed "Serpico", Matt Helm and the original Baretta theme, sans Sammy Davis, Jr.'s vocals. I have forgotten what "Toma" sounded like. Baretta was supposed to be the next series of Toma when Tony Musante no longer wanted to do the show. They recast, changed the name and Robert Blake became a star.