General Hospital - Opening (1975)

From mid-1975 is this opening to General Hospital, the first version of the LA-USC exteriors theme package with piano theme by George Wright (who had previously been the show's musical director since the mid-1960s). The title appeared much larger in this first version, and longtime announcer Ed Chandler was still heard on the program until the final day of this theme.

This version ran from approx. Monday, April 14, 1975 until Friday, July 23, 1976.

Note: all archived ABC soap episodes saved by the network prior to 1978 were still printed in black and white. There is nothing that can be done about the quality as it came this way.

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• GH
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• 1975
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• Ed
• Chandler

[65vyleen]

This was when the great Valerie Starrett was on GH! Do you have any clips of her? I'd love to see her as Diana again. Before Luke and Laura stole the glow, she was what GH was all about-IMO!

[VaultMasterDBT]

As you can see, my channel does not contain a classic GH library. These openings and closings were provided to me from a now-defunct website. Sorry.

[earnhardtlivesE]

where's the color? lol

[VaultMasterDBT]

Did you see the description?

[maxineweiss]

Yes, I was wondering what the opening was 1973-1975, before the ambulance? The piano was classic GH back from the time the show premiered. Was that a Charles Paul piano? Although, Jack Urbont's 1976? music does go with the racing ambulance a bit better, perhaps.

[VaultMasterDBT]

The visuals used prior to this were the simple displays of the show's title, and credits, over the black (then blue starting in '67) backgrounds which were introduced in November 1963. GH is notorious for its long-lasting visual packages! The first two piano themes were composed by Kip Walton, before Wright's came along in '75. Charles Paul didn't become musically involved with the show until about 1978 when Gloria Monty took over as EP.

[Underdog123]

that was funny I was born In late 1975 don't wanna know too much.

[sixtieskid062]

@Chicago10281

It used to give me nightmares.

[kobey1sun]

Sounds like Lee Baldwin's voice

[PiitaaDerbez]

@Z3R0FiR3 The actual hospital does indeed look scary... and I'm talking about the real hospital. It looks like a big haunted building.

[Chicago10281]

Scary, isn't it?

[Z3R0FiR3]

The Hospital kinda looks like a haunted house in this.

[earnhardtlivesE]

i was just kidding