Name that 1950s or 1960s TV theme song

May 22, 2007 10:40 AM

What 1950s or 1960s TV show theme song sounds like Dragnet?

It sounds like this Dragnet closing song [YouTube]. The very same type of march rhythm and the exact same tempo, but it sounds a little darker and is accompanied by steel rhythm guitar (very slightly Batman theme-ish). Maybe there was a Dragnet knockoff show? It's not Peter Gunn, which sounds entirely different anyway.

I heard the song on XM Radio's 1960s station the other day, if that helps any.

posted by zek to media & arts (9 comments total)

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posted by L. Fitzgerald Sjoberg at 10:49 AM on May 22, 2007

If you're at your wit's end, you can always drop the XM 60's show people an email at sixties [at] xmradio.com
posted by jessamyn at 10:51 AM on May 22, 2007

Argh I wish I had sound here at work. The very first thing that popped into my mind was the theme to Highway Patrol, which my mother forced me to watch in reruns, for reasons I still have yet to understand. There's a wav (remember them?) of the theme at the bottom of that link. I also thought of the theme to Get Smart.
posted by iconomy at 10:56 AM on May 22, 2007

I agree with iconomy. From the description it sounds like "Get Smart"
posted by briank at 10:58 AM on May 22, 2007

Here's a video that uses the Get Smart theme.
posted by ewagoner at 11:01 AM on May 22, 2007

And I completely failed to see iconomy's mention was also a link.
posted by ewagoner at 11:02 AM on May 22, 2007

It was Get Smart. I knew it was something I overlooked. Thanks all!
posted by zek at 11:02 AM on May 22, 2007

::smacks forehead::
posted by L. Fitzgerald Sjoberg at 11:08 AM on May 22, 2007

To be remade, btw. Perfect Casting for 99.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 11:25 AM on May 22, 2007