# Best theme song ever sung by the cast **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859 "2016-08-05T18:34:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/1 "2016-08-05T18:34:57Z")
I think my favorite was, is and always will be Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor singing the theme to [_Green Acres_.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzT1kO_-xbQ) ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/2 "2016-08-05T18:37:44Z")
All In The Family theme song. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/3 "2016-08-05T18:42:22Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > All In The Family theme song. First version, or second? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/4 "2016-08-05T19:20:49Z")
Are we counting only those actually sung on the show? The theme for _ **Hogan’s Heroes** _ was sung by Robert Clary, Ivan Dixon, Richard Dawson, and Larry Hovis for **this album:** > **[Various - Hogan's Heroes Sing The Best Of World War II](https://www.discogs.com/release/2741042-Various-Hogans-Heroes-Sing-The-Best-Of-World-War-II)** > > View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1966 Vinyl release of "Hogan's Heroes Sing The Best Of World War II" on Discogs. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/5 "2016-08-05T19:23:03Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Are we counting only those actually sung on the show? > > The theme for _ **Hogan’s Heroes** _ was sung by Robert Clary, Ivan Dixon, Richard Dawson, and Larry Hovis for **this album:** > > [https://www.discogs.com/Various-Hogans-Heroes-Sing-The-Best-Of-World-War-II/release/2741042](https://www.discogs.com/Various-Hogans-Heroes-Sing-The-Best-Of-World-War-II/release/2741042) Someone just gave me a bottle of Tullamore Dew to take to Worldcon in a week and a half, so to celebrate I’ll allow off-shoots like yours. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/6 "2016-08-05T19:27:58Z")
This one was, of course, done later and much better by Papa Ben himself (but not, so far as I know, on the show): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLXngS0X8T4 ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/7 "2016-08-05T19:30:46Z")
Bonanza, of course. Sung by the main cast… now, as I recall, they did this as they rode into the fake sunset in the last episode. But the YouTube clips say it was from the pilot and NEVER NEVER shown on television. If not, how did I see it ca. 1980… on TV? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/8 "2016-08-05T19:31:14Z")
oh, on television, you mean? I was going to ask if “Let the Sun Shine in” counts as the “theme song” to the musical “HAIR”. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/9 "2016-08-05T19:34:34Z")
Season 2 of _Galahad_. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/10 "2016-08-05T19:34:50Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Are we counting only those actually sung on the show? > > The theme for _ **Hogan’s Heroes** _ was sung by Robert Clary, Ivan Dixon, Richard Dawson, and Larry Hovis for **this album:** > > [https://www.discogs.com/Various-Hogans-Heroes-Sing-The-Best-Of-World-War-II/release/2741042](https://www.discogs.com/Various-Hogans-Heroes-Sing-The-Best-Of-World-War-II/release/2741042) [Sounds pretty good.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnqJHorpOkk) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/11 "2016-08-05T19:35:12Z")
I submit this one, just because he’s Chuck Freakin’ Norris! 🆒 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NIYZVSElmj4/hqdefault.jpg "Walker, Texas Ranger - Intro Theme Song #3 | HQ | Chuck Norris") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIYZVSElmj4) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/12 "2016-08-05T19:39:22Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Sounds pretty good.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnqJHorpOkk) The last verse is my favorite! :o ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/13 "2016-08-05T19:50:09Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > First version, or second? You mean the second version where they sang “Gee our old LA…SALLE…RAN…GREAT” and \*still \*nobody could understand it? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/14 "2016-08-05T19:52:07Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > oh, on television, you mean? > > I was going to ask if “Let the Sun Shine in” counts as the “theme song” to the musical “HAIR”. Before I read the whole sentence I thought you were going to ask about Pebbles and Bam Bam’s “big hit song” on the Flintstones. Not exactly following the OP’s rules, but Ted “Lurch” Cassidy sang the “neat” “sweet” and “petite” parts in the Addams Family theme, which is arguably the best theme song ever. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/15 "2016-08-05T19:52:42Z")
[Somebody did a thread about this same topic a couple of years ago.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=721398&highlight=Song+sung+cast) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/16 "2016-08-05T19:54:49Z")
I’ve always had a soft spot for this one too, sung by the $6 Million Man himself: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BmIsMzyohqM/hqdefault.jpg "The Fall Guy Intro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmIsMzyohqM) ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/17 "2016-08-05T20:37:09Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] First version, or second?. [/QUOTE] Honestly, I didn’t know there was more than one version. I’m thinking of the one where they’re sitting at the piano in the opening credits, Edith’s is playing away, Archie’s smoking a cigar, and they sort of lean into each other, proud of themselves, at the end. I haven’t seen it lately, and can’t link to it from work. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/18 "2016-08-05T20:46:09Z")
_The Doris Day Show_ used a recording of Doris Day herself singing “Que Sera Sera” as its theme song. That seems like cheating because DD was famous for singing QSS more than a decade before the sitcom aired. Her rendition peaked at #2 on the charts in 1956. The 1956 version is a lot better than the 1968 TV-ized version. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/19 "2016-08-05T22:51:34Z")
The British kids show [_Here Come The Double Deckers_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0hPgm_CBwM) from the seventies. Brinsley Ford went on to sing with Aswad, and Colin Firth had a good career as an actor. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/20 "2016-08-05T23:06:35Z")
Another vote for the Green Acres theme. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859.md?page=2)