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"Johnny's Theme" is an instrumental jazz song played as the opening theme of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from the show's inception in 1962 through its finale in 1992. The piece was composed by Paul Anka and Johnny Carson , based on a previous composition by Anka.
The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has been broadcast on NBC since 1954. The program has been hosted by six comedians: Steve Allen (1954–1957), Jack Paar (1957–1962), Johnny Carson (1962–1992), Jay Leno (1992–2009 and 2010–2014), Conan O'Brien (2009–2010), and Jimmy Fallon (2014–present).
Tony Bennett was so impressed with the tune, it became the title track of his album of the same name in 1975. [2] Bennett also performed the song as Astaire looked on during a March 1975 episode of The Merv Griffin Show. The song became widely known as the closing theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. [3]
Monday Night Football will roll out a new theme song for this Monday’s Week 2 doubleheader on ESPN and ABC, with country star Chris Stapleton and hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg teaming up for a cover ...
By 1974, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson had been on air for 12 years and it was the leading national late night program covering 99% of homes in the United States. [1] To capitalize off of the show's popularity, a two record album was put together by Casablanca Records highlighting the comedy, conversations and music which made The ...
For the 2018-2019 TV season, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” held a commanding lead in total viewers, with 3.82 million (to “The Tonight Show’s” 2.44 million). Both shows are tied ...
Allen used it as the theme song of The Tonight Show in 1956/57, and as the theme song to many of his later television projects. Allen wrote the lyrics for the standard "Theme from Picnic" from the film Picnic in 1955; the song was a No. 13 U.S. hit in a vocal version for The McGuire Sisters in 1956.
In September last year, the league ruffled some feathers announcing the program's new theme song performed by an unlikely trio: Chris Stapleton, Snoop Dogg and Cindy Blackman Santana, who recorded ...