did I just dream it? #1
When I was a kid in the 70s I really loved The Six Million Dollar Man. Never got one of those Steve Austin action figures with the dodgy bionic eye, mind you.
I always had a vague recollection that, before they switched to the “Gentlemen, we can rebuild him” title sequence that everyone remembers, there was a title song. A title song sung by Dusty Springfield no less, but only for a couple of early episodes.
We’ll now, thanks to the magic of Youtube, I know that I didn’t just dream it.
on July 1, 2007 on 7:31 am
bloody hell – how did i not know that? that’s brilliant beyond words… fantabulosa!
on July 1, 2007 on 12:56 pm
Yeah, and the song was written by Glen A Larson, too. The producer of just about every american TV series you can think of that wasn’t produced by Aaron Spelling, or Quinn Martin.
While we’re at it – do you remember the Petula Clark advert for the Chrysler Sunbeam?
on July 2, 2007 on 5:14 pm
oh you’re just making stuff up now.
on July 3, 2007 on 7:44 am
It’s true, it’s true I tells ya!
Follow the link on Chrysler Sunbeam.
She had a TV show around that time on BBC2 and she sang a full length version of the jingle with no reference to Chrysler or cars of any sort for that matter that went:
“Put a little Sunbeam in your life,
And let it shine all over your face.
You’ll have such a glow
That the folks that you know
Will think you’re in love”
Can’t remember the equivalent words of the jingle – except the word ‘little’ was replaced with ‘Chrysler.’