* John Sebastian of the Lovin’ Spoonful wrote and sang “Welcome Back, Kotter,” which went onto become a No. 1 Billboard hit.
* Lee Majors (left) sang “The Unknown Stuntman” for his show “The Fall Guy.”
* The 1980s new wave band The Waitresses sang the theme song to “Square Pegs.”
* Country singer Waylon Jennings (left) wrote and performed “Good Ol’ Boys,” the theme from “The Dukes of Hazzard.”
* The themes to “SWAT” and “Hawaii Five-0” climbed high on the Billboard music charts.
* “That ’70s Show” began with “In the Street,” originally recorded by Big Star in the 1970s and re-recorded for the show by Cheap Trick.
* Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor sang the theme song of their sitcom, “Green Acres.”
* The “CSI” shows get to use the Who’s songs, which are already overplayed on the radio.
* The theme song to “Sanford and Son” was written by Quincy Jones (left).
* “The Drew Carey Show” started with the 1979 Ian Hunter song “Cleveland Rocks,” performed by the Presidents of the United States of America.
* Alan Thicke (below), who later starred on “Growing Pains,” helped write the theme songs for “Diff’rent Strokes,” “The Facts of Life” and the original theme music for “Wheel of Fortune.”
* Carroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton, the stars of “All in the Family” (right), sang its theme song, “Those Were The Days.”
