Hill Street Blues Theme, The

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The words " Armed Robbery in progress -Sea Surplus Store - Corner of people's drive and th street " meant we were in for 50 minutes of intense entertainment. The Hill Street Blues Theme, adding to the excitement. It was entertainment like none of us here in England and probably the world , had ever seen before and although it probably did not register at the time, entertainment that would change television for ever. If you have forgotten just what was so special about it, download this short clip featuring Joyce and Fay and remind yourself.

So why the website? I knew that the famous Hill Street Precinct House was there, having been involved in an internet petition to save it some years earlier. However to my amazement, I was unable to find any worthwhile information about the building on the internet. He was responsible for a number of hit TV shows, including: Many people alive in the s knew that tune, and many people born since likely know it, the theme to "Hill Street Blues," one of the hits produced by Steven Bochco, who died Sunday of leukemia at age I guess we should just recall that Bochco was, at his peak, in a very different era of television.

Just three networks, essentially, and half the country might see a single show and sometimes it was his show. And it was also a more restrictive environment. They were very careful about what kinds of things you could talk about on television, and they were very - a lot of the shows were very formulaic.

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And that's where he pushed the boundaries as a TV producer. Well, you know, let's start out by talking about his life.

He was a New York native. He spent his early career working as a writer and editor on these s shows like "Ironside" and "Columbo," and he even helped create this cop show called "Paris" with James Earl Jones. But in , he co-created, wrote and produced the police drama "Hill Street Blues," and that became one of the most influential dramas on TV.

It was notable for these storylines that were grittier and a little more morally ambiguous than some of the stuff you'd see on network TV back then. You'd look at shows like "Homicide: But after its first year, it won a bunch of Emmy Awards, and after its first season, it became a big hit. Cannell when they were neighbors on Balboa Island and argued over whose piece of beach Cannell was spreading his towels on. Although that show failed, the relationship paid off when Cannell went on to hire the duo for such series as Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, Toma and The Rockford Files Mike played synthesizer on its Top 10 theme song in I have a brother.

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Post wrote the original theme in two hours and now spends four or five hours writing the five minutes or so of new music per episode. He writes only the melodies. In addition, he has produced records and acts for such performers as Dolly Parton and Ronnie Milsap.

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He played piano on the Hill Street Blues single and has just completed a solo album.