A week or so ago, I featured the theme song from Soul Train and noted that it was one of five television theme songs to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. This week I’ll cover the other four.

Before I get to those, I’ll throw a bone to the only TV theme to reach #2. That was Joey Scarbury’s ‘Believe It or Not (Theme from “Greatest American Hero”),’ which was kept from the top spot in 1981 by the eight-week chart-topping run of Lionel Richie and Diana Ross’ ‘Endless Love.’

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