Miscellaneous Facts About Soap Music
Here are a few facts about soap opera theme songs that I have picked up over the years:
The Five Longest Running Current Daytime Soap Themes (as of November 12, 1999)
- Days of Our Lives
Original theme by Charles Albertine, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. Debuted Nov. 1965.
- The Young and the Restless.
"Nadia's Theme" (a.k.a. "Cotton's Theme") by Barry DeVorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr. Debuted March 23, 1973.
- The Bold and the Beautiful.
"High Upon This Love" by Jack Allocco and David Kurtz. March 23, 1987-. (End credits vocal by Dionne Warwick debuted in Nov. 1998.)
- Guiding Light.
"Hold On To Love" by Rob Mounsey, David Buskin and Abra Bigham. Jan. 2, 1991-.
- General Hospital.
"Faces of the Heart" by Dave Koz, Jeff Koz, and Jack Urbont. April 1, 1993-.
The Five Longest-Running Television Soap Opera Themes of All Time
- Days of Our Lives
Original theme by Charles Albertine, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. Debuted Nov. 1965.
- The Young and the Restless.
"Nadia's Theme" (a.k.a. "Cotton's Theme") by Barry DeVorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr. Debuted March 23, 1973.
- As the World Turns.
"Theme for As the World Turns" by Charles Paul. Apr. 2, 1956-Oct. 30, 1981.
- Search for Tomorrow.
Original theme by Chet Kingsbury. Sept. 3, 1951-Early 1974?
- The Edge of Night.
"Edge of Night/Warmly" medley by Paul Taubman. Apr. 2, 1956-June 1976.
Summary of Dallas Observer Article About the Regent Sound Studios
Recently in my Internet surfing, I found an article about the Regent Sound Studios in New York, which was where Elliot Lawrence Productions' musical cues for the Procter and Gamble soaps were recorded. The complete article is online at this address: http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/1999-07-29/music.html.
- Elliot Lawrence Productions used Studio B of the Regent Sound Studios for soap music cue recording sessions.
- The ELP cues for the Procter and Gamble soaps were among the estimated 50,000 tapes the writer of the article, Josh Alan Friedman, had to organize and categorize during the time he worked at Regent. Mr. Friedman's boss at Regent, Mr. Robert Lifton, intended to return all those tapes to their rightful copyright owners. However, a few years after Mr. Friedman left Regent, the facility moved to the Brill Building and all those tapes Mr. Friedman tried to organize for Mr. Lifton were reportedly thrown out.