The theme to 1970's ABC Sports Golf

[TraumaKing]

who remembers this in the 1970's weekend golf ABC

Barry White's "Love's theme"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7miCWdZDoSo

[Shallowface]

[quote name='TraumaKing' timestamp='1313448420' post='3489585']
Barry White's "Love's theme"
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7miCWdZDoSo[/media]
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I remember being a teenager in the mid 1970s, lying in bed on a Saturday morning listening to the rain pelting the house, wanting to play so bad and knowing I wouldn't be able to, when the clock radio went off and that song was playing.

I wanted to cry!

[78blades]

Oh man, what a great old tune. Lets see, 1970; I was 1 year away from being discharged for the USCG and I was stationed in Coos Bay Or. I remember Bandon cuz it was about 18 miles south and one of group Coos Bay USCG life boat stations,(group Coos Bay territory was from Depoe Bay to Brookings), and it was a whole lot different then. Had some good bar room brawls at Reds Tavern in Charleston between loggers, fishermen and Costies. Of course that is when logging & fishing were big industries on the Oregon coast.

[jmcf1949]

Does anyone remember the music that always [u]closed[/u] their golf telecasts? It was a nice instrumental as well, with Jim Mckay doing a voice over. I once sent ABC an e-mail request for information, but received no response. Wish I knew the tune.

Jim - Semper Fi

[rex235]

Actually, "Love's Theme" was done by the Love Unlimited Orchestra.

Barry White "The Maestro of Love" was conducting.

Barry's wife, Glodean, was a member of "Love Unlimited", and "Love's Theme" was the lead song of their album.

Their first hit song was "Walking in the Rain (with the One I Love)"-with Barry White answering Glodean's phone call...

I'll have to listen to the other numbers to tell you what they were, but... "I 'll bag 'em"

[guisician]

[quote name='rex235' timestamp='1347333678' post='5621063']
Actually, "Love's Theme" was done by the Love Unlimited Orchestra.

Barry White "The Maestro of Love" was conducting.

Barry's wife, Glodean, was a member of "Love Unlimited", and "Love's Theme" was the lead song of their album.

Their first hit song was "Walking in the Rain (with the One I Love)"-with Barry White answering Glodean's phone call...

I'll have to listen to the other numbers to tell you what they were, but... "I 'll bag 'em"
[/quote]

Wow, haven't thought about "Walking in the Rain" (or the phone call within). In a while. Great 70s Philly soul, thanks!

[I'm a 3 handicap]

I know this is a long shot, so I am not sure anyone would have the answer to this one---Does anyone know the name of the music used in opening ABC's golf telecasts PRIOR to 1974 ( the use of the Love Unlimited Orchestra's "Love's Theme" was used after 1974 by the network). As a teenager I remember watching ABC golf telecasts from around 1970 - 1973 , and they opened with music that had a really full string sound accompanied by intermittant electric guitar chords ---extremely beautiful and flowing.

Gee, if anyone can come up with this one, I would be most appreciative.

[fierra76]

... bumping an old thread because the music of Barry White never gets old.

According to Wikipedia, Barry White's "Love's Theme" was used by ABC for its golf telecasts beginning in the mid-1970s, continuing sporadically through 1997. The link in the OP is dead Jim, so here's a replacement:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPHmsEoLsL0[/media]

A question was asked:

[quote name='jmcf1949' timestamp='1347329502' post='5620505']
Does anyone remember the music that always [u]closed[/u] their golf telecasts? It was a nice instrumental as well, with Jim Mckay doing a voice over.
[/quote]

I'll guess this one:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfZuM93kgwU[/media]

It's called "Native New Yorker," by Odyssey in 1977. I only know for sure that it was used by ABC Golf in 1986, but it probably debuted earlier than that.

I think Fox should seriously consider disco music for its USGA coverage.

[psquaredsc]

I'd like to resurrect this thread from a few years ago. I am trying to identify an obscure piece of golf-related TV music and I'm wondering if anyone can help. Please have a look and listen to this YouTube video of the 1981 US Open at Merion. I am not talking about Barry White's Love Theme which we all know...I'm trying the identify the orchestral piece that is being used by ABC during the opening segment with Jim McKay during the first two and a half minutes or so. Does Anyone know what this is?

 

[Greg_B]

Better late then never, I found the ID for the music you were looking for. ABC Golf used this as an introductory mood-setting theme from at least the mid-70s well through the '80s. It is called "Panorama" by Keith Mansfield.

 

 

[Hawkeye77]

28 minutes ago, Greg_B said:

Better late then never, I found the ID for the music you were looking for. ABC Golf used this as an introductory mood-setting theme from at least the mid-70s well through the '80s. It is called "Panorama" by Keith Mansfield.

 

 

Not saying you are wrong but I don't recall ever hearing that music on a golf telecast, but recall "Love's Theme" and have always associated it with ABC's golf.  Just my memory.

[Greg_B]

21 minutes ago, Hawkeye77 said:

Not saying you are wrong but I don't recall ever hearing that music on a golf telecast, but recall "Love's Theme" and have always associated it with ABC's golf.  Just my memory.

The OP's question was accompanied by a link to the ABC telecast of the '81 US Open where he specifically asked about this music and gave direction as to where it was found on the broadcast. If you go to YouTube you can find a few videos from ABC's US Open telecasts from that period and it is what they used either immediately before or immediately after "Love's Theme" at the start of their broadcasts, accompanied by a Jim McKay voiceover. Even better, if you have the USGA Roku app on your TV you can see the entire USGA telecast archive of the US Open - I'm currently watching the ABC broadcast from 1975 at Medinah - where it is used from at least 1975 until 1981 or '82, possibly later. Love's Theme was used over their standard ABC Sports intro with graphics of the name of the course, the year of the championship, and the names of the sponsors, while this is used while McKay tells you about what happened in earlier rounds, the history of the area where it is located, the history of the event, whatever.

[Hawkeye77]

17 minutes ago, Greg_B said:

The OP's question was accompanied by a link to the ABC telecast of the '81 US Open where he specifically asked about this music and gave direction as to where it was found on the broadcast. If you go to YouTube you can find a few videos from ABC's US Open telecasts from that period and it is what they used either immediately before or immediately after "Love's Theme" at the start of their broadcasts, accompanied by a Jim McKay voiceover. Even better, if you have the USGA Roku app on your TV you can see the entire USGA telecast archive of the US Open - I'm currently watching the ABC broadcast from 1975 at Medinah - where it is used from at least 1975 until 1981 or '82, possibly later. Love's Theme was used over their standard ABC Sports intro with graphics of the name of the course, the year of the championship, and the names of the sponsors, while this is used while McKay tells you about what happened in earlier rounds, the history of the area where it is located, the history of the event, whatever.

Thanks!

[mocokid]

On 4/15/2015 at 4:58 PM, fierra76 said:

... bumping an old thread because the music of Barry White never gets old.

According to Wikipedia, Barry White's "Love's Theme" was used by ABC for its golf telecasts beginning in the mid-1970s, continuing sporadically through 1997. The link in the OP is dead Jim, so here's a replacement:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPHmsEoLsL0[/media]

A question was asked:

[quote name='jmcf1949' timestamp='1347329502' post='5620505']
Does anyone remember the music that always [u]closed[/u] their golf telecasts? It was a nice instrumental as well, with Jim Mckay doing a voice over.
[/quote]

I'll guess this one:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfZuM93kgwU[/media]

It's called "Native New Yorker," by Odyssey in 1977. I only know for sure that it was used by ABC Golf in 1986, but it probably debuted earlier than that.

I think Fox should seriously consider disco music for its USGA coverage.

Fox sold its usga coverage rights. 

[Greg_B]

18 minutes ago, mocokid said:

Fox sold its usga coverage rights. 

The message you replied to was from 2015 just before they had aired their first US Open telecast.

[ChadBorman]

I'm almost positive this is what you're thinking of.  I used to remember this music from the 1970s whenever my dad was watching golf on the weekend, which was almost always.  I don't think they used the entire song, but only the part that emphasized the strings.

 

https://archive.org/details/tvtunes_26887

 

ABC Golf - 1976 - Lalo Schifrin - St. Ives - Theme Song

[dcopp7]

That ^^^ is porno music, through & through 🤣