what theme songs did alan thicke wrote?
It Takes Diff'rent Strokes
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 The show 's original theme song was a musical score performed by the band Primus , while the lyrics are alternately sung by the band 's lead singer , Les Claypool , and the show 's four central characters . Kenny 's muffled lines are altered after every few seasons . The original composition was originally slower but was sped up for the show , while an instrumental version of the original composition is often played during the show 's closing credits . The song 's melody is similar to the song " Coddingtown " , on Primus 's Brown Album . The opening theme song has been remixed three times during the course of the series , including a remix performed by Paul Robb . In 2006 , the theme music was remixed with the song " Whamola " by Colonel Les Claypool 's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade , from the album Purple Onion . 

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 Along with writing jingles , Lucas continued with other projects as well . He was hired by Ahmet Ertegun as musical director for the first rock and roll musical , Tom Sankey 's The Golden Screw , which played at the Provincetown Playhouse and won the 1967 Obie Award for Sankey 's concept , writing , and performing . Lucas used a young tape dubber from Gotham Studios named Walter Carlos who had an early Moog synthesizer to compose music for William Claxton 's film Basic Black , a work that is credited as the first " fashion video " and is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York . He produced the first recordings of the blues band Raven , enabling them to secure a contract with Columbia Records . He composed the songs " Tell Me a Story " and " Blood " for The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart ( the first movie by actor Don Johnson ) and also composed the theme music for the 1970s children 's series , Jabberwocky , a show which remained in syndication for decades . 

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 The series used the first incarnation of the Blackadder theme by Howard Goodall ( with the exception of the unaired pilot , which featured a different arrangement ) . For the opening theme , a trumpet solo accompanied by an orchestra was used . For the end titles , the theme gained mock @-@ heroic lyrics sung by a baritone ( Simon Carrington , a member of the King 's Singers ) . In the final episode , the theme was sung by a treble , in a more reflective style . The series ' incidental music was unusually performed by pipe organ and percussion . 

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 He also composed the David Frost theme " By George " , " Eary @-@ Feary " ( the theme from the 1970 LWT horror series Tales of Unease ) , " Theme One " for BBC Radio 1 , " Adagietto for Harmonica & Strings " for Tommy Reilly , and " Magic Carpet " for the Dakotas . 

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 Skelton was unable to work in television until the end of his 1951 MGM movie contract ; a renegotiation to extend the pact provided permission after that point . He signed a contract for television on NBC with Procter and Gamble as his sponsor on May 4 , 1951 , and said he would be performing the same characters on television as he had been doing on radio . The MGM agreement with Skelton for television performances did not allow him to go on the air before September 30 , 1951 . His television debut , The Red Skelton Show , premiered on that date : at the end of his opening monologue , two men backstage grabbed his ankles from behind the set curtain , hauling him offstage face down . A 1943 instrumental hit by David Rose , called " Holiday for Strings " , became Skelton 's TV theme song . The move to television allowed him to create two non @-@ human characters , seagulls Gertrude and Heathcliffe , which he performed while the pair were flying by tucking his thumbs under his arms to represent wings and shaping his hat to look like a bird 's bill . He patterned his meek , henpecked television character of George Appleby after his radio character , J. Newton Numbskull , who had similar characteristics . His " Freddie the Freeloader " clown was introduced on the program in 1952 , with Skelton copying his father 's makeup for the character . He learned how to duplicate his father 's makeup and perform his routines through his mother 's recollections . A ritual became established at the end of every program , with Skelton 's shy boyish wave and words of , " Good night and may God bless . " 
