It may seem bizarre but I have the ‘Crossroads Theme’ on my ipod and now and again on the way home I listen to it.
This tune composed by Tony Hatch in the 1960s was one that I heard nearly every weeknight as my mother (like a good deal of the nation) was a devoted ‘Crossroads’ fan and always watched the programme. She loved Noelle Gordon and in those days before the creation of the domestic video recorder if you liked a programme you had to actually sit down and watch it when it was on!
I remember ‘Crossroads’ having an early evening slot and the opening bars of the theme tune are as familiar as a nice cup of tea.
The ‘Crossroads’ theme tune reminds me of living on Glenfield Road, watching the show on our first colour tv in the early 70s, the controversy when Paul MaCartney re-recorded the theme and it was replaced only to revert back to the original after massive viewer complaints and feeling comfortable in the knowledge that as long as Benny and Miss Diane were okay all would be well.
Listening to the ‘Crossroads’ theme on the way home reminds me of all these things….
Now listen to the song….
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