Johnny's Theme

Written by Paul Anka; originally written as "Toot Sweet," with added lyrics in 1959 renamed as "It's Really Love," and re-written in 1962 for Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show

FZ album(s) in which song has appeared:

Tour(s) in which song is known to have been performed (main source: FZShows, v. 7.1):

Comments:

"Johnny's Theme" on "Tinsel Town Rebellion"

It has always been assumed that this, from the end of the song "Tinsel Town Rebellion" on all known versions -- in this case, from the original Tinsel Town Rebellion (1981) version -- is a quotation from this, the theme of The Tonight Show (aka "Johnny's Theme"), but it has been questioned lately, as the notes don't exactly match. Any comments?

A partial list of "Johnny's Theme" quotes compiled by Charles Ulrich

11/13/70 New York (Porko The Magnificent, as heard on Tengo Na Minchia Tanta)
11/20/70 Columbus (stand-alone)
1971 (all performances of Billy The Mountain, as heard on Just Another Band From L.A. and Playground Psychotics)
12/2/72 (late) Kansas City (stand-alone)
1980-1984 (all performances of I'm A Beautiful Guy, as heard on You Are What You Is and YCDTOSA 3)

Any more?

 

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