From “Happy Days” to “The Love Boat,” Charles Fox’s Themes Were Always Exciting and New

This article also appears in the January-February issue of the Library of Congress Magazine.

For millions of Americans in the 1970s and ’80s, Charles Fox was the sound of weeknight entertainment.

You came home from work, gathered with the family in the living room after dinner, sprawled on a beanbag chair, turned on the TV and out came a song composed by Charles Fox.

“Love, exciting and new. Come aboard, we’re expecting you.”

“Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! We’re gonna do it!”

“Sunday, Monday, happy days.”