Kojak 'Very Rare' version of theme tune 

TV show themes from the 70s were often meticulously well put together and enjoyable to listen to.

This is from an album released in the late 1970s called TV's Greatest Detective Hits, by the John Gregory Orchestra. Also included were similar high-energy arrangements of the themes from Banacek, McCloud, S.W.A.T., Harry O and other popular shows of the era.

Great theme, even better show.

Happy 45th Birthday to the Universal Studios Television's original Kojak. The original. The Best.🍁🇺🇸😎🥞🍳☕📺🌤️

One of the best cop show theme tunes.......EVER! Currently doing the rounds on ITV4 (I'm taping them while I'm at work, 'Magnum P.I.' follows after!!) Always loved this show and Telly Savalas was and always will be, a class act.

Kojak was the man ! And the old New York City was a rough place when this came out....no gentrification, no hipsters , just a really tough place.They would have run away home

the 70's had the very best cop shows and man those themes were bad ass!

Happy Birthday Lt. Kojak ... we, your admirors still miss you !!!!

this sounds so awesome💖🤗

Great jazzed up version. Guess it's Goldenbergs work. Fabulous.

This was closer to the original one, at least to my nearly 65 year old memory. You know it's been so long since I have heard this, it's amazing to think it was 40 years ago. And it's doubly amazing to think that they were cranking out such great TV series' some anthologies with two or three seperate series running in rotation, almost a half a dozen 90 minute movies of the week. Where as now, you can bearly get a network to pony up enough money for thirteen episodes, never mind twenty-six to thirty episodes a year, and not a reality show in the bunch. And the themes were some of the best jazz based music ever.

'Who loves ya, baby?' On this day in 1973 {October 24th} the detective series "Kojak" debut on the CBS-TV network... The show ran from 1973 to 1978 with a total of 118 episodes... Telly Savalas won a Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for 'Best Actor - Drama'... After the series ended, between 1985 and 1990 seven 'Kojak' made for TV movies aired on CBS-TV... R.I.P. Mr. Savalas {1922 - 1994}, Dan 'Capt. Frank McNeil' Frazer {1921 - 2011}, and George 'Detective Stavros' Savalas {1924 - 1985}...

Thanks for the upload !!

This is dope thanks for sharing! Became a fan of Kojak in early 2000s thanks to TVLand!

He was the best....

Kojak ist ein Cooler Typ😎👍

I recall this version, it was re-arranged then they did another version which appeared in Series 5

Telly savalas...es KOJAK 💖❤️❤️❤️

Cool find.

Kojak was a hero to many of us that were teens and young adults then. Straight forward, no-nonsense, dressed sharp, strong sense of justice, and still able to charm the ladies. Seemed like Kojak was just Telly's personality coming through without having to do much acting. By today's standards, a detective like Kojak would be "politically incorrect" and in trouble with the news media. Things have really taken a tumble since Kojak's time.

Kojak outro seriado que época de exibição eu não perdia um episodio.

I don't blame you. It's these shows what's making ITV4 the most watched of all the ITV channels. The main one is now very bland and boring (has been for quite a few years) so much so they've even dropped the '1' from their logo! They show Coronation Street umpteen times a week (overkill or what!?) and only interested in their "breadwinners", Downton Abbey ( can't see all the fuss about this) and Midsomer Murders.

The opening scene of the NYPD police car reminds me of my brother-in-=law who who responded to an armed robbery and slapped a shotgun away from himself as he walked in the door of a store that was being held up. He didn't know of or expect the shotgun, just reacted. I'm proud of him....R.I.P. Uncle Louie U.S.N. WWII, NYPD

kojak! tonights episode ! murder for nothing as a kid in the early 70s they would anounce a voice over in many episodes of kojak 5 0 etc .

fuckin fine dresser that Telly

Kojak Intro😎👍

Kojak 👍

♥♥♥

Super

Kojak outro seriado que na época de sua exibição pel

The *KOJAK* theme as played by the Royal Philharmonic could go well. After the introduction of the theme, play this clip.

Quanto mi piace ..io adoro Kojak ma metteste una buona volta puntate in italiano

Who loves ya Baby!

The music is great......I'm sick of the endless rap "music" in all of the movies and TV shows

Kojak era interpretado pelo saudoso ator Telly Savalas

CROCKER!

Who loves ya baby ? :)

some programs got changed

New one on me

Were these rarities from overseas editions of the show?

link? :)