For those of you who like to get your Game Show Themes and Music Cues in pristine condition, check out your local record/CD shop.

The Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Album, "Whipped Cream & Other Delights" has finally been reissued on CD here in the States as of today 4/19 in honor of it's 40th Anniversary.

This CD contains a pair of regular music cues used on the original "Dating Game": "Lollipops & Roses" and "Whipped Cream" -- both cues were used to introduce bachelors & bachelorettes. And considering how many different music cues that were used on TDG for prizes, photos of past dates and commercial lead-ins, there could've been one or two other songs on this album that made it to air at one time or another.

Anyhoo, as part of this reissue, you also get a small poster of the original album cover, which even 40 years later is well....um...looking as good as ever (the model, Dolores Erikson is now 65 & living in Washington).

The Dating Game's main theme "Spanish Flea" is not on this album (I believe it was on the TJB's "South Of The Border" album -- also due to be reissued in the not too distant future), but I would still recommend this album for those who collect game show music.

Actually, Spanish Flea was used as the intro in those rare games that had a bachelorasking the Qs of 3 bachelorettes...the aforementioned Lollipops and Roses was actually used as Jim described the contestant's chosen date before segueing into a Barris-composed cue, Boston Bust-Out.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

Semi-off topic of The Dating Game, but I remember just catching the end of Herb's song "TKO" on time on my Sirius radio. It just spawned my interest and never found out. But was that used as the theme to the game show of the same name?

"The Dating Game's" main theme was on an album and single in the '60s, but not credited to Herb Alpert. The main one was done by Mariachi Brass, but I think there was more than one version of it available. I don't know if it's been re-released on CD or not.

No, it was on the "Going Places" album. One album after "Whipped Cream & Other Delights".

You just had to say something, didn't you.

I got all the LPs of Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, I should know!

I got $8 in my wallet right now, but you don't see me bragging about that.

Also, for most of the network era of "TDG," the segue out of "Lollipops and Roses" was to a jazz organ/guitar piece. I'd say Jimmy Smith, but it was very likely any of those other guys who were playing back then. Don't know the title, unfortunately.

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No, it was on the "Going Places" album. One album after "Whipped Cream & Other Delights".
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Hey now.....Why the flame on GSWitch? All he was trying to do was correct which album it was on...

Would that be Boston Bust-Out, which I mentioned earlier in the thread? I also know that for a time, they were segueing from L&R into Muzak versions of popular songs, much like those played going to commercial before the bachelor(ette) made his/her choice.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

As bad as I can be with flames, I must say this was somewhat uncalled for. You didn't have to say anything either, IMO.

Probably was--on a lonnnnngg page from Dusty Groove America, a Chicago-based used record seller (after a Google search), I found this:

Jimmy McGriff -- Bag Full Of Soul . . . LP . . . $6.99 (Item: 15144)
United Artists, 1966 (Gatefold) Condition: Very Good View Cart
Easy to pass up because of the inconspicuous look of the cover and feel of the title, but a nice batch of trio cuts with Thornel Schwartz on guitar and Willy Jenkins on drums. McGriff wrote a lot of the material, and while it's not totally funky, like his late 60's stuff, it's also got a nice tight groove, like his Sue albums. Tracks include "Boston Bust Out", "Red River Blues", "On The Way Home", and "D.B. Blues (parts 1 & 2)". (Cover has ringwear.)

The combination of Jimmy McGriff and the release date (about the time that "TDG" started using recorded cues) makes me believe that you're right (I don't know about it being a Barris composition, though). I'm going to put the URL up of the page because right now Dusty Groove has in stock a copy of Quincy Jones' "You Got It Bad Girl" (with the "NYSI" theme "Chump Change") and that album is considered hard-to-find (and not on domestic CD):

http://www.dustygroove.com/jazzlp3.htm

It will take some scrolling to find both albums.