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"Hill Street Blues" is a 1981 instrumental by Mike Post. It is the theme from the TV series Hill Street Blues, and features Larry Carlton on guitar.

"Hill Street Blues"
Single by Mike Post
B-side	"Aaron's Tune"
Released	August 1981
Genre	Pop
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(s)	Mike Post feat. Larry Carlton
Mike Post singles chronology
"Manhattan Spiritual" (1975) "Hill Street Blues" (1981) "Theme from Magnum P.I." (1982)

The single spent over five months on the charts and reached number 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It became an Adult Contemporary hit in the U.S. (No. 4) and Canada (No. 29). It became Post's second Top 10 hit, matching the performance of his first hit in 1976, "Theme from the Rockford Files". The single also charted in the UK (No. 25).[1]

Notable covers

• Jazz pianist Rodney Franklin on his 1981 LP, Endless Flight.[2]
• Richard Clayderman on Special Requests 2001.[3]

Chart history

References

External links

• Mike Post - "Theme from Hill Street Blues" on YouTube

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