Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson - "Friends & Lovers"

There was a time when many women stayed home during the day and watched soap operas on television.  Back then, you watched television shows live--not via a DVR (although the VCR helped changed that by the mid-1980s).  Because of that, you wouldn't dare call someone at 2pm for fear of interrupting them while watching General Hospital.  Each soap had their own hero and villain, but also the resident power couple that the show's legions of fans aspired to be.  While General Hospital's resident power couple, Luke & Laura, had their own theme song ("Think of Laura" by Christopher Cross), Days of Our Lives' super couple Shane & Kimberly had "Friends & Lovers" as their anthem.

Player - "Baby Come Back"

A fantastic selection from the never released Time-Life Yacht Rock Music Collection is Player's "Baby Come Back".  The blue-eyed soul track never disappoints.  Heck, the song (and the group Player) even made an appearance in a 2014 episode of General Hospital--some 37 years after its original release date.

Patti Austin & James Ingram - "Baby, Come To Me"

General Hospital first featured this duet that generated so much buzz that the song eventually was released as a single.  Patti Austin and James Ingram's "Baby, Come to Me" quickly shot to the #1 spot in 1983 and showed the power of the once almighty soap opera.

Jack Wagner - "All I Need"

Think of a television soap opera star who also has a #1 song.  Give up?  Meet Jack Wagner: veteran of General Hospital and Melrose Place who also found success with the song "All I Need".    Granted that with a name like Jack Wagner, you're destined to be a soap star...but the music thing is just icing on the cake.