Mike Post "Theme from Magnum P.I."

Imagine turning on KISS-FM today and hearing the "Theme from Magnum P.I.". Unlikely, right? Well, it happened in 1982 when Mike Post's instrumental theme song from the original version of Magnum P.I. found a home on the radio. Post also composed and charted other TV theme songs on the radio: "Theme from The Rockford Files", "Theme from L.A. Law" and "Theme from Hill Street Blues" are a couple examples.

Robert Miles - "Children"

The foundations of the Adult Contemporary format come from instrumentals.  I remember my Grandma working a jigsaw puzzle back in the early-80s and listening to "beautiful music" on FM100.  The station somehow was a ratings juggernaut while playing such songs as "The Theme From Hill Street Blues".  Fast forward to 1996, and pop radio was playing "Children", an instrumental from Italian DJ Robert Miles--think of him as 1996's Calvin Harris or Avicci.