Category: Television

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From “Happy Days” to “The Love Boat,” Charles Fox’s Themes Were Always Exciting and New

January 12, 2026

Charles Fox was always exciting and new -- the composer was a hit-making wonder in the 1970s and 1980s, writing themes for television shows such as “The Love Boat,” “Happy Days,” “Laverne and Shirley,” “Wonder Woman" and “Monday Night Football.” He also composed classic hits such as "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and "I Got a Name." A trove of his papers are now at the Library.

Posted in: LCM, Music, Performing Arts, Songwriters, Television

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Bill Moyers: A Lifetime Preserved at the Library of Congress

June 27, 2025

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Bill Moyers, who died yesterday at the age of 91, was at the Library’s Coolidge Auditorium one night in the fall of 2023 to mark the preservation of more than 1,000 of his public television programs in The American Archive of Public Broadcasting. a collaboration between the Library and GBH, the public media production company in Boston. It was a crowning night to one of the most influential careers in American media.

Posted in: Collections, Congressional Research Service, Events, Library Work and Employees, News, Television, Video, Writers