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

"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.

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 1975, "Theme from The Rockford Files". The single also charted in the UK (No. 25).

At the 24th Annual Grammy Awards in 1982, the song won the Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Grammys awarded to Mike Post & Larry Carlton.

Notable covers

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

Chart history

References

1. US & UK hits charts, 1981
2. https://www.grammy.com/awards/24th-annual-grammy-awards
3. Rodney Franklin Endless Flight at Discogs
4. Richard Clayderman Special Requests at Discogs
5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 236. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
6. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1981-12-12. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
7. US & UK hits charts, 1981
8. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
9. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 190.
10. "Cash Box Top 100 11/28/81". tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
11. Top Adult Contemporary Songs of 1981

External links

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

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