Solid Gold (Dionne Warwick song)

"Solid Gold"

Single by Dionne Warwick
Recorded	1980
Genre	Pop
Length	1:20
Songwriter(s)	Michael Miller (music) Dean Pitchford (lyrics)^[1]

Music video
Listen to "Solid Gold" (1981 TV performance) on YouTube

"Solid Gold" is a song performed by Dionne Warwick, composed by Michael K. Miller, lyrics by Dean Pitchford.^[2] It is the official theme song of the 1980s TV music show Solid Gold.

Warwick also performed "Solid Gold" on The Tonight Show on June 25, 1981.^[3]

The lyrics of the opening verse encapsulate the spirit of both the song and the show:

The music has magic,

You know you can catch it;

If you let the songs take control...

The sound starts to glisten,

The more that you listen,

And slowly it turns into gold...

References

^ "Solid Gold's Music". www.oocities.org.
^ "The "SOLID GOLD" THEME and LYRICS". unofficialsolidgoldwebsite.com.
^ "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Season 20 Episode List". thetvdb.com.

External links

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Discography
Studio albums	Presenting Dionne Warwick (1963) Anyone Who Had a Heart (1964) Make Way for Dionne Warwick (1964) The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick (1965) Here I Am (1965) Here Where There Is Love (1966) On Stage and in the Movies (1967) The Windows of the World (1967) Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls (1968) The Magic of Believing (1968) Promises, Promises (1968) Soulful (1969) I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1970) Very Dionne (1970) Dionne (1972) Just Being Myself (1973) Then Came You (1975) Track of the Cat (1975) Love at First Sight (1977) Dionne (1979) No Night So Long (1980) Friends in Love (1982) Heartbreaker (1982) How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (1983) Finder of Lost Loves (1985) Friends (1985) Reservations for Two (1987) Dionne Warwick Sings Cole Porter (1990) Friends Can Be Lovers (1993) Aquarela do Brasil (1994) My Favorite Time of the Year (2004) My Friends & Me (2006) Why We Sing (2008) Only Trust Your Heart (2011) Now (2012) She's Back (2019) Dionne Warwick & the Voices of Christmas (2019)
Live albums	Dionne Warwick in Paris (1966) Hot! Live and Otherwise (1981) Christmas in Vienna II (1993)
Compilations	Greatest Hits: 1979–1990 (1989) The Love Collection (2008)
Singles	"Don't Make Me Over" "Wishin' and Hopin'" "Anyone Who Had a Heart" "Walk On By" "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" "A House Is Not a Home" "Reach Out for Me" "Who Can I Turn To?" "Are You There (with Another Girl)" "Message to Michael" "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" "Alfie" "The Windows of the World" "I Say a Little Prayer" "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" "This Girl's in Love with You" "Odds and Ends" "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" "Make It Easy on Yourself" "I'm Your Puppet" "Then Came You" "By the Time I Get to Phoenix "Only Love Can Break a Heart" "I'll Never Love This Way Again" "Déjà Vu" "After You" "No Night So Long" "Easy Love" "Now We're Starting Over Again" "Heartbreaker" "All the Love in the World" "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" "Run to Me" "That's What Friends Are For" "Whisper in the Dark" "Love Power" "Reservations for Two" "Take Good Care of You and Me" "I Don't Need Another Love" "It's All Over" "Where My Lips Have Been" "What the World Needs Now Is Love" "The Good Life"
Other songs	"(They Long to Be) Close to You" "Do You Believe in Love at First Sight" "Solid Gold" "Never Gonna Let You Go"
Tours	Soul Divas Tour
Related articles	DionneDionne

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