Fanfare for the Common Man is a musical work by the American composer Aaron Copland.It was written in 1942 for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under conductor Eugene Goossens and was inspired in part by a speech made earlier that year by then American Vice President Henry A. Wallace, in which Wallace proclaimed the dawning of the "Century of the Common Man". 1974 YouRememberThat.com is an online community focused on sharing and reminiscing about pop-culture video, audio, and images that stir our memories of the past - old television, theme songs, commercials, print advertisements, and more. From 1962 to 1978, the Daytona 500 was shown on ABC's Wide World of Sports. 1974 intro. January 19, 1980 intro 4999. 12958. In the 1990s, ABC also made stops in the summer events. The goal of the program was to showcase sports from around the globe that were seldom, if ever, broadcast on American television. It became associated with Olympic gymnast Nadia ComÄneci during and after the 1976 Summer Olympics.The composition has been used as the theme music to the American television soap opera The Young and the Restless intermittently since the series debuted in 1973. . Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. ABC's Wide World of Sports (TV Series 1961â ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The series generally aired in the winter and spring as other networks later covered the summer and fall portions of the PBA Tour. September 17, 1977 intro 12957. The ESPN Wide World of Sports website homepage featuring information on sports, events and the Complex so athletes, coaches, families and fans to stay connected. It originally ran for two hours on Saturday afternoons, but was later reduced to 90 minutes. ABC's Wide World of Sports was intended to be a fill-in show for a single summer season, until the start of fall sports seasons, but became unexpectedly popular. Many sports fans considered it a weekly tradition to watch bowling on Saturday afternoons, which was a lead-in to ABC's Wide World of Sports. Also: the Mini-Marathon, a 10km race for women, taped today in New York's Central Park. ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961 - 1998) Description; Intros (5) Credits (2) Youtube Videos (7) Covers (1) Quotes (1) Comments (2) Edit Title; Edit Debut Date; Edit End Date; Change Logs; Intros 17622. "Nadia's Theme" is a piece of music composed by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. in 1971. With Jim McKay, Howard Cosell, Muhammad Ali, Bill Flemming. ABC's Wide World of Sports was an American sports anthology television program that aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from April 29, 1961 to January 3, 1998, primarily on Saturday afternoons. 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