Touchdown (Bob James album)

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Touchdown
Studio album by Bob James
Released	1978
Bob James chronology
Heads Touchdown (1978) Lucky Seven

Touchdown is a 1978 jazz album by Bob James. It was a commercial breakout album for him that contained the song "Angela", the popular theme song to the 1970s television sitcom Taxi. The song was named after the guest character in the third episode of the first season ("Blind Date"), but after hearing the song, the producers made this the show's main theme; the previous theme selected was the album's title cut, "Touchdown".^[1]

The title is a reference to it being his sixth solo album, a touchdown being worth six points in American football. It was preceded by Heads (with a 5-cent coin on the cover) and followed by Lucky Seven.

[edit] Track listing

1. Angela (Theme from Taxi)
2. Touchdown
3. I Want to Thank You (Very Much)
4. Sun Runners
5. Caribbean Nights

All songs written by Bob James

[edit] Musicians

• Bob James
• Earl Klugh
• Steve Gadd
• David Sanborn
• Ralph MacDonald
• Hiram Bullock
• Eric Gale
• Hubert Laws
• Ron Carter

[edit] References