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signature tune

signature tune

noun

  1. a melody used to introduce or identify a television or radio programme, a dance band, a performer, etc Also called (esp US and Canadian)theme song
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of signature tune1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

Often called “Mr. Snap, Crackle” in tribute to his brisk, articulate drumming style, he wrote a signature tune with the same name for his own 1962 album, “Out of the Afternoon.”

The former Beatle has let “We All Stand Together” — the signature tune from an award-winning animated film he wrote and produced 40 years ago — be used in a promotional film for the International Paralympic Committee.

Every brood contains a minimum of three or a maximum of four of cicada species — each species with its own signature tune.

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Langston Hughes’s poems were featured on posters in my local library, and everybody knew Duke Ellington because of his signature tune, “Take the A Train,” written by Billy Strayhorn.

He earned his first Grammy in 1962 for what would become his signature tune, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.”

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