What if I told you that the same composer who gave us the eternally catchy theme song to Happy Days back in 1974 also wrote and conducted, 35 years later, a moving oratorio called Lament and Prayer for the Poland National Opera Company? And that the same man who penned the themes for Love Boat and Love American Style has written three orchestral suites for internationally renowned ballet companies?

What if I told you the same man who wrote the Grammy Award-winning song “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” popularized by Roberta Flack in 1973, also wrote the Jim Croce hit “I Got a Name”? And listen up, sports fans—this same guy also wrote the stirring theme for ABC’s Wide World of Sports. (You know: “The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat.”) And soon after, the theme for Monday Night Football.

All of this is on top of dozens of film scores, numerous other TV themes and other concert works. The same man wrote them all.

The man is Charles Fox, who is 83, lives in Encino, and the fact that he’s still active, still composing and still performing shouldn’t by now surprise you.

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