STARSKY AND HUTCH
Starsky & Hutch is a 1970s American cop thriller television series, which consisted of a 70-minute pilot movie (originally aired as a Movie of the Week entry) and 92 episodes of 50 minutes each. The show was created by William Blinn, produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, and broadcast between 1975 to 1979 on the ABC network. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures Television in the United States and, originally, Metromedia Producers Corporation in Canada and some other parts of the world. Sony Pictures Television is now the worldwide distributor for the series. The series also inspired a theatrical film and a video game. (More from Wikipedia)
Peter DePoe was replaced on drums in 1972 by Arturo Perez and then by Tony Bellamy’s Filipino/Mexican American cousin, Butch Rillera. Another former Redbone drummer, Danny Spanos (also known as George Spanos) had a Top 40 hit in 1983 as a solo artist with “Hot Cherie”; he also played drums on the theme music for the hit television show, Starsky and Hutch. Redbone was inducted into the Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame in 2008.
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