Late last night, entertainment fans were saddened with the news that the great Alan Thicke had died at the age of 69. Beloved sitcom father, perhaps most known as the Seavers patriarch on ABC’s Growing Pains, Thicke’s long-standing impact on pop-culture doesn’t just include the favorite TV dad we’d see every week, but the composer of numerous themes we’d hear and the real life father of Robin Thicke. He spread a whole lot of joy over his almost seven-decades on planet Earth, and we were very happy to be caught up in the Thicke of it. This is our look back at the musical legacy of Alan Thicke.

“The Joker’s Jive” (1972)

Already beginning to establish himself as an actor, Alan Thicke had refined musical chops amongst his talents and scored his first major television score with the theme to '70s game show The Joker’s Wild. Instantly infectious and subversively lush, it’s a feel-good groove that doesn’t just make you want to watch a complete stranger win money, but set his career as a reliable composer into motion.