Video to Vinyl, 1974: "Happy Days" Theme With Pratt & McClain + Henry Winkler and Milwaukee's "Bronze Fonz"

How a snappy tune turned into a theme! Plus, how a 29-year-old "Ayyyyyy"-list actor turned a high school student with a leather jacket and an attitude into an alloy statue in a city known for suds.

Sunday, Monday, Happy Days
Tuesday, Wednesday, Happy Days
Thursday, Friday, Happy Days
Saturday
What a day
Rocking all week with you

Lyrics by the late Norman Gimbel (who passed in 2018)

It’s hard to see those words, and not start singing along to the familiar melody, as composed by Charles Fox! Here’s Fox, now 82, in a recent interview about writing the song: