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Hooked On Themes
"World's Greatest Themes By John Dote"
Penthouse Records
A Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Records

"Hooked On Themes" is the most unique album of it's time. Still today, the art work
is avant-garde with the original oil painting created by world renown artist; Alonzo
Smith, who's paintings have appeared on many major magazine covers. Alonzo Smith had
a surrealistic approach and style of painting reminiscent of a cross between the
great Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol . Dote' produced and arranged this album in San
Carlos, California in 1982.

John Dote' who was the lead drummer on the album that contains such monumental hits
as Hawaii Five-O; Charlie's Angels; The Rockford Files; and Barnaby Jones, notes
that he brought in "The Who's Who In The Record Business", for the making and
launching of this gold album.

Dote'and Peter Marino, the legendary record promoter for Warner Bros. Records, were
co-owners of Penthouse Records, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers. Marino discovered
and signed The Doobie Bros. with hits such as Listen To The Music and Long Train
Runnin' as well as To Sir With Love by Lulu. Marino asked Dote' to put all the
themes that he played drums on in one album; titled Hooked On Themes performed by
Stakeout, with Dote' on the drums. During that same year "Hooked On Classics" and
"Hooked On Swing" were at the top of the charts.

Dote', who was in charge of the production, also brought in world renown record
producer Joe Saraceno; producer of The Ventures hits and production supervisor to
The Beach Boys, to co-produce May I Have This Dance? , Dote's original instrumental
theme featured on the album. The song was performed with members of the six time
Grammy award winning group Toto. The production was arranged in Hollywood by Ben
Benay who also played guitar on hits such as "Dizzy" by Tommy Roe and "Looking For
Love In All The Wrong Places" by Johnny Lee (from The Urban Cowboy album from the
movie starring John Travolta). \"May I Have This Dance\" became the theme song for
\"This Is San Francisco\", a star-studded television show filmed on location with
guest\'s appearances from Liberace, Tony Bennet, Pearl Bailey, James Darren, Rod
Stewart, Gary and Gloria Poole(The American Bandstand Dance Champions and Solid Gold
Dancers) and John Dote\', hosted by Pete Marino.

Also by Dote's side at the mixing console was George Matola, who wrote the smash hit
"Goodnight My Love", which Paul Anka turned into a hit in the late 60's. The session
players included Pat DeVono on keyboards and Michael Baird, who played drums on
"Farewell My Summer Love" by Michael Jackson. Dote' named the band Stakeout because
the album contained detective themes including; Perry Mason and The Untouchables
from the motion picture. The horn section was performed by Jerry Hall and Mel Jones,
from San Francisco and additional keyboards were provided by Gary Rowe also from the
bay area.

Billy Shreve provided the bass lines and Jerold Reavis burned the lead guitar on
Barnaby Jones. Guitarist of the low rider hit Suavecito by Malo; Abel Zarate
provided the rhythm guitar and Carlos Santana's brother; Jorge who was also lead
guitarist for Malo, laid guitar tracks for the album, although they were not used.
When the album was complete, Dote', who kept re-mixing the songs on the album to get
the most out of the production, was told by Marino "If you mix it any hotter it's
going to jump off of the tape!" Marino launched a world wide promotional campaign.
Dote' and Hooked On Themes suddenly appeared on television all across the nation.
Joe Saraceno replied "It's A Great Album" and now The Ventures, while sitting in
Saraceno's Hollywood office, wanted the same kind of album.

Major record companies just didn't put into albums what was put into this one. Like
the cover, Hooked On Themes was at the right place at the right time and so were
Marino and Dote; the perfect match! The marketing strategy was in the palms of
Marino's hands who had an incredible vision and power for promotion. The Rockford
Files, Hawaii Five-O, Charlie's Angel's and Barnaby Jones were all huge hits around
the globe and the television programs were airing nationally. Every major
disc-jockey and television host had Hooked On Themes as it was featured in the grand
opening of the largest Tower Records store in New York City. One day while Marino
and Dote' were driving through San Francisco, Dote' spotted KSFO radio and asked
Marino to stop at the station to test the album on the airwaves.

Marino introduced Dote' along with Hooked On Themes, to disc-jockey Larry Hickey's,
a giant in radio; Hickey's gave the album the highest rating for a brand new release
on an independent record label and aired Hooked On Themes on KSFO in San Francisco.

Yet Dote' was not satisfied. Joe Saraceno, during recording sessions, would make a
habit of listening to sports radio in another room making bets. Although he and
Dote' were long time friends, Dote' found his actions disrespectful and irritating.
Saraceno resided in the Hollywood hills next to Harrison Ford, where John would
visit frequently dressed in leather, fur and thousands of dollars worth of jewelry.
One night John showed up in his furs and Saraceno's Doberman mistook Dote'for an
animal, sniffed him up and down while John was sitting on the couch. Dote' didn't
budge and didn't think it was very funny, but Saraceno did!

On that same night as Dote' was saying goodbye to Lucille Ball and Mohammed Ali at
LAX, Saraceno picked him up at the airport. Saraceno and Dote' were driving through
a bad part of town when they ran out of gas. Saraceno was terrified because of the
way Dote' always dressed, making them an easy target to rob, and could have gotten
them both killed. Dote' replied "I can handle myself, you go get the gas."Saraceno
did and they got the hell out of there.




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