signature tune
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In 1974, he scored an international number-one hit with “Nothing from Nothing,” which became his signature tune.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026
Langston Hughes’s poems were featured on posters in my local library, and everybody knew Duke Ellington because of his signature tune, “Take the A Train,” written by Billy Strayhorn.
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2024
Ms. Lynn’s “Coal Miner’s Daughter” spent only one week at No. 1 after its release in 1970, but it soon became the singer’s signature tune:
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2022
Esa-Pekka Salonen opened Disney in 2003 with it and made it a sort of signature tune for the hall.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2022
In the Ring, every character has his or her own leitmotif, or signature tune.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
