Charles Fox

Charles Fox (born c. 1940, United States) is a composer, songwriter and film score composer. Genres associated with his work include jazz, salsa and Latin. He wrote music for film and television, including the sunshine pop musical backgrounds for the 1970s ABC-TV show Love, American Style, the theme song for the late 1970s ABC series The Love Boat, and dramatic theme music for ABC's Wide World of Sports and the original Monday Night Football. With Lori Lieberman and Norman Gimbel, he wrote the Grammy-winning song Killing Me Softly with His Song. Release credits include Goodbye Columbus (1969), Love American Style (1973), Foul Play (1978), 9 to 5 (1980), Oh God! Book II (1980), The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1990), Pufnstuf (2006) and The Best of Charles Fox (2010).