As The World Turns Opening Compilation

As The World Turns Soap Opera 1956 - 2010

[@carlosemory998]

I am 58 years old.I miss watching this with my mom in the summers when I was a little man.She was a teacher and home during the summer. Those were some great days in the 70s.

[@kennethblackstock7224]

as the world turns-- guiding light-- Search for Tomorrow 1970s i an mom sat an watched mash also

[@crispusaka7744]

I am 21 and i have the same memory ahaha watching it with my mother when i was a little one

[@veillifted]

Reva!

[@cut4ablock]

I was always watching with my grandmother. Rip 😢

[@stevenwebb7936]

I couldn’t agree more. I miss ATWT

[@Boygonebad]

That 1981-1993 theme was everything. Man do I miss this show.

[@MegRyanBrasilSul61]

Good for a future Meg Ryan's Anthem... Whatever She's nailed as Betsy & also became a crushiest TV stars of 1983. Impossible don't remember about her thru this 1981'theme intro.

[@Boygonebad]

@@MegRyanBrasilSul61 the first episode I watched was Craig and Betsy’s wedding. Was hooked ever since.

[@humps678]

2004-2006 had my favorite opening

[@rob47214]

No, no, no! 1967- 1981! What's wrong with you?

[@Boygonebad]

@@rob47214 I have taste

[@darishi9]

81-93 will forever be the best one, man I miss my childhood, it sounds so good today, the memories of my mom watching this lol

[@johnrod007]

Agree, memories

[@peachesj4748]

That's the main one I remember too. Growing up in the 1980s and early 90s. My momma watching it.

[@Silvio2676]

It is still hard to believe that this series is not on air anymore. It was such a great soap!

[@sheenufilms]

I love how all of these openings capture the aesthetic of the decade they were made in: 50's and 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's, and some part of the 2010's.

[@janicesmith6585]

Makes me miss my teenage years and a certain fella in the 80’s. Still miss and love him

[@LibbyRal]

I used to watch this in the 50's and 60's. I'd sit on the sturdy cocktail table doing the ironing sometimes. Before we had a tv, my Mom and I listened to soap operas on the radio. After I married and moved away, we shared many phone conversations discussing the storyline. When I was working, she'd keep me abreast of the plots. We loved to speculate about what might happen. Later in life, she started watching Young and the Restless, which I'd been introduced to by my wasband. He was a student when we were first married, and had time to watch it. He loved the attractive women. So then I was able to fill her in on that backstory. Happy happy memories.

[@jaceyarnett4441]

So many memories of coming home from school to my grandma watching! I sure miss her!!

[@teddyjam8134]

Hands down 81-93 I started watching as the world turns with my mother around 85 or early 86, and the cast they had during that time was great! From 85 to the early 90's no one did it better. The cast was great, the writing was awesome, and as the world turns ran like a well oiled machine. Those latter openings was reflective of a once proud soap opera. As the world turns forever!

[@GLBizzie]

As much as i love ATWT but from 85 to 90 no one did it better? That‘s debatable

[@bobthetvfan]

Have to agree. Doug Marland was head writer during those years and few could plot a soap better than he could.

[@ericpurkey7502]

Best openings 1956-1967 black & white 1967-1981 color.

[@Boygonebad]

Same here except I started watching with my mom a little earlier. I think first episode I saw was Craig marrying Betsy.

[@tammylewis2408]

@@GLBizzie Doug Marland was writing for ATWT during that time. He brought back Lisa, Nancy, Bob, Kim, and John, the ones who were pushed back during the late 70s/early 80s, as the previous writers were trying to be more like General Hospital by focusing on the younger characters. After her role was reduced in the early 80s, Helen Wagner (Nancy Hughes McCloskey) threatened to quit the show. Marland brought her back with a great storyline of Nancy remarrying and, later, her second husband suffering from Alzheimer's.

[@erickanew]

I remember 81-93, like it was yesterday, but 93-99, sounds really nice

[@Boygonebad]

The 93-99 was great when they won emmys and they played it as they went to stage

[@W81Researcher]

Um ATWT didn't win much with that theme.

[@Sulla2300]

They had a Christmas version of the 1993 to 1999 opening that they would play around the holidays

[@tobiaswilliamson00]

For more than 5 decades, devoted fans welcomed the residents of Oakdale into their homes as they navigated marriages, breakups, and social issues on the beloved CBS daytime drama, As The World Turns. With it's poignant storytelling and relatable characters, it went on to win viewers hearts as well as four Emmy awards for outstanding daytime drama.

[@georgedafourth]

The 1981-1993 theme is the one I remember most and is my favorite one.

[@MegRyanBrasilSul61]

1:03 1981 The beginning of Meg Ryan era.

[@naheem78]

Made me shed a tear. As The World Turns was my favorite Soap Opera & God I was watching for 5 of their themes. I miss the stories, the characters but most of all the show as a whole.

[@ahhwe-any7434]

Nobody asked you, prophets of rage 😒🤦🏻‍♀️.

[@hak4890]

Getting teary-eyed… Seeing the original opening takes me back to the 1960’s… I was just a small child; ATWT on the TV, and my Grandmother ironing the clothes… 😢❤️

[@chrismcevoy860]

I miss As The World Turns.

[@donaldhorn1]

Same

[@dennisvalverde3909]

Me Too Chris.

[@GalaxYSmokaH4TrilliO]

This is just my mom!!!

[@MegRyanBrasilSul61]

The Golden Meg Ryan's TV era,❤💖 1983

[@FirstGaCav]

CBS and Proctor and Gamble broke my heart. I still think that 'Jelinda's Theme" is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. Thank you David Foster for that.

[@matthewcloranmusic7745]

2002 through 2006 sounds the most like the spirit of the show IMO. Love the quick pics that match the fast drum beats starting at 3:31.

[@chriscornelius2518]

1981 to 1993 is the most iconic song and intro.

[@DarthSinistris]

Never laid an eye on a single episode of these shows, but i sure as shit remember these openings, and you're correct

[@Bbcream342]

Yes Chris. They should have just kept that one. Whenever that tune played Grandma had the volume TURNT WAY UP. That was our queue to leave her the hell alone and be quiet.

[@rolieploeg1807]

Yes the one before 1993 was the best. After all the have nailed the whole story line after mike kasnoff and mark kasnoff leaves the show

[@rolieploeg1807]

@@Bbcream342 That instrumental was structuur better the one from 1993

[@phiksit]

reminds me of something you''d see from pat robertson.

[@carmelmiller1241]

This is awesome. I miss the show so much.

[@barrythomas7336]

My grandmother loved her some soaps! And when she babysat me in kindergarten, she made sure we got back to her house in time (but safely!) to see this particular soap! BTW, the organ music was a carryover from the radio days. And the reason they are called soaps was they were sponsored by dishwashing detergents and products like Ivory Soap.

[@Slapslickaction]

The 1981-1993 single best ever, and should never have been changed.

[@rolieploeg1807]

The one from 1991 till 1993 was the best and that instrumental was the best too rest were nailed.

[@ManuelGuzman067]

Agree loved it best

[@MegRyanBrasilSul61]

80s theme ... purely Meg Ryan's tune as you can feel it ...if you're a her biggest fan ( She went an Iconic Betsy thru this plot & acting)

[@hanselbaker4244]

great daytime soap opera which is greatly missed. I will miss the late great Kathryn Hays, who passed away this week. She was absolutely marvelous as Kim Hughes! I miss the other actors who have passed away besides Kathryn Hays. I still love and admire the other actors who are still alive who played on As The World Turns. As The World Turns and the town of Oakdale are still in my heart. RIP to Kathryn Hays, Santos Ortega, Helen Wagner, Terri Vandenbosch and countless other actors who played on As The World Turns who have passed away.

[@tammylewis2408]

I truly remembered watching ATWT as a kid in the 70s when Oakdale was hit by a devastating tornado, and Kim was injured; I kept praying she would be rescued.

[@ManuelGuzman067]

81.93. Is when i was hooked on the show. Meg ryan and juliane moore were on

[@MegRyanBrasilSul61]

latinoheatariel Impossible if we don't remember about Meg Ryan onto 1982-84...we've for hooked onto screens cuz her acting as long Song intro gets in the way. .many Meg 's gleam moments wedding episode. 1983'x-mas onto oakdale crew. ..groovy!!!

[@musicfanhawk4523]

And Marisa Tomai!

[@MegRyanBrasilSul61]

@@musicfanhawk4523 Meg Ryan should take this THEME into their grave or having a chord orchestra to performing in her burial. "ATWT '80s" having purely The essence of Meg ❤

[@sgnhd4us]

The opening theme in the live, black & white years was and still is the best in TV soap opera history.

[@tammylewis2408]

It was also the last program to air before the fateful "Four Days in November" (the death of JFK, 11/22/63) that can be found also on YT.

[@bengaljam4550]

My mother watched this show everyday when I was a kid in the 60's Can picture my mom taking a break and eating lunch while watching this show. Song is etched in my memory.

[@bradburks696]

I'm 61 so seeing this reminds me of those 1970's summers, being home from school and my mom watching CBS's The Edge of Night, Search for Tomorrow, The Guiding Light and ATWT. Oh and TPIR. Those intros I haven't thought about for years but are still in my mind and memories.

[@shellyblanchard5788]

It hard to believe how time flies with these shows. I used to watch the most of these soaps when I was a kid. 60 years have really gone by. Could hardly wait to see what was going to happen the next day. People took it too serious though.

[@allenjones3130]

The original "ATWT" theme song (1956-81) was a majestic goosebump inducer, both in its original piano/organ arrangement and in its subsequent orchestral version.

[@barihope]

81-93 my fave opening theme.

[@MegRyanBrasilSul61]

Anthem for Meg Ryan at their 60'aged cuz their Outstanding acting as Betsy Montgomery Stewart. Odd It looks like a "Soft Samba" tune melody

[@LouisianaCityboi]

The early 2000s was very much like General Hospital’s “Faces of the Heart” opening. I love soap openings like that. I feel like they should have all been like that.

[@Brad81980]

I just watch this time to time so I can sit here and cry lol ....... The Nostalgia the openings bring. So many treasured memories of watching ATWT😔

[@WSenator1]

My grandmother would pick me up from kindergarten every school day, and except for taking care of me, she made sure she got home in time to watch "As the World Turns"!

[@Mary-el3pi]

Oh, thank you for opening with the original theme song! Such a delightful part of my growing up years…and all the way through my staying at home with the kids until I went back to teaching . I loved ATWT!

[@sheriheffner2098]

I can remember a little before 1981 because my mom watched it. But I really remember 81 through 93 the most because I watched it sometimes.

[@Kristyle11]

I like the music of the 80s opening the best. (and I wasn't born until 84 lol.) it's got the otherworldly sound effect at the beginning of the track and also the strings as well.

[@ericpurkey7502]

I vaguely remember seeing the As the World turns pre 1981 opening i was born in 1976 my grandmother watched As the world turns.

[@jessyR4236]

I still miss this soap. Still hoping on a Comeback

[@aprentissdaye]

That last ATWT intro in 2009 - 2010 just made me sad because it just felt like the producers threw their hands up in the air and no longer gave a damn because they new the show was nearing it's end. 😓 My favorite intros throughout the duration of the history of ATWT however was definitely first the original 1956-1967 intro although I wasn't even alive yet during those years, but something about the aesthetic of that decade in televison definitely captivated me and I enjoy listening to it. The later ATWT Eras 1981-1993 was absolutely magnificent, at that point I was born in the world and became invested in the show as I grew from adolescent to pre-teen, teen and young adult and I still to this day think the 81-93 stands out the most above them all. The 2006-2009 ATWT intro I also hold very dear to my heart because I loved how it showed 2 cast members in one shot with faded background scenes.❤️👍🏽👍🏽

[@frankwilson4753]

man i remember most these openings i remember james fell outta the plane, a great soap seeing it every summer as well as recording it on weekdays before work,,

[@David-cz4xm]

As the World Turns is one of my all time favorite soaps. Along with The Guiiding Light The Young and the Restless. The Bold and the Beautiful and The Edge of Night. Love of Life and The Secret Storm.

[@traceybaldwin6509]

I “watched” it from the womb, lol. My mother wanted to name me “Lisa”, but my grandmother (her MIL) said she wouldn’t call me that because of Lisa on the show (so I was named for another soap character). I scheduled my college classes around ATWT and Guiding Light. Makes me miss my mom, thinking of these old soaps.

[@T-Rex-nm1se]

I remember the intros from the 2000s and the last intro in 2010 as a kid whenever I was at my grandma's house when she babysat me while my mom was at work during the summer. I was born in 2003 so obviously i dont remember the first intros from the 1950s to 1990s. I remember she always watched Y&R as well so she was a soap opera fan. My grandma unfortunately passed away in 2011 so the intros I remember as a kid the nostalgia hit me like a brick, takes me back to the old days when life was simple as a child. She never missed an episode of ATWT and Y&R. She started watching ATWT in the 60s and was there for every episode including the finale

[@brennicolas3093]

I love the music in the 1999-2002 version

[@tonytune4342]

When I was a little boy in the 50's , life in our house was just like "As The World Turns" . We even had the organ music in the background to set the mood. I never could find out where that damned music was coming from. I always followed "The Guiding Light" in my unrelenting "Search For Tomorrow". Many tomorrows have passed since those days . I now wait for the day when my world stops "turning". I stopped searching for those tomorrows a long time ago as they seemed to easily find me on their own. I hope they continue to find me for a long time to come . AMEN

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

1967 to 1981 was the best of all.

[@davidbloomingburgh4460]

I come watch these time to time b/c these soaps were the ones she watched on CBS. Miss you Mom and love you!

[@KingLashiec]

My grandmother loved this show. Tempted to watch some of it for her.

[@lipsticklb]

1967- I remember our housekeeper watched this religiously every day! Her cigarette/ash tray and Schlitz on the kitchen counter while she did the ironing!!!! Lol!!! She was a love!!!

[@yanikcomeau9189]

Thank you so much for this. You did an amazing job. It's so great to reminisce even back further than before I was born. :)

[@sheriheffner2098]

How many people watching this remember November 22nd 1963? I was just two months old.

[@dougstrong1170]

I remember the themes from as the world turns 1993-2010 when i first watch it

[@ericpurkey7502]

i vaguely remember the orginal theme i was born in 1976.

[@Williamwestp24]

@@ericpurkey7502 I was born on April of 1976 and I only remember the openings from the 80's to 2010.

[@johnrod007]

I used to walk home from school 1981 -82 for lunch. And the lady who lived down the street in Mission Texas was hard of hearing and had as a World Turns full blast and I could hear it every day as I passed her home, LOL great memories

[@humphreygruntwhistle3946]

I remember my mom ironing clothes and watching ATWT back in the 70’s.

[@maestroinferno]

So nice to see again. My favourite is the 80's leader, when I got hooked.

[@WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant]

I am 27 Years old will be 28 at the end of this month, man I remember my mom and grandma watching this and the intros from 2002-2010 and it would start at 1:00 pm on the West Coast right after The Bold and The Beautiful which my Grandma still watches to this day lol 10/2/2024

[@phil20_20]

As we used to say in the band, "As The Record Turns". 😂

[@David-yw2lv]

This soap had more big stars play on it than any other in its run.Richard Thomas was on it before he did The Waltons,Meg Ryan was on it,as were Marisa Tomei & Dana Delany,James Earl Jones and Robrrt DeNiro.Before playing Barnabas Collins on Dark Shadows, Jonathan Frid played a psychiatrist briefly on ATWT.Anthony Geary guested on it before doing General Hospital.

[@SuperWuffy]

Ik mis de serie nog elke dag. 22 jaar kwamen ze bij mij de huiskamer binnen.

[@j7kc3]

1993 - 1999 the best theme, hands down!

[@paulbarnhart210]

I agree with you i loved this theme

[@erickanew]

j7kc3 yeah that's the only one I really remember as a child, really beautiful

[@zoewheeler3927]

I remember the 93-99 and the 99-2002 openings as a kid. I was too young to know what was going on. I was 3-9 years old, lol.

[@chadbaughman401]

Love the 93-99 opening

[@VickySwindoll]

My parents used to watch everyday. My dad would come home for lunch and watch with my mom 😊

[@dingdongbells3314]

2:21 "Your stage direction is to smile very, very uncomfortably at the camera for 10 seconds and then turn your head"

[@KatiedaOne]

Omg 2022 and I still miss this show

[@aramisrivas1917]

First 2 are amazing. Big difference.

[@cateclism316]

My mother's favorite soap!

[@kidfly2ify]

Used to sit with my Grandmother and watch ATWT. Ice cubes jingling in good whiskey.....cigarette lit. Fun times!

[@dianasands6685]

I see between 1999 & 2002 that got rid of Dan Region he was a beautiful announcer

[@Soapluvva]

94th "like" -- LOL! Greetings from NYC! The second segment which you have marked as "1967-1981" should really be marked as "1973-1981." Actually, there should have been a segment between the first two, marked "1967-1973," where the piano-organ theme was being played, but where the opening billboard was the color one from the second segment. I was working at the CBS office building in Manhattan ("Black Rock" -- 51 West 52 Street) during the summer of 1973 and spent one week working at the CBS Broadcast Center (524 West 57 Street). During the summer of 1974, I worked at the CBS Broadcast Center for the entire summer. Charlie Paul was still playing the piano-organ version of the opening theme and the piano-organ-celeste version of the closing theme during the summer of 1973. If I recall correctly, he had stopped playing background organ music during the show and was playing an electric piano in an effort to modernize the sound. During the summer of 1974, Charlie's daughter, Carlina Della Pietra, was coordinating the music, and, by then, everything was completely prerecorded orchestral.

[@danielsamuels5857]

The ones from 2002 on were the ones me and my mom remember growing up with together. In Philadelphia, that show would come on right after The Bold and the Beautiful. I wish that this was on Netflix to forever enjoy.

[@frankwilson4753]

my 1st ever soap is Y&R, then 2nd ATWT 87-2007, i always got the magazines Soap Opera Weekly, Soap Opera now, Soap Opera Magazine our prayers go to Marnie Schlulenberg ,ATWT's will be missed,

[@monnypirovano4567]

This just warms your heart

[@taydrabrookshire347]

2002-2006 was the best

[@chriscornelius2518]

Taydra姫 That was a nice intro, although my favorite was 84-93.

[@robertgadziola1601]

Love the theme music and graphics.

[@joaquimpayne8127]

I miss that show

[@alisonb1673]

i miss this soap as well as all my children and passions and OLTL

[@chrismcevoy2503]

I started watching As The World Turns in 1081 when I was seven years old.

[@GameMasterpg]

It's nice to see so many men watched the show, Wish men watching it was more known in the 90's so I did felt like the odd one for watching Daytime TV.

[@MetalHeadRed954]

the 1993 to 1999 intro it just sounds beautiful to me,the best intro in my opinion ❤

[@TheDeadmanRules]

My favorite opening is the 1980's "The World Turns On and On"!

[@samanthatorres6749]

I miss watching this show

[@dionmorgan5299]

my mother fav

[@rcoplien]

Used to watch it all the time in the 80's. Went down hill after that. I remember when Meg Ryan was on the show and Juliane Moore.

[@janismacolley2395]

I used to love to watch it when Meg and that Greek guy (can't remember his name now) were having an affair. What a great show!!

[@erickbmr6861]

Frank Runneyon...whatta a gentle actor. He was Steve Andropolous as character whlie Meg Ryan was Betsy M. Stewart

[@spellerlittlewing]

Excellent but so sad to see shows fade away

[@AlejandraMartinez-jl4lu]

This soap opera should of last long and never ended 😢

[@Msangel06]

1956 - 1967 sounds like a funeral. I’m going with 1993 - 1999. The time I watched it as a child with my mother.

[@daroof4ever]

I cried real tears when they canceled as the world turn

[@sherrifortson6810]

Thanks for the time it took you to do this. It’s interesting: what people produce and think of on You Tube. I have a love hate relationship with this platform, if they would only leave people alone and let people make their own decisions. But stuff like this is so innocent, and facts of what really happened and not some Trumped up lie. Ah, I digress. I remember this show as a child. Born in the 60’s so I remember the second one. I must say, as I look back, I can only remember a few decades. I was out of the house and on to my own life in 1987, and truthfully had gotten into the Lord and His teachings, so I no longer had a desire to watch soaps any longer. It just took up too much time. But God bless them for all of the gifts and joy and suspense the actors and directors gave over the years. It’s amazing to see us all age, yet stay the same in other ways. God bless you and never give up on your dreams.

[@elizaanders4159]

one of my favorites..besides Y&R, and Guiding light

[@chrismcevoy2503]

As The World Turns was on television on November 22, 1963 when President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

[@gregsells8549]

And Walter Cronkite broke in with the news.

[@joaquimpayne8127]

Miss you guys

[@MandM-tb3lv]

Watched with my mom, and Guiding Light, from the 1960s. O my, loved all the themes. My favorite though is the mid '90s.... .

[@325xitgrocgetter]

In high school, I would plan my lunch and study hall so I could run home to watch As The World Turns.....Many of my classmates would do the same for ATWT or Days of Our LIves. When I was younger I would keep asking my Mom where Dr. Hughes was if he wasn't in a scene.

[@krandle2175]

I still wish my favorite soap was on

[@charliechavis8230]

As the world turn 1981 through 1993 best as the world turn theme song i miss it.

[@smoothbro9711]

I would say the 81-93 intro was iconic in my opinions I had three sisters and two of them were older than me so they dominated the tv with soap operas 11:00 young and the restless 1:00 as the world turns 2:00 the Guilding light

[@tperk]

0:06 "For the next 30 minutes..." I was a grade school kid enjoying summer vacation in the living room and my mother never missed a single day of her "stories."

[@nightowl3582]

81-93 was the best.

[@mikejones1266]

1981 to 93 I remember that era's theme lol!

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

0:18 -- So THAT'S why they're called soap operas! :D

[@erickbmr6861]

Cuz lotta soap brands or big companies went main sponsors for financing funds in exchange for biggest profits and advertising. Specially Unilever, Procter& Gamble, Reckitt Bressinler(former Colman group)

[@amiehampton867]

Happy 65th Anniversary ATWTs.Still be missed.

[@khambrelllewis5173]

AS THE W🌎RLD TURNS The Daytime Soap Opera Of All Time On CBS

[@joaquimpayne8127]

Miss you

[@yurid4286]

The song "like a Kennedy" motifs this song

[@Dolando17]

the 2006-2009 one slaps