[quote] For television, he composed the music for “Those Were the Days,” the opening theme of Norman Lear’s groundbreaking sitcom “All in the Family,” with lyrics by Mr. Adams. (It is Mr. Strouse’s piano playing that is heard on the soundtrack as Archie and Edith Bunker sing the song on camera.)

[quote] Among the few truly happy times the Strouses enjoyed as a family, Mr. Strouse recalled in his 2008 memoir, “Put On a Happy Face,” were when they gathered around the piano to sing the latest popular standards as his mother played.

[quote] Years later, when it came time for Mr. Lear to devise the credit sequence for “All in the Family,” Mr. Strouse gave him the idea of having its stars, Carroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton, seated at the piano in a similar tableau.