Hollywood Squares (game/quiz show, hosted by Peter Marshall)

    (NBC Daytime,   1966 - 1980;
     NBC Primetime, 1968;

     Syndicated version #1, 1970 - 1981;
     Syndicated version #2, 1986 - 1989;
     Syndicated version #3, 1998 - Present)

    [the 1970 - 1981 syndicated version was hosted by Peter Marshall;

     the 1986 - 1989 syndicated version was hosted by John Davidson;

     a 3rd syndicated version produced by King World Productions
     is hosted by Tom Bergeron, with Whoopi Goldberg as a regular
     player "in the center square"; it aired beginning in 1998 to
     the Present (2001)]


Theme 1: "Hollywood Squares"

    [vocal title: "The Silly Song"]

     Composers: music by Jimmie Haskell (ASCAP)
                [pseudonym of Sheridan Pearlman], and
                lyric added by Steve Allen (ASCAP)
               [professional name of Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen]

     1978 Publishers [unknown]

     2000 Publishers: Universal Songs of Polygram International (BMI)
                         a div. of Universal Studios, Inc.
                         of Los Angeles, CA

     2002 Publishers: [for current Title, Publisher and Licensing
                       information regarding this THEME...
                       contact Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)]

    [as "Hollywood Squares"]:
     Copyright Date: Nov. 24, 1965; Eu 915 270.
     
    [as "Hollywood Squares"]:     
     Renewal Date: Jan. 11, 1993; RE-617-688.

    [as "The Silly Song" (Eu number is correct; 
     numbers "rolled over" in 1967)]:
     Copyright Date: June, 15, 1967; Eu 516.
     
    [as "The Silly Song"]: 
     Renewal Date: March 10, 1995; RE-698-074.

     Recordings:
        LP: "Haskell's French Horns, Vol. 2"
             Jimmie Haskell & his Orchestra            


Theme 2 (1970 syndicated version): "Merrill's & Bob's Theme"

    [above is title as filed for copyright and in the BMI database;
     aka: "Bob's & Merrill's Theme" -- the title refers to the
     show's producers, Merrill Heater - Bob Quigley Productions.]

     Composer: William G. ("Bill") Loose (ASCAP/BMI)

     1978 Publisher: [unknown]

     1986 Publisher: Heatter-Quigley (Bankruptcy) (BMI)
                       c/o Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
                       of Los Angeles, CA

     2002 Publishers: [for current Title, Publisher and Licensing
                       information regarding this THEME...
                       contact Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)]

     Copyright Date: May   4, 1970; Eu 179 267.
     Renewal   Date: Sep. 28, 1998; RE-787-808.

     Recording [as "Bob's & Merrill's Theme":]
          CD: "The Best of TV Game Show Themes"
               released by The Game Show Network
               Varese-Sarabande 302 066159 2 (2000)


Theme 3 (late 1980s Syndicated theme): "Match Game/Hollywood Squares Theme"

    [this THEME was apparently shared by both Match Game and the
     Hollywood Squares for a time, although BMI lists it only as
     the "Match Game Theme"...

     above is title as filed for copyright; BMI title variation
     aka: "Match Game Theme"]

     Composer: Edd Kalehoff (BMI)
              [professional name of Edward Woodley Kalehoff]

     2001 Publisher: MaxRex Productions (BMI)
                         c/o Edd Kalehoff Productions, Inc.
                         of New York, NY

     Copyright Date: Nov. 2, 1983; PAu-559-476.

     Recording:


Theme 4 (1986 Syndicated version): "Hollywood Squares Main Title"

    [above is title as filed for copyright; ASCAP title variations:
     aka: "Hollywood Squares (Sig)";
     aka: "New Hollywood Squares (Sig)";
     aka: "New Hollywood Squares Theme";
     aka: "Hollywood Squares Theme"]

     Composer: Stormy Steven Richard Sacks (ASCAP)

     2001 Publisher: Orion Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP)
                         c/o Orion Pictures Corp.
                         of Los Angeles, CA

     Copyright Date: May 29, 1986; PAu-851-552.

     Recording:


Theme 5 (1998 Syndicated version): "New Hollywood Squares Theme"

    [above is title as listed in the BMI database as "Legal Title"]

     Composers: Paul David Weinberg (BMI), and
                Jennifer May ("Jenni") Muldaur (BMI) 

     2001 Publisher: KWP Music (BMI)
                        a div. of Inside Editions, Inc.
                        c/o King World Productions
                        of Short Hills, NJ

     Copyright Date: [not found]

     Recording:



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