(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)]
[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
[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)
[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:
[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:
[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: