(CBS Primetime, 1949 - 1953; Syndicated, 1950 as "Follow That Man" Dumont Primetime, 1953 - 1954; NBC Primetime, 1953 - 1954; NBC Primetime, 1956) [Syndicated title "Follow That Man"] [Ralph Bellamy played the wiley private eye Mike Burnett who did not use a gun, in this series which was live until 1952; During the summer of 1951, Robert Preston replaced Bellamy in the lead as Mike Burnett's brother Pat; this series had the distinction of airing simultaneously on both Dumont and NBC during the 1953 - 1954 season; a short-lived revival was attempted in 1956 as a live summer replacement starring Frank Lovejoy, but it failed to catch on.]
[THEME and composer credit from a phone conversation with the CBS Music Department in 1982; Music credits often list just his first name, "Arlo", (shades of "Liberace" perhaps) -- or "Music By Arlo" (shades of "Music by DeVol" perhaps :-) No doubt this was only the CBS THEME, which was not used in Syndication as "Follow That Man"] Composer: Arlo Hults (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: [not found in the 1978 ASCAP Index of Performed Compositions] 2001 Publisher: [not found in the ASCAP ACE database] Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings:
Composer: Frederick ("Fred") Steiner (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: [listed without publisher credit in the 1978 ASCAP Index of Performed Compositions] 2001 Publisher: Universal-Polygram International Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP) c/o Universal Music Publishing Group a div. of Universal Studios, of Los Angeles, CA Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings:
[Production Library music expert Paul Mandell states that the end credits for the show when syndicated as "Follow That Man" list an on-screen music credit for Melvyn Lenard Gordon; this was the pseudonym of music packager/publisher David M. Gordon who bought B-picture music tracks and re-cycled them for use on 1950s television series; It is unknown if his screen credits are for the Main Title / End Credits THEME or only for internal cues; and it is not known who the original composer would have been in any event...perhaps it was Fred Steiner who is listed above] Composer: Melvyn Lenard Gordon (ASCAP) [pseudonym of publisher David Marvin Gordon] 1978 Publisher: [not listed in the 1978 ASCAP Index of Performed Compositions] 2002 Publisher: [not listed in the 2002 ASCAP ACE Database] Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings:
[THEME and COMPOSER credit from Mark Koldys, who mentions this is a cue originally in the "Cinemusic" Library, now licensed by APM Music. Mark says this is the music used to score the series' OPENING scene -- with a man running away who eventually gets shot. Theme collector Tom Perrone also indicates this was used as both the OPEN and the CLOSING Theme for the syndicated version named "Follow That Man", although there is another cue sometimes used for the End Credits as seen on airchecks.] Composer: Jack Shaindlin (BMI) 1978 Publisher: [not found in the 1978 ASCAP Index of Performed Compositions] 2020 Publisher: Cinemusic Metro Park (BMI) Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings: