Mike Hammer [1st series] (detective, starring Darren McGavin)

    [aka: "Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer"]

    (Syndicated, 1957 - 1959)


Theme: "Riff-Blues"

    [aka: "Mickey Spillane Theme"]

     Composer: Dave Kahn (ASCAP), and
               Melvyn Lenard Gordon (ASCAP)
              [pseudonym of publisher David Marvin Gordon]

     1978 Publisher: Gordon Music Company (ASCAP)
     2000 Publisher: Gordon Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP),
                        of Canoga Park, CA
                     
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     Recordings:
        LP: "Mike Hammer" [soundtrack LP] (1959)
             studio orchestra arranged by Skip Martin
             RCA-Victor LPM/LSP-2150

        CD: "Mike Hammer" [re-issue of soundtrack LP] (1996)
             studio orchestra arr. by Skip Martin
             BMG Music Spain S.A., 74321 421242

        LP: "Impact" [arranged by Ray Martin] (1959)
             Buddy Morrow & His Orchestra
             RCA-Victor LPM/LSP-2042

        CD: "Impact" [re-issue of LP, arr. by Ray Martin] (1998)
             Buddy Morrow & His Orchestra 
             BMG Music Spain S.A., 74321 609942

        LP: "Hit TV Themes of the '50's" (1959)
             The Richard Gleason Orchestra
             Tops Records L1661

        CD: "Hit TV Themes of the '50's" [re-issue of LP] (1997)
             The Richard Gleason Orchestra
             Pickwick 11672
           



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