(ABC Primetime 1951 - 1955) [hosts included Robert Q. Lewis, Dennis James, the comedy team of Bob and Ray, and Clifton Fadiman]
[verified by comparing the Chappell track below with an aircheck from the show, supplied by TV quiz-show theme collector Gary Stark of Beachwood, Ohio] Composer: Sidney Torch (British PRS/ASCAP/BMI) Original Publisher: Chappell Music, Ltd. (British) 1998 Publisher: Chappell Music, Ltd. (ASCAP) Composition Date: [1948, as seen in liner notes to the CD] Recording: 78rpm in the Chappell Recorded Music library Chappell C267. Re-issue: CD: "Sidney Torch" in the EMI Historic Recordings series "British Light Music" (1992) EMI CDP 7 99256 2 UK: CDHMV 2
[verified by Mark Koldys, of Dearborn, MI, who heard this as the THEME when the series was re-broadcast recently on the Game Show Network; he explains that when Bob and Ray (and Fadiman) were hosts, the sponsor was Ralston-Purina, whose headquarters were in St. Louis, MO.] Composers: music by Kerry Mills (ASCAP), and lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling (ASCAP) Original Publisher: [unknown] 1998 Publisher: [Public Domain] Composition Date: 1904 Recordings: