Password (game show, hosted by Allen Ludden)

    (Version 1: CBS Daytime,   1961 - 1967;
     Version 1: CBS Primetime, 1962 - 1967;
     Version 2: Syndicated,    1967 - 1969;   
     Version 3: ABC Daytime,   1971 - 1975;
     
     "Password Plus": ABC Daytime, 1979 - 1982;
     
     "Super Password": Syndicated, 1984 - 1989)

    [Goodson-Todman also created a successor series called
    "Password Plus" which changed hosts every year, from Allen
     Ludden to Bill Cullen to Tom Kennedy. This version
     aired on ABC Daytime, 1979 - 1982;

     Another Syndicated successor called "Super Password" was
     hosted by Bert Convy; it aired from 1984 - 1989.]


Theme 1 (1961 - 63): "Holiday Jaunt"

     
          [Rehfeld also composed a production library track used as a
     THEME for "Watch Mr. Wizard", which see...]

     Composer: Kurt Rehfeld (ASCAP)
              [pseudonym of Kurt Reinhold]

     1978 Publisher: Emil Ascher, Inc. (ASCAP)

     2000 Publisher: Hereinafter Music (ASCAP)
                       c/o Opus 1 Music Library, LLC
                       of Studio City, CA

     US Copyright Date:

     Recordings: 
         78 rpm from the Impress Production Music Library (British)
            sole US Selling Agent: Emil Ascher, Inc. of New York, NY


Theme 2 (1963 - 67): "Password Theme"

     Composer: Robert W. ("Bob") Cobert (ASCAP/BMI)

     1978 Publisher: [not found in ASCAP Performance Index, 1978]

     2000 Publishers: Keep Music Co. (BMI),
                         c/o Mark Goodson Productions, LLC
                         of Santa Monica, CA

     Copyright Date:

     Recordings:
          CD - "The Best of TV Quiz and Game Show Themes" (2000)
                produced by The Sony Game Show Network,
                Varese-Sarabande Records 302 066 159 2


Theme 3 (1969): "Password '67"

    [Theme credit in Craig Patillo's "TV Theme Soundtrack Directory"]

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

     1978 Publishers: [not found in ASCAP Performance Index, 1978]
     
     2000 Publishers: [not found in ASCAP or BMI database]

     Copyright Date:

     Recordings:


Theme 4 (for Password Plus, 1971 - 1972): "Password Plus"

    [Theme credit in Craig Patillo's "TV Theme Soundtrack Directory"]

     Composer: Walter ("Walt") Levinsky (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher:
     2000 Publisher:

     Copyright Date:

     Recordings:


Theme 5 ( ): "Password Plus"

    [Theme credit in Craig Pattillo's "TV Theme Soundtrack Directory"]

     Composer: Michel Camilo (BMI)

     2000 Publishers: [not found in BMI database]

     Copyright Date:

     Recordings:


Theme 6 ( ): "Password Plus"

     Composer: Robert ("Bob") Israel (BMI)
              [professional name of Robert Arnold Israel]

     2000 Publishers: Keep Music Co. (BMI),
                         c/o Mark Goodson Productions, LLC
                         of Santa Monica, CA

     Copyright Date:

     Recordings:


Theme 7 ( ): "Super Password Open/Close"

     Composer: Robert ("Bob") Israel (BMI)
              [professional name of Robert Arnold Israel]

     2000 Publishers: Togo Music (BMI),
                         c/o Mark Goodson Prod.
                         of Santa Monica, CA

     Copyright Date:

     Recordings:



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