(ABC Primetime, 1964 - 1969; as "Peyton Place"; ABC Daytime, 1972 - 1974; as "Return To Peyton Place") [Television's first primetime serial was derived from the 1957 20th Century-Fox movie of the same name...which in turn was derived from a steamy romance novel about the happenings in a small New England town by Grace Metalious which brought her quite a bit of controversy when it first appeared; The franchise was tested by a 1961 motion picture called "Return To Peyton Place" which was based upon the sequel Metalious novel; In its first season the TV series was aired twice a week; in the second season they went to three times a week; and then back to twice a week for the next three years until the last six months before cancellation it became a weekly; Many actors were seen early in their careers on this series over the five years of its run, most famous of whom perhaps were Ryan O'Neal and Mia Farrow; Other character actors included Barabara Rush (before "Mission Impossible"), Leslie Nielsen (before the "Airplane" movies) and a veteran of early television and B-movies, Dan Duryea, in one of his final roles; In 1972 a Monday - Friday Daytime version was introduced called "Return To Peyton Place" (same title as the second 1961 motion picture) which became just another daytime soap opera; After this, no less than four made-for-TV movies were aired... but the ratings weren't high enough to instigate another series; The made-for-tv movies aired in 1973, 1977, 1979 and 1985]
[above is title as it was filed for copyright; aka: "Allison's Theme"; ASCAP title variations... aka: "Peyton Place Theme"; aka: "Peyton Place (Closing/Opening Theme)"; vocal title: "The Wonderful Season Of Love"] Composers: music by Franz Waxman (ASCAP) and lyric by Paul Francis Webster (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: Twentieth Cent. Mus. Corp. (ASCAP) 2001 Publishers: EMI-Robbins Catalog, Inc. (ASCAP) c/o EMI Music Publishing, Inc. of New York, NY; and Twentieth Century-Fox Music Corp. (ASCAP) c/o WB Music Corp. a div. of Warner-Chappell Music of Los Angeles, CA Instr. Copyright Date: Feb. 3, 1958; Eu 510 110. Instr. Renewal Date: Jan. 6, 1986; RE-276-924. [as "The Wonderful Season Of Love"]: Vocal Copyright Date: Apr. 15, 1958; EP 118 295. Vocal Renewal Date: Jan. 6, 1986; RE-276-560. Recordings:
[above is title in ASCAP database; ASCAP title variation... aka: "Peyton Place Theme"; vocal title: "For Those Who Are Young" aka: "Return To Peyton Place Song" this is the same basic melody as the first theme, but with some adjustments for a different vocal lyric...it has a different copyright which coincides with the appearance of the television series, so this was the version that was promoted as the "TV Theme" in recordings, etc.] Composers: music by Franz Waxman (ASCAP) and lyric by Paul Francis Webster (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: Twentieth Cent. Mus. Corp. (ASCAP) 2001 Publishers: EMI-Robbins Catalog, Inc. (ASCAP) c/o EMI Music Publishing, Inc. of New York, NY Instr. Copyright Date: [same music as Theme 1 above] Instr. Renewal Date: [same music as Theme 1 above] [as "For Those Who Are Young"]: Vocal Copyright Date: Nov. 5, 1964; Eu 851 864. Vocal Renewal Date: Feb. 27, 1992; RE-580-063. Recordings: