[aka: "Philco TV Playhouse"; aka: "Philco Playhouse"; aka: "Philco - Goodyear Playhouse"] (NBC Sundays, 1951 - 1955; NBC Primetime, 1955 - 1957) [Initially this Fred Coe-produced "Playhouse" alternated sponsorship between Philco and Goodyear which shared the same THEME; Then in 1955 "Goodyear Playhouse" was scheduled in different time slots with "The Dinah Shore Show" and "The Bob Hope Show", so its schedule was erratic; That meant in 1956 "Philco Playhouse"" got it's own time slot, and a new THEME by Harry Sosnik for its final season; In 1957, Goodyear found a more regular bi-weekly time slot in order to co-sponsor another series known as "Goodyear Theatre", alternating with "Alcoa Theatre"; See Alcoa - Goodyear Theatre]
[vocal title: "If All This Could Be"...which has an August, 1951 registration date, indicates that the vocal version did precede the instrumental version used as the theme for the TV series in 1954; "Salute to Industry" verified as the THEME for "Philco" in TV Guide article "What's The Name Of That Theme Song?", Feb. 19, 1954, p.21; "Salute to Industry" verified as the THEME for "Goodyear Playhouse" in the TV Guide article "It Seems To Me I've Heard That Theme Before" July 28, 1956, pp. 12-13] Composer: music by Morris Mamorsky (ASCAP), and lyric for vocal version by Stanley Adams (ASCAP) Original Publisher [of "If All This Could Be"]: Hubert Music Corp. (ASCAP) 1997 Publisher: [no listing in ASCAP or BMI Repertoire] [original vocal version -- "If All This Could Be"]: Copyright Date: August 17, 1951; EU 247 359. Renewal Date: January 4, 1979; RE 13-299. [piano/vocal version -- "Salute To Industry":] Copyright Date: May 28, 1954; EP 81 066. Renewal Date: Dec. 29, 1982; RE-150-221. Recordings: LP [as "Salute To Industry":] "Great Music Themes of Television" (1956) RCA-Victor LPM 1020 Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra ReIssue: LP [as "Salute To Industry":] "Great Music Themes of Early Television" (1984) Franklin Mint-1 (re-issue of RCA LPM 1020) Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra
[Verified as the theme in correspondence with composer 3/17/82, work listed in ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 1980 edition, but not by title. The above title is seen on the composer's manuscript (condensed score) of the Opening Theme, reprinted in the book "Tuning In - America's Narrative Television Music" by Ron Rodman, p. 63.] Composer: Harry Sosnik (ASCAP) Original Publisher: [no listing in ASCAP Index 1978] 1997 Publisher: [no listing in ASCAP Repertoire] Copyright Date: [not found] Recordings: