All-Star Revue / Four-Star Revue (comedy variety)

      (NBC Primetime, 1950 - 1953)

     [The original title -- the "Four-Star Revue" -- 1950 - 1951 -- 
      was a weekly series which featured four rotating comedian/hosts:
      Danny Thomas, Jimmy Durante, Jack Carson and Ed Wynn; but this
      monthly gig on the fledgling medium of TV may have interfered
      with the ability to accept more lucrative bookings; So...
      
      In 1951, the title changed to "All-Star Revue" so that other
      comedian/hosts could perform on a less rigid schedule. Additional
      comedian/hosts included the madcap team of Olsen and Johnson.]

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Theme 1 (for Danny Thomas): "Danny Thomas Theme"

     Composer: Jack Mason (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: [listed without publisher in the 1978 Index
                      of Performed Compositions]

     2001 Publisher: [listed in 2001 ASCAP database without publisher]

     Copyright Date:
     Recordings:

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Theme 2 (for Jimmy Durante): "You Gotta Start Off Each Day With A Song"

     Composer: James ("Jimmy") Durante (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: Robbins Music Corp. (ASCAP)

     2001 Publisher: EMI-Robbins Catalog, Inc. (ASCAP)
                        c/o EMI Music Publishing, Inc.
                        of New York, NY 

     Copyright Date:
     Recordings:

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Theme 3 (for other comedians): "All-Star Revue Original Music"

     Composer: Jack Mason (ASCAP)

     1954 Publisher: [listed without publisher in ASCAP Index 
                       of Performed Compositions, 1954]

     2001 Publisher: [listed in 2001 ASCAP database without publisher]

     Copyright Date:
     Recordings:

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Theme 4 (for Olsen and Johnson, et al): "All-Star Opening Theme"

     Composer: Milton De Lugg (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: [not listed in ASCAP Index, 1978]

     2000 Publisher: [listed without publisher]

     Copyright Date:
     Recordings:

NOTE: Produced within the Four-Star Revue umbrella title were a 
      number of shows which used their own theme songs, such as...
     - The Danny Thomas Show, w/Lou Bring and his orchestra
     - The Jack Carson Show
     - The Jimmy Durante Show, w/Roy Bargy and Jack Roth orchestras
     - The Ed Wynn Show, w/additional orchestrations by Allan Roth

      Produced within the All-Star Revue umbrella title were a
      number of shows which used their own theme songs, such as...
     - The Olsen and Johnson Show, w/Milton DeLugg orchestra
     - The Victor Borge Show
     - The George Jessel Show
     - The Ritz Brothers Show, w/Lou Bring
     - The Martha Raye Show, w/George Bassman and his orchestra

  [the above star credits are from "The Complete Encyclopaedia of 
   Television Programs" Vol. 1, by Vincent Terrace, and from 
  "Total Television" by Alex McNeil.]            

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