Bat Masterson (western, starring Gene Barry)
(NBC Primetime, 1958 - 1961)
Theme 1: "Bat Masterson"
[above is title as filed for copyright;
BMI title aka: "Bat Masterson's Theme", BMI also incorrectly
spelled the composer Havens Wray's name as "Ravens Wray".
But "Havens Wray" is the name on the printed sheet music.
It is likely that David Rose or other ZIV-TV ghost writer
authored this composition. Rose was an ASCAP writer. So perhaps
that is why a fictitious name had to be invented for the BMI
publisher's copyright registration and royalty collection.
The copyright would have been renewed in 1986, but a search of
online copyright records revealed nothing by this title, and no
results for "Ravens Wray", "Havens Wray" or "Bart Corwin."]
Composer: music by Havens Wray (BMI)
[possible pseudonym of David D. Rose], and
words by Bart Corwin (BMI)
Original Publisher: Esteem Music Corp (BMI),
c/o Ziv Television Programs, Inc.
1997 Publisher: EMI/Unart Catalog, Inc. (BMI)
of New York, NY
2018 Publisher: EMI/Unart Catalog, Inc. (BMI)
of Nashville, TN
Copyright Date: Oct. 8, 1958; EP 130 589.
Renewal Date: [none found via copyright search]
Recordings:
LP: "Hit Instrumentals From TV Western Themes"
Al Caiola, his Guitar and Orchestra
United Artists UAL-3161/UAS-6161 (1961)
LP: "Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2"
TeeVee Toons Records TVT 1200 (1986)
CD: "Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2"
TeeVee Toons Records TVT 1200 CD (1986)
Theme 2: "Bat Masterson"
[Theme credit on album jacket of "The Stripper and other
Family Songs" -- possibly the theme above if "Havens Wray"
is a pseudonym of David Rose when doing ZIV/BMI work.]
Composer: David D. Rose (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: [no listing in ASCAP]
1997 Publisher: [no listing in ASCAP or BMI]
Copyright Date:
Recordings:
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