[umbrella title: "Texaco Star Theater"] (NBC Saturday Nights, 1954 - 1955) [O'Connor was also a host of "The Colgate Comedy Hour", which see. He also attempted a Syndicated talk show briefly in 1968... this Saturday night show alternated under the umbrella title of "Texaco Star Theater" with "The Jimmy Durante Show", which see; Milton Berle's Tuesday night show was also known as "Texaco Star Theater", which see; This series had a loose pretext of being a sitcom starring musical film star O'Connor, who was given chances to perform along with his guest stars]
[Texaco Oil Co. jingle, used as an opening, aka: "The Texaco T.V. Star Theatre Theme Song", aka: "The Texaco Star Theme"; The publishing company "MilBud music was a joint venture of Milton Berle and Buddy Arnold.] Composers: Bernard ("Buddy") Arnold (ASCAP), and Heywood ("Woody") Kling (ASCAP) 1978 Publishers: B. Arnold and H. Kling (ASCAP) 1998 Publishers: Milbud Music (ASCAP), of Los Angeles, CA; and Heywood Kling Publisher (ASCAP), of Los Angeles, CA 2018 Publishers: Milbud Music (ASCAP), of Newport Beach, CA; and Heywood Kling Publisher (ASCAP), of Los Angeles, CA Creation Date: 1948. [Registered under the following title -- "We Are The Men of Texaco; or, The Texaco T.V. Star Theatre Theme Song"]: Copyright Date: Apr. 23, 1976; Eu 672 692. Renewal Date: Recordings: CD - "TeeVee Toons: The Commercials" TVT Records TVT 1400 CD (1989)
[Copyright application states "portions derived from the 'Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2' by Franz Liszt"; also references to "We Are the Men of Texaco", aka "Texaco Star Theatre T.V. Theme Song", listed above.] Arranger/Adapter: Allen Roth (not affiliated) Original Publisher/Claimant: Texaco, Inc. 1998 Publisher: [no publisher listed in ASCAP or BMI] Original Creation Date: 1948 [Registered under the following title -- "We Are The Men of Texaco; or, The Texaco T.V. Star Theatre Theme Song"]: Copyright Date: Apr. 23, 1976; Eu 672 692. [with new words, some new music]: Copyright Date: July 10, 1981; PAu-359-618. Recordings:
[Theme credit in the "Stetcheson Classified Song Directory", 1961] Composers: Eddie Maxwell (ASCAP), Sidney ("Sid") Miller (ASCAP), and Donald O'Connor (ASCAP) Orig. Publisher: O'Connor Music Co. (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: [listed in ASCAP Index of Performed Compositions, 1978 edition without publisher] 2000 Publisher: [listed in ASCAP database without publisher] Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings: