(NBC Primetime, 1953 - 1954;
CBS Primetime, 1955;
ABC Primetime, 1955 - 1956)
[This had been a long-running network radio series since
1944 starring Peg Lynch and Richard Widmark. On television
it had first been tried as a 15-minute segment of "The Kate
Smith Show" in 1952; Then began its run on NBC as a half-hour
live stage show. After a tour through all 3 networks, it
finally reached the end of the line in 1956;
One curiosity was the fact that the 2nd THEME of this
series was also the signature THEME of another well-known
couple which had another sitcom on radio and TV -- "The
George Burns and Gracie Allen Show", which see.]
[This song was about the product line of the sponsor, the Sunbeam
Products Company, makers of the Mixmaster and other appliances;
It was sung at the beginning, and heard over the closing credits
as a big band instrumental;
It was identified as the theme in a wire service article "Most Viewers
Not Familiar With TV Musical Themes" by Jack Gaver of New York; it
was published in several newspapers across the country -- including
The Shamokin News-Dispatch, in Shamokin, PA on February 27, 1954;
No composer with the exact name "Jerry Bergett" as listed in the
article was found in either ASCAP or BMI databases nor in copyright
records during those years; the composer may have been Perry Burgett
or Edward Louis Goette or some similar name who did appear. In fact,
Mr. Goette registered a song with this exact title in 1957, the
year after the series went off the air.]
Composer: Jerry Bergett (not affil.)
Original Publisher:
1999 Publisher:
Copyright Date:
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Composers: music by Louis A. Hirsch (ASCAP), and
words by Otto A. Harbach (ASCAP)
Original Publisher: Victoria Publishing Co. (ASCAP)
1999 Publisher: [now in Public Domain]
Copyright Date: 1920, on piano/vocal sheet music
Recordings: