Hollywood Squares (game/quiz show, hosted by Peter Marshall)
(NBC Daytime, 1966 - 1980;
NBC Primetime, 1968;
Syndicated version #1, 1970 - 1981;
Syndicated version #2, 1986 - 1989;
Syndicated version #3, 1998 - Present)
[the 1970 - 1981 syndicated version was hosted by Peter Marshall;
the 1986 - 1989 syndicated version was hosted by John Davidson;
a 3rd syndicated version produced by King World Productions
is hosted by Tom Bergeron, with Whoopi Goldberg as a regular
player "in the center square"; it aired beginning in 1998 to
the Present (2001)]
Theme 1: "Hollywood Squares"
[vocal title: "The Silly Song"]
Composers: music by Jimmie Haskell (ASCAP)
[pseudonym of Sheridan Pearlman], and
lyric added by Steve Allen (ASCAP)
[professional name of Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen]
1978 Publishers [unknown]
2000 Publishers: Universal Songs of Polygram International (BMI)
a div. of Universal Studios, Inc.
of Los Angeles, CA
2002 Publishers: [for current Title, Publisher and Licensing
information regarding this THEME...
contact Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)]
[as "Hollywood Squares"]:
Copyright Date: Nov. 24, 1965; Eu 915 270.
[as "Hollywood Squares"]:
Renewal Date: Jan. 11, 1993; RE-617-688.
[as "The Silly Song" (Eu number is correct;
numbers "rolled over" in 1967)]:
Copyright Date: June, 15, 1967; Eu 516.
[as "The Silly Song"]:
Renewal Date: March 10, 1995; RE-698-074.
Recordings:
LP: "Haskell's French Horns, Vol. 2"
Jimmie Haskell & his Orchestra
Theme 2 (1970 syndicated version): "Merrill's
& Bob's Theme"
[above is title as filed for copyright and in the BMI database;
aka: "Bob's & Merrill's Theme" -- the title refers to the
show's producers, Merrill Heater - Bob Quigley Productions.]
Composer: William G. ("Bill") Loose (ASCAP/BMI)
1978 Publisher: [unknown]
1986 Publisher: Heatter-Quigley (Bankruptcy) (BMI)
c/o Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
of Los Angeles, CA
2002 Publishers: [for current Title, Publisher and Licensing
information regarding this THEME...
contact Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)]
Copyright Date: May 4, 1970; Eu 179 267.
Renewal Date: Sep. 28, 1998; RE-787-808.
Recording [as "Bob's & Merrill's Theme":]
CD: "The Best of TV Game Show Themes"
released by The Game Show Network
Varese-Sarabande 302 066159 2 (2000)
Theme 3 (late 1980s Syndicated theme): "Match
Game/Hollywood Squares Theme"
[this THEME was apparently shared by both Match Game and the
Hollywood Squares for a time, although BMI lists it only as
the "Match Game Theme"...
above is title as filed for copyright; BMI title variation
aka: "Match Game Theme"]
Composer: Edd Kalehoff (BMI)
[professional name of Edward Woodley Kalehoff]
2001 Publisher: MaxRex Productions (BMI)
c/o Edd Kalehoff Productions, Inc.
of New York, NY
Copyright Date: Nov. 2, 1983; PAu-559-476.
Recording:
Theme 4 (1986 Syndicated version): "Hollywood
Squares Main Title"
[above is title as filed for copyright; ASCAP title variations:
aka: "Hollywood Squares (Sig)";
aka: "New Hollywood Squares (Sig)";
aka: "New Hollywood Squares Theme";
aka: "Hollywood Squares Theme"]
Composer: Stormy Steven Richard Sacks (ASCAP)
2001 Publisher: Orion Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP)
c/o Orion Pictures Corp.
of Los Angeles, CA
Copyright Date: May 29, 1986; PAu-851-552.
Recording:
Theme 5 (1998 Syndicated version): "New Hollywood
Squares Theme"
[above is title as listed in the BMI database as "Legal Title"]
Composers: Paul David Weinberg (BMI), and
Jennifer May ("Jenni") Muldaur (BMI)
2001 Publisher: KWP Music (BMI)
a div. of Inside Editions, Inc.
c/o King World Productions
of Short Hills, NJ
Copyright Date: [not found]
Recording:
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