(CBS Primetime, 1950 - 1951) [Before there was a "Lawrence Welk Show", Horace Heidt -- a bandleader who had also records from the late 1920's thru the early 1940's, got an opportunity on the new medium of TV; Previously he had several radio shows in his name, and was given a network TV shot in 1950 on CBS, but it lasted just a single season; Frank DeVol, who went on to score many TV series, was a pianist in the Horace Heidt Orchestra; Horace returned to television in 1955 to host the "Swift Show Wagon" series on NBC -- the same year Lawrence Welk made his network TV debut on ABC]
[this had also been the theme of Horace Heidt and his Orchestra during the big band and radio years] Composers: Abel Baer (ASCAP), Russell Benée (ASCAP) and Horace Heidt (not affiliated) 1978 Publisher: Leo Feist, Inc. (ASCAP) 2001 Publishers: EMI-Feist Catalog, Inc. (ASCAP) c/o EMI-April Music, Inc. div. of EMI Music Publishing of New York, NY; and Abel Baer Music Company (ASCAP) c/o The Songwriters Guild of Weehawken, NJ Composition Date: circa 1927 Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings: