(NBC Primetime, 1952; Syndicated, 1953 - 55; CBS Summer Primetime, 1969)
[aka "Waltz No. 7, in C# minor" (Opus 64, No. 2); This was the first part of a THEME Medley that opened the shows, and was also used as part of a closing THEME Medley at the end of the Syndicated shows; although the waltz piece is indicated as C# minor, the middle section of the Chopin waltz is a tender melody in Db Major; Chopin lived between 1810 - 1849.] Original Composer: Frederic Chopin, and Adapter/Arranger: Liberace (ASCAP) [professional name of Wladziu Valentino ("Lee") Liberace] 1978 Publisher: International Artist Ltd. (ASCAP) 1999 Publisher: Music Sales Corp. (ASCAP) of New York, NY Composition date: 1846 (filed as "Liberace Theme; a simplified arrangement for beginning piano students, based on op.64, No.2 by Chopin"): Published Copyright Date: March 2, 1955; EP 87 642. Published Renewal Date: Recordings:
[aka: "I Don't Care", aka: "As Long as You Care For Me", aka: "Liberace Theme"] [on the 1953 Syndicated show, this THEME was used in the Opening THEME medley following the "Liberace Theme" #1 above...] Composers: Gerald Emmett ("Jerry") Teifer (ASCAP), Gerald George Guimond (not affiliated), and Liberace (ASCAP) [professional name of Wladziu Valentino ("Lee") Liberace] 1978 Publishers: RYTVOC, Inc. (ASCAP), and Xanadu Xongs, Inc. (ASCAP) 1999 Publishers: Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP), of New York, NY; RYTVOC, Inc. (ASCAP), of East Hampton, NY; Jerry Leiber Music (ASCAP), of Los Angeles, CA; and Mike Stoller Music (ASCAP), of Los Angeles, CA [Unpublished copyright credited only to "Liberace (w & m)"]: Unpublished Copyright Date: August 15, 1952; EU 284 651. Unpublished Renewal Date: [Published copyright credited ALL THREE composers]: Published Copyright Date: May 6, 1953; EP 79 469. Published Reneal Date: Recordings:
[for the Syndicated show, this was used in medley with the above "Liberace Theme" #1 to close the show...it was used by itself as the closing THEME on the CBS Summer series of 1969.] Composers: music by Sammy Fain (ASCAP) and lyric by Irving Kahan (ASCAP) Original Publisher: Williamson Music, Inc. (ASCAP) 1999 Publishers: Fain Music Co. (ASCAP), of Los Angeles, CA; and The New Irving Kahan Music Company (ASCAP), c/o Fred Ahlert Music Corp., of San Francisco, CA. Composition date: 1938 Copyright Date: Feb. 1, 1938; EP 67 128. Renewal Date: Feb. 1, 1965; R 354 732. Recordings: CD: "Liberace: The Golden Age of Television - Volume 1" Curb Records D2-77516 (1991)