(Syndicated, from 1957; produced by ZIV-TV)
Composers: Charles A. Zimmerman (ASCAP), and Alfred H. Miles (ASCAP) Original Publisher: Robbins Music Corp. (ASCAP) 1999 Publisher: [now in the Public Domain] Composition Date: 1906, according to "The Book of World-Famous Music" by James Fuld Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings
[Theme title credit from TV theme collector Ray Clark; This composition was written by the Chapel choirmaster and organist Joseph Crosley, known in print as "W. J. Crosley" who worked at the Annapolis Naval Academy during the early 1900's; he was also a music professor at the Academy; Later a 1937 motion picture about the Navy used this title] Composer: Joseph ("W. J.") Crosley (ASCAP) Original Publisher: Edwin H. Morris & Co. (ASCAP) 1999 Publisher: Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (ASCAP), c/o MPL Communications, Inc. New York, NY Composition Date: 1926, according to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis' Web Site. Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings:
[aka: "Melita"; According to the U.S. Naval Library Web Site, the words of this Hymn were first written in 1860 as a poem by British teacher William Whiting for a student who was about to sail to America. It was subsequently published. British clergyman J. B. Dykes saw the metrical strophe of the poem matched the traditional Hymn tune "Melita", and set Whiting's words to that melody in 1861 for performance by his church choir. It soon became a popular Hymn both in Great Britain and in the United States; and was adopted as the official U.S. Navy Hymn. The BMI database lists an "Unknown composer" for the tune.] Composers: *Traditional* [Hymn tune], lyric (originally a poem) by William Whiting (predates ASCAP & BMI), and adaptation by Rev. John Bacchus ("J. B.") Dykes (predates ASCAP & BMI) Original Publisher: [unknown 1861 British publisher] 1999 Publisher: [now in the Public Domain...but the arrangement used by ZIV-TV is credited to EMI-Unart (BMI)] Composition Date: Poem in 1860, musical setting in 1861 Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings: