(NBC Primetime, 1960 - 1961) [based upon a 1938 detective novel by Brett Halliday, the character first appeared on screen in a 20th-Century Fox Motion Picture, "Michael Shayne, Private Eye"; which led to several radio series: (Mutual Radio, 1944 - 1947; a syndicated series starring Jeff Chandler 1948 - 1950; and finally on ABC Radio, 1952-1953); Then in 1960, Four Star Productions made this TV version, which only lasted one year.]
[above is title as filed for copyright; BMI title variation... aka: "Theme from Michael Shayne"] Composer: Leith A. Stevens (ASCAP/BMI) Orig. Publisher: Four Star Television Music Co. (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: Vogue Music, Inc. (BMI) c/o Polygram International, Inc. of Chicago, IL 2001 Publisher: Univeral-Songs of Polygram International (BMI) c/o Universal Music Publishing, a div. of Universal Studios of Los Angeles, CA Copyright Date: Apr. 4, 1962; Eu 713 978. Renewal Date: Jan. 9, 1990; RE-464-138. Recordings:
Composer: Leith A. Stevens (ASCAP/BMI) 1978 Publisher: Vogue Music, Inc. (BMI) c/o Polygram International, Inc. of Chicago, IL 2001 Publisher: Univeral-Songs of Polygram International (BMI) c/o Universal Music Publishing, a div. of Universal Studios of Los Angeles, CA Copyright Date: Recordings: