(NBC Primetime, 1953 - 1954, with host Red Benson;
CBS Primetime, 1954 - 1959, with hosts Bill Cullen
and George DeWitt;
Syndicated, 1970 - 1974, with host Richard Hayes;
NBC Daytime, 1974 - 1975, with host Dennis James;
Syndicated, 1974 - 1980, with host Tom Kennedy;
this version in 1976 aka: "The $100,000 Name That Tune";
NBC Primetime, 1977, with Tom Kennedy and Cathie Lee;
Syndicated, 1984-, with host Jim Lange)
[For over three decades this show created by bandleader
Harry Salter was seen on television; It had been on
radio since the 1940s; contestants raced across the
stage to ring a bell, so it was an athletic contest
as much as a musical one...
...however with the entropy of tuneful memorable music
degrading into the tuneless melodies of rock and rap...
contestants would today have a hard time recognizing
the melody only -- of most such songs]
[Theme title for this composition listed in Craig Patillo's
"TV Theme Soundtrack Directory", which mistakenly credits
music to Harry Salter, who was the show's creator/producer
as well as its bandleader.
Ted Fiorito, co-writer of the THEME was a famous orchestra
leader himself; his collaborator Robert "Bobo" King wrote
many songs for publishing companies using various aliases
including some feminine names. Under the name "Mary Earl",
he wrote his biggest hit "Beautiful Ohio."]
Composers: music by Ted Fiorito (ASCAP) and
lyric by Mary Earl (ASCAP)
[pseudonym of Robert A. "Bobo" King]
Original Publisher: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. (ASCAP)
of New York, NY
1997 Publisher: [in the Public Domain]
Copyright Date: Dec. 23, 1920; E 495 570.
Renewal Date: Oct. 1, 1948; R 38 738.
Recordings:
[title credit appeared in Patillo, but music credit was
erroneously made to Harry Salter, who was the show's creator/producer
as well as its bandleader, but who didn't write the THEME.]
Composers: music by Irving Caesar (ASCAP) and
lyrics by Harvey Bacal (ASCAP)
Original Publisher: Arcot Music Publishing Co. (ASCAP)
1997 Publisher: Arcot Music Publishing Co. (ASCAP)
c/o TV Gems, Inc.
Copyright Date:
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
Composer: Bob Alberti (ASCAP)
Original Publisher: Rabar Music Co. (ASCAP)
1997 Publisher: Rabar Music Co. (ASCAP)
c/o Ralph Edwards Productions
Copyright Date:
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
Composers: music by Tommy Oliver (ASCAP) and
lyric by Bruce G. Belland (ASCAP)
Original Publisher: Rabar Music Co. (ASCAP)
1997 Publisher: Rabar Music Co. (ASCAP)
c/o Ralph Edwards Productions
Copyright Date: July 27, 1977; EU 806 847.
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
Composers: Gary Edwards (ASCAP),
Bruce G. Belland (ASCAP), and
Stan Worth (ASCAP)
Original Publisher: Rabar Music Co. (ASCAP)
1997 Publisher: Rabar Music Co. (ASCAP)
c/o Ralph Edwards Productions
Copyright Date:
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
[information provided by Dave Mackey, who mentions that
publisher Sandy Frank was also producer of the show, and
who provided the correct sequence of syndicated themes above,
corresponding to bandleaders Alberti, Oliver and Worth.
Tommy Oliver also worked for Sandy Frank Productions on
the quiz "Face The Music]
Composer: music by Tommy Oliver (ASCAP), and
lyric by Bruce G. Belland (ASCAP)
Original Publisher: Rabar Music Company (ASCAP)
c/o Ralph Edwards Productions
1997 Publishers: Sandy Frank Productions, Inc. (ASCAP) and
T & S Music (ASCAP)
Copyright Date:
Renewal Date:
Recordings: