The Steve Allen Show [#3] / Westinghouse (talk show)
(ABC Daytime, 1962 - 1964)
[This is the third of three series which have the same name,
hosted by the original NBC "Tonight Show" host, Steve Allen;
it had a ninety-minute daily talk show format, sponsored by
Westinghouse; The other "Steve Allen Shows" were a daily
CBS comedy variety Show (1950 - 52), and a Sunday Night
comedy variety show (NBC, 1956 - 60)]
Open Theme 1: "This Could Be The Start Of
Something [Big]"
[Opening THEME and composer verified by Steve Allen's office
in correspondence dated 1982; Allen was a pianist and prolific
composer who wrote many of his own THEMEs; the ASCAP title
aka: "This Could Be The Start Of Something Big";
In an article in the "National Enquirer" 11/12/85, the
composer described this piece as "the most commercially
successful song" of the over 4000 tunes he has written.
In the same article, he also admitted he gets ideas for
the melodies and even lyrics of songs in his sleep. He
said about this piece, that in 1954 he was wrestling with
the problem of a tune needed for a TV production called
"The Bachelor." He went on to tell the story of its
composition: "I wakened from my sleep having just
dreamed the catchy melody and four or five lines of
lyrics...I went to the piano and played the tune. The
basic idea of it was all there in my dream, and when I
awoke I just wrote it down and finished it off." And
that song was "This Could Be the Start of Something."]
Composer: Steve Allen (ASCAP)
[professional name of Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen]
1978 Publisher: Rosemeadow Pub. Corp. (ASCAP)
2001 Publisher: Meadowlane Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
of Van Nuys, CA
Copyright Date: Apr. 27, 1956; Eu 436 597.
Renewal Date: May 25, 1984; RE-209-808.
Recordings:
Theme 2: "Leave It To Me"
[In correspondence date 1982 with Steve Allen's office, this
piece by Bandleader Donn Trenner was verified as the Close
Theme at one point; Contributor Steve Owen who was a regular
viewer who disputes this; and says this THEME was used only
for station breaks "going in and out of commercials" (also
known as a "bumper" THEME)]
Composer: Donn Trenner (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: Trenner Music Co. (ASCAP)
2001 Publisher: Trenner Music Co. (ASCAP)
of Guilford, CT
Copyright Date:
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
Close Theme 3: "I Love You Today (from the
1963 Broadway musical 'Sophie')"
[Contributor Steve Owen who was a regular viewer said this
Steve Allen jazz ballad was used as the Close Theme for the
Allen-Westinghose show, arranged as a slow calypso/cha-cha;
It was originally part of a Broadway Musical Allen wrote;
and was subsequently recorded by vocalists Michael Dees and
Marilyn Maye, among others]
Composer: Steve Allen (ASCAP)
[professional name of Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen]
1978 Publisher: Rosemeadow Pub. Corp. (ASCAP)
2001 Publisher: Meadowlane Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
of Van Nuys, CA
Published Copyright Date: Feb. 25, 1963; EP 172 998.
Published Renewal Date: Jun. 11, 1991; RE-532-557.
Recordings:
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