The Children's Corner (puppet show, with Fred Rogers and Josie Carey)

     (PBS Saturday Mornings, 1955 - 1956)

     [A dozen years later Fred Rogers got another chance to host a 
      PBS show -- which became the long-running children's series,
      "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" (1967 - present), which see.]

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Open Theme: "Good Morning, God"

     Composers: music by Fred M. Rogers (ASCAP) and
                lyric by Josie Carey (ASCAP) [pseudonym of
                                      Josephine V. Massucci]

     1978 Publisher: Vernon Music Corp. (ASCAP)

     2001 Publisher: Vernon Music Corporation (ASCAP)
                        c/o Warner Bros., Inc.
                        (Warner Bros. Music Div.) 
                        of Los Angeles, CA

     Copyright Date: Aug.  7, 1957; Eu 488 226.
     Renewal   Date: Feb. 20, 1985; RE-243-697.

     Recordings:

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Close Theme: "Goodnight, God"

    [a variation with new lyrics of the Open Theme "Good Morning,
     God" which was filed for copyright in 1957; above is title 
     as listed in the ASCAP Ace Database of 2001;
     aka: "Good Night, God"; Theme and composer verified 
     in Craig Pattillo's "TV Theme Soundtrack Directory"]

     Composers: music by Fred M. Rogers (ASCAP) and
                lyric by Josie Carey (ASCAP) [pseudonym of
                                      Josephine V. Massucci]
     
     1978 Publisher: Vernon Music Corp. (ASCAP)

     2001 Publisher: Vernon Music Corporation (ASCAP)
                        c/o Warner Bros., Inc.
                        (Warner Bros. Music Div.) 
                        of Los Angeles, CA

     Copyright Date:
     Renewal   Date:

     Recordings:

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