The Dick Powell Show (dramatic anthology)
(NBC Primetime, 1961 - 1963)
Opening Billboard Theme: "Dick's Whistle"
[for the opening sequence where Powell whistles a tune
before the THEME begins...published by a division of Four Star
productions - Vogue Music]
Composer: Joseph ("Joe") Mullendore (ASCAP/BMI)
Original Publisher:
2005 Publisher: Vogue Music (BMI)
2018 Publisher: Universal Songs of Polygram International, Inc. (BMI)
a/c Vogue Music
of Santa Monica, CA
Copyright Date:
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
Opening Teaser Theme: "Nervous"
[aka: "Nervous Teaser Theme" and "Nervous Jazz Theme";
This opening teaser sequence was one of the first devices
on TV which previewed excerpts of the episode before the
formal opening of the show; this was a radical departure
from the tradition of 1950s television. This teaser music
segued into the Main Title theme (below).
It was originally written for use in the "Richard Diamond"
television series.]
Composer: Richard W. Shores (ASCAP)
Original Publisher: BNP Music Publishing Co. (ASCAP)
c/o Four Star Television, Inc.
1998 Publisher: Polygram International (ASCAP)
Copyright Date: 1960, according to liner notes
[filed under "Music Folio from Richard Diamond" with
employee for hire Richard Shores]:
Copyright: June 6, 1960; EU 627 371.
Recordings:
LP: "Themes from the Original Soundtrack of
Four-Star Television Productions"
Dot DLP-3421/25421 (1962)
conducted by Herschel Burke Gilbert
Main Title and End Credits Theme: "Dick
Powell Show Theme"
[aka: "Dick Powell Theme"]
[vocal title aka:
"More Then Love (Theme from 'The Dick Powell Theatre')"]
Composer: music by Herschel Burke Gilbert (ASCAP),
with lyric added by Carl Sigman (ASCAP)
Original Publishers: Four Star Television Music Co., Inc. (BMI)
1998 Publisher: Stars of Polygram International (BMI)
[copyright info courtesy contributor T. Perrone]:
Instrumental Copyright Date: Dec. 18, 1961; EU 699 436.
Instrumental Renewal Date:
[as "More Then Love (Theme from 'The Dick Powell Theatre')"]:
Vocal Copyright Date: April 29, 1968; EU 50 611.
Vocal Renewal Date:
Recordings:
LP: "Themes from the Original Soundtrack of
Four-Star Television Productions"
Dot DLP-3421/25421 (1962)
conducted by Herschel Burke Gilbert
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