[umbrella title: "Texaco Star Theater"]
(NBC Saturday Nights, 1954 - 1955)
[O'Connor was also a host of "The Colgate Comedy Hour", which see.
He also attempted a Syndicated talk show briefly in 1968...
this Saturday night show alternated under the umbrella title of
"Texaco Star Theater" with "The Jimmy Durante Show", which see;
Milton Berle's Tuesday night show was also known as "Texaco Star
Theater", which see;
This series had a loose pretext of being a sitcom starring
musical film star O'Connor, who was given chances to perform
along with his guest stars]
[Texaco Oil Co. jingle, used as an opening,
aka: "The Texaco T.V. Star Theatre Theme Song",
aka: "The Texaco Star Theme";
The publishing company "MilBud music was a joint venture
of Milton Berle and Buddy Arnold.]
Composers: Bernard ("Buddy") Arnold (ASCAP), and
Heywood ("Woody") Kling (ASCAP)
1978 Publishers: B. Arnold and H. Kling (ASCAP)
1998 Publishers: Milbud Music (ASCAP),
of Los Angeles, CA; and
Heywood Kling Publisher (ASCAP),
of Los Angeles, CA
2018 Publishers: Milbud Music (ASCAP),
of Newport Beach, CA; and
Heywood Kling Publisher (ASCAP),
of Los Angeles, CA
Creation Date: 1948.
[Registered under the following title --
"We Are The Men of Texaco; or, The
Texaco T.V. Star Theatre Theme Song"]:
Copyright Date: Apr. 23, 1976; Eu 672 692.
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
CD - "TeeVee Toons: The Commercials"
TVT Records TVT 1400 CD (1989)
[Copyright application states "portions derived from the
'Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2' by Franz Liszt"; also references to
"We Are the Men of Texaco", aka "Texaco Star Theatre T.V.
Theme Song", listed above.]
Arranger/Adapter: Allen Roth (not affiliated)
Original Publisher/Claimant: Texaco, Inc.
1998 Publisher: [no publisher listed in ASCAP or BMI]
Original Creation Date: 1948
[Registered under the following title --
"We Are The Men of Texaco; or, The
Texaco T.V. Star Theatre Theme Song"]:
Copyright Date: Apr. 23, 1976; Eu 672 692.
[with new words, some new music]:
Copyright Date: July 10, 1981; PAu-359-618.
Recordings:
[Theme credit in the "Stetcheson Classified Song Directory", 1961]
Composers: Eddie Maxwell (ASCAP),
Sidney ("Sid") Miller (ASCAP), and
Donald O'Connor (ASCAP)
Orig. Publisher: O'Connor Music Co. (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: [listed in ASCAP Index of Performed Compositions,
1978 edition without publisher]
2000 Publisher: [listed in ASCAP database without publisher]
Copyright Date:
Renewal Date:
Recordings: