(NBC Primetime, 1965 - 1970; Reruns and Syndicated) [a fantasy sitcom about a U.S. astronaut who lives with a female genie he found in an "Alladin's Lamp"-type bottle he found after crash-landing on a deserted island...the first season the series was filmed only in black and white; for the second series when color was introduced a new THEME was written by Hugo Montenegro which was a kind of samba that became well known; an animated cartoon version was produced for Saturday Mornings 1973 - 1975]
[above is the title as filed for copyright; BMI title varation... aka: "Jeannie"; this was a waltz theme by the songwriting team of Goffin & King] Composers: Gerald ("Gerry") Goffin (BMI) and Carole King (BMI) [professional name of Carole Klein] 1978 Publishers: Screen Gems Music, Inc. (BMI) 2001 Publishers: Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc. (BMI) c/o EMI Music Publishing, Inc. of New York, NY Copyright Date: Dec. 21, 1964; Eu 858 695. Renewal Date: Nov. 20, 1992; RE-597-226. Recordings:
[Above is the title as filed for copyright; The ASCAP database title variations include: aka: "I Dream Of Jeannie Theme"; aka: "Jeannie Theme"; aka: "Genie Theme"; BMI database title variations aka: "I Dream Of Jeannie Main Title"; aka: "I Dream Of Jeannie End Credits" ASCAP Credits only Buddy Kaye and Hugo Montenegro; BMI Credits only Richard L. Wess and Hugo Montenegro this was the perky little samba tune that become well-known] Composers: music by Hugo Montenegro (ASCAP/BMI) and Richard L. Wess (BMI); with lyric by Buddy Kaye (ASCAP) [professional name of Jules Leonard Kaye] 1978 Publishers: Colgems Music, Inc. (ASCAP) and Screen Gems Music, Inc. (BMI) 2001 Publishers: Colgems-EMI Music, Inc. (ASCAP) c/o EMI Music Publishing, Inc. of New York, NY; and Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc. (BMI) c/o EMI Music Publishing, Inc. of New York, NY Copyright Date: Dec. 18, 1966; EP 232 762. Renewal Date: Dec. 29, 1994; RE-686-111. Recordings:
[Above is the title as filed for copyright; A postscript... 20 years after the TV series first aired, a satirical version of the TV THEME with new pop song lyrics was introduced, which featured rapper "D. J. Jazzy Jeff" and Will Smith, an actor/singer who had starred in the TV Series "Fresh Prince of Bel Air", who went on to become a major motion picture star; ASCAP lists all four names below as writers in its listing, and a title variation aka: "All The Girls In The World Ain't..." ] Composers: music by Hugo Montenegro (ASCAP/BMI), lyric by Buddy Kaye (ASCAP) [professional name of Jules Leonard Kaye], adaptation by Willard ("Will"/"Fresh Prince") Smith (ASCAP), and Jeffrey ("Jazzy Jeff") Townes (ASCAP) 2001 Publisher: Colgems-EMI Music, Inc. (ASCAP) c/o EMI Music Publishing, Inc. of New York, NY; and Zomba Enterprises, Inc. (ASCAP) of New York, NY Creation Date: 1986 Copyright Date: July 29, 1987; PA-338-781. Recordings: