(CBS Primetime 1957 - 1958;
ABC Primetime 1958 - 1963)
[a follow-up series, "The New Leave it To Beaver" aired on
the Disney Channel from 1985 - 1989]
[Verified as the THEME in TV Guide article "Looking
For A Lost Chord?" April 28, 1962, pp. 12-13]
Composers: Dave Kahn (ASCAP),
Mort Greene (ASCAP), and
Melvyn Lenard Gordon (ASCAP)
[pseudonym of publisher David Marvin Gordon]
Orig. Publisher: Marlen Music Co. (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: Gordon Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)
2000 Publisher: Gordon Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP),
of Canoga Park, CA
Copyright Date: 1958, on sheet music.
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
[ASCAP alternate titles...
aka: "New Leave It To Beaver (Opening Theme)";
aka: "It's A Small World (Sig)";
...an interpolation of the original "Toy Parade" THEME above
with the Disney song "It's A Small World" used in its theme
parks and on the Disney Channel]
Composers: Herschel Burke Gilbert (ASCAP),
Gus Kahn (ASCAP)
[professional name of Donald Gustave Kahn], and
Stanley Herbert Styne (ASCAP)
2001 Publishers: Gordon Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP),
of Canoga Park, CA; and
Keyes-Gilbert Music Company (ASCAP)
c/o The Songwriters Guild,
of Weehawken, NJ
Copyright Date:
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Recordings: