Leave It To Beaver (sitcom)

    (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]

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Theme 1 (1957 - 1963): "The Toy Parade"

     Composers: Dave Kahn (ASCAP),
                Mort Greene (ASCAP), and
                Melvyn Lenard Gordon (ASCAP)
               [pseudonym of publisher David 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:

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Theme 2 (Disney Channel, 1985 - 1989): "The New Leave It To Beaver (Sig)"

    [ASCAP alternate titles...
     aka: "It's A Small World (Sig)";
     aka: "New Leave It To Beaver (Opening Theme)"

     ...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/BMI),
                Donald Gustave ("Gus") Kahn (ASCAP), and
                Stanley H. 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:
     Renewal   Date:

     Recordings:

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