[Henry Mancini was perhaps the best-known film/TV composer of the decade of the 1960s because of his crossover from the TV scores he wrote for "Peter Gunn" and "Mr. Lucky" having popular success on record charts, and his subsequent movie scores for "The Pink Panther", "Charade" and others; This effort was well intentioned, but by the time Henry Mancini was asked to host this series featuring his orchestra, over a dozen years had past since he was at the peak of his fame with the "younger generation", and the "Rock revolution" of the late-1960s had taken place; by the time this series appeared, the generation of "flower children" coming up in the early 1970s embraced heavy metal, singer/songwriters and the beginnings of disco, so the series wasn't to catch on...] (Syndicated, 1972)
[above is title as filed for copyright; ASCAP title variations aka: "Mancini Generation - Theme"; aka: "The Mancini Generation"] Composer: Henry Mancini (ASCAP) [professional name of Enrico Nicola Mancini] 1978 Publisher: Northridge Music Company (ASCAP) 2000 Publisher: Northridge Music Company (ASCAP) c/o Universal-MCA Music Publishing a div. of Universal Studios, Inc. of Los Angeles, CA Copyright Date: Aug. 18, 1972; Eu 351 219. Renewal Date: Jan. 10, 2000; RE-823-105. Recordings: