(ABC Primetime, 1964 - 1969; as "Peyton Place";
ABC Daytime, 1972 - 1974; as "Return To Peyton Place")
[Television's first primetime serial was derived from the 1957
20th Century-Fox movie of the same name...which in turn was
derived from a steamy romance novel about the happenings in
a small New England town by Grace Metalious which brought
her quite a bit of controversy when it first appeared;
The franchise was tested by a 1961 motion picture called
"Return To Peyton Place" which was based upon the sequel
Metalious novel;
In its first season the TV series was aired twice a week; in
the second season they went to three times a week; and then
back to twice a week for the next three years until the last
six months before cancellation it became a weekly;
Many actors were seen early in their careers on this series over
the five years of its run, most famous of whom perhaps were Ryan
O'Neal and Mia Farrow; Other character actors included Barabara
Rush (before "Mission Impossible"), Leslie Nielsen (before the
"Airplane" movies) and a veteran of early television and B-movies,
Dan Duryea, in one of his final roles;
In 1972 a Monday - Friday Daytime version was introduced called
"Return To Peyton Place" (same title as the second 1961 motion
picture) which became just another daytime soap opera;
After this, no less than four made-for-TV movies were aired...
but the ratings weren't high enough to instigate another series;
The made-for-tv movies aired in 1973, 1977, 1979 and 1985]
[above is title as it was filed for copyright;
aka: "Allison's Theme";
ASCAP title variations...
aka: "Peyton Place Theme";
aka: "Peyton Place (Closing/Opening Theme)";
vocal title: "The Wonderful Season Of Love"]
Composers: music by Franz Waxman (ASCAP) and
lyric by Paul Francis Webster (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: Twentieth Cent. Mus. Corp. (ASCAP)
2001 Publishers: EMI-Robbins Catalog, Inc. (ASCAP)
c/o EMI Music Publishing, Inc.
of New York, NY; and
Twentieth Century-Fox Music Corp. (ASCAP)
c/o WB Music Corp.
a div. of Warner-Chappell Music
of Los Angeles, CA
Instr. Copyright Date: Feb. 3, 1958; Eu 510 110.
Instr. Renewal Date: Jan. 6, 1986; RE-276-924.
[as "The Wonderful Season Of Love"]:
Vocal Copyright Date: Apr. 15, 1958; EP 118 295.
Vocal Renewal Date: Jan. 6, 1986; RE-276-560.
Recordings:
[above is title in ASCAP database; ASCAP title variation...
aka: "Peyton Place Theme";
vocal title: "For Those Who Are Young"
aka: "Return To Peyton Place Song"
this is the same basic melody as the first theme, but with
some adjustments for a different vocal lyric...it has a
different copyright which coincides with the appearance of
the television series, so this was the version that was
promoted as the "TV Theme" in recordings, etc.]
Composers: music by Franz Waxman (ASCAP) and
lyric by Paul Francis Webster (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: Twentieth Cent. Mus. Corp. (ASCAP)
2001 Publishers: EMI-Robbins Catalog, Inc. (ASCAP)
c/o EMI Music Publishing, Inc.
of New York, NY
Instr. Copyright Date: [same music as Theme 1 above]
Instr. Renewal Date: [same music as Theme 1 above]
[as "For Those Who Are Young"]:
Vocal Copyright Date: Nov. 5, 1964; Eu 851 864.
Vocal Renewal Date: Feb. 27, 1992; RE-580-063.
Recordings: