The Price Is Right (quiz show)

    (NBC Daytime,   1956 - 1963, with host Bill Cullen;
     NBC Primetime, 1957 - 1963, with host Bill Cullen;
     ABC Daytime,   1963 - 1965, with host Bill Cullen;
     ABC Primetime, 1963 - 1964, with host Bill Cullen;
     Syndicated Daytime Version 1972 - 1979 with host Dennis James;
     CBS Primetime, 1972 - Present, with host Bob Barker) 

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Theme 1: "Sixth Finger Tune"

    [according to contributor D. Schwartz this piece was
     originally was written for a play called "Sixth Finger
     in a Five Fingered Glove."]

     Composer: Charles Strouse (ASCAP)

     Orig. Publisher: Empress Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
                         of New York, NY

     1978 Publisher: Empress Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

     1998 Publisher: Frank Music Corp. (ASCAP), of
                        of New York, NY

    [copyright date courtesy contributor T. Perrone]
     Copyright Date: Oct. 1, 1956; EP 103 615.
     Renewal   Date:

     Recording:
          45rpm: by Sonny Burke and his Orchestra, 
                 featuring whistler Muzzy Marcelino
                 Decca 9-30132

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Theme 2: "Price Is Right Theme"

    [author verified by contributor D. Schwartz]

     Composer: Robert Cobert (BMI)

     Original Publisher: [unknown]

     1998 Publisher:   [unknown]

     Copyright Date:
     Renewal   Date:

     Recording:

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Theme 3: "Price Is Right (Closing Theme)"

    [ASCAP Repertoire title variation
     cross reference from above title...
     aka: "157 (CL/THEME)"]

     Composer: Susan Otto (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: [listed without publisher]

     1998 Publisher: [listed without publisher]

     Copyright Date:
     Renewal   Date:

     Recording:

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Theme 4 (for 1972 Syndicated version): "New Price Is Right Theme"

     Composer: Sheila Cole (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: Goodson-Todman Assoc. Inc. (ASCAP)

     1998 Publisher: Mark Goodson Productions, LLC (ASCAP),
                        D/B/A Leosel Ennterprises,
                        All American Communications, Inc.,
                        of Santa Monica, CA

     Copyright Date:
     Renewal   Date:

     Recording:

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Theme 5: "Price Is Right Theme"

     Composer: Warwick Harvey Turk (ASCAP)

     Orig. Publisher:

     1998 Publisher: [none listed]

     Copyright Date:
     Renewal   Date:

     Recording:

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Theme 6 (for CBS version): "Price Is Right Theme"

     Composers: Sheila Cole (ASCAP), and [added in 1998 database:]
                Robert Arnold Israel (BMI)

     1978 Publisher: Goodson-Todman Assoc. Inc. (ASCAP)

     1998 Publishers: Mark Goodson Productions LLC (ASCAP),
                         D/B/A Leosel Ennterprises
                         All American Communications, Inc.,
                         of Santa Monica, CA; and
                      Togo Music (BMI),
                         c/o Score Productions,
                         of New York, NY
     Copyright Date:
     Renewal   Date:

     Recording:

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Theme 7 (on current CBS version): "The Price Is Right Theme"

    [from a THEME credit on the CBS.com Web Site under
    "Price is Right"...URL formerly at
     http://www.cbs.com/daytime/price/about.shtml]

     Composers: Edward Woodley ("Edd") Kalehoff (ASCAP/BMI) 
               "for Score Productions"
               [author for hire by 
                Robert Arnold Israel (BMI)
                of Score Productions.]

     1978 Publisher: [not listed]

     1998 Publishers: Togo Music (BMI),
                         c/o Score Productions,
                         of New York, NY
     Copyright Date:
     Renewal   Date:

     Recording:

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