(NBC Primetime, 1951 - 1954)
[aka: "The R C A Victor Show starring Ezio Pinza" (1951 - 1952);
aka: "The Ezio Pinza Show";
aka: "The R C A Victor Show starring Dennis Day" (1952 - 1953);
aka: "The Dennis Day Show";
aka: "Dennis Day Time" (1953);
This began as a musical variety show starring Ezio Pinza,
an Italian broadway bass singer, and then in the second
season it alternated with Irish tenor Dennis Day who became
the sole star in the middle of the second season; the show
changed format into a sitcom starring Dennis Day as an
attempt to boost ratings the third and final season...]
[one of the few television THEMEs composed by veteran film
composer Victor Young was this simple haunting ballad which
concluded with a logo phrase used to spell out "R C A"]
Composer: Victor Young (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: [not found in the ASCAP Index of Performed
Compositions of 1978]
2001 Publisher: [not found in the ASCAP repertoire database]
Copyright Date: Aug. 8, 1956; Eu 446 398.
Renewal Date: Jan. 3, 1984; RE-199-097.
Recording:
Composer: Harry Zimmerman (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: Kenmor Music Co. (ASCAP)
2001 Publisher: Kenmor Music Co. (ASCAP)
of Lahaina, HI
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[THEME title credit in Craig Pattillo's "TV Theme
Soundtrack Directory"]
this song was from Lehar's Operetta "Das Land Des Lächelns"
which premiered in 1920 in Germany; and had English lyrics
written for its premiere at the Shubert Theatre in New York;
this melody was recorded by many artists from classical
orchestras to big bands Glen Gray, Tommy Dorsey and Ted Heath;
alternate titles...
aka: "Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz";
aka: "You Are My Heart's Delight"]
Composers: music by Franz Lehar (ASCAP), with
English lyric by Harry B. Smith (ASCAP)
1978 Publishers: Glöcken Verlag, Inc. (ASCAP)
of Berlin, Germany; and
Shubert Music Pub. Corp. (ASCAP)
of New York, NY
2001 Publishers: European-American Music Distributors Corp. (ASCAP)
of Miami, FL; and
Shubert Music Publishing Corp. (ASCAP)
c/o Warner-Chappell Music, Inc.
of Los Angeles, CA
Composition Date [w/English Lyrics]: 1931
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Recording:
Composers: Alton ("Al") Rinker (ASCAP) and
Floyd Huddleston (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: Kenmor Music Co. (ASCAP)
2001 Publisher: Kenmor Music Co. (ASCAP)
of Lahaina, HI
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[ASCAP alternate title
aka: "Dennis Day Time";
Charles Dant was conductor of the R C A Victor Orchestra for
both the Ezio Pinza and Dennis Day versions of the musical
variety show and continued through the final sitcom year...]
Composer: Bud Dante (ASCAP)
[pseudonym of Charles G. Dant]
1978 Publisher: Kenmor Music Co. (ASCAP)
2001 Publisher: Kenmor Music Co. (ASCAP)
of Lahaina, HI
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