Richard Diamond, Private Detective (starring David Janssen)

     [originally an NBC Radio Series in 1949, starring
      Dick Powell, who produced the TV series for Four Star...
      the radio series THEME was called "Leave It To Love",
      with music by Henry Russell.]

     (CBS Primetime, 1957 - 1959)
     (NBC Primetime, 1959 - 1960)
     [Syndicated, under the title: "Call Mr. D"]

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Theme 1: "Richard Diamond Main and End"

    [aka: "Richard Diamond Theme"]
    [verified as first season, 1957 theme ONLY,
     in Pattillo book and in Jon Burlingame's "TV's Greatest Hits"]

     Composer: Frank Denny De Vol (ASCAP)
     Original Publishers: [unknown]
     1997 Publisher:  Don-Michael Inc. (BMI)
                       [also still listed in ASCAP with no publisher.]
     Copyright Date:
     Recordings:

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Theme 2: "Richard Diamond Theme"

    [aka: "Richard Diamond's Blues"]

     Composer: Pete Rugolo (ASCAP)
     Original Publishers: Jimmy McHugh Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
     1997 Publisher:    Jimmy McHugh Music, Inc. (ASCAP),
                          of Beverly Hills, CA
     Copyright Date: 
     Recordings:
          LP: "The Music from Richard Diamond"
               Mercury MG-36162/SR-80045 (1959)
               Pete Rugolo and his orchestra

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Theme 3: "Nervous Jazz Theme"

    [aka: "Richard Diamond"]

    [This was the theme on NBC, from 1959 - 1960, as verified
     in correspondence with the composer 5/12/82. This piece
     was also known as the "Nervous Teaser Theme" from the
     "Dick Powell Show", another Four Star Television Production.]

     Composer: Richard Shores (ASCAP)
     Original Publisher: BNP Music Publishing Co. (ASCAP)
                         c/o Four Star Television, Inc.
     1997 Publisher:  Polygram International (ASCAP)
     Copyright Date: 1960, according to liner notes
     Recordings:
          LP: "Themes from the Original Soundtrack of
                     Four-Star Television Productions"
               Dot DLP-3421/25421 (1962)
               conducted by Herschel Burke Gilbert

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