(CBS, 1954 - 1958) [guest hosts also included Jack Benny]
[Verified as the THEME in TV Guide article "It Seems To Me I've Heard That Theme Before" July 28, 1956, pp. 12-13] Composer: Leith A. Stevens (ASCAP/BMI) 1978 Publisher: Artists Music, Inc. (ASCAP) 2000 Publisher: Artists Music, Inc. (ASCAP), c/o BMG Music, Inc. of Beverly Hills, CA Copyright Date: Recording:
[In his autobiographical journal "Musician", Lyn Murray said he was hired by CBS Music Director Lud Gluskin to be the new Music Director for "Shower Of Stars" on November 1, 1956; Murray also described recording a New Opening for the show on December 7, 1956 with the MGM Orchestra; he says when it came time to edit the music tracks to match the new animated visuals which were "animated and processed in France", he found that somehow CBS "didn't have a 3-gang synchronizer nor a 3-headed Moviola" so they had to do the synchronization "cold" which resulted in the music being "off" from the animation by 2-3 frames...but by December 10, he wrote that the opening "looked fine"; so it may have been corrected, or he decided it wasn't so bad.] Composer: Lyn Murray (ASCAP) [pseudonym of Lionel Breeze] 1978 Publisher: Arpege Music (ASCAP) 2001 Publisher: Arpege Music (ASCAP) of Los Angeles, CA Copyright Date: Recording: