(NBC Daytime, 1955 - 1957; NBC Primetime, 1956 - 1961; ABC Daytime, 1962 - 1965) [aka: "The Ford Show"; Tennessee Ernie Ford was a bass-baritone whose songs included a wide range from country to religious ballads; He got his start as a TV host on a local Los Angeles TV show called "Hometown Jamboree"; There were three incarnations of his show: The NBC daytime show also included comedienne Molly Bee; the nighttime variety show was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and was also called "The Ford Show", and included the Voices of Walter Schumann with Harry Geller's Orchestra; The final ABC daytime show also featured vocalists Dick Noel and Anita Gordon.]
Composer: Jack Fascinato (ASCAP) [pseudonym of Arthur L. Fascinato] Original Publisher: 1978 Publisher: [listed without publisher in the 1978 ASCAP Index of Performed Compositions] 2001 Publisher: [listed without publisher in the 2001 ASCAP ACE database] Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings:
Composers: Harry Max Geller (ASCAP/BMI) and Shirley Henry (ASCAP) Original Publisher: Snyder Music Corp. (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: Glenwood Music Corp. (ASCAP) 2001 Publisher: Glenwood Music Corporation (ASCAP) c/o EMI Music Publishing, Inc. of New York, NY Unpublished Copyright Date: Aug. 19, 1957; Eu 489 298. Unpublished Renewal Date: Jan. 10, 1985; RE-234-557. [Published as a piano/vocal arrangement by Lou Halmy]: Published Copyright Date: Jan. 22, 1958; EP 115 857. Recordings:
[aka: "God Be With You"; a copyrighted adaptation/arrangement of a traditional Prayer of Benediction, based upon text written by Jeremiah E. Rankin who lived between 1828 - 1904.] Adapters: Harry Max Geller (ASCAP/BMI) and Ernest J. ("Tennessee Ernie") Ford (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: Glenwood Music Corp. (ASCAP) 2001 Publisher: Glenwood Music Corporation (ASCAP) c/o EMI Music Publishing, Inc. of New York, NY [filed on the 1958 adaptation/arrangement]: Copyright Date: March 10, 1958; Eu 514 357. Renewal Date: Jan. 9, 1986; RE-279-535. Recordings:
[Above is the title as filed for copyright in 1957; aka: "You're Ahead In A Ford All The Way"; ASCAP title: "Ford Jingle"; Lewis Allen who composed this memorable jingle used during the mid 1960s to close the "Ford Show", was also a composer of various patriotic songs including "These Are The Times (That Try Men's Souls)" a well-known choral arrangement, and "The House I Live In" which Frank Sinatra recorded in 1942 and made into a short film during World War II] Composer: Lewis Allan (ASCAP) [professional name of Abel Meeropol] 1978 Publisher: [listed without publisher in the 1978 ASCAP Index of Performed Compositions] 2002 Publisher: [listed without publisher in the 2002 ASCAP ACE database] [words & music credited to the J. Walter Thompson Co.; Copyright by the "Ford Motor Company"]: Copyright Date: Oct. 28, 1957; Eu 500 497. Renewal Date: Recordings: