Tonight! America After Dark [with Al "Jazzbo" Collins] (late-night talk-variety)

     (NBC Late Night, 1957)
 
     [this was a short-lived version of the Tonight show before 
      Jack Paar was hired;
      
      Al "Jazzbo" Collins succeeded Jack Lescoulie as host, but the
      format was still not a winner, and network affiliates continued
      to cancel the show...]

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Theme 1: "Jim and Andy's (theme of the TV show 'Tonight')"

    [above is the title as registered for the published version;
     aka: Jim and Andy's Theme]

     Composer: Louis ("Lou") Stein (BMI)

     Original Publisher: Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI)

     2018 Publisher: EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI)
                      of Nashville, Tennessee
                       
     Unpublished Copyright Date: March 24, 1955; EU 392 152.
     Unpublished Renewal   Date: Dec.  28, 1983; RE 187 776.
     
    [published version, arranged for Piano Solo]:
     Published Copyright Date: Apr. 23, 1957; EP 108 172.
     Published Renewal   Date: [not found]
     
     Recordings:

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Theme: "C Jam Blues"

    [Theme credit in Craig Pattillo's "TV Theme Soundtrack Directory"]

     Composer: Edward Kennedy ("Duke") Ellington (ASCAP)

     Original Publisher: Robbins Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

     1997 Publisher: EMI-Robbins Catalog, Inc. (ASCAP)

     Copyright Date: 1942, according to "Who Wrote That Song?"
                     by Dick Jacobs
     Renewal   Date:

     Recordings:

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