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Old-Time Radio - Music Theme List

(sorted by SERIES)

This list has 1,156 entries, and was last updated on May 3, 2008

This is a working list of music themes for U.S. Old-Time Radio (OTR) series which is in a preliminary list format. A variety of sources were used, including sheet music, reference books, magazine articles, correspondence with collectors, research library archives, and other resources. Composer names were researched and verified in secondary sources.

For a cross-reference of Radio Themes listed by composition TITLE, see the Old-Time Radio - Theme Title Index.

These lists will be expanded to include new themes and additional information as time permits...
(as with the Classic U.S. TV Theme List)


SERIES (NETWORK, YEARS) in Alphabetical Order

THEME TITLE [if known]

COMPOSER(s) [if known]


 
A & P Gypsies, The (WEAF/NBC, 1923-36)

Theme: Two Guitars

Traditional Russian folk melody

 
Abbott and Costello Show, The

Theme 1 (circa 1940): Time To Smile

Les Brown; Geoffrey Clarkson; James L. Hill; John H. ["Johnny"] Mercer

 

Theme 2: Camel Theme

Freddie Rich

 

Theme 3 (circa 1948): Camels -- Theme Song

Robert Emmet Kelly

 

Theme 4: Abbott and Costello Opening

Alfred ["Al"] Goodman

 
Abie's Irish Rose (NBC, 1942-44)

Theme: My Wild Irish Rose

Chauncey Olcott

 
Academy Award Theatre [aka: Academy Award"] (CBS, 1946)

Theme: Opening Motif Sig

Leith Stevens

 
Ace Williams, The Adventures of (1937 - 38)

Theme: Poet and Peasant Overture [Theme from the]

Franz von Suppe

 
Action Theatre

Theme: Concerto for Piano, in A Minor (Op. 16), Theme from (1863)

Edvard H. Grieg

 
Adventure Parade [children's show with John Drake]

Opening Fanfare: Adventure Parade Fanfare

John Marion Gart

 

Theme: Adventure Parade Theme [aka: "Adventure On Parade"]

John Marion Gart

 
Adventures of --
see title which follows these words
 
Against The Storm (NBC/Mutual/NBC, 1939-52)

Theme 1: Ich Liebe Dich [I Love You]

Edvard H. Grieg

 

Theme 2: Theme from "The Song of Bernadette" [1943 film]

Alfred Newman

 
Al Jolson Show, The

Opening Billboard: Colgate Jingle ["Use Tooth Powder Ev'ry Day, Brush Your Teeth The Colgate Way"]

[composer unknown]

 

Opening Theme: I'm Sitting On Top Of The World

Ray Henderson; Samuel M. ["Sam"] Lewis; Joseph ["Joe"] Young

 

Closing Theme: April Showers (from the 1921 musical "Bombo")

Louis Silvers; B. G. ["Buddy"] DeSylva

 
Al Jolson --
see also "Presenting Al Jolson"
 
Al Jolson --
see also the "Kraft Music Hall"
 
Al Jolson --
see also the "Lifebuoy-Rinso Program"
 
Al Jolson --
see also the "Shell Chateau"
 
Aldrich Family, The

Theme 1: Who? (Stole My Heart Away) [from the 1925 film "Sunny"]

Jerome Kern (m); Otto Harbach (w); Oscar Hammerstein II (w)

 

Secondary Theme: Aldrich Sub-Theme

Charles F. Paul

 

Theme 2: This Is It! [from the 1939 musical "Stars In Your Eyes"]

Arthur Schwartz (m); Dorothy Fields (w)

 

Theme 3: All The World's A Wonderland [aka: "Aldrich Theme"]

Jack Miller (pseudonym of Nelson Cogane)

 
Alias Jimmy Valentine (NBC Blue, 1938 - 39)

Theme: If I Should Lose You [from the 1936 film "Rose of the Rancho"]

Leo Robin; Ralph Rainger

 
All-American College Show, The

Theme: Alma Mater (We Love You Well) (1938)

Norman Cloutier (wm); Vaughn de Leath (wm)

 
Allen's Alley --
see "Fred Allen's Alley"
 
Alvino Rey [orchestra shows]

Signature Open Theme on various shows: Blue Rey

Kenneth Farrar

 

Signature Close Theme on various shows: Nighty Night

Leslie Bacon (pseudonym of Joseph M. ["Joe"] Davis)

 
Amanda of Honeymoon Hill

Theme: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (1854)

Stephen C. Foster

 
Amateur Hour --
see the "Original Amateur Hour"
 
Amazing Mr. Tutt, The

Theme: Amazing Mr. Tutt Theme, The

Marlin H. Skiles

 
American Radio Warblers

Theme: Tales From The Vienna Woods

Johann Strauss Jr.

 
American Album of Familiar Music, The

Theme: Dream Serenade

Gustave W. ["Gus"] Haenschen (m); Alfred Bryan (w)

 
American School of the Air

Theme: Leonore Overture No. 3, The

Ludwig von Beethoven

 
Amos 'n' Andy

Theme 1, until 1943: Perfect Song, The [for the 1915 silent film "Birth of a Nation"]

Joseph Carl Breil (m); Clarence Lucas (w)

 

Theme 2, from 1943-66: Angel's Serenade

Gaetano Braga

 
Andre Kostelanetz --
see "Music Millions Love"
 
Andy Kirk and His Clouds Of Joy [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Until The Real Thing Comes Along

Saul Chaplin (birth name: Saul Kaplan); Sammy Cahn (birth name: Samuel Cohen); L.E. Freeman; Mann Holiner; Alberta Nichols

 
Arabesque

Theme: Scheherazade (a theme from the symphonic poem)

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

 
Are You a Genius?

Theme: School Days (1906)

Gus Edwards; Will D. Cobb

 
Armour Hour, The --
see "The Phil Baker Show"
 
Armstrong Theater of Today, The

Theme 1: Fanfare & Opening, for Armstrong Theater

Harold Levey

 

Theme 2: When The Organ Played At Twilight (The Song That Reached My Heart)(1931)

Jimmy Campbell (m); Reginald ["Reg"] Connelly (m); Raymond Wallace (w)

 
Arnold Grimm's Daughter

Theme: Andante Cantabile, First Movement Theme from the "Pathetique" Symphony No. 6 in B minor (Opus 74) [popular title: "The Story of a Starry Night"]

Piotr Ilyich ["Peter"] Tchaikovsky; Joseph Carl Breil (adapter/arranger)

 
Art Jarrett [big band shows]

Theme: Ev'rything's Been Done Before (from the 1935 film "Reckless")

Harold Adamson; Edwin Knopf; Jack King

 
Art Linkletter's House Party [aka: Pillsbury House Party]

Theme: You (Gee But You're Wonderful) [for the 1936 film "The Great Ziegfield"]

Walter Donaldson (m); Harold Adamson (w)

 

Theme: Pillsbury House Party Theme

Muzzy Marcellino

 
Arthur Godfrey Show, The

Theme: Seems Like Old Times

Carmen Lombardo; John Jacob Loeb

 
Arthur Godfrey Time

Theme 1: Beautiful Dreamer

Stephen C. Foster

 

Theme 2: Seems Like Old Times

Carmen Lombardo; John Jacob Loeb

 

Theme 3: Trail of the Lonesome Pine, The [aka: In The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia]

Ballard MacDonald; Harry Carroll

 

Theme 4: Pale Potomac Moon

Arthur Morton Godfrey

 
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts

Open Theme: Lipton Tea Jingle [adapted from "Sing a Song of Sixpence"]

Traditional Nursery Tune

 

Close Theme: Seems Like Old Times

Carmen Lombardo; John Jacob Loeb

 
Arthur Tracy, the Street Singer [aka: The Mystery Man of the Air]

Theme: Marta (Rambling Rose of the Wildwood)

L. Wolfe Gilbert; Rodriquez Moises Simon

 
Artie Shaw [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Nightmare

Artie Shaw

 
Atwater-Kent Hour, The

Theme: Now The Day Is Over [an 1865 poem, set to the Joseph Barnaby hymn tune "Merrial" (1868)]

Sir Joseph Barnaby (m); Sabine Baring-Gould (w)

 
Auction Gallery [aka: Victory Gallery; Radio Auction]

Theme: You Are My Lucky Star [from the film "Broadway Melody of 1936"]

Nacio Herb Brown (m); Arthur Freed (w)

 
Aunt Jemima / The Jad Hour (1929 - 33)

Theme: Where Were You Last Night?

Al Dubin; Harry M. Woods

 
Aunt Jemima [aka: Cabin at the Crossroads] (1933 - 53)

Theme (circa 1943): Dixie [original title: "Dixie's Land"]

Daniel Decatur ["Dan"] Emmett;

 
Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories

Theme: Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms

Irish Air: "My Lodging Is In the Cold Ground" (m); Thomas Moore (w)

 
Aunt Mary

Theme: Dear Old Girl

Theodore Morse; Richard Buck

 
Auto-L
te Show, The -- see "Dick Haymes Auto-Lite Show, The"
 
Avalon Time

Theme: Avalon [from the 1920 musical "Sinbad"]

Vincent Rose; Al Jolson

 
Baby Rose Marie

Theme 1: Baby Shoes (1916)

Joe Goodwin; Ed Rose; Al Piantadosi

 

Theme 2: Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are [used in the 1944 film "Step Lively"]

Jule Styne (m); Sammy Cahn (w)

 

Theme 3: When The Moon Bids The Sun Goodnight (1938)

Basil Ziegler; Lou Shank

 
Baby Snooks / Good News

Theme 1: Always and Always [from the 1937 film "Mannequin"]

Edward Ward (m); Robert B. Wright (w); Chet Forrest (w)

 

Theme 2: Good News [from the 1927 musical "Good News"]

Ray Henderson (m); Buddy G. De Sylva (w); Lew Brown (w)

 
Baby Snooks / Maxwell House Coffee Time

Opening Billboard: Maxwell House Opening

Leith Stevens

 

Theme 4: Thoughts While Strolling

Meredith Willson

 

Theme 5: You and I

Meredith Willson

 
Baby Snooks Show, The

Theme 6: Rock-a-Bye Baby

Traditional English Nursery Tune

 

Theme 7: Little Girl (1931)

Francis Henry; Madeline Hyde

 
Bachelor's Children

Theme 1: Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life [from "Naughty Marietta"]

Victor Herbert (m); Rida Johnson Young (w)

 

Theme 2: Brahms' Lullaby (Wiegenlied) Opus 49, No. 4

Johannes Brahms

 

Theme 3: Could My Song On Wings Go Flying? (1942)

Reynaldo Hahn (m); Victor Marie Hugo (French w); Roy Ringwald (Eng. w)

 
Backstage Wife [aka: Mary Noble, Backstage Wife]

Theme 1: Stay As Sweet As You Are

Harry Revel; Mack Gordon

 

Theme 2: Rose of Tralee, The

Charles. W. Glover; G. Mordaunt Spencer

 
Bar X Days / Bar X Days and Nights

Theme: Long, Long Ways From Home

Carson J. Robison

 
Barron, The

Theme: Barron's Theme, The

Gustave W. ["Gus"] Haenschen

 
Bartons, The / Bud Barton / Story of Bud Barton

Theme 1: Bartons, The

Don Marcotte

 

Theme 2: Schottische At Sunrise

Don Marcotte

 
Bayer Aspirin Program, The --
see "The American Academy of Familiar Music"
 
Beat The Band [version #1, 1940 - 41 w/Ted Weems & Hildegarde] (NBC, 1941 - 42)

Theme: Out Of The Night

Harry Sosnik; Walter Hirsch

 
Beat The Band [version #2, 1943 - 44 w/Harry Sosnik] (NBC, 1943 - 44)

Theme: Out Of The Night

Harry Sosnik; Walter Hirsch

 
Believe It Or Not [with Robert Ripley]

Theme: March Moderne

Bob Miller

 
Bell Telephone Hour --
see "The Telephone Hour"
 
Ben Bernie

Open Theme: It's A Lonesome Old Town (When You're Not Around)

Harry Tobias; Charles Kisco

 

Close Theme: Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams

Jack Meskill; Jean Schwartz

 
Ben Pollack [orchestra shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Song Of The Islands

Charles E. King

 
Benny Carter [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Melancholy Lullaby

Benny Carter; Edward Heyman

 
Benny Goodman [big band shows]

Signature Open Theme on various shows: Let's Dance [adapted from "Invitation To The Dance" by Carl Maria Von Weber]

Joseph Bonime (adapter); Gregory Stone (adapter); Fanny Baldridge (w)

 

Signature Close Theme on various shows: Good-Bye

Gordon Jenkins

 
Benny Goodman's Swing School

Theme: Let's Dance [adapted from "Invitation To The Dance" by Carl Maria Von Weber]

Joseph Bonime (adapter); Gregory Stone (adapter); Fanny Baldridge (w)

 
Benny Goodman --
see also "Camel Caravan"
 
Betty and Bob

Theme: Salut d'Amour (Opus 12)

Edward Elgar

 
Between The Bookends

Theme: Auld Lang Syne

Traditional Scottish Air w/words by Robert Burns

 
Beulah Show, The

Theme 1: Got The World In A Jug [aka: "Down-Hearted Blues"]

Fletcher H. Henderson

 

Theme 2: Downhearted Blues

Alberta Hunter; Lovie Austin

 

Theme 3: Lazy Heart

Alexander Laszlo

 
Bickersons, The

Theme: Anyone Can Dream

Joseph J. Lilley (m); Mack David (w)

 
Big City Serenade (1951 - 53)

Theme: Big City Serenade, A

Don Marcotte

 
Big John and Sparky [weekend show title: No School Today]

Theme: Teddy Bears' Picnic, The

John W. Bratton; Jimmy Kennedy

 
Big Show, The

Opening Theme: Handful Of Stars, A (1940)

Ted Shapiro; Jack Lawrence

 

Closing Theme: May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You

Meredith Willson

 
Big Sister

Opening Billboard: Westminster Chimes [aka: The Westminster Carol]

William Crotch (organist in 1793 for St. Mary's Church of Cambridge England)

 

Theme 1: Valse Bluette

Riccardo Drigo

 

Theme 2: Theme for Big Sister

Dean Herrick

 
Big Story, The

Theme Medley, Part 1: Big Story Theme, The

Wladimir Selinsky

 

Theme Medley, Part 2: Prowess In Battle, a section from the Tone Poem "Ein Heldenleben" [A Hero's Life]

Richard Strauss

 
Big Town

Theme: Tell The Story

F. Frey

 
Billie Burke Show, The [aka: Fashion In Rations]

Open Theme: Look For The Silver Lining [from the 1920 musical "Sally"]

Jerome Kern (m); Buddy G. De Sylva (w)

 

Close Theme: Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody, A [from Broadway revue "Ziegfeld Follies of 1919"]

Irving Berlin

 
Billy Butterfield [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: What's New? [orig. title: "I'm Free"]

Bob Haggart (m); Johnny Burke (w)

 
Billy May [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Lean Baby

Billy May (m); Roy Alfred (w)

 
Bing Crosby

Signature Theme on various shows: Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)

Fred Ahlert; Roy Turk; Bing Crosby

 
Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney Show, The

Open Theme: Side By Side (1927)

Harry MacGregor Woods

 

Close Theme: Don't Worry (About Tomorrow) [from the 1943 film "Salute For Three"]

Jule Styne (m); Kim Gannon (w)

 
Bing Crosby --
see also "Fifteen Minutes With Bing Crosby"
 
Bing Crosby --
see also "Kraft Music Hall, The"
 
Blackstone Plantation [w/Frank Crumit & Julia Sanderson]

Theme: Spain (1924)

Isham Jones; Gus Kahn

 
Blue Barron [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Sometimes I'm Happy [from the 1927 musical "Hit The Deck"]

Vincent Youmans (m); Leo Robin (w); Clifford Grey (w)

 
Blue Monday Jamboree (KFRC/CBS)

Theme: Jamboree [aka: Jamboree March]

Meredith Willson

 
Blue Playhouse

Theme: Jamboree [aka: Jamboree March]

Meredith Willson

 
Bob and Ray

Theme: Mention My Name In Sheboygan (1947)

Bob Hilliard; Dick Sanford; Sammy Mysels

 
Bob and Victoria

Theme: I'm Falling In Love With Someone [from the 1910 musical "Naughty Marietta"]

Victor Herbert (m); Rida Johnson Young (w)

 
Bob Burns Show, The

Theme 1: Arkansas Traveller, The

Traditional U.S. Folk Song

 

Theme 2: I Like Mountain Music

James Cavanaugh; Frank Weldon

 
Bob Crosby [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Summertime [from the 1935 opera "Porgy And Bess"]

George Gershwin (m); Dubose Heyward (w)

 
Bob Hope

Signature Theme on various shows: Thanks for the Memory [from the film "The Big Broadcast of 1938"]

Leo Robin; Ralph Rainger

 
Bob Hawk Show, The --
see Thanks For The Yanks
 
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys [orchestra shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: San Antonio Rose

Bob Wills

 
Bobby Byrne [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Danny Boy [Londonderry Air]

Traditional Irish Air

 
Bobby Sherwood [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Elk's Parade, The

Bobby Sherwood

 
Bold Venture

Theme: Bold Venture Original Theme

David D. Rose

 
Boston Blackie

Theme: Boston Blackie

Lew White

 
Box 13 [produced by and starring Alan Ladd] (Syndicated (1948))

Theme: Box 13

Rudy Schrager

 
Break The Bank

Theme 1: Gold Diggers' Song, The (We're In The Money) [from the musical revue "Gold Diggers of 1933"]

Harry Warren (m); Al Dubin (w)

 

Theme 2: Break The Bank Theme

Peter Van Steeden Jr.

 
Breakfast Club with Don McNeill, The

Open Song 1: Good Morning

Walter Blaufuss; W. R. Williams; Donald T. MacNeill

 

Open Song 2: Good Morning, Breakfast Clubbers

Leroy Shield (m); Donald T. McNeill (w)

 

Open Song 3: Breakfast Club Makes Life Easier

Leroy Shield (m); Donald T. McNeill (w)

 

March Theme: March Around the Breakfast Table

John Redmond

 

Close Song: So Long, Breakfast Clubbers

Leroy Shield (m); Don McNeill (w)

 
Breen and De Rose

Theme: Deep Purple (1939) [instrumental version (1934)]

Peter De Rose (m); Mitchell Parish (w)

 
Brenda Curtis

Theme: Melody In F (Opus 3, No. 1) (1850 - 51)

Anton Rubinstein

 
Brenthouse [Brent House]

Theme: String Quartet in G Minor, third movement

Claude Achille Debussy

 
Bride and Groom

Theme: Wedding March (1851) ["Marche des Fiancialles" from the opera "Lohengrin", aka "Here Comes The Bride"]

Richard Wagner

 
Bright Horizon

Theme 1: Little Brown Jug

Joseph E. Winner

 

Theme 2: Alt-Wien, Nr. 11 fur Klavier, fr. "Triakontameron" [Old Vienna, No. 11 for Piano, from "30 Moods and Scenes in Triple Meter"] (1919)

Leopold Godowsky

 

Theme 3: Bright Horizon

John Marion Gart; Tot Seymour

 
Brighter Day, The

Theme 1: At Dawning, I Love You

Charles Wakefield Cadman (m); Nelle Richmond Eberhart (w)

 

Theme 2: Theme for "The Brighter Day"

William Meeder

 
Brighter Tomorrow, A/The Gabriel Heatter Show

Theme 1: Brighter Tomorrow, A

John Marion Gart

 

Theme 2: Gabriel Heatter Opening and Closing

Melvyn Lenard Gordon

 
Broadway Is My Beat

Theme: Manhattan [from the 1925 revue "Garrick Gaities ]

Richard Rodgers (m); Lorenz Hart (w)

 
Broadway Playhouse [Armed Forces Radio Service version of "Lux Theatre"]

Theme: Lux Theme

Rudy Schrager

 
Brunswick Brevities (1929)

Theme: Say It With Music [from the "Music Box Revue of 1921" ]

Irving Berlin

 
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century

Theme: Les Preludes (a theme from the tone poem)

Franz Liszt

 
Bughouse Rhythm

Theme: Fan Fare

John Brunker ["Jack"] Meakin

 
Bullocks Show, The

Theme: Theme from "The Swan Lake Ballet, Op. 20"

Piotr Ilyich ["Peter"] Tchaikovsky

 
Bunny Berigan [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: I Can't Get Started [from "Ziegfeld Follies"]

Vernon Duke (m); Ira Gershwin (w)

 
Burns and Allen

Theme 1: Comin' Through the Rye (When a Body Meets a Body)

Traditional Scottish Air

 

Theme 2: Crazy People [from the 1932 film "The Big Broadcast"]

James V. ["Jimmy"] Monaco; Edgar Leslie

 

Theme 3: Campbells Are Coming, The

Traditional Scottish Air

 

Main Theme since 1936: Love Nest, The [from the 1920 musical "Mary"]

Louis A. Hirsch (m); Otto Harbach (w)

 

1950 Carnation Sponsorship Theme: Two-A-Day [aka: Vaudeville Days], from the "Structural Music" library

Alexander Laszlo

 
Buster Brown Show, The [aka: Buster Brown Gang, Smilin' Ed McConnell]

Theme 1: Happy Sound of Buster Brown, The [shoe jingle]

Traditional WW I song: "Mademoiselle From Armentieres" (aka: "Hinky Dinky Parlez-Vous")

 

Theme 2: I Got-a Shoes, You got-a Shoes (Heav'n, Heav'n)

Traditional Negro Spiritual

 
By Kathleen Norris

Theme: Remembering You

Elsie Thompson

 
By Popular Demand

Theme: Way You Look Tonight, The [from the 1936 film "Swing Time"]

Jerome Kern (m); Dorothy Fields (w)

 
Cab Calloway [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Minnie, The Moocher

Irving Mills; Cab Calloway; Clarence Gaskill

 
Cabin At The Crossroads --
see "Aunt Jemima"
 
California Melodies (with David Rose and his Orchestra)

Theme: California Melodies

David D. Rose

 
Camel Caravan, The (w/Benny Goodman)

Theme: Let's Have Another Cigarette

Allie Wrubel; Herbert Magidson

 
Camel Show, The --
see "The Screen Guild Players"
 
Campana Serenade

Theme: Lovely To Look At [from the 1935 film version of the musical "Roberta"]

Jerome Kern (m); Dorothy Fields (w); Jimmy McHugh (w)

 
Campbell Playhouse --
see "Mercury Theatre On The Air"
 
Canary Pet Show, The

Theme: Tales from the Vienna Woods (Waltz)

Johann Strauss Jr.

 
Candy Matson

Theme: Candy

Alex Kramer; Mack David; Joan Whitney;

 
Cantor, Eddie --
see "The Chase & Sanborn Hour"
 
Captain Midnight

Theme 1: Flying Dutchman Overture [to the opera "The Flying Dutchman"]

Richard Wagner

 

Theme 2: Captain Midnight

Don A. Ferris; Irving Friedman

 
Carefree Carnival

Theme: Smile With Me

Meredith Willson

 
Carl Ravazza [music shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Vieni Su

Ted Fiorito; Sunny Skylar (pseudonym of Selig Shaftel)

 
Carmen Cavallaro

Theme 1: Polonaise in D-Flat Major (Op. 53) (1843)

Frederic Chopin

 

Theme 2: My Sentimental Heart

Carmen Cavallero (m); Mitchell Parish (w)

 
Carnation Contented Hour, The

Theme: Contented

Don Bestor; Roy Turk

 
Carters of Elm Street, The

Theme: My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice [from the opera "Samson and Delilah"]

Camille Saint-Saens

 
Casey, Crime Photographer/Flashgun Casey/Crime Photographer

Theme 1: Crime Photographer Opening Theme

Archie Bleyer

 

Theme 2: Casey Theme

John Marion Gart

 
Cavalcade of America [aka: Dupont Cavalcade]

Theme 1: March Theme from "Cavalcade of America" [aka: "Cavalcade March"]

Harold A. Levey

 

Theme 2: Glory of America

Alexander Laszlo

 

Theme 3: Glorification

Alexander Laszlo

 
Cavalcade of Bands

Theme: Cavalcade of Bands Theme

Jerome Brainin; Buddy Kaye

 
CBS Radio Mystery Theatre (CBS, 1974-82)

Theme: Two [a 1961 episode score of "The Twilight Zone" TV series -- theme is from a section which starts a few minutes into the score]

Nathan Van Cleave

 
Celebrity Night

Theme: Sandalai

Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson)

 
Cesar Searchinger --
see "Story Behind The Headlines"
 
Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street

Theme: Basin Street Blues

Spencer Williams

 
Champion Spark Plug Hour, The

Theme: Champion Sparkers March

Gustave ["Gus"] Haenschen

 
Chandu, The Magician

Theme: Chandu Theme

Felix Mills

 
Chaplain Jim

Theme 1: Onward Christian Soldiers (an 1871 hymn)

Sir Arthur Sullivan (m); Sabine Baring (w)

 

Theme 2: There's A Long, Long Trail

Stoddard King; Zo Elliott

 
Charlie Chan

Theme: Mooch, The [aka: "The Moochie", aka: "The Mooche"]

Edward Kennedy ["Duke"] Ellington; Irving Mills

 
Charlotte Greewood Show, The

Theme: Wonderful One [actual title: "My Wonderful One"]

Paul Whiteman (m); Ferde Grofe (m); Dorothy Terriss (w)

 
Chase & Sanborn Hour, The [with Eddie Cantor]

Theme 1: Give Me A Moment Please

Leo Robin; Richard A. Whiting; W. Franke Harling

 

Theme 2: One Hour With You

Leo Robin; Richard A. Whiting

 
Chase & Sanborn Hour, The --
see also Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy
 
Chesterfield's the Music That Satisfies

Theme: I've Got a Locket In My Pocket

Art Kassel (m); Mack David (w)

 
Chesterfield Supper Club, The [with Perry Como]

Open Theme: Cigarette, Sweet Music, and You, A

Roy Ringwald

 

Close Theme: Smoke Dreams

John Klenner; Lloyd Shaffer; Ted Steele

 
Chesterfield Time [with Fred Waring]

Open Theme: Cigarette, Sweet Music, and You, A

Roy Ringwald

 

Close Theme: Sleep

Earl Lebieg

 
Charlie Barnet [big band shows]

Signature Theme 1 on various shows: Cherokee (Indian Love Song)

Ray Noble

 

Signature Theme 2 on various shows: Redskin Rhumba

Charlie Barnet (pseudonym of Dale Bennett)

 
Charlie McCarthy --
see "The Edgar Bergen - Charlie McCarthy Show"
 
Charlie Spivak [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Star Dreams

J. Francis Burke; Sylvia Dee

 
Chez Show, The [with Mike Wallace]

Theme: Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better) [from the 1946 musical "Annie Get Your Gun"]

Irving Berlin

 
Chicago Theatre of the Air, The (Mutual)

Theme: Chicago Theatre of the Air Theme

Adolf G. Hoffmann (m); Francis Coughlin (w)

 
Chick Webb [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful) [from the 1929 revue "John Murray Anderson's Almanac"]

Henry Sullivan (m); Harry Ruskin (w)

 
Chicken Every Sunday

Theme: Chicken Every Sunday Theme

Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson)

 
Children's Corner, The

Theme: Goodnight God [Bless Goodbye ??]

Harry Pepper (??); Harold Simpson (??)

 
Children's Hour, The

Theme: Less Work For Mother

William Livingston; J. Russell Robinson

 

Theme: Sidewalks Of New York (East Side, West Side) (1928)

Charles B. Lawlor; James W. Blake

 
Children's Hour --
also see "Coast To Coast On A Bus"
 
Christopher Wells, The Adventures of

Theme: Christopher Wells Theme

Peter Van Steeden Jr.

 
Cisco Kid, The

Theme: Cisco Kid [Radio Theme], The

Albert Glasser

 
Cities Service [Band] Concerts (NBC, 1927 - 1938)

Theme: Cities Service March, The

Rosario Bourdon

 
Cities Service Band/Highways of Melody (NBC, 1944 - 1948)

Theme: Highways of Melody

Paul Lavalle

 
Cities Service Band Of America, The (NBC, 1948 - 1956)

Theme 1: Band of America March, The

Paul Lavalle

 

Theme 2: Cities Service Triumphal March, The

Paul Lavalle

 
Claude Hopkins [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: I Would Do Anything For You [aka: Anything For You]

Claude Hopkins; Alexander Hill

 
Claude Thornhill [orchestra shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Snowfall

Claude Thornhill (m); Ruth Thornhill (w)

 
Clicquot Club Eskimos, The

Theme: Clicquot March, The

Harry F. Reser

 
Cliff Edwards Show, The

Theme: Little Jazz Bird [from the 1924 musical "Lady, Be Good!"]

George Gershwin (m); Ira Gershwin (w)

 
Clock, The

Theme 1: Clock, The

John Gart

 

Theme 2: Clock Theme

Bernard Green

 
Club 15 [with Bob Crosby]

Theme: March of the Bob Cats, The

Ray Bauduc; Bob Crosby; Irving Fazola; Robert Haggart; Hilton ["Nappy"] Lamar; Julian Clifton Matlock; Edward R. Miller; Gil Rodin

 
Club Matinee

Theme: Club Matinee Theme

Rex Maupin

 
Clyde Beatty Show, The

Theme: Clyde Beatty Circus March

Albert Glasser

 
Clyde McCoy [orchestra shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Sugar Blues

Clarence Williams (m); Lucy Fletcher (w)

 
Coast-to-Coast on a Bus [orig. title: "The Children's Hour"]

Theme 1: On The Sunny Side Of The Street

Jimmy McHugh (m); Dorothy Fields (w)

 

Theme 2: We're On Our Way

Walter Fleischer (??)

 
Coke Club, The [with Morton Downey]

Theme: Coca-Cola Company Theme, The [aka: Coca-Cola Signature]

Leonard Joy

 
Coleman Hawkins [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Body And Soul

Johnny Green (m); Edward Heyman (w); Robert Sour (w); Frank Eyton (w)

 
Colgate Sports Newsreel, The [with Bill Stern]

Theme: Colgate Shave Cream jingle [to the tune of "Mademoiselle from Armentieres"]

Trad. WW I song: "Mademoiselle From Armentieres" aka "Hinky Dinky Parlez-Vous"

 
College of Musical Knowledge --
see "Kollege of Musical Knowledge"
 
College Quiz Bowl, The [aka: "College Bowl", with Allen Ludden] (NBC, 1953)

Theme: Second Elizabeth, The

Don Reid

 
Command Performance [for Armed Forces Radio]

Open Theme (Part 1): Reveille (Bugle Call)

Traditional

 

Open Theme (Part 2): Over There (1917)

George M. Cohan

 

Close Theme: Over There (1917)

George M. Cohan

 
Community Sing

Theme: Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing

Stanley J. Damerell; Tolchard Evans; Robert Hargreaves; Henry B. Tilsley

 
Continental Varieties

Theme: Music Of The Spheres (Waltz) (1868)

Josef Strauss (or Robert Stolz piece of the same name)

 
Count Basie [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: One O'Clock Jump

William ["Bill" Basie

 
Count of Monte Cristo, The

Theme: Sylvia Ballet [a theme from the ballet "Sylvia"]

Leo Delibes

 
Couple Next Door, The

Theme: Love Nest, The [from the 1920 musical "Mary"]

Louis A. Hirsch (m); Otto Harbach (w)

 
Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players, The

Billboard Theme: Cresta Blanca Theme (jingle)

[unknown]

 

Theme: Cresta Blanca Waltz

Morton Gould

 
Crime Classics

Theme: Crime Classics Theme

Bernard Herrmann

 
Crime Photographer --
see "Casey, Crime Photographer"
 
Crossroads [orig. title: "Saturday's Child"]

Theme: My Friend

Albert Hay Malotte

 
Cuckoo Hour, The [with Raymond Knight]

Theme: Crazy People [from the 1932 film "The Big Broadcast"]

James V. ["Jimmy"] Monaco; Edgar Leslie

 
Dan Harding's Wife

Theme: In a Persian Market (1920)

Albert W. Ketelbey

 
Dangerous Assignment

Theme: Adventure [aka: Dangerous Assignment Theme]

George Basil ["Buzz"] Adlam

 
Date With Judy, A

Theme: Judaline [from the 1948 Jane Powell film, "A Date With Judy"]

Gene De Paul; Don Raye (professional name of Donald MacRae Wilhoite Jr.)

 
David Harum

Theme: Sunbonnet Sue

Gus Edwards (m); Will D. Cobb (w)

 
David Rose --
see "California Melodies"
 
Day In The Life of Dennis Day, A

Theme: Yours Is My Heart Alone [aka: "You Are My Heart's Delight", from the 1923 operetta "The Land of Smiles"]

Franz Lehar (m); Beda Fritz Loehner (w); Ludwig Herzer (w)

 
Deadline Dramas

Theme: Mystery Theme

Rosa Rio

 
Death Valley Days

Opening Bugle Call Signature: Death Valley Days

Joseph Bonime

 

Main & End Theme: Twenty Mule Train

Herb Taylor; Milt Raskin

 
December Bride

Theme: December Bride Theme

Eliot Daniel

 
Defense Attorney

Theme: Defense Attorney Theme

Rex Koury

 
Desi Arnaz [band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Cuban Pete

Jose Norman

 
Detroit Symphony Broadcasts, The

Theme: Evening Prayer [aka: "Children's Prayer", from "Hansel and Gretel"]

Engelbert Humperdinck

 
Dick Haymes Auto-Lite Show, The (CBS)

Theme: Just For You (1946)

Gordon Jenkins (m); Morey Amsterdam (w)

 
Dick Jurgens [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Day Dreams Come True At Night (1940)

Dick Jurgens (m); Ralph Freed (w)

 
Dick Tracy

Theme [Tootsie Roll candy sponsor]: Toot-Toot, Tootsie (Goo Bye) [from the 1922 Al Jolson musical "Bombo"]

Gus Kahn; Ernie Erdman; Ted Fiorito; Robert A. King; Dan Russo

 
Dimension X (NBC, 1951 - 52)

Theme: [theme title unknown]

Albert John Jr. ("Bert") Buhrman

 
Dimension X --
see also "X-Minus-One"
 
Dizzy Gillespie [band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: I Waited For You

John ("Dizzy") Gillespie; Walter Gilbert Fuller

 
Doctor [Dr.] Christian

Theme: Rainbow On The River [title theme from the 1936 film]

Louis Alter (m); Paul Francis Webster (w)

 
Doctor [Dr.] I. Q. (the Mental Banker)

Theme 1: You Are My Lucky Star [from the film "Broadway Melody of 1936"]

Arthur Freed (w)

 

Theme 2: We're In The Money (The Gold Diggers Song) [from the film "Gold Diggers Of 1933"]

Harry Warren (m); Al Dubin (w)

 
Dog Heroes

Theme: Diane [from the 1927 film "Seventh Heaven"]

Lew Pollack; Erno Rapee

 
Dollar a Minute, A

Theme: Dollar a Minute, A

Eliot Daniel

 
Don Ameche

Signature Theme on various shows: Anyone Can Dream

Joseph J. Lilley (m); Mack David (w)

 
Don Ameche --
see also "The Bickersons"
 
Don Ameche --
see also "The Household Program"
 
Don McNeill --
see "The Breakfast Club"
 
Don Redmond [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Chant Of The Weed

Don Redmond

 
Don Winslow of the Navy

Theme: Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean

David T. Shaw (m); Thomas A. Beckett (w)

 
Doris Day Show, The

Theme: It's Magic [from the 1948 Doris Day film "Romance On The High Seas"]

Jule Styne (m); Sammy (w) Cahn (birth name: Samuel Cohen)

 
Double Or Nothing

Theme: Three Little Words [from the 1930 film "Check and Double Check"]

Harry Ruby (m); Bert Kalmar (w)

 
Dragnet

Opening Signature: Danger Ahead

Walter Schumann; Miklos Rozsa

 

Main & End Title Theme March: Dragnet March

Walter Schumann

 
Duke Ellington [big band shows]

Signature Theme 1 on various shows: East St. Louis Toodle-oo

Edward Kennedy ["Duke"] Ellington; Bubber Miley

 

Signature Theme 2 on various shows: Take The 'A' Train

Billy Strayhorn

 
Duffy's Tavern

Theme: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

Ernest R. Ball (m); Chauncey Olcott (w); Geo Graff Jr. (w)

 
Dupont Cavalcade --
see "Cavalcade of America"
 
Earl "Fatha" Hines [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Deep Forest

Earl ("Fatha") Hines (m); Reginald Foresyth (m); Andy Razaf (w)

 
Easy Aces

Theme: Manhattan Serenade

Louis Alter (m); Harold Adamson (w)

 
Ed Wynn Show, The [aka "Happy Island"]

Theme: Happy Island

Ann Leaf

 
Eddie Cantor

Signature Theme on various shows: Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)

Eddie Munson; Eddie Leonard

 

Sub-Theme (circa 1932): We Want Cantor [a 4-note motif over the "Heart and Soul" chord progression, reprised in Gerry Mulligan's "Bop City"]

Louis Gress (??)

 

Signature Theme 2 on various shows: Campbells Are Coming, The

Traditional Scotch Air

 

Signature Theme 3 on various shows: Laugh Your Way Through Life

Harry Revel; Mack Gordon

 

Closing Signature Theme on various shows: One Hour With You [aka: (I'd Love To Spend) One Hour With You]

Richard Whiting (m); Leo Robin (w)

 
Eddy Duchin

Signature Theme 1 on various shows: Nocturne in Eb (Opus 9, No. 2) [vocal title: My Twilight Dream]

Frederic Chopin (m); Eddy Duchin (adapter); Lew Sherwood (adapter)

 

Signature Theme 2 on various shows: My Twilight Dream [based upon Chopin's "Nocturne in Eb (Op.9, No. 2)"][aka: "Eddy Duchin Story" movie Theme: "To Love Again"]

Frederic Chopin (m); Eddy Duchin (adapter); Lew Sherwood (adapter)

 
Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show [Chase and Sanborn]

Theme 1: Big Show, The [from the 1918 musical "Head Over Heels"]

Jerome Kern

 

Theme 2: Kingdom Coming (An' De Year Ob Jubilo) [arranged like "Happy Days Are Here Again"]

Henry C. Work (a civil war melody arranged by Ray Noble -- used 10 years later in "Doodletown Fifers" by Sauter-Finegan)

 
Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy

Alternate Signature Theme on various shows: Happy Days Are Here Again [fr. 1929 film "Chasing Rainbows"]

Milton Ager (m); Jack Yellen (w)

 

Secondary Theme: Mortimer Snerd Theme

Raymond Stanley Noble; Edgar John Bergen

 
Eileen Barton Show, The (CBS, 1954)

Theme 1: If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake

Al Hoffman; Bob Merrill; Clem Watts

 

Theme 2: I Feel a Song Comin' On [from the 1935 film "Every Night At Eight"]

Jimmy McHugh; George Oppenheimer; Dorothy Fields

 
Electric Theatre --
see "General Electric Theatre of the Air"
 
Ellen Randolph

Theme: Andante Cantabile, First Movement Theme from the "Pathetique" Symphony No. 6 in B minor (Opus 74) [popular title: "The Story of a Starry Night"]

Piotr Ilyich ["Peter"] Tchaikovsky

 
Ellery Queen, The Adventures of (CBS/NBC/CBS/NBC, 1939-47)

Theme 1: [theme title under investigation]

Bernard Herrmann

 

Theme 2: Ellery Queen Theme

Ray Carter

 

Theme 3: Marche Misterieux/Radio Transition#105

Charles F. Paul

 

Theme 4: Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson)

 

Theme 5: Ellery Queen Theme

Chester ["Chet"] Kingsbury

 
Elliot Lawrence [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Heart To Heart

Elliot Lawrence; S. Bickley Reichner

 
Emery Deutch Orchestra, The [the "Poetic Strings"]

Theme: When a Gypsy Makes His Violin Cry

Emery Deutch; Jimmy Rogan; Richard B. Smith; Frank Winegar

 
Erskine Hawkins [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Tuxedo Junction

Erskine Hawkins (m); William Johnson (m); Julian Dash (m); Buddy Feyne (w)

 
Escape

Theme: Night On Bald Mountain, A

Modest Moussorgsky

 
Ethyl and Albert

Theme 1: Love Nest, The [from the 1920 musical "Mary"]

Louis A. Hirsch (m); Otto Harbach (w)

 

Theme 2: Side By Side

Harry MacGregor Woods

 

Theme 3: Home! Sweet Home! [aka: There's No Place Like Home, from the 1823 opera "Clari, or The Maid of Milan"]

Henry R. (m Bishop; John Howard Payne (w)

 
Evelyn Winters --
see "The Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters"
 
Evening In Paris, An

Theme: Ca C'est Paris

Lucien Jean Boyer; Jacques Charles; Jose Padilla-Sanchez

 
Everyman's Theater [Arch Oboler plays]

Theme: Theme from "Death and Transfiguration" (Op. 24) (1889)

Richard Strauss

 
Exploring Tomorrow

Theme: As Time Goes By

Herman Hupfeld

 
Family Hour, The

Theme: Clair de Lune [from the "Suite Bergamasque"]

Claude Achille Debussy

 
Famous Actors Guild, The --
see "Second Husband"
 
Famous First Facts (with Joseph Nathan Kane) (WOR, 1938-1939)

Theme: Southearted Men [from the 1927 musical "New Moon"]

Sigmund Romberg

 
Famous Jury Trials

Theme: Ase's Death, from the "Peer Gynt Suite"

Edvard Grieg

 
Fat Man, The

Theme: Fat Man Polka

Bernard ["Bernie"] Green (psuedonym of Bernard Greenwald)

 
Father Knows Best

Theme: Father Knows Best Theme [vocal title: Waiting]

Don Ferris (m); Irving Friedman (m); Leon Pober (w)

 
Fausto Curbelo [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Thrill Of A New Romance, The (1939)

Fausto Curbelo (m); Xavier Cugat (m); Harold Adamson (w)

 
FBI --
see also "This Is Your FBI"
 
FBI in Peace and War, The

Theme 1: March from "The Love for Three Oranges" [opera]

Sergei Prokofiev

 

Theme 2: F B I Theme

Wladimir Selinksy (may be an adaptation of the Prokofiev theme)

 
Fibber McGee and Molly

Main Theme 1, pre-1940: Save Your Sorrow (For Tomorrow)

Buddy G. DeSylva; Al Sherman

 

Secondary Theme 2, 1935-40: Ridin' Around In The Rain [aka: We're gonna ride, ride, ride]

Carmen Lombardo; Gene Austin

 

Secondary Theme 3: Ha-Cha-Cha [from the 1934 film "Caravan"]

Gustave ["Gus"] Kahn; Werner Richard Heymann

 

Main Theme 4, circa 1940: Wing To Wing

Billy Mills

 
Fifteen Minutes With Bing Crosby (CBS, 1931- 1932)

Theme: Too Late (1931)

Victor Young; Sam M. Lewis

 
First Nighter, The

Theme: Neapolitan Nights (Oh, Nights of Splendor) [from the 1926 film "Fazil"]

J. S. Zamecnik (m); Harry D. Kerr (w)

 
First Piano Quartet, The

Theme: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - 18th Variation

Sergei Rachmaninoff

 
Fitch Bandwagon, The

Theme 1: Fitch Shampoo Jingle, to the tune of "Smile For Me"

Phil Baxter

 
Fitch Bandwagon, The [when Phil Harris hosted]

Theme 2: That's What I Like About The South (1944)

Andy Razaf; Phil Harris

 
Fitch Bandwagon, The [when Alice Fay hosted]

Theme 3: You'll Never Know (1928)

Billy Rose; Arthur Franklin; Al Jolson

 
Five-Star Jones

Theme: You Were Meant For Me [from the 1929 film "The Broadway Melody"]

Nacio Herb Brown (m); Arthur Freed (w)

 
Flit Soldiers, The [with the Harry Reser Orchestra]

Theme: March of the Flit Soldiers

Harry Reser

 
Flapper Wife, The

Theme: Flapper Wife, The

Karl Rupp

 
Fleischmann Radio Hour, The (with Rudy Vallee)

Theme: Down The Road To Sunshine [aka: "Down The Road To Sunshine Land"]

Traditional Barbershop Quartet song published by Gaumont

 
Fletcher Henderson [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Christopher Columbus

Leon Berry (m); Andy Razaf (w)

 
Florida's Treat --
see "It's Florida's Treat"
 
Florsheim Shoe Frolic, The (NBC, 1930)

Theme: Waltzing

J. Oliver Riehl (m); Bill Gorman (w); Ed Gorman (w)

 
Flying Family, The

Theme: I'll Make a Happy Landing [from the 1931 MGM film "(George White's) Flying High"]

Jimmy Mc Hugh (m); Dorothy Fields (w)

 
Ford Sunday Evening Hour, The [music] / Ford Summer Hour

Theme: Evening Prayer [Abendsegen, aka "Children's Prayer"], from the opera "Hansel and Gretel"

Engelbert Humperdinck

 
Ford Theatre

Opening Theme 1: Ford Theatre - Opening Theme I

Lyn Murray (pseudonym of Lionel Breeze)

 

Closing Theme 1: Ford Theatre - Closing Theme I

Lyn Murray (pseudonym of Lionel Breeze)

 

Theme 2: Double Concerto, Theme from the -[2nd Movement Theme from the "Concerto in A Minor, Opus 102, for Violin, Cello and Orchestra"]

Johannes Brahms (m); Cy Feuer (arranger)

 
Ford's Sunday Evening Hour Of Classics (NBC)

Theme: Evening Prayer [Abendsegen, aka "Children's Prayer"], from the opera "Hansel and Gretel"

Engelbert Humperdinck

 
Forecast (CBS)

Theme: Forecast Theme

Bernard Herrmann

 
Forehan's Song Shop

Theme: That's The Song of Songs For Me (1915)

Wil Osborne; Joe Goodwin

 
Fort Laramie Story, The

Open Theme : Fort Laramie Story, The

Frederick ["Fred"] Steiner

 

Close Theme: Garry Owen

Traditional Irish Air; Frederick ["Fred"] Steiner (arr.)

 
Forty-Five Minutes In Hollywood

Theme: Let's Play Make Believe

Mark Warnow; Charles Chancer

 
Foxes of Flatbush, The

Theme: Park Avenue Fantasy [vocal title: "Stairway To The Stars"]

Matt Malneck; Frank Signorelli

 
Frances Langford Show, The

Open Theme: I'm In The Mood For Love [from the 1935 film "Every Night At Eight"]

Jimmy Mc Hugh (m); Dorothy Fields (w)

 

Close Theme: When It's Lamplightin' Time In The Valley (1933)

Joe Lyons; Sam C. Hart; Herold Goodman; Dean Upoon; Curt Poulton

 
Frank Crumit and Julia Sanderson

Theme: Sweet Lady [from the 1921 musical "Tangerine"]

Howard Johnson; Carlo Sanderson

 
Frank Crumit and Julia Sanderson --
see also "Blackstone Plantation"
 
Frank Crumit and Julia Sanderson --
see also the "Singing Sweethearts"
 
Frank Merriwell, The Adventures of

Theme 1: La Hoolah Boola [Hawaiian Ditty] (1897) (aka: "Yale Boola" (1901) and "Boola Boola")

Robert ["Bob"] Cole; William ["Billy"] Johnson

 

Alternate Title Theme 1: Yale Boola March and Two-Step (1901) [original title: "La Hoola Boola" (1897)]

Robert ["Bob"] Cole; William ["Billy"] Johnson; with new lyrics by A. M. Hirsh

 

Theme 2: Frank Merriwell Theme

John Winters

 
Frank Morgan Show, The

Theme: Man That Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo, The (1892)

Fred Gilbert

 
Frank Sinatra [signature song on various programs]

Open Theme 1: Night and Day

Cole Porter

 

Open Theme 2: This Love of Mine

Frank Sinatra; Henry W. ("Hank") Sanicola; Barry Parker

 

Closing Theme: Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day) (1942)

Stephan Weiss (m); Paul Mann (m); Ruth Lowe (w)

 
Frankie Carle [orchestra shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Sunrise Serenade

Frankie (m) Carle (pseudonym of Francis Nunzio Carlone); Jack Lawrence (w)

 
Frankie Masters [big band shows]

Signature Theme 1 on various shows: Moonlight and You

Al Dubin; Kahn Keene; Frankie Masters

 

Signature Theme 2 on various shows: Scatterbrain

Frankie Masters; Johnny Burke; Kahn Keene; Carl Bean

 
Fred Allen Program, The [aka: Town Hall Tonight]

Opening Medley, Part 1: Smile, Darn Ya, Smile

Max Rich (m); Charles O'Flynn (w); Jack Meskill (w)

 

Opening Medley, Part 2: El Capitan (March) [trio section]

John Phillip Sousa

 
Fred Allen's Alley

Theme 1: Mister Allen

Alfred Goodman

 

Theme 2: Fred Allen's Alley Theme

Alfred Goodman

 
Fred Waring [music shows featuring his Chorus]

Theme: Breezing Along With The Breeze

Richard Whiting; Haven Gillespie; Seymour B. Simons

 
Fred Waring Show, The

Open Theme: I Hear Music

Roy Ringwald; Fred Waring; John M. Dolph

 

Close Theme: Sleep

Earl Lebieg

 
Fred Waring --
see also "Chesterfield Time"
 
Freddie Martin [orchestra shows]

Signature Theme 1 on various shows: Bye-Lo-Bye Lullaby

Terry Shand; Jason Matthews

 

Signature Theme 2 on various shows: So Early In The Morning [aka: "Early In The Morning"]

Traditional French-Canadian folk tune; arranged for Freddie Martin's Orchestra

 

Signature Theme 3 on various shows: Piano Concerto No. 1 [Theme from]

Piotr Ilyich ["Peter"] Tchaikovsky

 
Freddie Slack [big band shows]

Signature Theme on various shows: Strange Cargo

Freddie Slack; Ray McKinley

 
Freed Orchestradians, The (NBC, 1929)

Theme: Smile You Miss, The (1929)

Raymond Hubbell (m); William Cary Duncan (w)

 
Front Page Farrell

Theme: You and I Know (from the 1937 musical "Virginia")

Arthur Schwartz (m); Al Stillman (w); Laurence Stallings (w)

 

Sub-Theme: Front Page Farrell

Ann Leaf

 
Frontier Gentleman

Theme: Frontier Gentleman Opening and Closing

Jerrald ["Jerry"] Goldsmith

 
Galen Drake

Theme: One More Kiss, Then Good-Night

Peter De Rose; Charles Tobias; Louis Herscher; Art Coogan

 
Gabriel Heatter --
see "A Brighter Tomorrow"
 
Garry Moore Show, The

Theme: Overture to the opera "William Tell" [aka: "The William Tell Overture"]

Giacchino Rossini

 
Gay Nineties Revue, The [with Joe Howard]

Theme 1: Whoop! Whoop!! Whoop!!! Make a Noise Like a Hoop (and Roll Away) (1908)

J. Fred Helf (m); Ren Shields (w)

 

Theme 2: Band Played On, The (1926)

John F. Palmer; Charles B. Ward

 

Theme 3: I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now [from the 1909 musical "The Prince Of Tonight"]

Joseph E. ("Joe") Howard (m); Howard Orlob (m); Will M. Hough (w); Frank R. Adams (w)

 
Gene Autry Show, The --
ee "Melody Ranch"
 
Gene and Glenn / The Quaker Early Bird's Program

Theme: Hello! Hello! Hello! (What a Wonderful Word Hello!) (1948)

Calvin ["Cal"] De Voll

 
Gene Krupa [big band shows]

Signature Theme 1 on various shows: Apurksody

Gene Krupa; Chappie Willet

 

Signature Theme 2 on various shows: Star Burst

Gene Krupa; Edwin A. Finckel

 
General Electric College Bowl [aka: G E College Bowl]

Theme 1: Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!

Don Reid

 

Theme 2: Second Elizabeth (March), The [aka: G E College Bowl]

Don Reid

 
General Electric Theatre of the Air [aka: Electric Theatre]

Opening Fanfare: G E Fanfares

John Marion Gart

 

Theme 1: G E Theme

John Marion Gart

 

Theme 2: Electric Theatre Theme

Wladimir Selinsky

 

Theme 3: General Electric Theme

Roy Ringwald

 

Theme 4: General Electric Theme

John Scott Trotter

 

Theme 5: General Electric Theatre Open

Morris Mamorsky

 

Theme 6: General Electric Theater

Lyn Murray (pseudonym of Lionel Breeze)

 

Open Theme 7: Arch of Light

Alexander Laszlo

 

Close Theme 7: Dome of Light

Alexander Laszlo

 
George Burns & Gracie Allen --
see "Burns and Allen"
 
George Jessel Show, The

Primary Theme: California, Here I Come (from the 1924 Broadway Musical "Bombo")

Buddy G. De Sylva; Joseph Meyer; Al Jolson

 

Secondary Theme: Give My Regards To Broadway (from the 1904 Broadway Musical "Little Johnny Jones")

George M. Cohan

 
Gertrude Niesen

Signature Theme: I Wanna Get Married [from the 1944 musical "Follow The Girls"]

Dan Shapiro; Milton H. Pascal; Philip ["Phil"] Charig

 
The Gibson Family

Theme: Gibson Family, The [re-used as the title song for the movie "Under Your Spell"]

Arthur Schwartz (m); Howard Dietz (w)

 

Vocal Theme Title: Hi-De-Home Sweet Home [aka: "The Gibson Family"]

Arthur Schwartz (m); Howard Dietz (w)

 
Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, The

Theme: Look Sharp - Be Sharp March, The [aka: The Gillete Look Sharp March]

Mahlon Merrick

 
Gillette Original Community Sing, The --
see "Community Sing"
 
Girl Alone, A

Theme 1: Cecile Waltz (1914)

Frank W. McKee

 
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Theme 2: Girl Alone, A

Don Marcotte