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)
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THEME TITLE [if known] |
COMPOSER(s) [if known] |
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Theme: Two Guitars |
Traditional Russian folk melody |
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Theme 1 (circa 1940): Time To Smile |
Les Brown; Geoffrey Clarkson; James L. Hill; John H. ["Johnny"] Mercer |
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Theme 2: Camel Theme |
Freddie Rich |
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Theme 3 (circa 1948): Camels -- Theme Song |
Robert Emmet Kelly |
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Theme 4: Abbott and Costello Opening |
Alfred ["Al"] Goodman |
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Theme: My Wild Irish Rose |
Chauncey Olcott |
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Theme: Opening Motif Sig |
Leith Stevens |
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Theme: Poet and Peasant Overture [Theme from the] |
Franz von Suppe |
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Theme: Concerto for Piano, in A Minor (Op. 16), Theme from (1863) |
Edvard H. Grieg |
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Opening Fanfare: Adventure Parade Fanfare |
John Marion Gart |
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Theme: Adventure Parade Theme [aka: "Adventure On Parade"] |
John Marion Gart |
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Theme 1: Ich Liebe Dich [I Love You] |
Edvard H. Grieg |
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Theme 2: Theme from "The Song of Bernadette" [1943 film] |
Alfred Newman |
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Opening Billboard: Colgate Jingle ["Use Tooth Powder Ev'ry Day, Brush Your Teeth The Colgate Way"] |
[composer unknown] |
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Opening Theme: I'm Sitting On Top Of The World |
Ray Henderson; Samuel M. ["Sam"] Lewis; Joseph ["Joe"] Young |
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Closing Theme: April Showers (from the 1921 musical "Bombo") |
Louis Silvers; B. G. ["Buddy"] DeSylva |
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Theme 1: Who? (Stole My Heart Away) [from the 1925 film "Sunny"] |
Jerome Kern (m); Otto Harbach (w); Oscar Hammerstein II (w) |
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Secondary Theme: Aldrich Sub-Theme |
Charles F. Paul |
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Theme 2: This Is It! [from the 1939 musical "Stars In Your Eyes"] |
Arthur Schwartz (m); Dorothy Fields (w) |
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Theme 3: All The World's A Wonderland [aka: "Aldrich Theme"] |
Jack Miller (pseudonym of Nelson Cogane) |
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Theme: If I Should Lose You [from the 1936 film "Rose of the Rancho"] |
Leo Robin; Ralph Rainger |
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Theme: Alma Mater (We Love You Well) (1938) |
Norman Cloutier (wm); Vaughn de Leath (wm) |
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Signature Open Theme on various shows: Blue Rey |
Kenneth Farrar |
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Signature Close Theme on various shows: Nighty Night |
Leslie Bacon (pseudonym of Joseph M. ["Joe"] Davis) |
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Theme: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (1854) |
Stephen C. Foster |
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Theme: Amazing Mr. Tutt Theme, The |
Marlin H. Skiles |
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Theme: Tales From The Vienna Woods |
Johann Strauss Jr. |
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Theme: Dream Serenade |
Gustave W. ["Gus"] Haenschen (m); Alfred Bryan (w) |
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Theme: Leonore Overture No. 3, The |
Ludwig von Beethoven |
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Theme 1, until 1943: Perfect Song, The [for the 1915 silent film "Birth of a Nation"] |
Joseph Carl Breil (m); Clarence Lucas (w) |
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Theme 2, from 1943-66: Angel's Serenade |
Gaetano Braga |
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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 |
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Theme: Scheherazade (a theme from the symphonic poem) |
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
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Theme: School Days (1906) |
Gus Edwards; Will D. Cobb |
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Theme 1: Fanfare & Opening, for Armstrong Theater |
Harold Levey |
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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) |
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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) |
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Theme: Ev'rything's Been Done Before (from the 1935 film "Reckless") |
Harold Adamson; Edwin Knopf; Jack King |
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Theme: You (Gee But You're Wonderful) [for the 1936 film "The Great Ziegfield"] |
Walter Donaldson (m); Harold Adamson (w) |
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Theme: Pillsbury House Party Theme |
Muzzy Marcellino |
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Theme: Seems Like Old Times |
Carmen Lombardo; John Jacob Loeb |
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Theme 1: Beautiful Dreamer |
Stephen C. Foster |
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Theme 2: Seems Like Old Times |
Carmen Lombardo; John Jacob Loeb |
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Theme 3: Trail of the Lonesome Pine, The [aka: In The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia] |
Ballard MacDonald; Harry Carroll |
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Theme 4: Pale Potomac Moon |
Arthur Morton Godfrey |
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Open Theme: Lipton Tea Jingle [adapted from "Sing a Song of Sixpence"] |
Traditional Nursery Tune |
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Close Theme: Seems Like Old Times |
Carmen Lombardo; John Jacob Loeb |
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Theme: Marta (Rambling Rose of the Wildwood) |
L. Wolfe Gilbert; Rodriquez Moises Simon |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Nightmare |
Artie Shaw |
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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) |
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Theme: You Are My Lucky Star [from the film "Broadway Melody of 1936"] |
Nacio Herb Brown (m); Arthur Freed (w) |
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Theme: Where Were You Last Night? |
Al Dubin; Harry M. Woods |
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Theme (circa 1943): Dixie [original title: "Dixie's Land"] |
Daniel Decatur ["Dan"] Emmett; |
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Theme: Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms |
Irish Air: "My Lodging Is In the Cold Ground" (m); Thomas Moore (w) |
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Theme: Dear Old Girl |
Theodore Morse; Richard Buck |
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Theme: Avalon [from the 1920 musical "Sinbad"] |
Vincent Rose; Al Jolson |
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Theme 1: Baby Shoes (1916) |
Joe Goodwin; Ed Rose; Al Piantadosi |
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Theme 2: Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are [used in the 1944 film "Step Lively"] |
Jule Styne (m); Sammy Cahn (w) |
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Theme 3: When The Moon Bids The Sun Goodnight (1938) |
Basil Ziegler; Lou Shank |
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Theme 1: Always and Always [from the 1937 film "Mannequin"] |
Edward Ward (m); Robert B. Wright (w); Chet Forrest (w) |
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Theme 2: Good News [from the 1927 musical "Good News"] |
Ray Henderson (m); Buddy G. De Sylva (w); Lew Brown (w) |
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Opening Billboard: Maxwell House Opening |
Leith Stevens |
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Theme 4: Thoughts While Strolling |
Meredith Willson |
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Theme 5: You and I |
Meredith Willson |
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Theme 6: Rock-a-Bye Baby |
Traditional English Nursery Tune |
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Theme 7: Little Girl (1931) |
Francis Henry; Madeline Hyde |
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Theme 1: Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life [from "Naughty Marietta"] |
Victor Herbert (m); Rida Johnson Young (w) |
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Theme 2: Brahms' Lullaby (Wiegenlied) Opus 49, No. 4 |
Johannes Brahms |
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Theme 3: Could My Song On Wings Go Flying? (1942) |
Reynaldo Hahn (m); Victor Marie Hugo (French w); Roy Ringwald (Eng. w) |
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Theme 1: Stay As Sweet As You Are |
Harry Revel; Mack Gordon |
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Theme 2: Rose of Tralee, The |
Charles. W. Glover; G. Mordaunt Spencer |
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Theme: Long, Long Ways From Home |
Carson J. Robison |
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Theme: Barron's Theme, The |
Gustave W. ["Gus"] Haenschen |
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Theme 1: Bartons, The |
Don Marcotte |
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Theme 2: Schottische At Sunrise |
Don Marcotte |
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Theme: Out Of The Night |
Harry Sosnik; Walter Hirsch |
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Theme: Out Of The Night |
Harry Sosnik; Walter Hirsch |
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Theme: March Moderne |
Bob Miller |
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Open Theme: It's A Lonesome Old Town (When You're Not Around) |
Harry Tobias; Charles Kisco |
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Close Theme: Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams |
Jack Meskill; Jean Schwartz |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Song Of The Islands |
Charles E. King |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Melancholy Lullaby |
Benny Carter; Edward Heyman |
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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) |
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Signature Close Theme on various shows: Good-Bye |
Gordon Jenkins |
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Theme: Let's Dance [adapted from "Invitation To The Dance" by Carl Maria Von Weber] |
Joseph Bonime (adapter); Gregory Stone (adapter); Fanny Baldridge (w) |
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Theme: Salut d'Amour (Opus 12) |
Edward Elgar |
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Theme: Auld Lang Syne |
Traditional Scottish Air w/words by Robert Burns |
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Theme 1: Got The World In A Jug [aka: "Down-Hearted Blues"] |
Fletcher H. Henderson |
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Theme 2: Downhearted Blues |
Alberta Hunter; Lovie Austin |
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Theme 3: Lazy Heart |
Alexander Laszlo |
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Theme: Anyone Can Dream |
Joseph J. Lilley (m); Mack David (w) |
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Theme: Big City Serenade, A |
Don Marcotte |
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Theme: Teddy Bears' Picnic, The |
John W. Bratton; Jimmy Kennedy |
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Opening Theme: Handful Of Stars, A (1940) |
Ted Shapiro; Jack Lawrence |
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Closing Theme: May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You |
Meredith Willson |
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Opening Billboard: Westminster Chimes [aka: The Westminster Carol] |
William Crotch (organist in 1793 for St. Mary's Church of Cambridge England) |
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Theme 1: Valse Bluette |
Riccardo Drigo |
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Theme 2: Theme for Big Sister |
Dean Herrick |
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Theme Medley, Part 1: Big Story Theme, The |
Wladimir Selinsky |
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Theme Medley, Part 2: Prowess In Battle, a section from the Tone Poem "Ein Heldenleben" [A Hero's Life] |
Richard Strauss |
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Theme: Tell The Story |
F. Frey |
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Open Theme: Look For The Silver Lining [from the 1920 musical "Sally"] |
Jerome Kern (m); Buddy G. De Sylva (w) |
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Close Theme: Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody, A [from Broadway revue "Ziegfeld Follies of 1919"] |
Irving Berlin |
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Signature Theme on various shows: What's New? [orig. title: "I'm Free"] |
Bob Haggart (m); Johnny Burke (w) |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Lean Baby |
Billy May (m); Roy Alfred (w) |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day) |
Fred Ahlert; Roy Turk; Bing Crosby |
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Open Theme: Side By Side (1927) |
Harry MacGregor Woods |
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Close Theme: Don't Worry (About Tomorrow) [from the 1943 film "Salute For Three"] |
Jule Styne (m); Kim Gannon (w) |
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Theme: Spain (1924) |
Isham Jones; Gus Kahn |
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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) |
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Theme: Jamboree [aka: Jamboree March] |
Meredith Willson |
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Theme: Jamboree [aka: Jamboree March] |
Meredith Willson |
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Theme: Mention My Name In Sheboygan (1947) |
Bob Hilliard; Dick Sanford; Sammy Mysels |
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Theme: I'm Falling In Love With Someone [from the 1910 musical "Naughty Marietta"] |
Victor Herbert (m); Rida Johnson Young (w) |
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Theme 1: Arkansas Traveller, The |
Traditional U.S. Folk Song |
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Theme 2: I Like Mountain Music |
James Cavanaugh; Frank Weldon |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Summertime [from the 1935 opera "Porgy And Bess"] |
George Gershwin (m); Dubose Heyward (w) |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Thanks for the Memory [from the film "The Big Broadcast of 1938"] |
Leo Robin; Ralph Rainger |
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Signature Theme on various shows: San Antonio Rose |
Bob Wills |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Danny Boy [Londonderry Air] |
Traditional Irish Air |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Elk's Parade, The |
Bobby Sherwood |
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Theme: Bold Venture Original Theme |
David D. Rose |
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Theme: Boston Blackie |
Lew White |
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Theme: Box 13 |
Rudy Schrager |
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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) |
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Theme 2: Break The Bank Theme |
Peter Van Steeden Jr. |
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Open Song 1: Good Morning |
Walter Blaufuss; W. R. Williams; Donald T. MacNeill |
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Open Song 2: Good Morning, Breakfast Clubbers |
Leroy Shield (m); Donald T. McNeill (w) |
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Open Song 3: Breakfast Club Makes Life Easier |
Leroy Shield (m); Donald T. McNeill (w) |
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March Theme: March Around the Breakfast Table |
John Redmond |
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Close Song: So Long, Breakfast Clubbers |
Leroy Shield (m); Don McNeill (w) |
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Theme: Deep Purple (1939) [instrumental version (1934)] |
Peter De Rose (m); Mitchell Parish (w) |
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Theme: Melody In F (Opus 3, No. 1) (1850 - 51) |
Anton Rubinstein |
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Theme: String Quartet in G Minor, third movement |
Claude Achille Debussy |
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Theme: Wedding March (1851) ["Marche des Fiancialles" from the opera "Lohengrin", aka "Here Comes The Bride"] |
Richard Wagner |
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Theme 1: Little Brown Jug |
Joseph E. Winner |
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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 |
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Theme 3: Bright Horizon |
John Marion Gart; Tot Seymour |
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Theme 1: At Dawning, I Love You |
Charles Wakefield Cadman (m); Nelle Richmond Eberhart (w) |
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Theme 2: Theme for "The Brighter Day" |
William Meeder |
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Theme 1: Brighter Tomorrow, A |
John Marion Gart |
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Theme 2: Gabriel Heatter Opening and Closing |
Melvyn Lenard Gordon |
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Theme: Manhattan [from the 1925 revue "Garrick Gaities ] |
Richard Rodgers (m); Lorenz Hart (w) |
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Theme: Lux Theme |
Rudy Schrager |
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Theme: Say It With Music [from the "Music Box Revue of 1921" ] |
Irving Berlin |
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Theme: Les Preludes (a theme from the tone poem) |
Franz Liszt |
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Theme: Fan Fare |
John Brunker ["Jack"] Meakin |
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Theme: Theme from "The Swan Lake Ballet, Op. 20" |
Piotr Ilyich ["Peter"] Tchaikovsky |
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Signature Theme on various shows: I Can't Get Started [from "Ziegfeld Follies"] |
Vernon Duke (m); Ira Gershwin (w) |
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Theme 1: Comin' Through the Rye (When a Body Meets a Body) |
Traditional Scottish Air |
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Theme 2: Crazy People [from the 1932 film "The Big Broadcast"] |
James V. ["Jimmy"] Monaco; Edgar Leslie |
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Theme 3: Campbells Are Coming, The |
Traditional Scottish Air |
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Main Theme since 1936: Love Nest, The [from the 1920 musical "Mary"] |
Louis A. Hirsch (m); Otto Harbach (w) |
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1950 Carnation Sponsorship Theme: Two-A-Day [aka: Vaudeville Days], from the "Structural Music" library |
Alexander Laszlo |
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Theme 1: Happy Sound of Buster Brown, The [shoe jingle] |
Traditional WW I song: "Mademoiselle From Armentieres" (aka: "Hinky Dinky Parlez-Vous") |
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Theme 2: I Got-a Shoes, You got-a Shoes (Heav'n, Heav'n) |
Traditional Negro Spiritual |
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Theme: Remembering You |
Elsie Thompson |
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Theme: Way You Look Tonight, The [from the 1936 film "Swing Time"] |
Jerome Kern (m); Dorothy Fields (w) |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Minnie, The Moocher |
Irving Mills; Cab Calloway; Clarence Gaskill |
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Theme: California Melodies |
David D. Rose |
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Theme: Let's Have Another Cigarette |
Allie Wrubel; Herbert Magidson |
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Theme: Lovely To Look At [from the 1935 film version of the musical "Roberta"] |
Jerome Kern (m); Dorothy Fields (w); Jimmy McHugh (w) |
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Theme: Tales from the Vienna Woods (Waltz) |
Johann Strauss Jr. |
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Theme: Candy |
Alex Kramer; Mack David; Joan Whitney; |
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Theme 1: Flying Dutchman Overture [to the opera "The Flying Dutchman"] |
Richard Wagner |
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Theme 2: Captain Midnight |
Don A. Ferris; Irving Friedman |
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Theme: Smile With Me |
Meredith Willson |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Vieni Su |
Ted Fiorito; Sunny Skylar (pseudonym of Selig Shaftel) |
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Theme 1: Polonaise in D-Flat Major (Op. 53) (1843) |
Frederic Chopin |
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Theme 2: My Sentimental Heart |
Carmen Cavallero (m); Mitchell Parish (w) |
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Theme: Contented |
Don Bestor; Roy Turk |
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Theme: My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice [from the opera "Samson and Delilah"] |
Camille Saint-Saens |
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Theme 1: Crime Photographer Opening Theme |
Archie Bleyer |
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Theme 2: Casey Theme |
John Marion Gart |
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Theme 1: March Theme from "Cavalcade of America" [aka: "Cavalcade March"] |
Harold A. Levey |
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Theme 2: Glory of America |
Alexander Laszlo |
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Theme 3: Glorification |
Alexander Laszlo |
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Theme: Cavalcade of Bands Theme |
Jerome Brainin; Buddy Kaye |
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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 |
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Theme: Sandalai |
Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson) |
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Theme: Basin Street Blues |
Spencer Williams |
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Theme: Champion Sparkers March |
Gustave ["Gus"] Haenschen |
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Theme: Chandu Theme |
Felix Mills |
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Theme 1: Onward Christian Soldiers (an 1871 hymn) |
Sir Arthur Sullivan (m); Sabine Baring (w) |
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Theme 2: There's A Long, Long Trail |
Stoddard King; Zo Elliott |
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Theme: Mooch, The [aka: "The Moochie", aka: "The Mooche"] |
Edward Kennedy ["Duke"] Ellington; Irving Mills |
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Theme: Wonderful One [actual title: "My Wonderful One"] |
Paul Whiteman (m); Ferde Grofe (m); Dorothy Terriss (w) |
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Theme 1: Give Me A Moment Please |
Leo Robin; Richard A. Whiting; W. Franke Harling |
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Theme 2: One Hour With You |
Leo Robin; Richard A. Whiting |
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Theme: I've Got a Locket In My Pocket |
Art Kassel (m); Mack David (w) |
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Open Theme: Cigarette, Sweet Music, and You, A |
Roy Ringwald |
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Close Theme: Smoke Dreams |
John Klenner; Lloyd Shaffer; Ted Steele |
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Open Theme: Cigarette, Sweet Music, and You, A |
Roy Ringwald |
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Close Theme: Sleep |
Earl Lebieg |
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Signature Theme 1 on various shows: Cherokee (Indian Love Song) |
Ray Noble |
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Signature Theme 2 on various shows: Redskin Rhumba |
Charlie Barnet (pseudonym of Dale Bennett) |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Star Dreams |
J. Francis Burke; Sylvia Dee |
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Theme: Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better) [from the 1946 musical "Annie Get Your Gun"] |
Irving Berlin |
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Theme: Chicago Theatre of the Air Theme |
Adolf G. Hoffmann (m); Francis Coughlin (w) |
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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) |
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Theme: Chicken Every Sunday Theme |
Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson) |
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Theme: Goodnight God [Bless Goodbye ??] |
Harry Pepper (??); Harold Simpson (??) |
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Theme: Less Work For Mother |
William Livingston; J. Russell Robinson |
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Theme: Sidewalks Of New York (East Side, West Side) (1928) |
Charles B. Lawlor; James W. Blake |
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Theme: Christopher Wells Theme |
Peter Van Steeden Jr. |
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Theme: Cisco Kid [Radio Theme], The |
Albert Glasser |
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Theme: Cities Service March, The |
Rosario Bourdon |
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Theme: Highways of Melody |
Paul Lavalle |
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Theme 1: Band of America March, The |
Paul Lavalle |
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Theme 2: Cities Service Triumphal March, The |
Paul Lavalle |
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Signature Theme on various shows: I Would Do Anything For You [aka: Anything For You] |
Claude Hopkins; Alexander Hill |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Snowfall |
Claude Thornhill (m); Ruth Thornhill (w) |
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Theme: Clicquot March, The |
Harry F. Reser |
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Theme: Little Jazz Bird [from the 1924 musical "Lady, Be Good!"] |
George Gershwin (m); Ira Gershwin (w) |
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Theme 1: Clock, The |
John Gart |
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Theme 2: Clock Theme |
Bernard Green |
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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 |
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Theme: Club Matinee Theme |
Rex Maupin |
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Theme: Clyde Beatty Circus March |
Albert Glasser |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Sugar Blues |
Clarence Williams (m); Lucy Fletcher (w) |
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Theme 1: On The Sunny Side Of The Street |
Jimmy McHugh (m); Dorothy Fields (w) |
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Theme 2: We're On Our Way |
Walter Fleischer (??) |
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Theme: Coca-Cola Company Theme, The [aka: Coca-Cola Signature] |
Leonard Joy |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Body And Soul |
Johnny Green (m); Edward Heyman (w); Robert Sour (w); Frank Eyton (w) |
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Theme: Colgate Shave Cream jingle [to the tune of "Mademoiselle from Armentieres"] |
Trad. WW I song: "Mademoiselle From Armentieres" aka "Hinky Dinky Parlez-Vous" |
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Theme: Second Elizabeth, The |
Don Reid |
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Open Theme (Part 1): Reveille (Bugle Call) |
Traditional |
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Open Theme (Part 2): Over There (1917) |
George M. Cohan |
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Close Theme: Over There (1917) |
George M. Cohan |
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Theme: Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing |
Stanley J. Damerell; Tolchard Evans; Robert Hargreaves; Henry B. Tilsley |
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Theme: Music Of The Spheres (Waltz) (1868) |
Josef Strauss (or Robert Stolz piece of the same name) |
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Signature Theme on various shows: One O'Clock Jump |
William ["Bill" Basie |
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Theme: Sylvia Ballet [a theme from the ballet "Sylvia"] |
Leo Delibes |
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Theme: Love Nest, The [from the 1920 musical "Mary"] |
Louis A. Hirsch (m); Otto Harbach (w) |
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Billboard Theme: Cresta Blanca Theme (jingle) |
[unknown] |
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Theme: Cresta Blanca Waltz |
Morton Gould |
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Theme: Crime Classics Theme |
Bernard Herrmann |
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Theme: My Friend |
Albert Hay Malotte |
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Theme: Crazy People [from the 1932 film "The Big Broadcast"] |
James V. ["Jimmy"] Monaco; Edgar Leslie |
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Theme: In a Persian Market (1920) |
Albert W. Ketelbey |
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Theme: Adventure [aka: Dangerous Assignment Theme] |
George Basil ["Buzz"] Adlam |
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Theme: Judaline [from the 1948 Jane Powell film, "A Date With Judy"] |
Gene De Paul; Don Raye (professional name of Donald MacRae Wilhoite Jr.) |
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Theme: Sunbonnet Sue |
Gus Edwards (m); Will D. Cobb (w) |
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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) |
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Theme: Mystery Theme |
Rosa Rio |
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Opening Bugle Call Signature: Death Valley Days |
Joseph Bonime |
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Main & End Theme: Twenty Mule Train |
Herb Taylor; Milt Raskin |
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Theme: December Bride Theme |
Eliot Daniel |
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Theme: Defense Attorney Theme |
Rex Koury |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Cuban Pete |
Jose Norman |
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Theme: Evening Prayer [aka: "Children's Prayer", from "Hansel and Gretel"] |
Engelbert Humperdinck |
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Theme: Just For You (1946) |
Gordon Jenkins (m); Morey Amsterdam (w) |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Day Dreams Come True At Night (1940) |
Dick Jurgens (m); Ralph Freed (w) |
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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 |
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Theme: [theme title unknown] |
Albert John Jr. ("Bert") Buhrman |
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Signature Theme on various shows: I Waited For You |
John ("Dizzy") Gillespie; Walter Gilbert Fuller |
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Theme: Rainbow On The River [title theme from the 1936 film] |
Louis Alter (m); Paul Francis Webster (w) |
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Theme 1: You Are My Lucky Star [from the film "Broadway Melody of 1936"] |
Arthur Freed (w) |
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Theme 2: We're In The Money (The Gold Diggers Song) [from the film "Gold Diggers Of 1933"] |
Harry Warren (m); Al Dubin (w) |
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Theme: Diane [from the 1927 film "Seventh Heaven"] |
Lew Pollack; Erno Rapee |
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Theme: Dollar a Minute, A |
Eliot Daniel |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Anyone Can Dream |
Joseph J. Lilley (m); Mack David (w) |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Chant Of The Weed |
Don Redmond |
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Theme: Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean |
David T. Shaw (m); Thomas A. Beckett (w) |
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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) |
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Theme: Three Little Words [from the 1930 film "Check and Double Check"] |
Harry Ruby (m); Bert Kalmar (w) |
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Opening Signature: Danger Ahead |
Walter Schumann; Miklos Rozsa |
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Main & End Title Theme March: Dragnet March |
Walter Schumann |
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Signature Theme 1 on various shows: East St. Louis Toodle-oo |
Edward Kennedy ["Duke"] Ellington; Bubber Miley |
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Signature Theme 2 on various shows: Take The 'A' Train |
Billy Strayhorn |
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Theme: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling |
Ernest R. Ball (m); Chauncey Olcott (w); Geo Graff Jr. (w) |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Deep Forest |
Earl ("Fatha") Hines (m); Reginald Foresyth (m); Andy Razaf (w) |
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Theme: Manhattan Serenade |
Louis Alter (m); Harold Adamson (w) |
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Theme: Happy Island |
Ann Leaf |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider) |
Eddie Munson; Eddie Leonard |
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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 (??) |
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Signature Theme 2 on various shows: Campbells Are Coming, The |
Traditional Scotch Air |
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Signature Theme 3 on various shows: Laugh Your Way Through Life |
Harry Revel; Mack Gordon |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Theme 1: Big Show, The [from the 1918 musical "Head Over Heels"] |
Jerome Kern |
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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) |
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Alternate Signature Theme on various shows: Happy Days Are Here Again [fr. 1929 film "Chasing Rainbows"] |
Milton Ager (m); Jack Yellen (w) |
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Secondary Theme: Mortimer Snerd Theme |
Raymond Stanley Noble; Edgar John Bergen |
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Theme 1: If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake |
Al Hoffman; Bob Merrill; Clem Watts |
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Theme 2: I Feel a Song Comin' On [from the 1935 film "Every Night At Eight"] |
Jimmy McHugh; George Oppenheimer; Dorothy Fields |
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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 |
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Theme 1: [theme title under investigation] |
Bernard Herrmann |
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Theme 2: Ellery Queen Theme |
Ray Carter |
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Theme 3: Marche Misterieux/Radio Transition#105 |
Charles F. Paul |
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Theme 4: Further Adventures of Ellery Queen |
Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson) |
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Theme 5: Ellery Queen Theme |
Chester ["Chet"] Kingsbury |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Heart To Heart |
Elliot Lawrence; S. Bickley Reichner |
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Theme: When a Gypsy Makes His Violin Cry |
Emery Deutch; Jimmy Rogan; Richard B. Smith; Frank Winegar |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Tuxedo Junction |
Erskine Hawkins (m); William Johnson (m); Julian Dash (m); Buddy Feyne (w) |
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Theme: Night On Bald Mountain, A |
Modest Moussorgsky |
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Theme 1: Love Nest, The [from the 1920 musical "Mary"] |
Louis A. Hirsch (m); Otto Harbach (w) |
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Theme 2: Side By Side |
Harry MacGregor Woods |
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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) |
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Theme: Ca C'est Paris |
Lucien Jean Boyer; Jacques Charles; Jose Padilla-Sanchez |
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Theme: Theme from "Death and Transfiguration" (Op. 24) (1889) |
Richard Strauss |
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Theme: As Time Goes By |
Herman Hupfeld |
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Theme: Clair de Lune [from the "Suite Bergamasque"] |
Claude Achille Debussy |
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Theme: Southearted Men [from the 1927 musical "New Moon"] |
Sigmund Romberg |
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Theme: Ase's Death, from the "Peer Gynt Suite" |
Edvard Grieg |
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Theme: Fat Man Polka |
Bernard ["Bernie"] Green (psuedonym of Bernard Greenwald) |
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Theme: Father Knows Best Theme [vocal title: Waiting] |
Don Ferris (m); Irving Friedman (m); Leon Pober (w) |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Thrill Of A New Romance, The (1939) |
Fausto Curbelo (m); Xavier Cugat (m); Harold Adamson (w) |
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Theme 1: March from "The Love for Three Oranges" [opera] |
Sergei Prokofiev |
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Theme 2: F B I Theme |
Wladimir Selinksy (may be an adaptation of the Prokofiev theme) |
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Main Theme 1, pre-1940: Save Your Sorrow (For Tomorrow) |
Buddy G. DeSylva; Al Sherman |
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Secondary Theme 2, 1935-40: Ridin' Around In The Rain [aka: We're gonna ride, ride, ride] |
Carmen Lombardo; Gene Austin |
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Secondary Theme 3: Ha-Cha-Cha [from the 1934 film "Caravan"] |
Gustave ["Gus"] Kahn; Werner Richard Heymann |
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Main Theme 4, circa 1940: Wing To Wing |
Billy Mills |
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Theme: Too Late (1931) |
Victor Young; Sam M. Lewis |
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Theme: Neapolitan Nights (Oh, Nights of Splendor) [from the 1926 film "Fazil"] |
J. S. Zamecnik (m); Harry D. Kerr (w) |
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Theme: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - 18th Variation |
Sergei Rachmaninoff |
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Theme 1: Fitch Shampoo Jingle, to the tune of "Smile For Me" |
Phil Baxter |
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Theme 2: That's What I Like About The South (1944) |
Andy Razaf; Phil Harris |
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Theme 3: You'll Never Know (1928) |
Billy Rose; Arthur Franklin; Al Jolson |
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Theme: You Were Meant For Me [from the 1929 film "The Broadway Melody"] |
Nacio Herb Brown (m); Arthur Freed (w) |
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Theme: March of the Flit Soldiers |
Harry Reser |
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Theme: Flapper Wife, The |
Karl Rupp |
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Theme: Down The Road To Sunshine [aka: "Down The Road To Sunshine Land"] |
Traditional Barbershop Quartet song published by Gaumont |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Christopher Columbus |
Leon Berry (m); Andy Razaf (w) |
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Theme: Waltzing |
J. Oliver Riehl (m); Bill Gorman (w); Ed Gorman (w) |
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Theme: I'll Make a Happy Landing [from the 1931 MGM film "(George White's) Flying High"] |
Jimmy Mc Hugh (m); Dorothy Fields (w) |
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Theme: Evening Prayer [Abendsegen, aka "Children's Prayer"], from the opera "Hansel and Gretel" |
Engelbert Humperdinck |
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Opening Theme 1: Ford Theatre - Opening Theme I |
Lyn Murray (pseudonym of Lionel Breeze) |
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Closing Theme 1: Ford Theatre - Closing Theme I |
Lyn Murray (pseudonym of Lionel Breeze) |
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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) |
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Theme: Evening Prayer [Abendsegen, aka "Children's Prayer"], from the opera "Hansel and Gretel" |
Engelbert Humperdinck |
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Theme: Forecast Theme |
Bernard Herrmann |
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Theme: That's The Song of Songs For Me (1915) |
Wil Osborne; Joe Goodwin |
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Open Theme : Fort Laramie Story, The |
Frederick ["Fred"] Steiner |
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Close Theme: Garry Owen |
Traditional Irish Air; Frederick ["Fred"] Steiner (arr.) |
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Theme: Let's Play Make Believe |
Mark Warnow; Charles Chancer |
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Theme: Park Avenue Fantasy [vocal title: "Stairway To The Stars"] |
Matt Malneck; Frank Signorelli |
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Open Theme: I'm In The Mood For Love [from the 1935 film "Every Night At Eight"] |
Jimmy Mc Hugh (m); Dorothy Fields (w) |
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Close Theme: When It's Lamplightin' Time In The Valley (1933) |
Joe Lyons; Sam C. Hart; Herold Goodman; Dean Upoon; Curt Poulton |
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Theme: Sweet Lady [from the 1921 musical "Tangerine"] |
Howard Johnson; Carlo Sanderson |
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Theme 1: La Hoolah Boola [Hawaiian Ditty] (1897) (aka: "Yale Boola" (1901) and "Boola Boola") |
Robert ["Bob"] Cole; William ["Billy"] Johnson |
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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 |
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Theme 2: Frank Merriwell Theme |
John Winters |
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Theme: Man That Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo, The (1892) |
Fred Gilbert |
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Open Theme 1: Night and Day |
Cole Porter |
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Open Theme 2: This Love of Mine |
Frank Sinatra; Henry W. ("Hank") Sanicola; Barry Parker |
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Closing Theme: Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day) (1942) |
Stephan Weiss (m); Paul Mann (m); Ruth Lowe (w) |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Sunrise Serenade |
Frankie (m) Carle (pseudonym of Francis Nunzio Carlone); Jack Lawrence (w) |
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Signature Theme 1 on various shows: Moonlight and You |
Al Dubin; Kahn Keene; Frankie Masters |
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Signature Theme 2 on various shows: Scatterbrain |
Frankie Masters; Johnny Burke; Kahn Keene; Carl Bean |
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Opening Medley, Part 1: Smile, Darn Ya, Smile |
Max Rich (m); Charles O'Flynn (w); Jack Meskill (w) |
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Opening Medley, Part 2: El Capitan (March) [trio section] |
John Phillip Sousa |
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Theme 1: Mister Allen |
Alfred Goodman |
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Theme 2: Fred Allen's Alley Theme |
Alfred Goodman |
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Theme: Breezing Along With The Breeze |
Richard Whiting; Haven Gillespie; Seymour B. Simons |
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Open Theme: I Hear Music |
Roy Ringwald; Fred Waring; John M. Dolph |
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Close Theme: Sleep |
Earl Lebieg |
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Signature Theme 1 on various shows: Bye-Lo-Bye Lullaby |
Terry Shand; Jason Matthews |
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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 |
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Signature Theme 3 on various shows: Piano Concerto No. 1 [Theme from] |
Piotr Ilyich ["Peter"] Tchaikovsky |
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Signature Theme on various shows: Strange Cargo |
Freddie Slack; Ray McKinley |
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Theme: Smile You Miss, The (1929) |
Raymond Hubbell (m); William Cary Duncan (w) |
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Theme: You and I Know (from the 1937 musical "Virginia") |
Arthur Schwartz (m); Al Stillman (w); Laurence Stallings (w) |
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Sub-Theme: Front Page Farrell |
Ann Leaf |
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Theme: Frontier Gentleman Opening and Closing |
Jerrald ["Jerry"] Goldsmith |
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Theme: One More Kiss, Then Good-Night |
Peter De Rose; Charles Tobias; Louis Herscher; Art Coogan |
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Theme: Overture to the opera "William Tell" [aka: "The William Tell Overture"] |
Giacchino Rossini |
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Theme 1: Whoop! Whoop!! Whoop!!! Make a Noise Like a Hoop (and Roll Away) (1908) |
J. Fred Helf (m); Ren Shields (w) |
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Theme 2: Band Played On, The (1926) |
John F. Palmer; Charles B. Ward |
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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) |
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Theme: Hello! Hello! Hello! (What a Wonderful Word Hello!) (1948) |
Calvin ["Cal"] De Voll |
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Signature Theme 1 on various shows: Apurksody |
Gene Krupa; Chappie Willet |
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Signature Theme 2 on various shows: Star Burst |
Gene Krupa; Edwin A. Finckel |
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Theme 1: Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! |
Don Reid |
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Theme 2: Second Elizabeth (March), The [aka: G E College Bowl] |
Don Reid |
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Opening Fanfare: G E Fanfares |
John Marion Gart |
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Theme 1: G E Theme |
John Marion Gart |
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Theme 2: Electric Theatre Theme |
Wladimir Selinsky |
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Theme 3: General Electric Theme |
Roy Ringwald |
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Theme 4: General Electric Theme |
John Scott Trotter |
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Theme 5: General Electric Theatre Open |
Morris Mamorsky |
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Theme 6: General Electric Theater |
Lyn Murray (pseudonym of Lionel Breeze) |
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Open Theme 7: Arch of Light |
Alexander Laszlo |
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Close Theme 7: Dome of Light |
Alexander Laszlo |
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Primary Theme: California, Here I Come (from the 1924 Broadway Musical "Bombo") |
Buddy G. De Sylva; Joseph Meyer; Al Jolson |
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Secondary Theme: Give My Regards To Broadway (from the 1904 Broadway Musical "Little Johnny Jones") |
George M. Cohan |
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Signature Theme: I Wanna Get Married [from the 1944 musical "Follow The Girls"] |
Dan Shapiro; Milton H. Pascal; Philip ["Phil"] Charig |
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Theme: Gibson Family, The [re-used as the title song for the movie "Under Your Spell"] |
Arthur Schwartz (m); Howard Dietz (w) |
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Vocal Theme Title: Hi-De-Home Sweet Home [aka: "The Gibson Family"] |
Arthur Schwartz (m); Howard Dietz (w) |
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Theme: Look Sharp - Be Sharp March, The [aka: The Gillete Look Sharp March] |
Mahlon Merrick |
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Theme 1: Cecile Waltz (1914) |
Frank W. McKee |
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Theme 2: Girl Alone, A |
Don Marcotte |