Old-Time Radio - Theme Title Index

(sorted by TITLE)

This list was last updated on February 19, 2021

This is a cross reference of TITLES of musical compositions used as Old-Time Radio THEMEs in the U.S., the SERIES on which they were used, and the names of COMPOSERS where known. It only includes those compositions whose titles are NOT THE SAME as the program's title.

This list will be expanded to include new themes and additional information as time permits...

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THEME TITLE [if known] in Alphabetical Order

SERIES TITLE

COMPOSER(s) [if known]


 
Abbott and Costello Opening
   by: Alfred ["Al"] Goodman

Theme 4 for: Abbott and Costello Show, The

 
About A Quarter To Nine [from the 1935 Al Jolson film "Go Into Your Dance"]
   by: Harry Warren (m); Al Dubin (w)

Open Theme 3 for: Shell Chateau, The (with Al Jolson)

 
Across The Sea (1919)
   by: Ernest K. Kaai; Johnny Noble; Ray Kinney

Signature Theme on various shows for: Ray Kinney [big band shows]

 
Adagio Theme (3rd Mvt.) from Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
   by: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Theme for: Author's Playhouse

 
Adventure [aka: Dangerous Assignment Theme]
   by: George Basil ["Buzz"] Adlam

Theme for: Dangerous Assignment

 
Adventure Parade Fanfare
   by: John Marion Gart

Opening Fanfare for: Adventure Parade [children's show with John Drake]

 
Adventure Parade Theme [aka: "Adventure On Parade"]
   by: John Marion Gart

Theme for: Adventure Parade [children's show with John Drake]

 
After All (1935)
   by: Alec Fogarty (m); Zammy Simmons (m); Paul Denniker (w); Edwin Gilbert (w)

Theme for: Johnny Johnson and His Orchestra [on various broadcasts]

 
Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life (aka: The Dream Melody) [from "Naughty Marietta"]
   by: Victor Herbert (m); Rida Johnson Young (w)

Alt. Theme Title for: Lavender and Old Lace

 
Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life (aka: The Dream Melody) [from "Naughty Marietta"]
   by: Victor Herbert (m); Rida Johnson Young (w)

Theme 1 for: Bachelor's Children

 
Ain't She Sweet
   by: Milton Ager (m); Jack Yellen (w)

Theme 2 for: Al Pearce & His Gang [CBS Friday Night Show]

CBS, 1940 - 42

 
Aldrich Sub-Theme
   by: Charles F. Paul

Secondary Theme for: Aldrich Family, The

 
Alexander's Ragtime Band
   by: Irving Berlin

Sponsor Billboard Theme for: Young Doctor (Dr.) Malone [Crisco sponsorship]

 
Alice Blue Gown [from the 1919 musical "Irene"]
   by: Harry A. Tierney (m); Joseph McCarthy (w)

Theme for: Girl Who Lives Next Door, The

 
All My Love
   by: Wayne King (m); Emil Flindt (m); Gus Kahn (w)

Theme 2 for: Lady Esther Serenade, The

 
All the Things You Are (from the 1939 musical "Very Warm For May")
   by: Jerome Kern (m); Oscar Hammerstein 2nd (w)

Theme 2 for: Woodbury's Hollywood Playhouse [dramatic anthology]

NBC Blue, 1937 - 39; NBC, 1939 - 40

 
All The World's A Wonderland [aka: "Aldrich Theme"]
   by: Jack Miller (pseudonym of Nelson Cogane)

Theme 3 for: Aldrich Family, The

 
Allegretto, from "Fairy Tale" (Maerchen und Volksliedchen, Opus 135, No. 2) (1910) [aka: "Fairy Tales (Maerchen)"]
   by: Karel Komzak II

Theme for: Helen and Mary, The Adventures of [predecessor to "Let's Pretend"]

CBS, 1929 - 1934

 
Allegretto, from "Fairy Tale" (Maerchen und Volksliedchen, Opus 135, No. 2) (1910) [aka: "Fairy Tales (Maerchen)"]
   by: Karel Komzak II

Theme 1 (instrumental) for: Let's Pretend

 
Alma Mater (We Love You Well) (1938)
   by: Norman Cloutier (wm); Vaughn de Leath [pseudonym of Leonore Vonderlieth] (wm)

Theme for: All-American College Show, The

 
Aloha Oe (Farewell to Thee)
   by: Queen Lydia Lili`uokalani (of Hawaii)

Close Theme for: Hawaii Calls

 
Along 'Bout Sundown
   by: Jack Miller [John Joseph Miller] (m); Tony Gale (m); Saul Tepper (w)

Theme during 1941 ASCAP Boycott for: Kate Smith

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

Theme 2 for: Bright Horizon

 
Always (1925)
   by: Irving Berlin (m); May Singhi Breen (w)

Theme 1 for: Pepper Young's Family

 
Always and Always [from the 1937 film "Mannequin"]
   by: Edward Ward (m); Robert B. Wright (w); Chet Forrest (w)

Theme 1 for: Baby Snooks / Good News

 

Theme 1 for: Good News (of 1938-40)

 
Amazing Mr. Tutt Theme, The
   by: Marlin H. Skiles

Theme for: Amazing Mr. Tutt, The

 
Ambushes Everywhere
   by: [composer under investigation]

Theme for: Terry and the Pirates

 
America (My Country 'Tis Of Thee)
   by: Henry Carey (m); Samuel Francis Smith (w)

Theme 3 (on Mutual, circa 1937-38) for: True Detective Mysteries

 
American Hymn (Of Liberty), The
   by: William Wirges (??)

Open Theme for: Hour of Charm, The [during Wartime years]

 
American Patrol [adaptation title: "We Must Be Vigilant", from the 1942 film "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"]
   by: Frank W. Meacham (m); Joseph A. Burke (music adapter); Edgar Leslie (words)

Alternate Title, Close Theme for: Hour of Charm, The [during Wartime years]

 
Anchor-Hocking (Open-Close Theme)
   by: Morton Gould (m)

Theme for: Meet Corliss Archer

 
Anchors Aweigh
   by: Charles A. Zimmerman (m); Alfred Hart Miles (w); R. Lovell (w)

Theme for: Now Hear This

 
Andante Cantabile, First Movement Theme from the "Pathetique" Symphony No. 6 in B minor (Opus 74) [popular title: "The Story of a Starry Night"]
   by: Piotr Ilyich ["Peter"] Tchaikovsky; Joseph Carl Breil (adapter/arranger)

Theme 2 (after 1940) for: Arnold Grimm's Daughter

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

Theme for: Ellen Randolph

 
Andante Cantabile, First Movement Theme from the "Pathetique" Symphony No. 6 in B minor (Opus 74) [popular title: "The Story of a Starry Night"]
   by: Piotr Ilyich ["Peter"] Tchaikovsky; Joseph Carl Breil (adapter/arranger)

Theme for: Road of Life, The

 
Andante Religioso (1897)
   by: Francois-Luc J. Thome

Theme for: Hymns Of All Churches

 
Angel's Serenade (La Serenata) (1883)
   by: Gaetano Braga

Theme 2, from 1943-66 for: Amos 'n' Andy

 
Any Bonds Today?
   by: Irving Berlin

Theme for: Treasury Star Parade

 
Anyone Can Dream
   by: Joseph J. Lilley (m); Mack David (w)

Theme for: Bickersons, The

 

Signature Theme on various shows for: Don Ameche

 
Anything For You [aka: "I Would Do Anything For You"] (1931)
   by: Claude Hopkins; Alexander Hill; Bob Williams

Signature Theme on various shows for: Claude Hopkins and His Orchestra

 

Theme for: Let's Go Night Clubbing

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

Theme for: Chez Show, The [with Mike Wallace]

 
Aphrodite [& Aphrodite Waltz] (from the 1919 musical production "Aphrodite")
   by: Anselm Goetzl (m); John Gart (arr.)

Theme 1 (1937-47, on NBC) for: Guiding Light, The

 
Aphrodite [& Aphrodite Waltz] (from the 1919 musical production "Aphrodite")
   by: Anselm Goetzl

Theme 2 for: Today's Children

 
April Showers (from the 1921 musical "Bombo")
   by: Louis Silvers; B. G. ["Buddy"] DeSylva

Closing Theme for: Al Jolson Show, The

 
April Showers [from the 1921 musical "Bombo" starring Al Jolson ]
   by: Louis Silvers (m); Buddy G. De Sylva (w)

Theme for: Lifebuoy-Rinso Program, The [aka: "Tuesday Night Party", with Al Jolson]

 
April Showers [from the 1921 musical "Bombo"]
   by: Louis Silvers (m); Buddy G. De Sylva (w)

Theme 5 (1947 - 49) for: Kraft Music Hall, The [with Al Jolson]

 
Apurksody
   by: Gene Krupa; Chappie Willet

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Gene Krupa [big band shows]

 
Arkansas Traveller, The
   by: Traditional U.S. Folk Song

Theme 1 for: Bob Burns Show, The

 
Armour Theme Song, The
   by: Kenneth ["Kenn"] Sisson

Theme 1 for: Phil Baker Show, The

 
Artistry In Rhythm
   by: Stan Kenton

Signature Theme on various shows for: Stan Kenton [big band shows]

 
As Time Goes By
   by: Herman Hupfeld

Theme for: Exploring Tomorrow

 
Ase's Death, from the "Peer Gynt Suite"
   by: Edvard Grieg

Theme for: Famous Jury Trials

 
At Dawning (I Love You) (1916)
   by: Charles Wakefield Cadman (m); Nelle Richmond Eberhart (w)

Theme 1 for: Brighter Day, The

 

Theme 1 for: When A Girl Marries

 
At The Sign Of The Green And White
   by: David Mendoza (m); Robert A. Simon (w)

Theme for: Quaker State Motor Oil Program, The

 
At Your Request (1946)
   by: Rex Maupin

Theme for: At Your Request

ABC, 1946 - 47

 
Au Matin (In the Morning) [from "Morceaux De Salon Choisis"](Op.83)
   by: Benjamin Louis Godard

Theme 2 for: Pepper Young's Family

 
Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams
   by: Jack Meskill; Jean Schwartz

Close Theme for: Ben Bernie

 
Auld Lang Syne
   by: Traditional Scottish Air w/words by Robert Burns

Theme 1 for: Between The Book Ends

 
Auld Lang Syne
   by: Traditional Scottish Air from the early 18th century; words by Scottish poet Robert Burns

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Guy Lombardo [orchestra shows]

 
Autumn Nocturne
   by: Josef Myrow (m); Kim Gannon (w)

Theme 4 for: Today's Children

 
Avalon [from the 1920 musical "Sinbad"]
   by: Vincent Rose; Al Jolson

Theme for: Avalon Time

 

Signature Theme 5 on various shows for: Guy Lombardo [orchestra shows]

 
Babbie Waltzes, The [from the play, "The Little Minister"] (1897)
   by: William Fuerst

Theme for: Ponds Players, The

 
Baby Shoes (1916)
   by: Joe Goodwin; Ed Rose; Al Piantadosi

Theme 1 for: Baby Rose Marie

 
Back In The Saddle Again (1940)
   by: Ray Whitley; Gene Autry

Theme 2 for: Melody Ranch (with Gene Autry)

 
Band of America March, The
   by: Paul Lavalle

Theme 1 for: Cities Service Band Of America, The

NBC, 1948 - 1956

 
Band Played On, The (1926)
   by: John F. Palmer; Charles B. Ward

Theme 2 for: Gay Nineties Revue, The [with Joe Howard]

 
Barbasol, Barbasol [jingle set to the air: Tammany]
   by: based upon the old English air "Tammany" Traditional

Theme 1 for: Singin' Sam (the Barbasol Man)

 
Barron's Theme, The
   by: Walter Gustave ["Gus"] Haenschen

Theme for: Barron, The

 
Bartons, The
   by: Don Marcotte

Theme 1 for: Bartons, The / Bud Barton / Story of Bud Barton

 
Basin Street Blues
   by: Spencer Williams

Theme for: Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street

 
Bayer Aspirin Theme Song (1932)
   by: Walter Gustave ("Gus") Haenschen

Theme 1 for: American Album of Familiar Music, The [aka "Bayer Aspirin Program, The"]

 
Be Happy, Go Lucky [Lucky Strike Jingle]
   by: Raymond Scott (pseudonym of Harry Warnow)

Lucky Strike Open Theme for: Jack Benny Program, The

 

Signature Theme 3 for: Your Lucky Strike Hit Parade [aka: "Your Hit Parade"]

 
Be My Lover Always (adapted from a Russian melody Duchin heard his mother hum as a child) [aka "Be My Lover"]
   by: Traditional Russian Melody (m); Eddy Duchin (adapter)

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Eddy Duchin

 
Be My Lover (Here's My Heart) (1932) (possibly adapted from the Russian melody above that Duchin heard his mother hum as a child, this is a published song with words) [aka "Be My Lover"]
   by: Jack Scholl & Dave Dreyer

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Eddy Duchin

 
Beautiful Theme (1946)
   by: Charles Paul

Theme 3 for: Life Can Be Beautiful

 
Beautiful Dreamer
   by: Stephen C. Foster

Theme 1 for: Arthur Godfrey Time

 
Beautiful Lady
   by: Egbert Van Alstyne

Theme for: Beauty Secrets [aka: Hollywood Highlights with Sam Hayes]

CBS, 1939

 

Theme for: Vanette Fashion Previews [celebrity interviews]

NBC Blue, 1939

 

Theme 2 for: Woodbury Soap Program, The

 
Beautiful Lady --
see also "My Beautiful Lady"
 
Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
   by: derived from an Old Irish Air: "My Lodging Is In the Cold Ground" thought to have composed by John Andrew Stevenson (m); Thomas Moore (w)

Theme for: Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories

 
Bell Waltz, The (1942) [aka: Bell Telephone Waltz, vocal title: Music of Love (1951)]
   by: Donald David Voorhees (m); Guy Wood (w)

Theme for: Telephone Hour, The (aka "Bell Telephone Hour, The")

 
Bells of Avalon, The (1927)
   by: Joseph Cherney [Josef Cherniavski] (m); Mitchell Parish (w)

Theme for: Musical Camera, The (aka: NBC Musical Camera)

Mutual & NBC

 
Beside An Open Fireplace
   by: Will Osborne; Paul Denniker

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Will Osborne Orchestra, The

 
Between The Book Ends (1937)
   by: Ann Leaf (m); Ted Malone (w)

Theme 2 for: Between The Book Ends

 
Bewitched [aka: "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered", from the 1941 musical "Pal Joey"]
   by: Richard Rodgers (m); Lorenz Hart (w)

Theme for: Mister (Mr.) Aladdin

 
Beyond The Blue Horizon [from the 1930 film "Monte Carlo"]
   by: Richard Whiting (m); W. Franke Harling (m); Leo Robin (w)

Theme 2 for: Lorenzo Jones

 
Big Boy
   by: Jack Meakin (m); Foster Carling (w)

Theme 2, circa 1945-52 for: Great Gildersleeve, The

NBC

 
Big City Serenade, A
   by: Don Marcotte

Theme for: Big City Serenade

1951 - 53

 
Big Show, The [from the 1918 musical "Head Over Heels"]
   by: Jerome Kern

Theme 1 for: Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show [Chase and Sanborn]

 
Big Story Theme, The
   by: Wladimir Selinsky

Theme Medley, Part 1 for: Big Story, The

 
Billboard March, The (1901)
   by: John N. Klohr

Theme 1 for: Club Matinee

 
Bless This House (1932)
   by: Helen Taylor; May H. Brahe

Close Theme for: Prudential Family Hour, The

 
Blossoms
   by: Alexander Albert Avola

Signature Theme on various shows for: Tony Pastor [big band shows]

 
Blue Flame
   by: Joseph ("Joe") Bishop (m); James Noble (m); Leo Corday (w)

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Woody Herman [big band shows]

 
Blue Moon (1930)
   by: Richard Rodgers (m); Lorenz Hart (w)

Theme 1 for: Hollywood Hotel [with Louella Parsons]

 

Theme for: Campbell's Short, Short Story

CBS, 1940

 
Blue Prelude
   by: Joseph ("Joe") Bishop; Gordon Jenkins

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Woody Herman [big band shows]

 
Blue Rey
   by: Kenneth Farrar

Signature Open Theme on various shows for: Alvino Rey [orchestra shows]

 
Blue Shadows On The Trail
   by: Eliot Daniel; Johnny Lange

Theme 1 for: Sons of the Pioneers, The [vocal group shows]

 
Blues Serenade, A
   by: Frank Signorelli; Mitchell Parish; Jimmy Lytell; Vincent Grande

Signature Theme on various shows for: Henry King [big band shows]

 
Body And Soul
   by: Johnny Green (m); Edward Heyman (w); Robert Sour (w); Frank Eyton (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Coleman Hawkins [big band shows]

 
Bojangles of Harlem (from "Swing Time")
   by: Jerome Kern (m); Dorothy Fields (w)

Theme 1 for: Al Pearce & His Gang [CBS Friday Night Show]

CBS, 1940 - 42

 
Bold Venture Original Theme
   by: David D. Rose

Theme for: Bold Venture

 
Boothill (Signature)
   by: Rex Koury

Act Opener for: Gunsmoke

 
Borax Trumpet Call (1930)
   by: Joseph Bonime

Opening Bugle Call Signature for: Death Valley Days

 
Boston Blackie
   by: Lew White

Theme for: Boston Blackie

 
Boston Tea Party, The
   by: Frank Ryerson

Signature Theme on various shows for: Mal Hallet [big band shows]

 
Boston Tea Party, The
   by: Frank Ryerson

Signature Theme on various shows for: Mal Hallet [big band shows]

 
Bowl Of Pop Corn, a Radio, and You, A
   by: Paul Blakemore

Theme for: Jolly Time Pop Corn Revues, The

 
Bows and Strings [aka: My Little Margie Theme], from the "Structural Music" library
   by: Alexander Laszlo

Main & End Theme 2 for: My Little Margie

 
Box 13
   by: Rudy Schrager

Theme for: Box 13 [produced by and starring Alan Ladd]

Syndicated (1948)

 
Brahms' Lullaby (Wiegenlied) Opus 49, No. 4
   by: Johannes Brahms

Theme 2 for: Bachelor's Children

 

Theme for: Hilltop House

 
Break The Bank Theme
   by: Peter Van Steeden Jr.

Theme 2 for: Break The Bank

 
Breakfast Club Adjourns
   by: Walter Blaufuss; Buddy Bernier

Closing Theme for: Breakfast Club with Don McNeill, The

 
Breakfast Club Makes Life Easier
   by: Leroy ("Roy") Shield (m); Donald T. McNeill (w)

Open Song 5 for: Breakfast Club with Don McNeill, The

 
Breakfast Club Theme 4 or 2
   by: Edward D. ("Eddie") Ballentine

Open Song 2 for: Breakfast Club with Don McNeill, The

 
Breakfast Club Theme No. 3
   by: Walter Blaufuss

Open Song 3 for: Breakfast Club with Don McNeill, The

 
Breezin' Along With The Breeze (1926)
   by: Richard Whiting; Haven Gillespie; Seymour Simons

Theme for: Lou Breese Orchestra, The [aka: "The Sheaffer Parade"]

 
Breezing Along With The Breeze
   by: Richard Whiting; Haven Gillespie; Seymour B. Simons

Theme for: Fred Waring [music shows featuring his Chorus]

 
Bright Horizon
   by: John Marion Gart; Tot Seymour

Theme 3 for: Bright Horizon

 
Brighten the Corner Where You Are
   by: Charles Hutchison Gabriel (m); Ina Duley Ogdon (w)

Theme for: Silver Dust Twins [Goldy and Dusty, aka: "The Gold Dust Twins"]

 
Brighter Tomorrow, A
   by: John Marion Gart

Theme 1 for: Brighter Tomorrow, A/The Gabriel Heatter Show

 
Brooks Theme [aka: Our Miss Brooks Theme]
   by: Wilbur Hatch

Theme for: Our Miss Brooks

 
Brutal Regiment, a B-movie cue adapted for the MUTEL Music Service as "Dramatic Main Title #1 (MT 14)" [aka: Q 12-2: THEME No. 2 Long Version (Dramatic-Full), in the Capitol "Q" Series library]
   by: Herschel Burke Gilbert (m); Joseph Mullendore (adapter)

Theme 4 (on Mutual, circa 1950) for: True Detective Mysteries

 
Bubbles In The Wine
   by: Robert ("Bob") Calame; Frank Loesser; Lawrence Welk

Signature Theme on various shows for: Lawrence Welk [orchestra shows]

 
Bye-Lo-Bye Lullaby
   by: Terry Shand; Jason Matthews

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Freddie Martin [orchestra shows]

 
Ca C'est Paris
   by: Lucien Jean Boyer; Jacques Charles; Jose Padilla-Sanchez

Theme for: Evening In Paris, An

 
California Melodies [vocal title: "One Love"]
   by: David D. Rose

Theme for: California Melodies (with David Rose and his Orchestra)

 
California, Here I Come (from the 1924 Broadway Musical "Bombo")
   by: Buddy G. De Sylva; Joseph Meyer; Al Jolson

Primary Theme for: George Jessel Show, The

 
Camel Hop (1937)
   by: James Mundy (arr.) & Mary Lou Williams

Theme 3 for: Benny Goodman's Swing School [aka: "Camel Caravan of the Air, The"]

CBS, 1936 - 39

 
Camel Theme
   by: Freddie Rich

Theme 2 for: Abbott and Costello Show, The

 
Camel Theme [expanded arrangement]
   by: Freddie Rich (probably adapted/arranged by Wilbur Hatch??)

Theme for: Screen Guild Players/The Camel's Show [sponsor: Camel Cigarettes]

NBC, 1948

 
Camels -- Theme Song
   by: Robert Emmet Kelly

Theme 3 (circa 1948) for: Abbott and Costello Show, The

 
Campbells Are Coming, The
   by: Traditional Scottish Air

Theme 3 for: Burns and Allen

 
Campbells Are Coming, The
   by: Traditional Scotch Air

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Eddie Cantor

 
Candy
   by: Alex Kramer; Mack David; Joan Whitney;

Theme for: Candy Matson

 
Caprice Moderne
   by: Jerry Carretta

Signature Theme on various shows for: Lee Castle

 
Caprice Viennois
   by: Fritz Kreisler

Theme for: Moon River

 
Captain Midnight
   by: Don A. Ferris; Irving Friedman

Theme 2 for: Captain Midnight

 
Carefree (Chesterfield Theme Song)
   by: Edward Heyman (w) & Charles E. ("Chuck") Henderson (m)

Theme 1 for: Chesterfield Supper Club, The

 
Caress
   by: Percy Faith (m)

Theme for: Woolworth Hour, The (with conductor Percy Faith)

CBS, 1955 - 57

 
Casey Theme
   by: John Marion Gart

Theme 2 for: Casey, Crime Photographer/Flashgun Casey/Crime Photographer

 
Cattle Call, The (1934)
   by: Tex Owens

Signature Theme 2 for: Eddy Arnold [on various shows]

 
Cavalcade of Bands Theme
   by: Jerome Brainin; Buddy Kaye

Theme for: Cavalcade of Bands

 
CBS Electric Theatre Theme
   by: Wladimir Selinsky

Theme for: CBS Electric Theatre

CBS, 1948-49

 
Cécile Waltz (1914)
   by: Frank W. McKee

Theme 1 for: Girl Alone, A

 
Champagne Waltz, The (1934)
   by: Milton Drake; Ben Oakland; Con Conrad

Signature Theme on various shows for: Dell Campo [and His Orchestra]

 
Champion Sparkers March
   by: Walter Gustave ["Gus"] Haenschen

Theme for: Champion Spark Plug Hour, The

 
Chandu Theme
   by: Felix Mills

Theme for: Chandu, The Magician

 
Chanson Bohémienne (Sweet Dreams of Thee) (Intermezzo-Valse)
   by: J. B. Boldi [Jean-André Balogh] (m); Ray Carter (added lyric)

Theme 3 for: Vic and Sade

 
Chansonette Irene (1941)
   by: Paul Carson

Theme for: Dear John (an Irene Rich Drama)

 

Theme for: Irene Rich Dramas -- Dear John

 
Chant Of The Weed
   by: Don Redmond

Signature Theme on various shows for: Don Redmond [big band shows]

 
Charlie, My Boy
   by: Gus Kahn; Ted Fiorito

Open Theme 1 for: Spike Jones Show, The

 
Cheerio!
   by: Irving Fields

Theme 1 for: Girl Back Home, The

 
Cherokee (Indian Love Song)
   by: Ray Noble

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Charlie Barnet [big band shows]

 
Chicago
   by: Lew Pollack; Clare Sidney

Opening Medley, Part 1 for: Life With Luigi

 
Chicago Theatre of the Air Theme
   by: Adolf G. Hoffmann (m); Francis Coughlin (w)

Theme for: Chicago Theatre of the Air, The

Mutual (1940 - 1955)

 
Chicken Every Sunday Theme
   by: Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson)

Theme for: Chicken Every Sunday

 
Children's Prayer [from "Hansel and Gretel"] --
see also "Evening Prayer"
 
Chopsticks [aka: "Celebrated Chop Waltz, The"]
   by: Arthur de Lulli [pseudonym of Euphemia Allen]

Theme for: Stoopnagle and Bud

 
Christopher Columbus
   by: Leon Berry (m); Andy Razaf (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Fletcher Henderson [big band shows]

 
Christopher Wells Theme
   by: Peter Van Steeden Jr.

Theme for: Christopher Wells, The Adventures of

 
Church-Mouse On A Spree (1936)
   by: Frankie Froeba

Signature Theme on various shows for: Milt Herth Trio, The

 
Cigarette, Sweet Music, and You, A
   by: Roy Ringwald

Open Theme for: Chesterfield Supper Club, The [with Perry Como]

 

Open Theme for: Chesterfield Time [with Fred Waring]

 
Cimarron [aka: "Cimarron (Roll On)"] (1942)
   by: Johnny Bond

Open Theme for: Jimmy Wakely Show, The

 
Cinnamon Bear, The
   by: Don Honrath (m); Glan Heisch (w)

Theme for: Cinnamon Bear, The

Syndicated (1937 - )

 
Ciribiribin
   by: Alberto Pestalozza (m); Harry James (adapter); Jack Lawrence (adapter); Rudolf Thaler (English words)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Harry James [big band shows]

 
Cisco Kid [Radio Theme], The
   by: Albert Glasser

Theme for: Cisco Kid, The

 
Cities Service March, The
   by: Rosario Bourdon

Theme 1 for: Cities Service [Band] Concerts

NBC, 1927 - 1938

 
Cities Service Signature
   by: Alan Lerner

Theme 2 for: Cities Service [Band] Concerts

NBC, 1927 - 1938

 
Cities Service Triumphal March, The
   by: Paul Lavalle

Theme 2 for: Cities Service Band Of America, The

NBC, 1948 - 1956

 
City Night [ASCAP & BMI title -- some sources call it: City Lights(??)]
   by: Alexander ["Alec"] Wilder (ASCAP/BMI); William Engvick (BMI); Truman Elliot ["Jack"] Jenney (ASCAP)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Jack Jenney [big band shows]

 
Clair de Lune [from the "Suite Bergamasque"]
   by: Claude Achille Debussy

Theme 1 for: Family Hour, The [aka: "Prudential Family Hour, The"]

 

Theme 1 for: Major Bowes' Capitol Family

 

Bridge Music for: Moon River

 

Theme for: Poet's Gold

 

Theme for: Story of Mary Marlin, The

 
Clicquot March, The
   by: Harry F. Reser

Theme for: Clicquot Club Eskimos, The

 
Clock Theme
   by: Bernard Green

Theme 2 for: Clock, The

 
Clock, The
   by: John Gart

Theme 1 for: Clock, The

 
Club Matinee Theme
   by: Rex Maupin

Theme 3 for: Club Matinee

 
Clyde Beatty Circus March
   by: Albert Glasser

Theme for: Clyde Beatty Show, The

 
Coca-Cola Company Theme, The [aka: Coca-Cola Signature]
   by: Leonard W. Joy

Theme for: Coke Club, The [with Morton Downey]

 

Theme 3 for: Spike Jones Show, The [Coca-Cola Sponsorship]

 

Theme for: Spotlight Bands [aka: "Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands"]

 
Cocktails For Two [from the 1934 film "Murder at the Vanities"]
   by: Sam Coslow; Arthur Johnston; Spike Jones (comedy arr.)

Theme 2 for: Spike Jones Show, The

 
Colgate Jingle ["Use Tooth Powder Ev'ry Day, Brush Your Teeth The Colgate Way"]
   by: [composer unknown]

Opening Billboard for: Al Jolson Show, The

 
Colgate Shave Cream jingle [to the tune of "Mademoiselle from Armentieres"]
   by: Trad. WW I song: "Mademoiselle From Armentieres" aka "Hinky Dinky Parlez-Vous"

Theme for: Colgate Sports Newsreel, The [with Bill Stern]

 
Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean
   by: David T. Shaw (m); Thomas A. Beckett (w)

Theme for: Don Winslow of the Navy

 
Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are [used in the 1944 film "Step Lively"]
   by: Jule Styne (m); Sammy Cahn (w)

Theme 2 for: Baby Rose Marie

 
Comin' Through The Rye
   by: Traditional Scottish Air

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Guy Lombardo [orchestra shows]

 
Comin' Through the Rye (When a Body Meets a Body)
   by: Traditional Scottish Air

Theme 1 for: Burns and Allen

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

Theme for: Action Theatre

 
Concerto Theme for Today's Children (1947)
   by: Romelle Fay

Theme 5 for: Today's Children

 
Contented
   by: Don Bestor; Roy Turk

Theme for: Carnation Contented Hour, The

 
Contrasts (1941) (adapted from Mvt. 2 of his 1933 Alto Sax solo "Oodles of Noodles")
   by: Jimmy Dorsey

Signature Theme 2 for: Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra [on various shows]

 
Cool Water
   by: Bob Nolan

Theme 3 for: Sons of the Pioneers, The [vocal group shows]

 
Coronation March [La Marche du Sacre] from the opera "The Prophet" [Le Prophete]
   by: Giacomo Meyerbeer

Theme for: Tale Of Today, A

 
Cortege de Bacchus, from the Ballet "Sylvia"
   by: Leo Delibes

Theme for: Count of Monte Cristo, The

Don Lee 1944 - 1952

 
Could My Song On Wings Go Flying? (1942)
   by: Reynaldo Hahn (m); Victor Marie Hugo (French w); Roy Ringwald (Eng. w)

Theme 3 for: Bachelor's Children

 
Country Gardens [aka: "The Vicar of Bray"; aka: "The Quaker's Opera" (1728)]
   by: Traditional English air from the 18th Century

Theme for: Travels of Mary Ward, The

 
Cradle Song (1934)
   by: Carl Hoefle

Thought For Tomorrow Segment Theme for: Household Hour, The [aka: "The Household Program"]

 

Theme for: Thought for Tomorrow, A [formerly a segment of "The Household Hour"]

 
Crazy People [from the 1932 film "The Big Broadcast"]
   by: James V. ["Jimmy"] Monaco; Edgar Leslie

Theme 2 for: Burns and Allen

 

Theme for: Cuckoo Hour, The [with Raymond Knight]

 
Cresta Blanca Dry Watch and Cresta Blanca Triple Cream (jingle)
   by: [unknown]

Billboard Theme for: Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players, The [aka: "Hollywood Players, The"]

Mort Greene

 
Crime Classics Theme
   by: Bernard Herrmann

Theme for: Crime Classics

 
Crime Doctor Theme (No.1-2)(1946)
   by: Gus Levene

Theme for: Crime Doctor

CBS, 1942 - 47

 
Crime Photographer Opening Theme
   by: Archie Bleyer

Theme 1 for: Casey, Crime Photographer/Flashgun Casey/Crime Photographer

 
Cuban Pete
   by: Jose Norman

Signature Theme on various shows for: Desi Arnaz [band shows]

 
Damon Runyon Series [Theme]
   by: Harry Bluestone

Theme for:Damon Runyon Theater

 
Dance Of The Blue Devils
   by: Les Brown

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Les Brown [big band shows]

 
Dance Of The Ice Cubes, The
   by: David D. Rose

Theme for: Frigidaire Program, The

CBS, 1933

 
Dancing Sound, The
   by: Charles Albertine

Signature Theme on various shows for: Les Elgart [big band shows]

 
Danger Ahead (a motif used in the 1946 film "The Killers")
   by: Miklos Rozsa (m); Walter Schumann (adapter)

Opening Signature for: Dragnet

 
Danny Boy [Londonderry Air]
   by: Traditional Irish Air from Londonderry County

Signature Theme on various shows for: Bobby Byrne [big band shows]

 
Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
   by: Anna Sosenko

Theme for: Hildegarde's Raleigh Room

 
Darling Nellie Gray
   by: Benjamine R. Hanby

Open Theme for: Just Plain Bill

 
Day Dreams Come True At Night (1940)
   by: Dick Jurgens (m); Ralph Freed (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Dick Jurgens [big band shows]

 
Days Gone By
   by: Jack Meakin

Theme for: Jonathon Trimble, Esq.

Mutual, 1946

 
Dear Old Girl
   by: Theodore Morse; Richard Buck

Theme for: Aunt Mary

 
Dear One Good Night (radio title: Saying Adieu) (1931)
   by: Jimmie Gallagher; Bob Ellsworth; Jack Erickson

Signature Theme on various shows for: Jimmie Gallagher [vocalist]

 
Death Valley Days
   by: Joseph Bonime

Opening Bugle Call Signature for: Death Valley Days

 
December Bride Theme
   by: Eliot Daniel

Theme for: December Bride

 
Deep Forest (A Hymn To Darkness) (1931, 1933)
   by: Earl ("Fatha") Hines (m); Reginald Foresythe (m); Andy Razaf (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Earl "Fatha" Hines [big band shows]

 
Deep Purple
   by: Peter De Rose (m); Mitchell Parish (w)

Theme for: Parker Family, The

 
Deep Purple (1939) [instrumental version (1934)]
   by: Peter De Rose (m); Mitchell Parish (w)

Theme for: Breen and De Rose

 
Defense Attorney Theme
   by: Rex Koury

Theme for: Defense Attorney

 
Destiny (Valse Lente)(1912) [aka: "Destiny Waltz (What Do We Know of the Morrow?)"]
   by: Sydney Baynes (m); D. Eardley-Wilmot (w)

Theme 1 (4/29/1932 - 10/13/1940) for: One Man's Family

 
Diane [aka: "(I'm In Heaven When I See You Smile) Diane", from the 1927 film "Seventh Heaven"]
   by: Lew Pollack; Erno Rapee

Theme 2 for: Second Husband [aka: "The Famous Actors Guild"]

 
Diane [from the 1927 film "Seventh Heaven"]
   by: Lew Pollack; Erno Rapee

Theme for: Dog Heroes

 

Theme for: We Are Four

 
Dick Tracy Curtains
   by: Ray Carter [Maurice Krumbein]

Closing Theme and Chapter Ends for: Dick Tracy

 
Dick Tracy Fanfares
   by: Ray Carter [Maurice Krumbein]

Opening Theme and Chapter Titles for: Dick Tracy

 
Dispy Doodle, The
   by: Larry Clinton

Signature Theme on various shows for: Larry Clinton [big band shows]

 
Dixie [original title: "Dixie's Land"]
   by: Daniel Decatur ["Dan"] Emmett;

Theme (circa 1943) for: Aunt Jemima [aka: Cabin at the Crossroads]

1933 - 53

 
Divine Waltz
   by: [composer under investigation]; Abe Lyman [Abraham Simon] (arr.)

Theme 1 for: Waltz Time [with host Frank Nunn]

1933 - 48

 
[Doctor] Dr. Dana
   by: Edward J. ("Eddie") Dunstedter

Theme for: Private Practice of Dr. Dana, The

CBS, 1947 - 48

 
Does Your Heart Beat For Me? (1936)
   by: Russ Morgan (m); Arnold Johnson (m); Mitchell Parish (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Russ Morgan [orchestra shows]

 
Dollar a Minute Theme, A
   by: Eliot Daniel

Theme for: Dollar a Minute, A

CBS, 1950 - 51

 
Donkey Serenade,The [trio section] [from the 1937 movie "The Firefly"]
   by: Rudolph Friml; Herbert Stothart

Theme 2 for: Glamour Manor

 
Donna Diana [opera] Overture (1894) [aka: Challenge of the Yukon]
   by: Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

Theme for: Challenge of the Yukon [aka Sergeant Preston of the Yukon]

 
Don't Worry (About Tomorrow) [from the 1943 film "Salute For Three"]
   by: Jule Styne (m); Kim Gannon (w)

Close Theme for: Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney Show, The

CBS, 1960 -

 
Double Concerto, Theme from the -[2nd Movement Theme from the "Concerto in A Minor, Opus 102, for Violin, Cello and Orchestra"]
   by: Johannes Brahms (m); Cy Feuer (arranger)

Theme 2 for: Ford Theatre

 
Double-R-Bar, The [aka: It's Roundup Time on the Double-R-Bar]
   by: Dale Evans

Post Cereals Sponsorship Open Theme, before 1953 for: Roy Rogers Show, The

 
Down Hoosier Way
   by: Ruth V. Frank; Johnny Polce; Eleanor Smythe

Theme for: Hoosier Hop, The

 
Down On The Old Party Line
   by: Ralph W. Emerson II [organist]; Elsie Mae Emerson

Theme 4, circa 1946-53 for: Lum and Abner

 
Down The Road To Sunshine [aka: "Down The Road To Sunshine Land"]
   by: Traditional Barbershop Quartet song published by Gaumont

Theme for: Fleischmann Radio Hour, The (with Rudy Vallee)

 
Downhearted Blues
   by: Alberta Hunter; Lovie Austin

Theme 2 for: Beulah Show, The

 
Dragnet March
   by: Walter Schumann

Main & End Title Theme March for: Dragnet

 
Dream
   by: Johnny Mercer

Close Theme for: Johnny Mercer Show, The [aka: "The Johnny Mercer Music Shop"]

NBC

 
Dream Melody, The [from the operetta "Naughty Marietta", vocal title: "Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life"] (1910)
   by: Victor Herbert

Theme for: Lavender and Old Lace

 
Dream of Olwen, The [from the 1947 British film "While I Live"]
   by: Charles Williams

Theme 1 for: Hallmark Playhouse/Hallmark [Radio] Hall of Fame

 
Dream Rhapsody [based upon the 2nd Mvt. of the Franck Symphony in D-Minor, as popularized in an arrangement by Les Baxter and Leonard Pennario]
   by: Cesar Franck

Alt. Theme Title for: Quiet, Please

 
Dream Serenade (1933)
   by: Walter Gustave ["Gus"] Haenschen (m); Alfred Bryan (w)

Theme 2 for: American Album of Familiar Music, The [aka "Bayer Aspirin Program, The"]

 
Dream Sonata
   by: Harold Spina; Jack Fina

Signature Theme on various shows for: Jack Fina

 
Dream Waltz, The [title song of the 1929 Swedish film]
   by: Jules Sylvain [Stig Hansson] (m); Reg Connelly (w)

Theme 1 for: Myrt and Marge

 
Drifting Along On Dreamy River (1934)
   by: Howard Johnson; Teddy Powell

Signature Theme on various shows for: Ben Alley [vocalist]

 
Drifting And Dreaming (Sweet Paradise)
   by: Egbert Van Alstyne (m); Erwin R. Schmidt (m); Loyal B. Curtis (m); Haven Gillespie (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Orrin Tucker [big band shows]

 
Dry My Tears
   by: Les Paul (pseudonym of Lester William Polsfuss)

Theme for: Les Paul Show with Mary Ford, The

Syndicated (circa 1949 - 1950)

 
East St. Louis Toodle-oo
   by: Edward Kennedy ["Duke"] Ellington; Bubber Miley

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Duke Ellington [big band shows]

 
Eddie's Theme (1946)
   by: Edward Vincent [Eddie] Bracken

Theme 2 for: Eddie Bracken Show, The [when it aired on CBS, 1946 - 47]

NBC, 1945 - 46; CBS, 46 - 47

 
Eight Bars In Search Of A Melody
   by: Will Hudson

Signature Theme on various shows for: The Hudson-DeLange Band [big band shows]

 
Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) (Op. 40) (1841)
   by: Richard Strauss

Theme 1 for: Mister (Mr.) District Attorney

 
El Capitan (March)
   by: John Philip Sousa

Theme 3 for: March Of Time, The [aka: "The March of Time Quiz"]

 
El Capitan (March) [trio section]
   by: John Phillip Sousa

Opening Medley, Part 2 for: Fred Allen Program, The [aka: Town Hall Tonight]

 
Eleanor (A Serenade) (1914)
   by: Jessie Louise Deppen [Jessie Louise Deppen McCleod]

Theme 1, circa 1931-41 for: Lum and Abner

 

Theme 3, circa 1945-46 for: Lum and Abner

 
Elk's Parade, The
   by: Bobby Sherwood

Signature Theme on various shows for: Bobby Sherwood [big band shows]

 
Ellery Queen Theme
   by: Ray Carter

Theme 2 for: Ellery Queen, The Adventures of

CBS/NBC/CBS/NBC, 1939-47

 
Ellery Queen Theme
   by: Chester ["Chet"] Kingsbury

Theme 5 for: Ellery Queen, The Adventures of

CBS/NBC/CBS/NBC, 1939-47

 
Estrellita (My Little Star)
   by: Manuel M. Ponce

Theme 1 for: Valiant Lady

 
Evalena
   by: Sybil Chisholm Bock (aka: Sybil Chism Bock) [organist]

Theme 2, circa 1941-45 for: Lum and Abner

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

Theme for: Ford Sunday Evening Hour, The [music] / Ford Summer Hour

 

Theme for: Ford's Sunday Evening Hour Of Classics

NBC

 
Evening Prayer [aka: "Children's Prayer", from "Hansel and Gretel"]
   by: Engelbert Humperdinck

Theme for: Detroit Symphony Broadcasts, The

 
Eventide
   by: Arthur Kay

Theme 2 for: Those We Love

 
Eversharp Jingle [aka: "Buy Eversharp"]
   by: Bernard [??] Green

Theme for: Let Yourself Go [with Milton Berle]

 
Eversharp Jingle [aka: Buy Eversharp]
   by: Bernard [??] Green

Opening Billboard 1 for: Milton Berle Show, The

1936 - 1949

 
Ev'rything's Been Done Before (from the 1935 film "Reckless")
   by: Harold Adamson; Edwin Knopf; Jack King

Theme for: Art Jarrett [big band shows]

 
Excerpt from the opera "Lohengrin"
   by: Richard Wagner

Theme for: Tune Detective, The [with Sigmund Spaeth]

 
Eyes of Texas, The
   by: Traditional folk song "I've Been Working On The Railroad" (m); John Sinclair (w)

Opening Medley, Part 1 for: Tales of the Texas Rangers

 
F B I Theme
   by: Wladimir Selinksy (may be an adaptation of the Prokofiev theme)

Theme 2 for: FBI in Peace and War, The

 
Falling In Love With You [aka "(Was I To Blame For) Falling In Love With You?"] (1930)
    by: Victor Popular Young (m); M. Neumann [Chester Conn] (m); Gus Kahn (w)

Theme 1 for: Studebaker Champions, The

 
Falling In Love With You [aka "(Was I To Blame For) Falling In Love With You?"] (1930)
    by: Victor Popular Young (m); M. Neumann [Chester Conn] (m); Gus Kahn (w)

Signature Theme 1: Richard Himber and The Studebaker Champions

 
Fan Fare
   by: John Brunker ["Jack"] Meakin

Theme for: Bughouse Rhythm

 
Fanfare & Opening, for Armstrong Theater
   by: Harold Levey

Theme 1 for: Armstrong Theater of Today, The

 
Fanfare For The Common Man
   by: Aaron Copland

Theme for: You Are There

 
Farmer In The Dell, The (circa 1880's)
   by: Traditional American children's game song

Theme 1 for: Misadventures of Si and Elmer, The

 
Fascination Waltz
   by: Al Lewis; Dave Rubinoff

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Rubinoff Orchestra, The

 
Fat Man Polka
   by: Bernard ["Bernie"] Green (psuedonym of Bernard Greenwald)

Theme for: Fat Man, The

 
Father Knows Best [radio theme]
   by: [under investigation]

Theme 1 for: Father Knows Best

 
FBI March, The [aka: Theme/FBI]
   by: Nathan Van Cleave

Theme for: This Is Your FBI

ABC, 1945-53

 
Fitch Shampoo Jingle, to the tune of "Smile For Me" (1932)
   by: Phil Baxter

Theme 1 for: Fitch Bandwagon, The

 
Flame Of Freedom Is Burning, The
   by: Richard Rodgers (m); Lorenz Hart (w)

Specially Commissioned Theme for: Keep 'Em Rolling

 
Flapper Wife, The
   by: Karl Rupp

Theme for: Flapper Wife, The

 
Flight of the Bumblebee, The [from the 1900 opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"]
   by: Nicolai Andreyevitch Rimsky-Korsakov

Theme for: Green Hornet, The

 
Fluffy Ruffle Days, Those Good Old (1941)
   by: Joe Rines; Abel Baer; Cliff Hess

Theme for: Tintypes Program, The (with Joe Rines & His Orchestra)

NBC (1941 - 42)

 
Flyin' Home
   by: Lionel Hampton (m); Benny Goodman (m); Sid Robin (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Lionel Hampton [big band shows]

 
Flying Dutchman Overture [to the opera "The Flying Dutchman"]
   by: Richard Wagner

Theme 1 for: Captain Midnight

 
For He's A Jolly Good Fellow [aka: The Bear Went Over The Mountain]
   by: Traditional French-English Folk Song Melody; Bernard ["Bernie"] (arranger) Green (pseudonym of Bernard Greenwald)

Opening Medley, Part 2 for: Henry Morgan Show, The [aka: Here's Morgan]

 
Ford Theatre - Closing Theme I
   by: Lyn Murray (pseudonym of Lionel Breeze)

Closing Theme 1 for: Ford Theatre

 
Ford Theatre - Opening Theme I
   by: Lyn Murray (pseudonym of Lionel Breeze)

Opening Theme 1 for: Ford Theatre

 
Forecast Theme
   by: Bernard Herrmann

Theme for: Forecast

CBS

 
Forest Rangers' Theme (1941)
   by: Rex Maupin

Theme for: Uncle Sam's Forest Rangers [part of The National Farm and Home Hour]

 
Forgotten Melody, The
   by: Gustave ["Gus"] Kahn; Jesse Crawford

Theme for: Jesse Crawford [organist]

 
Fort Laramie Story, The
   by: Frederick ["Fred"] Steiner

Open Theme for: Fort Laramie Story, The

 
Frank Merriwell Theme
   by: John Winters

Theme 2 for: Frank Merriwell, The Adventures of

 
Fred Allen's Alley Theme
   by: Alfred Goodman

Theme 2 for: Fred Allen's Alley

 
Friendship [from the 1939 musical "Dubarry Was a Lady"]
   by: Cole Porter

Theme 1 for: My Friend Irma

 
Front Page Farrell
   by: Ann Leaf

Sub-Theme for: Front Page Farrell

 
Frontier Gentleman Opening and Closing
   by: Jerrald ["Jerry"] Goldsmith

Theme for: Frontier Gentleman

 
Funiculi-Funicula
   by: Luigi Denza

Theme 1 [comedy] for: Lorenzo Jones

 
Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
   by: Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson)

Theme 4 for: Ellery Queen, The Adventures of

CBS/NBC/CBS/NBC, 1939-47

 
Gabriel Heatter Opening and Closing
   by: Melvyn Lenard Gordon

Theme 2 for: Brighter Tomorrow, A/The Gabriel Heatter Show

 
Garry Owen
   by: Traditional Irish Air; Frederick ["Fred"] Steiner (arr.)

Close Theme for: Fort Laramie Story, The

 
Gaudeamus Igitur
   by: Traditional college student song (words from 13th-century Latin; music by an unknown 18th-century composer)

Theme for: Human Adventure, The

 
Gentleman Awaits, The
   by: Will Osborne

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Will Osborne Orchestra, The

 
Ghost Rhapsody [aka: "Templeton Rhapsody"] (1938)
   by: Alec Templeton

Theme 2 for: Alec Templeton Time

 
Gibson Family, The [re-used as the title song for the movie "Under Your Spell"]
   by: Arthur Schwartz (m); Howard Dietz (w)

Theme for: The Gibson Family

 
Girl Alone, A
   by: Don Marcotte

Theme 2 for: Girl Alone, A

 
Give Me A Moment Please (from the 1930 Jeanette MacDonald film "Monte Carlo")
   by: Richard A. Whiting (m); W. Franke Harling (m); Leo Robin (w)

Theme 1 for: Eddie Cantor Show, The [aka: "Chase & Sanborn Hour, The"]

 

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Rubinoff Orchestra, The

 
Give My Regards To Broadway (from the 1904 Broadway Musical "Little Johnny Jones")
   by: George M. Cohan

Secondary Theme for: George Jessel Show, The

 
Glorification
   by: Alexander Laszlo

Theme 3 for: Cavalcade of America [aka: Dupont Cavalcade]

 
Glory of America
   by: Alexander Laszlo

Theme 2 for: Cavalcade of America [aka: Dupont Cavalcade]

 
Go to Sleepy, Little Baby
   by: Judy Canova (m); Zeke Canova (m); Harry Tobias (w); Henry Tobias (w)

Theme for: Judy Canova Show, The

 
Goin' Home [Largo], from the "New World" Symphony, No. 9 [sometimes called No. 5] in E-Minor (Op. 95) (1894)
   by: Antonin Dvorak

Alt. Theme Title for: Words And Music [with Harvey Hays]

 
Gold Diggers' Song, The (We're In The Money) [from the musical revue "Gold Diggers of 1933"]
   by: Harry Warren (m); Al Dubin (w)

Theme 1 for: Break The Bank

 
Golden Gate [from the 1928 Al Jolson film "The Singing Fool"]
   by: Billy Rose; Dave Dreyer; Joseph Meyer; Al Jolson

Open Theme 2 (1936) for: Shell Chateau, The (with Al Jolson)

 
Good Evening, Friends [from the 1931 Al Jolson musical "The Wonder Bar" ]
   by: Robert Katscher (m); Irving Caesar (w); Karl Farkas (w)

Open Theme 1 (1935) for: Shell Chateau, The (with Al Jolson)

 
Good Morning
   by: Walter Blaufuss; W. R. Williams; Donald T. MacNeill

Open Song 1 for: Breakfast Club with Don McNeill, The

 
Good Morning, Breakfast Clubbers
   by: Leroy ("Roy") Shield (m); Donald T. McNeill (w)

Open Song 4 for: Breakfast Club with Don McNeill, The

 
Good News [from the 1927 musical "Good News"]
   by: Ray Henderson (m); Buddy G. De Sylva (w); Lew Brown (w)

Theme 2 for: Baby Snooks / Good News

 

Theme 2 for: Good News (of 1938-40)

 
Good Night, Sweetheart [from the 1931 revue "Earl Carroll Vanities"]
   by: Ray Noble; Jimmy Campbell; Reg Connelly

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Ray Noble [orchestra shows]

 

Close Theme for: Sam Spade, The Adventures of

ABC/CBS/NBC, 1946-51

 
Good-Bye
   by: Gordon Jenkins

Signature Close Theme on various shows for: Benny Goodman [big band shows]

 
Good-Bye Blues (1932)
   by: Jimmy McHugh; Dorothy Fields; Arnold Johnson

Close Theme for: Mills Brothers, The [on various radio shows]

 
Goodnight Ladies [orig. title: Farewell, Ladies]
   by: E. P. Christy

Opening Medley, Part 1 for: Henry Morgan Show, The [aka: Here's Morgan]

 
Good-night, Good-night, Good-night
   by: Jack Barnett; James ["Jimmy"] Durante

Close Theme 3 for: Jimmy Durante

 
Got A Date With An Angel [from the 1931 film "For The Love Of Mike"]
   by: Jack Waller (m); Joseph Turnbridge (m); Clifford Grey (w); Sonny Miller (w)

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Hal Kemp [big band shows] w/vocalist Skinnay Ennis

 

Signature Theme on various shows for: Skinnay Ennis [music shows]

 
Got The World In A Jug [aka: "Down-Hearted Blues"]
   by: Fletcher H. Henderson

Theme 1 for: Beulah Show, The

 
Gramercy Square (1935, pub. Clayton F. Summy Co.)
   by: Allan Grant

Sub-Theme for: Story of Mary Marlin, The

 
Grand March [aka: "Grand Marsche"], from the opera "Tannhauser"
   by: Richard Wagner

Theme for: Metropolitan Opera Auditions [with Milton Cross]

 
Grand Ole Opry Tonight [aka: At The Grand Old Opry Tonight, adapted from "Red River Valley"]
   by: C. A. Craig; Willis S. Graham

Theme for: Grand Ole [Old] Opry, The

 
Great Day [aka: It's a Great Day...]
   by: Vincent Youmans; William Rose; Edward Eliscu

Theme 2 for: Sealtest Village Store, The [with Eve Arden and Jack Carson]

 
Great Day! [aka: There's gonna be a Great Day...][from the 1929 show "Great Day"]
   by: Vincent Youmans (m); William ("Billy") Rose (w); Edward Eliscu (w)

Theme 3, circa 1942 for: Red Skelton Show, The

 
Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)
   by: Nilo Menendez (m)

Close Theme 2, circa 1941 for: Red Skelton Show, The

 
Greetings From Home (1943)
   by: Dolphe Martin

Theme for: Youth On Parade

CBS

 
Groucho and the Wolf
   by: Jack Meakin

Theme Medley [part 2] for: You Bet Your Life (Groucho Marx Show, The)

NBC, 1952-53

 
Gunsmoke Main Title
   by: Rex Koury

Opening Signature for: Gunsmoke

 
Ha-Cha-Cha [from the 1934 film "Caravan"]
   by: Gustave ["Gus"] Kahn; Werner Richard Heymann

Secondary Theme 3 for: Fibber McGee and Molly

 
Hail! Men of Adventure, Hail
   by: Cole & Light Dixon

Theme for: Café of the Red Dagger

 
Hail To The Chief [the U.S. President's March] (circa 1810)
   by: music attributed to English composer James Sanderson; lyric from "Lady of the Lake" by Sir Walter Scott

Theme 2 for: Mister (Mr.) President

 
Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here [based upon "Come, Friends, Who Plough The Sea" from the 1879 Operetta "The Pirates of Penzance"]
   by: W. S. Gilbert; Sir Arthur Sullivan; Theodora (adapter Morse

Theme 2 for: Truth Or Consequences

 
Hail, K.M.H.
   by: John Scott Trotter; Carroll Carroll

Open Theme 3 (ASCAP freeze, circa 1941) for: Kraft Music Hall, The [West Coast w/Bing Crosby]

 
(March) Hail, K.M.H.
   by: Theodore Eugene Oberdorfer (may be a pseudonym for John Scott Trotter & Carroll Carroll)

Alt. Theme Arr. (circa 1951) for: Kraft Music Hall, The [West Coast w/Bing Crosby]

 
Hallmark Hall of Fame - Theme
   by: Bernard ["Bernie"] Green (pseudonym of Bernard Greenwald)

Theme 2 for: Hallmark Playhouse/Hallmark [Radio] Hall of Fame

 
Hallmark Hall of Fame - Theme
   by: Bernard ["Bernie"] Green (pseudonym of Bernard Greenwald)

Theme 2 for: Hallmark Playhouse/Hallmark [Radio] Hall of Fame

 
Hallelujah! (from the musical "Hit The Deck")
   by: Clifford Grey (w); Leo Robin (w); Vincent Youmans (m)

Theme 1 for: Ladies Be Seated (with Johnny Olsen)

 
Hallmark Theme
   by: David D. Rose

Theme 4 for: Hallmark Playhouse/Hallmark [Radio] Hall of Fame

 
Halls of Ivy, The
   by: Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson); Vick Knight

Theme for: Halls of Ivy, The

 
Handful Of Stars, A (1940)
   by: Ted Shapiro; Jack Lawrence

Close Theme for: Mail Call [Armed-Forces Radio Service]

 

Signature Theme on various shows for: Meredith Willson

 
Handful Of Stars, A [from the 1940 film "Hullabaloo" ]
   by: Ted Shapiro; Jack Lawrence

Opening Theme for: Big Show, The

 
Happy Days Are Here Again [fr. 1929 film "Chasing Rainbows"]
   by: Milton Ager (m); Jack Yellen (w)

Alternate Signature Theme on various shows for: Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy

 

Theme 1 for: Jack Pearl Show, The

 

Open/Close Signature Theme 1 for: Your Lucky Strike Hit Parade [aka: "Your Hit Parade"]

 
Happy Hollow (My Home Town)
   by: Woody Smith

Theme for: Happy Hollow

 
Happy Island
   by: Ann Leaf

Theme for: Ed Wynn Show, The [aka "Happy Island"]

 
Happy Sound of Buster Brown, The [shoe jingle]
   by: Traditional WW I song: "Mademoiselle From Armentieres" (aka: "Hinky Dinky Parlez-Vous")

Theme 1 for: Buster Brown Show, The [aka: Buster Brown Gang, Smilin' Ed McConnell]

 
Happy Trails
   by: Dale Evans

Close Theme, before 1953; Main & End Theme from 1953 for: Roy Rogers Show, The

 
Harold Teen
   by: Joe L. Sanders

Theme for: Harold Teen

 
Harvest Of Stars Theme
   by: Bernard Herrmann

Theme for: Harvest Of Stars, The

 
Have Gun, Will Travel [End Credits]
   by: John M. Leipold

Close Theme for: Have Gun, Will Travel

 
Have Gun, Will Travel Theme
   by: Bernard Herrmann

Open Theme for: Have Gun, Will Travel

 
Have You Tried Wheaties?
   lyric by: Donald D. Davis

General Mills Sponsorship Theme for: Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy

 
Hawaii Calls
   by: Harry Owens

Open Theme 1 for: Hawaii Calls

 
Hawaii Calls
   by: Webley Edwards

Open Theme 2 for: Hawaii Calls

 
Hayloft Gang Is Here, The [to the tune of "A Hot Time In The Old Town (Tonight)"]
   by: Joseph Hayden (m); Theodore A. Metz (m)

Theme 2 for: National Barn Dance, The

 
Hear It Now
   by: David Leo Diamond

Theme for: Hear It Now

CBS

 
Heart Of My Heart [aka: "(The Gang That Sang) Heart Of My Heart"]
   by: Ben Ryan

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Les And Larry Elgart [big band shows]

 
Heart To Heart
   by: Elliot Lawrence; S. Bickley Reichner

Signature Theme on various shows for: Elliot Lawrence [big band shows]

 
Hello! Hello! Hello! (What a Wonderful Word Hello!) (1948)
   by: Calvin ["Cal"] De Voll

Theme for: Gene and Glenn / The Quaker Early Bird's Program

 

Theme for: Jake and Lena

 
Hello, and Not 'So-Long'
   by: Ed East; Bob Hamilton

Theme 2 for: Girl Back Home, The

 
Hello, My Lover, Goodbye
   by: John Green (m); Edward Heyman (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Johnny Green [big band shows]

 
Hello, Sweetheart, Hello
   by: J. Russel Robinson (m); Noble Sissle (w)

Theme for: Hello, Sweetheart, Hello [aka: "Ivoryne Program, The"]

 
Henry Morgan Playon [based upon "Buy Eversharp" jingle]
   by: Bernard ["Bernie"] Green (pseudonym of Bernard Greenwald)

Theme 2 for: Henry Morgan Show, The [aka: Here's Morgan]

 
Her Waltz
   by: Arthur Johnston

Theme for: Goodrich Rubber Company Hour, The [aka, "Goodrich Silvertown Orchestra, The"]

 
Here Comes More of Monitor [aka: "The Monitor Theme"]
   by: Bernie Baum; Bill Giant; Florence Kaye

Theme 7 for: Monitor Radio [N B C Weekend Radio format]

 
Here Comes The Show Boat [from the 1929 film "Show Boat"]
   by: Maceo Pinkard (m); Billy Rose (w)

Theme for: Show Boat (The Maxwell House Show Boat)

 
He's My Uncle
   by: Lew Pollack; Charles Newman

Featured Theme for: Maxwell House Coffee Time

 
Here We Are Again --
see "Jolly Good Company"
 
Hi, Neighbor [from the 1941 film "San Antonio Rose"]
   by: Jack Owens

Theme for: Jack Kirkwood Show, The

 
Hibbidy-Gits Song, The [aka "Uncle Don's Song"]
   by: loosely based upon the Nursery Tune "Jimmy Crack Corn (Blue Tail Fly)"; Don Carney [Howard Rice] (adaptor)

Theme for: Uncle Don (aka: Don Carney) [real name: Howard Rice])

WOR (1928 - 1947)

 
Hi-De-Home Sweet Home [aka: "The Gibson Family"]
   by: Arthur Schwartz (m); Howard Dietz (w)

Vocal Theme Title for: The Gibson Family

 
Hi Jinks Theme Song
   by: Jack Joy; Cliff Arquette

Theme for: Franco Hi-Jinks, The

 
Highland Lament, A
   by: George Basil ["Buzz"] Adlam (adapter/arr. of Scottish Air??)

Theme for: Six Shooter, The

 
Highways Are Happy Ways (When They Lead the Way To Home) (1927)
   by: Larry Shay; Harry Harris; Tommie Malie

Theme for: This Amazing America

 
Highways of Melody
   by: Paul Lavalle

Theme for: Cities Service Band--Highways of Melody

NBC, 1944 - 1948

 
Hitch Your Wagon To A Star
   by: [under investigation, possibly Harry Archer (m); Philip D. Cook (w), from the 1921 musical revue "Peek-a-Boo"]

Theme 2 for: Club Matinee

 
Hits and Misses (1944)
   by: Joe Rines; Abel Baer

Theme for: Hits and Misses [a forerunner of "Juke Box Jury"]

 
Holiday Theme (No. 1-2)
   by: Gus Levene

Theme for: Holiday & Company

CBS, 1946 - 47

 
Holiday For Strings
   by: David D. Rose

Theme 4, from 1943 for: Red Skelton Show, The

 
Hollywood
   by: John Brunker ["Jack"] Meakin

Theme for: Hedda Hopper [aka: This Is Hollywood]

CBS/ABC, 1944-47

 
Hollywood Calling Theme
   by: Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson); Vick Knight

Theme 2 for: Hollywood Calling

 
Hollywood Open House
   by: George Basil ["Buzz"] Adlam; Jay Milton; Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson)

Theme 1, circa 1947 for: Hollywood Open House

 
Hollywood Open House Theme
   by: Raymond A. ["Ray"] Bloch

Theme 2 for: Hollywood Open House

 
Hollywood Showcase Theme
   by: Marlin H. Skiles

Theme 1 for: Hollywood Showcase

 
Hollywood Sound Stage
   by: Alexander Courage

Theme for: Hollywood Sound Stage

CBS, 1951-52

 
Hollywood Star Playhouse
   by: George Basil ["Buzz"] Adlam; Jay Milton; Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson)

Theme 1 for: Hollywood Star Playhouse

 
Hollywood Star Playhouse Theme
   by: Jeff Alexander

Theme 2 for: Hollywood Star Playhouse

 
Hollywood Theater Theme
   by: Mahlon Merrick

Theme for: Skippy Hollywood Theater

 
Home On The Range
   by: Traditional U.S. Western Folk Song

Theme for: John Charles Thomas

 
Home! Sweet Home! [aka: There's No Place Like Home] (from the 1823 opera "Clari, or The Maid of Milan")
   by: Sir Henry R. Bishop (m); John Howard Payne (w)

Theme for: Missus (Mrs.) Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

 
Home! Sweet Home! [aka: There's No Place Like Home] (from the 1823 opera "Clari, or The Maid of Milan")
   by: Sir Henry R. Bishop (m); John Howard Payne (w)

Theme 2 for: Waltz Time [with host Frank Nunn]

 
Home! Sweet Home! [aka: There's No Place Like Home] (from the 1823 opera "Clari, or The Maid of Milan")
   by: Sir Henry R. Bishop (m); John Howard Payne (w)

Close Theme for: Mister (Mr.) and Missus (Mrs.)

 
Home! Sweet Home! [aka: There's No Place Like Home] (from the 1823 opera "Clari, or The Maid of Milan")
   by: Sir Henry R. Bishop (m); John Howard Payne (w)

Theme 3 for: Ethyl and Albert

 
Home Sweet Home On the Prairie (1936)
   by: Carson Robison

Theme for: Carson Robison & His Buckaroos (western music)

 
Honest Harold Hemp [re-cycled later as a theme for Mr. Magoo cartoons]
   by: John Brunker ["Jack"] Meakin

Theme for: Honest Harold

CBS, 1950-51

 
Hoop De Doo
   by: Milton DeLugg (m); Frank Loesser (w)

Close Theme for: Two For The Money (with Herb Shriner)

 
Hooray For Captain Spaulding [from "Animal Crackers"]
   by: Harry Ruby; Bert Kalmar

Theme Medley [part 1] for: You Bet Your Life (Groucho Marx Show, The)

NBC, 1952-53

 
Hooray For Hollywood [for the 1937 film "Hollywood Hotel"]
   by: Richard Whiting (m); Johnny Mercer (w)

Theme 1 for: Hollywood Calling

 

Alternate Close Theme for: Jack Benny Program, The

 
Hopalong Cassidy [Radio Theme (Glasser wrote a different TV Theme)]
   by: Albert Glasser

Theme for: Hopalong Cassidy

Synd, 1948-52

 
Hot Lips
   by:

Signature Theme on various shows for: Henry Busse [big band shows]

 
Hour Of Parting, The [L'Huere Bleue] (1928)
   by: Mischa ["Michael"] Spoliansky; M Schiffer; Gustave ("Gus") Kahn

Close Theme for: Leo Reisman and his Orchestra

 
House Of Melody
   by: Meredith Willson (m); John Nesbitt (w)

Theme for: House of Melody

 
House Of Mystery
   by: John Marion Gart

Theme for: House of Mystery, The

 
How Can I Go On Without You
   by: Frank C. Westphal

Theme for: Myrt and Marge (in Hayfield Pleasures of 1932)

 
How Can I Leave Thee?
   by: Henry Bishop (m); John Howards Payne (w)

Theme 3, 1940-55 for: Stella Dallas

 
How Do You Do (...Ev'rybody, How Do You Do?) (1924)
   by: Phil Fleming; Calvin ("Cal") De Voll; Charles ("Charlie") Harrison; [adapted from the WW I song: "Mademoiselle From Armentieres" aka "Hinky Dinky Parlez-Vous" aka "Here's To Whiskey"]

Theme for: Happiness Boys, The (starring Billy Jones and Ernie Hare)

from 1921

 
How Can I Go On Without You
   by: Frank Westphal

Theme for: Myrt and Marge in "Hayfield's Pleasures of 1932" [Wrigley sponsorship]

CBS, 1932 - 33

 
Howdy, Friends
   by: Ray McKinley

Signature Theme on various shows for: Ray McKinley [orchestra shows]

 
Humming Blues (1939)
   by: Alec Templeton

Theme 3 for: Alec Templeton Time

 
Hurrah! For The Wonder Bakers
   by: Will Donaldson (m); Frank Moulan (w)

Theme for: Happy Wonder Bakers, The

 
Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!
   by: Don Reid

Theme 1 for: College Quiz Bowl, The [aka: "College Bowl", with Allen Ludden]

 
I Can't Get Started [from "Ziegfeld Follies"]
   by: Vernon Duke (m); Ira Gershwin (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Bunny Berigan [big band shows]

 
I Cover The Waterfront (1933) [later used as the title song of the 1933 film "I Cover The Waterfront"]
   by: John Waldo Green (m); Edward ["Eddie"] Heyman (w)

Theme for: I Cover The Waterfront

 
I Don't Care (As Long as You Care For Me)
   by: Wladziu Valentino ["Lee"] Liberace; Gerald E. Teifer; Gerald G. Gwimond

Theme 1 for: Liberace Show, The

 
I Feel a Song Comin' On [from the 1935 film "Every Night At Eight"]
   by: Jimmy McHugh; George Oppenheimer; Dorothy Fields

Theme 2 for: Eileen Barton Show, The

CBS, 1954

 
I Got-a Shoes, You got-a Shoes (Heav'n, Heav'n)
   by: Traditional Negro Spiritual

Theme 2 for: Buster Brown Show, The [aka: Buster Brown Gang, Smilin' Ed McConnell]

 
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
   by: Harold Arlen (m); Ted Koehler (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Jack Teagarden [big band shows]

 
I Hear Music
   by: Roy Ringwald; Fred Waring; John M. Dolph

Open Theme for: Fred Waring Show, The

 
I Know That You Know [from the 1926 Musical Comedy, "Oh, Please!"]
   by: Vincent Youmans (m); Otto Harbach (m); Ann Caldwell-O'Dea (w)

Theme for: What's The Name of That Song?

 
I Like Mountain Music
   by: James Cavanaugh; Frank Weldon

Theme 2 for: Bob Burns Show, The

 
I Love A Parade [from the 1931 Musical Revue "Rhythmania"]
   by: Harold Arlen (m); Ted Koehler (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Harry Richman

 

Theme for: It's Florida's Treat (with Harry Richmond)

 
I Love You, California [the official state song of California] (1913)
   by: Abraham Franklin Frankenstein (m); Francis Beatty Silverwood (w)

Theme for: California Agriculture Program, The

NBC

 
I Love You (Oh, How I Love You)
   by: Tommy Tucker

Signature Theme on various shows for: Tommy Tucker [big band shows]

 
I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful) [from the 1929 revue "John Murray Anderson's Almanac"]
   by: Henry Sullivan (m); Harry Ruskin (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Chick Webb [big band shows]

 
I Sustain The Wings
   by: Glenn Miller; J. Chalmers Mac Gregor; Sol Meyer

Theme for: I Sustain The Wings [with the Glenn Miller Orchestra]

 
I Waited For You
   by: John ("Dizzy") Gillespie; Walter Gilbert Fuller

Signature Theme on various shows for: Dizzy Gillespie [band shows]

 
I Wanna Get Married [from the 1944 musical "Follow The Girls"]
   by: Dan Shapiro; Milton H. Pascal; Philip ["Phil"] Charig

Signature Theme for: Gertrude Niesen

 
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now [from the 1909 musical "The Prince Of Tonight"]
   by: Joseph E. ("Joe") Howard (m); Howard Orlob (m); Will M. Hough (w); Frank R. Adams (w)

Theme 3 for: Gay Nineties Revue, The [with Joe Howard]

 
I Would Do Anything For You [aka: "Anything For You"] (1931)
   by: Claude Hopkins; Alexander Hill; Bob Williams

Signature Theme on various shows for: Claude Hopkins and His Orchestra

 

Theme for: Let's Go Night Clubbing

 
Ich Liebe Dich [I Love You]
   by: Edvard H. Grieg

Theme 1 for: Against The Storm

NBC/Mutual/NBC, 1939-52

 
I'd Like To Fall In Love Again (1939)
   by: Harry Sosnik; Bob Burns

Theme 1 for: Woodbury Soap Program, The

 
I'd Rather Lead a Band (from the film "Follow the Fleet") (1936)
   by: Irving Berlin

Theme for: Young Man With a Band

CBS, 1939 - 40

 
Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
   by: Eddie Munson; Eddie Leonard

Signature Theme on various shows for: Eddie Cantor

 
If I Could Tell You
   by: Idabelle Firestone (m); Madeleine Marshall (w)

Theme 3 for: Voice of Firestone, The

 
If I Had The Wings Of An Angel [aka: "Prisoner's Song, The"] (1924)
   by: Guy Massey

Theme 1 for: Uncle Walter's Doghouse

 
If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake
   by: Al Hoffman; Bob Merrill; Clem Watts

Theme 1 for: Eileen Barton Show, The

CBS, 1954

 
If I Never Dream Again
   by: Leroy ["Roy"] Shield

Theme for: Just Neighbors

 
If I Should Lose You [from the 1936 film "Rose of the Rancho"]
   by: Leo Robin; Ralph Rainger

Theme for: Alias Jimmy Valentine

NBC Blue, 1938 - 39

 
If Love Were All (1922)
   by: William Axt (m); Martha Lois Wells [Wilchinski] (w)

Theme 1 for: Second Husband [aka: "The Famous Actors Guild"]

 
If You Are But A Dream [adapted from Rubinstein's "Romance (Op. 44, No. 1)"]
   by: Anton Rubinstein (m); Moe Jaffe (adapter); Nathan J. Bonx (adapter); Jack Fulton (adapter)

Alt. Theme Title for: Linda's First Love

 
If You Were Set To Music (1938)
   by: Josef Cherniavsky; Bill Lorin [Vladimir Cherniavsky]; Ben Baron

Theme for: Marathon Melodies

NBC Blue, 1939 - 40

 
If You Were the Only Girl (1929)
   by: Nat D. Ayer (m); Clifford Grey (w)

Signature Theme for: Joan Brooks (on various shows)

 
Il Guarany (1860)
   by: Antonio Carlos Gomes

Theme for: One of the Finest

NBC Red and Blue, 1939 - 41

 
I'll Be Seeing You
   by: Sammy Fain (m); Irving Kahal (w)

Closing Theme 3 for: Liberace Show, The

 
I'll Love You In My Dreams
   by: Abel Baer; Benee Russell; Horace Heidt

Signature Theme on various shows for: Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights [band shows]

 
I'll Make a Happy Landing [from the 1931 MGM film "(George White's) Flying High"]
   by: Jimmy Mc Hugh (m); Dorothy Fields (w)

Theme for: Flying Family, The [aka "Flying Hutchinsons, The"]

 
I'll See You In My Dreams (1924)
   by: Isham Jones (m); Gustave ["Gus"] Kahn (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Leighton Noble Orchestra, The

 
I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
   by: Thomas P. Westendorf

Theme for: Nona From Nowhere

 

Theme for: Orphans of Divorce

 
I'm a Whistlin'
   by: Jimmy Eaton; Terry Shand

Theme for: Jack Berch Show, The

 
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows [from the 1918 film "The Dolly Sisters", based on the "bridge section" of Chopin's "Fantasie Impromptu"]
   by: Frederic Chopin; Harry Carroll; Joseph McCarthy

Theme for: Little Ol' Hollywood [with Ben Alexander]

 
I'm Falling In Love With Someone [from the 1910 musical "Naughty Marietta"]
   by: Victor Herbert (m); Rida Johnson Young (w)

Theme for: Bob and Victoria

 
I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You
   by: George Bassman (m); Ned Washington (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Tommy Dorsey [big band shows]

 
I'm In The Mood For Love [from the 1935 film "Every Night At Eight"]
   by: Jimmy Mc Hugh (m); Dorothy Fields (w)

Open Theme for: Frances Langford Show, The

 
I'm Just a Natural Born Sweetheart (1935)
   by: Tot Seymour (w); Vee Lawnhurst (m)

Theme for: Dorothy Lamour Show, The

 
I'm Sailing a Dream Boat
   by: Norman L. Cloutier; Peter De Rose

Signature Theme on various shows for: Norman Cloutier Orchestra, The

 
I'm Sitting On Top Of The World
   by: Ray Henderson; Samuel M. ["Sam"] Lewis; Joseph ["Joe"] Young

Opening Theme for: Al Jolson Show, The

 
I'm Yours [from the 1930 musical "Simple Simon"]
   by: John "Johnny" Green (m); E. Y. "Yip" Harburg (w)

Theme for: Painted Dreams

 
In a Persian Market (1920)
   by: Albert W. Ketelbey

Theme for: Dan Harding's Wife

 
In My Garden
   by: Idabelle Firestone (m); Lester O'Keefe (w)

Theme 2 for: Voice of Firestone, The

 
In The Gloaming
   by: Lady Arthur (m Hill; Meta Orred (w)

Theme 1 for: Young Widder Brown

 
Indiana [aka: (Back Home Again In Indiana)
   by: Ballard MacDonald (m); James F. Hanley (w)

Open Theme for: Two For The Money (with Herb Shriner)

 
Inka-Dinka-Doo [from the 1933 movie "Palooka"]
   by: James ["Jimmy"] Durante (m); Ben Ryan (w)

Open Theme 1 for: Jimmy Durante

 
Interlude
   by: Louis Silvers; Rudy Schrager

Between-The-Acts Theme for: Lux Radio Theatre

 
Interlude, An (from "Holiday Sketches", Op.61, No.4) (1915)
   by: Clarence Lucas

Theme 1 for: Woman In White, The

 
Intermezzo (A Love Story) [from the 1940 film "Intermezzo"]
   by: Heinz Probost (m); Robert Henning (Eng. W)

Theme 2 for: I Want A Divorce

 
Intermezzo [theme from the 1940 film "Intermezzo (A Love Story)"]
   by: Heinz Provost (m); Robert Henning (w); (or it could be an Intermezzo by Brahms or Mascagni)

Open Theme for: Prudential Family Hour, The

 
Introduction to the "Light Cavalry Overture" (played on a solo bugle)
   by: Franz von Suppé

Opening Signature for: American Weekly, The

(circa 1933)

 
Invitation To the Dance --
see "Let's Dance"
 
Iowa Corn Song, The
   by: George Botsford; George ["Spike"] Hamilton; Ray W. Lockard; Edward T. Riley

Theme 1 for: National Barn Dance, The

 
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' (1923)
   by: Wendell Hall

Theme for: Wendell Hall Show, The

 
It Isn't Fair
   by: Richard Himber; Frank Warshauer; Sylvester Sprigato

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Richard Himber [orchestra shows]

 

Theme 1 for: Studebaker Champions, The

 
It Pays To Be Ignorant
   by: Tom Howard Jr. (w); Ruth Howard (w); Bob Howell (w)

Theme for: It Pays To Be Ignorant

 
It's A Big Wide Wonderful World [from the 1940 musical revue "All In Fun"]
   by: John Rox

Theme 3 for: Phil Harris/Alice Fay Show, The

 
It's A Lonesome Old Town (When You're Not Around)
   by: Harry Tobias; Charles Kisco

Open Theme for: Ben Bernie

 
It's A Wonderful World
   by: Jan Savitt; John Kluczko Watson; Harold Adamson

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Jan Savitt [orchestra shows]

 
It's Magic [from the 1948 Doris Day film "Romance On The High Seas"]
   by: Jule Styne (m); Sammy (w) Cahn (birth name: Samuel Cohen)

Theme for: Doris Day Show, The

 
It's Make-Believe Ballroom Time (1940)
   by: Harold Green (m); Michael S. ["Mickey"] Stoner (w); Martin Block (w)

Theme 2 for: Make-Believe Ballroom, The [with Martin Block]

 
It's My Lazy Day
   by: Stephen ["Smiley"] Burnette

Theme for: Smiley Burnette Show, The

 
It's Over Because We're Through [aka: It's Over Because We're Thru]
   by: William Steven ["Willie"] Bryant

Signature Theme on various shows for: Willie Bryant [big band shows]

 
It's Smile Time
   by: Stephen Valentine ["Steve"] Allen

Theme for: Smile Time

 
It's The Darndest Thing [from the film "Singing The Blues"]
   by: Jimmy Mc Hugh; Dorothy Fields

Signature Theme 3 on various shows for: Guy Lombardo [orchestra shows]

 
I've Been Working On The Railroad [aka: The Levee Song]
   by: Traditional U. S. Folk Song

Theme 1 for: Railroad Hour, The

 
I've Got a Locket In My Pocket
   by: Art Kassel (m); Mack David (w)

Theme for: Chesterfield Cigarettes Presents "Music That Satisfies"

 
Jamboree [aka: Jamboree March]
   by: Meredith Willson

Theme for: Blue Monday Jamboree

KFRC/CBS

 

Theme for: Blue Playhouse

 
Jaunita from "Songs Of Affection" [adapted from the "Sarabande" from Handel's first opera "Almira" (1705); melody also used in the aria "Lascia Ch'io Pianga" (Let Me Cry) from his opera "Rinaldo" (1711)]
   by: George F. Handel (m); Caroline Norton (adapter)

Theme for: Romance of Helen Trent, The

 
Java Jive (1940)
   by: Ben Oakland (m); Milton Drake (w)

Theme for: Quixie Doodle Contest

Mutual, 1939 - 40

 
Jazznocracy
   by: Will Hudson

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Jimmie Lunceford [big band shows]

 
Jealousy [Jalousie Tango] (1926)
   by: Jacob Gade

Theme for: Trouble With Marriage, The

 
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (1854)
   by: Stephen C. Foster

Theme for: Amanda of Honeymoon Hill

 
J-E-L-L-O [original commercial jingle]
   by: Don Bestor

Jello Jingle Theme for: Jack Benny Program, The

 
Jersey Jive, The
   by: Ozzie Nelson

Open Theme 1, circa 1941 for: Red Skelton Show, The

 
Jolly Coppersmith, The
   by: Carl Peter

Theme for: Pick and Pat

 
Jolly Good Company (1931) [aka "Here We Are Again"]
   by: Raymond Wallace

Theme for: Canada Dry Hour, The

 
Jolly Good Company (1931)
   by: Raymond Wallace

Theme 1 for: Log Cabin Jamboree (aka: "The Jack Haley Show")

NBC, 1937 - 38; CBS, 38 - 39

 
Juanita, from "Songs Of Affection" (1853) [adapted from the "Sarabande" from Handel's first opera "Almira" (1705); melody also used in the aria "Lascia Ch'io Pianga" (Let Me Cry) from his opera "Rinaldo" (1711)]
   by: George F. Handel (m); Caroline Norton (adapter)

Theme 2 for: Romance of Helen Trent, The

 
Judaline [from the 1948 Jane Powell film, "A Date With Judy"]
   by: Gene De Paul; Don Raye (professional name of Donald MacRae Wilhoite Jr.)

Theme for: Date With Judy, A

 
Junior March
   by: Emil Ascher

Theme 3 for: Let's Pretend

 
Junior Miss Theme (No. 1-2)(1946)
   by: Gus Levene

Theme for: Mary Small--Junior Miss Show, The

ABC, 1946 - 47

 
Just A Little Girl
   by: S. B. Fishburne

Theme for: Jack and Loretta Clemens

 
Just A Little Love Song (pub. 1922) [aka: "Just a Little Love"] (from the musical revue "The Box Party")
   by: Joe Cooper (m); Samuel M. Lewis (w); Joseph Young (w)

Theme for: Lora Lawton

 
Just An Echo In The Valley
   by: Jimmy Campbell; Reginald ["Reg"] Connelly; Harry Woods

Close Theme 2 (1933 - ) for: Chesterfield Time [with Bing Crosby]

 
Just Around the Corner (May Be Sunshine For You) (1925)
   by: Harry Von Tilzer (m); Dolph Singer (w)

Theme for: Revelers, The [aka "R & R Entertainers"]

NBC Red and Blue, 1938 - 40

 
Just Ask The Quiz Kids (1942)
   by: Joe (w & m Kelly

Theme 4 for: Quiz Kids, The

 
Just For You (1946)
   by: Gordon Jenkins (m); Morey Amsterdam (w)

Theme for: Dick Haymes Auto-Lite Show, The

CBS

 
Just You and I
   by: Ray Gold

Theme for: Pickens Sisters, The

 
Juvenile Court Theme
   by: Jerrald ["Jerry"] Goldsmith

Theme for: Juvenile Court

 
Kaye's Melody
   by: Sammy Kaye

Signature Theme 3 on various shows for: Sammy Kaye [big band shows]

 
Kerry Dance, The [aka: The Cuckoo]
   by: Margaret Casson (m); J. L. Molloy (w)

Theme for: Pretty Kitty Kelly

 
Kerry Dance, The [aka: The Cuckoo] [possible Errata]
   by: Margaret Casson (m); J. L. Molloy (w)

Theme 3 for: Portia Faces Life

 
Kingdom Comin' (An' De Year Ob Jubilo)(1862) [arranged like "Happy Days Are Here Again"]
   by: Henry C. Work (a civil war melody arranged by Ray Noble -- used 10 years later in "Doodletown Fifers" by Sauter-Finegan)

Theme 2 for: Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show [Chase and Sanborn]

 
Knowledge and the Great Doors [aka: The World Is Yours]
   by: Rudolf R. A. Schramm

Theme for: World Is Yours, The

 
La Golondrina [aka: Las Golondrinas] (1862)
   by: Narciso Serradell (m); Abe Lyman [Abraham Simon] (arr.)

Theme 3 for: Waltz Time, with host Frank Nunn

 
La Hoolah Boola [Hawaiian Ditty] (1897) (aka: "Yale Boola" (1901) and "Boola Boola")
   by: Robert ["Bob"] Cole; William ["Billy"] Johnson

Theme 1 for: Frank Merriwell, The Adventures of

 
Ladies Be Seated
   by: George Wiest; Johnny Olsen; Fred Hall

Theme 2 for: Ladies Be Seated (with Johnny Olsen)

 
L'Amour Toujours L'Amour [aka: Love Everlasting]
   by: Rudolph Friml (m); Catherine Chisholm (w)

Theme for: Personal Column of the Air, The

 
Largo [aka: "Goin' Home"], from the "New World" Symphony, No. 9 [sometimes called No. 5] in E-Minor (Op. 95) (1894)
   by: Antonin Dvorak

Theme for: Words And Music [with Harvey Hays]

 
Last Rose of Summer (Is The Sweetest Song Of All), The (1907)
   by: Arthur Gillespie; Harry Sidney

Theme for: Houseboat Hannah

 
Laugh Your Way Through Life
   by: Harry Revel; Mack Gordon

Signature Theme 3 on various shows for: Eddie Cantor

 
Lazy Heart
   by: Alexander Laszlo

Theme 3 for: Beulah Show, The

 
Lazy Moon (1903)
   by: Bob Cole; J. Rosimond Johnson; Billy Johnson

Theme 1 for: Uncle Ezra [aka: "Uncle Ezra's Radio Station"]

 
Lazy River [aka: "Up A Lazy River"]
   by: Hoagy Carmichael; Sidney Arodin

Theme for: Si Zentner [big band shows]

 
Lean Baby
   by: Billy May (m); Roy Alfred (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Billy May [big band shows]

 
Leap Frog
   by: Joe Garland

Signature Theme 2 [circa 1943] on various shows for: Les Brown [big band shows]

 
Leave It To Love (1954) [vocal title of "Powell Theme"]
   by: Henry Russell [professional name of Henry Russell Olson] (m); By Dunham (w)

Theme for: Richard Diamond, Private Detective

 
Leonore Overture No. 3, The
   by: Ludwig von Beethoven

Theme for: American School of the Air

 
Les Preludes (a theme from the tone poem)
   by: Franz Liszt

Theme for: Buck Rogers In The 25th Century

 
Less Work For Mother (1936, 1974)
   by: William ["Bill"] Livingston; J. Russell Robinson; [Edwin H. Morris publisher - selling agent Chas. Hansen]

Theme for: Horn and Hardart Children's Hour, The

 
Let George Do It
   by: Edward J. ["Eddie"] Dunstedter

Theme for: Let George Do It

 
Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1910)
   by: Leo Friedman; Beth Slater Whitson

Theme 2 for: Uncle Walter's Doghouse

 
Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing
   by: Stanley J. Damerell; Tolchard Evans; Robert Hargreaves; Henry B. Tilsley

Theme for: Community Sing

 
Let's Dance (1934) [adapted from "Invitation To The Dance" by Carl Maria Von Weber]
   by: Joseph Bonime (adapter); Gregory Stone (adapter); Fanny Mae Baldridge (w)

Theme for: Let's Dance (3-hour show with 3 big bands)

NBC, 1934 - 35

 

Signature Open Theme on various shows of: Benny Goodman [big band shows]

CBS, 1936 - 39

 

Theme 2 for: Benny Goodman's Swing School [aka: "Camel Caravan of the Air, The"]

 
Let's Get On With The Show
   by: Wade F. Denning Jr.

Theme 2 for: Original Amateur Hour, The [Major Bowes, Ted Mack]

 
Let's Have Another Cigarette
   by: Allie Wrubel; Herbert Magidson

Theme 1 for: Benny Goodman's Swing School [aka: "Camel Caravan of the Air, The]

CBS, 1936 - 39

 
Let's Have Another Cup o' Coffee (1932)
   by: Irving Berlin

Theme 2 [Maxwell House sponsorship] for: Father Knows Best

 
Let's Play Make Believe
   by: Mark Warnow; Charles Chancer

Theme for: Forty-Five Minutes In Hollywood

 
Let's Pretend [adapted from Karel Komzak's "Allegretto from 'Fairy Tale' (Opus 135, No. 2)" with lyrics for "Cream of Wheat"]
   by: Joseph ["Joe"] Rines; Robert ["Bob"] Bilder

Theme 2 (vocal) for: Let's Pretend

 
Liberace Theme, The (adapted from the trio section of "Fantasie Impromptu" by Chopin)
   by: Frederick Chopin; Wladziu Valentino ["Lee"] Liberace

Open Theme 2 for: Liberace Show, The

 
Life and Love [from the 1919 operetta "The Velvet Lady"]
   by: Victor Herbert (m); Henry Blossom (w)

Theme for: Grand Hotel

 
Life of Riley (Radio Program) Theme
   by: Lou Kosloff

Theme 3 for: Life Of Riley, The

 
Life Of Riley, The
   by: Alfred Goodman

Theme 2 for: Life Of Riley, The

 
Light Of The World (theme), based on "Lovely Appears" from "The Redemption" by Gounod
   by: Clark ["Doc"] Whipple (adapter and organ arr.); Charles Francois Gounod (m)

Theme for: Light Of The World, The

 
Light Of This [<sic>] World
   by: Clark ["Doc"] Whipple

Alternate Theme Title for: Light Of The World, The

 
Lights Out (1935)
   by: Billy [William Joseph] Hill

Theme 2 for: Hollywood Hotel [with Louella Parsons]

 
Li'l Abner in Dogpatch
   by: Don Marcotte

Theme for: Li'l Abner

 
Lincoln Highway, The
   by: Jack Arthur

Theme for: Lincoln Highway, The

 
Line-Up, The
   by: Edward J. ["Eddie"] Dunstedter

Theme for: Line-Up, The

 
Lipton Tea Jingle [adapted from "Sing a Song of Sixpence"]
   by: Traditional Nursery Tune

Open Theme for: Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts

 
Listen To The Mocking Bird (1855)
   by: Richard Milburn (m); pseudonym of Septimus Winner) Alice Hawthorne (w

Theme 2 for: Johnson Family, The

 
Little Brown Jug
   by: Joseph E. Winner

Theme 1 for: Bright Horizon

 
Little By Little [from the 1929 film "The Sophomore"]
   by: Robert Emmett Dolan; Walter O'Keefe

Signature Theme on various shows for: Little Jack Little [and his Orchestra]

 
Little Girl (1931)
   by: Francis Henry; Madeline Hyde

Theme 7 for: Baby Snooks Show, The

 
Little Grey Home In the West (1911)
   by: Hermann Löhr (m); D. Eardley-Wilmot (w)

Theme for: Betty Moore

 
Little Herman [aka: "Little Herman Theme & Finale"]
   by: Josef Bonime

Theme for: Little Herman

 
Little Jazz Bird [from the 1924 musical "Lady, Be Good!"]
   by: George Gershwin (m); Ira Gershwin (w)

Theme for: Cliff Edwards Show, The [during the 1930's]

 
Little Love, A Little Kiss, A (Un Peu D'Amour) [aka: Just A Little Love, A Little Kiss] (1912)
   by: Lao [Stanislao] Silèsu (m); Adrian Ross (Eng. w)

Theme for: Life Of Mary Sothern, The

 

Theme 1 for: Romance of Helen Trent, The

 
Little 'M' Fanfares, from the "Structural Music" library
   by: Alexander Laszlo

Opening Signature/Billboard 2 for: My Little Margie

 
Little Orphan Annie (1928)
   by: Joe L. Sanders; Gus Kahn

Theme for: Little Orphan Annie

 
Log Cabin Jamboree (1938)
   by: Ted Fiorito (m); Jack Meskill (w)

Theme 4 for: Log Cabin Jamboree (aka: "The Jack Haley Show")

NBC, 1937 - 38; CBS, 38 - 39

 
Londonderry Air [vocal title: Danny Boy]
   by: Ireland Traditional Irish Air from Londonderry County

Theme for: O'Neills, The

 
Lonely Heart
   by:

Theme for: Pillsbury Flour Radio Hour, The -- see "Today's Children"

 
Lonely Heart
   by: Ireene Wicker

Theme 3 for: Today's Children

 
Lonesome Gal
   by: Walter Schumann; Jack Brooks

Theme for: Lonesome Gal Programme, The

 
Long, Long Ways From Home
   by: Carson J. Robison

Theme for: Bar X Days / Bar X Days and Nights

 
Look For The Silver Lining [from the 1920 musical "Sally"]
   by: Jerome Kern (m); Buddy G. De Sylva (w)

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

 

Theme for: Bob and Vera

CBS

 

Theme for: Heinz Program, The

CBS

 

Theme for: Woman Of Courage

 

Theme for: Your Family And Mine

 
Looking At the World Through Rose-Colored Glasses (1926)
   by: Jimmy Steiger; Tommie Malie

Theme for: N B C Jamboree

 

Theme for: Sylvia Clarke

 
Lorenzo Jones
   by: Ann Leaf

Sub-Theme for: Lorenzo Jones

 
Love For Today
   by: Don Becker

Theme for: This Day Is Ours

 
Love In Bloom [from the 1934 Bing Crosby film, "She Loves Me Not"]
   by: Leo Robin; Ralph Rainger

Main Theme & Signature Theme on various shows for: Jack Benny Program, The

 
Love Is Mine (1936)
   by: F. D. ("Pat") Ballard; Charles E. ("Chuck") Henderson

Theme for: Kostelanetz-Chesterfield Program, The

 

Theme for: Music Millions Love [with Andre Kostelanetz & his Orchestra]

CBS, 1945 - 46

 
Love Nest, The [from the 1920 musical "Mary"]
   by: Louis A. Hirsch (m); Otto Harbach (w)

Main Theme since 1936 for: Burns and Allen

 

Theme for: Couple Next Door, The

 

Theme 1 for: Ethyl and Albert

 
Love Song
   by: James Koestner

Theme for: Hoover Sentinel Concerts

 
Love Theme No. 1, from the MUTEL music service library (also sub-licensed to the Capitol "Q" series library as: "Theme No. 1 - Dramatic - Long", probably from a film noir B-picture score composed by Joe Mullendore)
   by: George Lee (MUTEL BMI credit -- Lee is a MUTEL pseudonym); also listed as composed by Joseph Mullendore in BMI

Theme 2, circa 1955 for: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

 
Love Thy Neighbor (from the 1934 film "We're Not Dressing")
   by: Harry Revel (m); Mack Gordon (w)

Theme 1 for: Griffin Program, The — Time To Shine

CBS

 

Theme for: Interesting Neighbors

NBC

 

Theme for: Neighbor Nell

NBC Blue

 
Lovely Appears, from "The Redemption" by Gounod
   by: Clark ["Doc"] Whipple (adapter and organ arr.); Charles Francois Gounod (m)

Theme for: Light Of The World, The

 
Lovely To Look At [from the 1935 film version of the musical "Roberta"]
   by: Jerome Kern (m); Dorothy Fields (w); Jimmy McHugh (w)

Theme for: Campana Serenade

 
Love's Bright Horizon (1944)
   by: John Gart (m); Tot Seymour (w)

Theme 3 for: Bright Horizon

CBS, 1941 - 45

 
Love's Greeting [aka: "Liebesgruss"; aka: "Salut d'Amour"] (Op. 12, 1888)
   by: Sir Edward Elgar

Alt. Theme Title for: Magic Voice, The

 
Love's Old Sweet Song [aka "Just a Song At Twilight"] (1884)
   by: G. Clifton Bingham (w); James Lynam Molloy (m)

Theme for: Magazine of the Air [aka: "Heinz Magazine Of The Air"]

 
Loving You (1929)
   by: Roger Stebbins (w); Gregoire Alexandresco (m)

Theme for: Parisian Romances [aka: "d'Orsay's Parisian Romances"]

NBC Blue, 1929

 
Loyal Sons of Rutgers
   by: Philip Bliss; Ozzie Nelson

Theme for: Ozzie Nelson '27, and his Orchestra

 
Lucky Day
   by: Ray Henderson (m); B.G. [George Gard] De Sylva (w); Lew Brown (w)

Theme for: Lucky Strike Radio Hour, The

NBC, 1928 - 31

 
Lucky Day (aka: This Is My Lucky Day)
   by: Ray Henderson (m); B.G. [George Gard] De Sylva (w); Lew Brown (w)

"Inside Signature" Theme 2 for: Your Lucky Strike Hit Parade [aka: "Your Hit Parade"]

 
Luke Slaughter Theme(s)
   by: Wilbur J. Hatch

Theme for: Luke Slaughter of Tombstone

CBS, 1958

 
Lullaby Theme (Pet Milk) [aka: "Pet Lullaby Theme, The"] (1937)
   by: Walter Gustave ["Gus"] Haenschen

(Pet Milk Sponsorship) Theme 2 for: Saturday Night Serenade

 
Lux [Radio] Theatre [Signature] Theme
   by: Robert Armbruster

Theme 1 (1934 - 1954) for: Lux Radio Theatre

CBS

 
Lux Finale
   by: Rudy Schrager

Close Theme 2 (1954 - 1955) for: Lux Radio Theatre

NBC

 
Lux Theme
   by: Rudy Schrager

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

 

Open Theme 2 (1954 - 1955) for: Lux Radio Theatre

NBC

 
Lyric Pieces, Book 3, No. 5 - 'Erotic' (Op. 43, No. 5)
   by: Edvard Grieg

Theme for: Life and Love of Dr. Susan, The

 
Main Street Music Hall Theme
   by: Alfredo Antonini

Theme for: Main Street Music Hall (with Earl Wrightson & Russ Emery)

CBS, 1949; NBC, 1950

 
Make Believe Ball Room (1936)
   by: Andy Razaf; Paul Denniker

Theme 1 for: Make-Believe Ballroom, The [with Martin Block]

 
Man Called X Theme, The
   by: John W. ["Johnny"] Green

Theme for: Man Called X, The

 
Man From Homicide Theme, The
   by: George Basil ["Buzz"] Adlam

Theme for: Man From Homicide, The

 
Man That Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo, The (1892)
   by: Fred Gilbert

Theme for: Frank Morgan Show, The

 
Man With The Horn, The (1946)
   by: Eddie DeLange; Jack Jenney; Bonnie Lake

Signature Theme on various shows for: Ray Anthony [big band shows]

 
Manhattan [from the 1925 revue "Garrick Gaities ]
   by: Richard Rodgers (m); Lorenz Hart (w)

Theme for: Broadway Is My Beat

 

Theme for: Tex and Jinks

 
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (Theme Song)(pub. 1936)
   by: Walter Gustave ["Gus"] Haenschen (w+m); Pinky H. Herman (w)

Theme for: Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

 
Manhattan Serenade
   by: Louis Alter (m); Harold Adamson (w)

Theme for: Easy Aces

 
March Around the Breakfast Table
   by: John Redmond

March Theme for: Breakfast Club with Don McNeill, The

 
March Chevalier [written for the 1921 silent film "Orphans of the Storm"]
   by: William Frederick Peters

Theme for: While The City Sleeps

 
March from "The Love for Three Oranges" [opera]
   by: Sergei Prokofiev

Theme 1 for: FBI in Peace and War, The

 
March Moderne (1938)
   by: Will Donaldson

Theme for: Believe It Or Not [with Robert Ripley]

 
March of the Ancestors [from the 1937 British musical "Crest of the Wave"]
   by: Ivor Novello

Theme for: Sherlock Holmes

 
March of the Bob Cats, The
   by: Ray Bauduc; Bob Crosby; Irving Fazola; Robert Haggart; Hilton ["Nappy"] Lamar; Julian Clifton Matlock; Edward R. Miller; Gil Rodin

Opening Theme for: Club 15 [with Bob Crosby]

 
March of the Flit Soldiers
   by: Harry Reser

Theme for: Flit Soldiers, The [with the Harry Reser Orchestra]

 
March of the Heidt Brigade, The
   by: Horace Heidt

Theme for: Musical Treasure Chest

NBC, 1940 - 41

 

Theme 1 for: Pot O' Gold [with Horace Heidt & His Knights]

NBC, 1939 - 40

 
March Of Time, The [from "The Earl Carroll Vanities of 1930"] (1930)
   by: Harold Arlen (m); Ted Koehler (w)

Theme 1 for: March Of Time, The [aka: "The March of Time Quiz"]

 
March Theme from "Cavalcade of America" [aka: "Cavalcade March"]
   by: Harold A. Levey

Theme 1 for: Cavalcade of America [aka: Dupont Cavalcade]

 
Marche Misterieux/Radio Transition#105
   by: Charles F. Paul

Theme 3 for: Ellery Queen, The Adventures of

CBS/NBC/CBS/NBC, 1939-47

 
Marching Along Together (1933)
   by: Edward Pola; Fred Steininger; Mort Dixon

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Kate Smith

 
Mark Trail Theme
   by: John Marion Gart

Theme 1 for: Mark Trail

 
Mark Trail Theme
   by: Henry ["Hank"] Sylvern

Theme 2 for: Mark Trail

 
Marta (Rambling Rose of the Wildwood)
   by: L. Wolfe Gilbert; Rodriquez Moises Simon

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

 
Mary (I'm In Love With You) (1931)
   by: J. Fred Coots; Ozzie Nelson

Main & End Theme for: Ozzie and Harriet, The Adventures of

CBS/NBC/CBS/ABC, 1944-54

 
Masquerade
   by: John Jacob Loeb (m); Paul Francis Webster (w)

Theme for: Mister (Mr.) Chameleon

 
Maxwell House Opening
   by: Leith Stevens

Opening Billboard for: Baby Snooks / Maxwell House Coffee Time

 

Opening Billboard for: Maxwell House Coffee Time

 
May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You
   by: Meredith Willson

Closing Theme for: Big Show, The

 
Mean To Me
   by: Fred Ahlert (m); Roy Turk (w)

Open Theme for: Mister (Mr.) and Missus (Mrs.)

 
Meditation
   by: Adolf G. Hoffmann

Theme for: Music That Endures

 
Meet Millie
   by: Irving Miller

Theme for: Meet Millie

 
Melancholy Lullaby
   by: Benny Carter; Edward Heyman

Signature Theme on various shows for: Benny Carter [big band shows]

 
Melody in C (1938)
   by: William H. Meeder

Theme 1 for: Life Can Be Beautiful

 
Melody In F (Opus 3, No. 1) (1850 - 51)
   by: Anton Rubinstein

Theme for: Brenda Curtis

 

Theme for: Life Begins at Eighty

 
Melody in G-Flat (1905)
   by: Charles Wakefield Cadman

Theme for: Hawthorne House

 
Memories
   by: Egbert Van Alstyne (m); Gus Kahn (w)

Theme 1, 1938-40 for: Stella Dallas

 
Memories Of You
   by: Eubie Blake (m); Andy Razaf (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Sonny Dunham [big band shows]

 
Memory Lane
   by: Con Conrad (m); Larry Spier (m); B. G. ["Buddy"] De Sylva (w)

Theme 1 for: Voice of Firestone, The

 
Mem'ries (Golden Memory Days) [aka: "Memories"] (1928)
   by: Harold Sanford (m); Henry M. Neely (w)

Theme for: Philco Radio Hour, The / Philco Concert Orchestra

 
Mention My Name In Sheboygan (1947)
   by: Bob Hilliard; Dick Sanford; Sammy Mysels

Theme for: Bob and Ray

 
Merrily We Roll Along
   by: Traditional Children's Nursery Tune

Theme 1 for: Truth Or Consequences

 
Minnie, The Moocher
   by: Irving Mills; Cab Calloway; Clarence Gaskill

Signature Theme on various shows for: Cab Calloway [big band shows]

 
Minute Waltz, The (Op. 64, No. 1)
   by: Frederick Chopin

Theme for: Stepmother

 
Mister Allen
   by: Alfred Goodman

Theme 1 for: Fred Allen's Alley

 
Mister Allen
   by: Alfred Goodman

Theme 1 for: Fred Allen's Alley

 
Mister Rainbow
   by: Billy Mills (m); Jack Rock (w)

Theme 1, circa 1941-45 for: Great Gildersleeve, The

 
Mm-Mm Good (adapted for the Campbell's Soup Jingle)
   by: Allie Wrubel (w); Paul Baron (m)

Opening Theme for: Club 15 [with Dick Haymes, for Campbell's Soup]

 
Modern Cinderella, A (1929)
   by: Evan Marsden

Theme 1 (through 1940) for: Andrew Grimm's Daughter

 
Mollé, Mollé [aka Mollé Theme Song, The] (1939)
   by: Frank Crumit (m); Sedley Brown (w)

Theme for: Battle of the Sexes, The

NBC, 1938 - 44

 
Mollé, Mollé [aka Mollé Theme Song, The] (1939)
   by: Frank Crumit (m); Sedley Brown (w)

Theme for: Mollé Mystery Theatre

 
Moment We Met, The
   by: Johnny Richards; Vick Knight

Theme for: [New] Jack Carson Show, The

CBS, 1943 - 44

 
Monitor
   by: Lan ["Lanny"] O'Kun

Theme 2 for: Monitor Radio [N B C Weekend Radio format]

 
Monitor Beacon, The [sound effect signature - a tape loop made from a sequence of 1950's AT & T telephone line switching tones generated by analog oscillators]
   by: [no composer]

Signature Sound for: Monitor Radio [N B C Weekend Radio format]

 
Monitor Pulse Theme, The
   by: Bernie Baum; Bill Giant; Florence Kaye

Theme 4 for: Monitor Radio [N B C Weekend Radio format]

 
Monitor Radio Theme
   by: Bradley Paul Hatfield

Theme 8 for: Monitor Radio [N B C Weekend Radio format]

 
Monitor Theme(s)
   by: Stanley Applebaum

Theme 3 for: Monitor Radio [N B C Weekend Radio format]

 
Monitor Weekend Theme, The
   by: Bernie Baum; Bill Giant; Florence Kaye

Theme 5 for: Monitor Radio [N B C Weekend Radio format]

 
Mooch, The [aka: "The Moochie", aka: "The Mooche"]
   by: Edward Kennedy ["Duke"] Ellington; Irving Mills

Theme for: Charlie Chan

 
Moon Is a Silver Dollar, The (1939)
   by: Sammy Fain (m); Mitchell Parish (w)

Theme for: Play Broadcast

Mutual, 1940 -

 
Moonlight and You
   by: Al Dubin; Kahn Keene; Frankie Masters

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Frankie Masters [big band shows]

 
Moonlight Becomes You
   by: Jimmy (pseudonym of Edward Chester Babcock) Van Heusen (m); Johnny Burke (w)

Theme 1 (1954 - 1955) for: Bing Crosby Show, The

CBS, 1954 - 1956

 
Moonlight Serenade
   by: Glenn Miller (m); Mitchell Parish (w)

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Glenn Miller [big band shows]

 
Moonlight Sonata, The (Opus 27, No. 2)
   by: Ludwig von Beethoven

Theme for: Longines Symphonette , The

 
Mortimer Snerd Theme
   by: Raymond Stanley Noble; Edgar John Bergen

Secondary Theme for: Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy

 
Mosquito Parade, The [from the 1902 musical revue "The Mosquito Parade"]
   by: James Swope; Sylvester Swope

Theme for: Honeyboy and Sassafras

 
Most Beautiful Girl In The World, The [from the 1935 Broadway musical "Billy Rose's Jumbo"]
   by: Richard Rodgers (m); Lorenz Hart (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Ted Straeter Orchestra [big band shows]

 
Mr. and Mrs. Swing
   by: Red Norvo

Signature Theme on various shows for: Red Norvo [big band shows]

 
Mr. District Attorney Theme
   by: Peter Van Steeden Jr.

Theme 2 for: Mister (Mr.) District Attorney

 
Music For To-Night
   by: Don Gillis

Theme for: Music For To-Night

 
Music In My Fingers
   by: Richard Myers (m); Edward Heyman (w)

Theme for: Ray Bloch's Varieties

 
Music of Love (1951) [instrumental title: "Bell Waltz, The", aka: "Bell Telephone Waltz"]
   by: Donald David Voorhees (m); Guy Wood (w)

Theme for: Telephone Hour, The

 
Music Of Manhattan
   by: Norman L. Cloutier

Theme for: Music Of Manhattan [with the Norman Cloutier Orchestra]

NBC, 1945

 
Music Of The Spheres (Waltz) (1868)
   by: Josef Strauss (or Robert Stolz piece of the same name)

Theme for: Continental Varieties

 
Musical Snuff-Box (Op. 32), A
   by: Anatole [ASCAP spelling of Anatol Liadov] Liadoff; Rosario Bourdon (arr.)

Theme for: Lady Next Door, The

 
My Beautiful Lady (1911, as arranged for the 1950 film "Two Weeks With Love")
   by: Ivan Caryll (m); C. M. S. McClellan (w); Leo Arnaud (arr.)

Theme on ABC [1950 - 54] for: Mary Margaret McBride [interviews & talk]

 
My Beautiful Lady --
see also "Beautiful Lady"
 
My Dear
   by: Edwin Frederick Large; Jan Garber

Signature Theme on various shows for: Jan Garber

 
My Favorite Husband - Radio Theme
   by: Wilbur Hatch

Theme for: My Favorite Husband

 
My Friend
   by: Albert Hay Malotte

Theme for: Crossroads [orig. title: "Saturday's Child"]

 
My Friend Irma Theme
   by: John M. Leipold

Theme 3 for: My Friend Irma

 
My Guiding Star
   by: Marion Sayle Taylor

Theme for: Voice of Experience, The

 
My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice [from the opera "Samson and Delilah"]
   by: Camille Saint-Saens

Theme for: Carters of Elm Street, The

 

Theme 1 for: Second Mrs. Burton, The

 
My Heart Is My Master
   by: Edward [Eddie] Heyman (w); James Blade (m); Frankie Masters (m)

Theme for: Household Finance Hour, The

 
My Home Town
   by: Clarke Morgan (??)

Theme 1 for: Wendy Warren and the News

 
My Isle of Golden Dreams (1919)
   by: Walter Blaufuss (m); Gus Kahn (w)

Theme for: Hour of Charm, The [before Wartime years]

CBS, 1934 - 36; NBC, 1936 - 46; CBS, 1946 - 48

 

Theme for: Isle of Golden Dreams (1932)

Don Lee network, 1932

 
My Love
   by: Victor Young (m); Ned Washington (w)

Theme for: Ponds Program, The

 
My Mammy [from the 1918 vaudeville revue "Sinbad" starring Al Jolson]
   by: Walter Donaldson (m); Sam Lewis (w); Joe Young (w)

Theme for: Presenting Al Jolson

NBC, 1932 - 33

 
My Old Kentucky Home (1853) (aka: "My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight")
   by: Stephen Collins Foster

Theme 1 for: Johnson Family, The

 
My Sentimental Heart
   by: Carmen Cavallero (m); Mitchell Parish (w)

Theme 2 for: Carmen Cavallaro

 
My Shawl
   by: Xavier Cugat (m); Stanley Adams (Eng. words)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Xavier Cugat [big band shows]

 
My Time Is Your Time (1924)
   by: Leo Dance (m); Eric Little (w)

Theme for: Sealtest Program, The [with Rudy Vallee]

 
My Time Is Your Time (1924)
   by: Leo Dance (m); Eric Little (w)

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Rudy Vallee

 
My True Story
   by: Charles Hathaway (m); Will Gould (w)

Theme for: My True Story

 
My Twilight Dream (1940) [based upon Chopin's "Nocturne in Eb (Op.9, No. 2)"][aka: "Eddy Duchin Story" movie Theme: "To Love Again"]
   by: Frederic Chopin (m); Eddy Duchin (adapter); Lew Sherwood (adapter)

Signature Theme 3 on various shows for: Eddy Duchin

 
My Wild Irish Rose
   by: Chauncey Olcott

Theme for: Abie's Irish Rose

NBC, 1942-44

 
Mystery Theme
   by: Rosa Rio

Theme for: Deadline Dramas

 
N B C Calling
   by: Lan ["Lanny"] O'Kun (m)

Theme for: N B C Calling

 
N B C Theater/Screen Directors' Guild Theme
   by: Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson)

Theme for: Screen Director's Assignment (aka: NBC Theater/Screen Directors' Guild)

 

Theme for: Screen Director's Playhouse (aka: NBC Theater/Screen Directors' Guild)

 
Neals and Orville Theme, The
   by: Earl Hamner (w); George Rogers (m)

Theme for: Neals and Orville, The

Crosley-Avco Broadcasting, 1949 - 50

 
Neapolitan Nights (Oh, Nights of Splendor) [from the 1926 film "Fazil"]
   by: J. S. Zamecnik (m); Harry D. Kerr (w)

Theme for: First Nighter, The

 
Nero Wolfe Theme
   by: Lew White

Theme for: Nero Wolfe, The Adventures of

 
Nero Wolfe Theme
   by: Robert ["Bob"] Packham

Theme for: Nero Wolfe, The New Adventures of

 
New Suspense Closing
   by: Lucien Alfred E. Moraweck

Alternate End March Theme for: Suspense

CBS, 1942-62

 
Nick Carter Theme
   by: Lew White

Theme for: Nick Carter, Master Detective

 
Night and Day
   by: Cole Porter

Open Theme 1 for: Frank Sinatra [signature song on various programs]

 
Night Flight To Madrid (1958)
   by: Kermit Leslie (pseudonym of Kermit Levinsky); Walter Leslie (pseudonym of Walter Levinsky)

Theme 1 for: Monitor Radio [N B C Weekend Radio format]

 
Night On Bald Mountain, A
   by: Modest Moussorgsky

Theme for: Escape

 
Nightmare
   by: Artie Shaw

Signature Theme on various shows for: Artie Shaw [big band shows]

 
Nighty Night
   by: Leslie Bacon (pseudonym of Joseph M. ["Joe"] Davis)

Signature Close Theme on various shows for: Alvino Rey [orchestra shows]

 
Nobody's Sweetheart
   by: Billy Meyers; Elmer Schoebel; Gus Kahn; Ernie Erdman

Theme for: Joan Davis Time

CBS, 1947-48

 
Nocturne in Eb (Opus 9, No. 2) [vocal title: My Twilight Dream]
   by: Frederic Chopin (m); Eddy Duchin (adapter); Lew Sherwood (adapter)

Signature Theme 3 on various shows for: Eddy Duchin

 
Nola
   by: Felix Arndt

Theme 2 for: Vincent Lopez Show, The

 
None But The Lonely Heart (Nur, wer die Sehnsucht kennt)(Op. 6, 1869) [featured the 1933 RKO Radio film "Little Women"]
   by: Piotr Ilyich ["Peter"] Tchaikovsky (m); Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German lyric); Arthur Westbrook (Eng. Lyric)

Theme for: Kitty Keene, Incorporated

 
North Theme (Opening after Theme) [<sic>]
   by: Charles F. Paul

Act Opener for: Mister (Mr.) and Mrs. North

 
Notturna D'Amore [English title: Drigo's Serenade]
   by: Riccardo Drigo

Theme 2 for: When A Girl Marries

 
Now I Lay Me Down To Dream (1940)
   by: Ted Fio Rito (m); Eddy [Edward E.] Howard (w)

Theme for: Dream Harbor Girl

 
Now I Lay Me Down To Dream (1940)
   by: Ted Fio Rito (m); Eddy [Edward E.] Howard (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Mary Lou Harp

 
Now That It's All Over
   by: Stella Unger

Signature Theme on various shows for: Harold Stern [big band shows]

 
Now The Day Is Over [an 1865 poem, set to the Joseph Barnaby hymn tune "Merrial" (1868)]
   by: Sir Joseph Barnaby (m); Sabine Baring-Gould (w)

Theme for: Atwater-Kent Hour, The

 
Now The Day Is Over [an 1865 poem, set to the Joseph Barnaby hymn tune "Merrial" (1868)]
   by: Sir Joseph Barnaby (m); Sabine Baring-Gould (w)

Theme for: Atwater-Kent Hour, The

 
O Sacred Heart! O Love Divine!
   by: Traditional Hymn; Roy Ringwald (arr.)

Theme for: Fred Waring Sacred Heart Program, The

 
Official Detective Opening
   by: Chester ["Chet"] Kingsbury

Opening Signature for: Official Detective

 
Official Detective Theme
   by: Chester ["Chet"] Kingsbury

Main Theme for: Official Detective

 
Oh Marie [aka: O Mari]
   by: Edoardo Di Capua

Opening Medley, Part 2 for: Life With Luigi

 
Oh, Didn't He Ramble? [aka: "Didn't He Ramble?"]
   by: Hattie Bolton

Theme for: Happy Rambler, The [with Irving Kaufman]

 
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
   by: Nathaniel Davis Ayer (m); Seymour Brown (w)

Theme 1 for: Vic and Sade

 
Old Jello Theme [aka: J-E-L-L-O]
   by: Don Bestor (m); Meredith Willson (adapter/arranger)

Jello Jingle Theme for: Jack Benny Program, The

 
Old Refrain, The
   by: Johann Brandl (orig. composer); Fritz Kreisler (adapter)

Theme 2, 1938-40 for: Stella Dallas

 
Old Time Jamboree [aka: "Theme Song"] (1946)
   by: Charles H. Brown; Owen Bradley

Signature Theme 1 for: Eddy Arnold [on various shows]

 
O Kay Colonel! (1932)
   by: Phil Cook

Signature Theme on various shows for: Phil Cook

 
Old Trail, The [aka: Gunsmoke Theme]
   by: Rex Koury

Main & End Theme for: Gunsmoke

 
Omphale's Spinning Wheel ["Le Roet d'Omphale," Opus 31]
   by: Camille Saint-Saens

Main Theme for: Shadow, The

 
On The Air
   by: James Campbell; Reginald Connelly; Carroll Gibbons;

Signature Theme on various shows for: Lud Gluskin [and his Orchestra]

 
On The Air (1932)
   by: Jimmy Campbell; Reg. Connelly; Carroll Gibbons

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Rudy Vallee

 
On The Go Theme [aka: "Monitor On The Go"]
   by: Bernie Baum; Bill Giant; Florence Kaye

Theme 6 for: Monitor Radio [N B C Weekend Radio format]

 
On The Radio (1924)
   by: Vincent Lopez; Owen Murphy

Theme 1 for: Vincent Lopez Show, The

 
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
   by: Jimmy McHugh (m); Dorothy Fields (w)

Theme 1 for: Coast-to-Coast on a Bus [orig. title: "The Children's Hour"]

 
On the Trail [from "The Grand Canyon Suite"]
   by: Ferde Grofé

Theme for: Hogan's Daughter

NBC, 1949

 

Opening Billboard 2 for: Milton Berle Show, The

1936 - 1949

 

Close Theme 2 for: Milton Berle Show, The

1936 - 1949

 

Theme 1 for: Phillip Morris Playhouse

 

Theme for: Swingo [Phillip Morris Musical Game]

CBS, 1940 - 41

 
On Wisconsin
   by: Carl Edwin Beck Jr.; W. T. Purdy

Theme 1 for: Sealtest Village Store, The [with Eve Arden and Jack Carson]

 
Once In Love With Amy (from the 1948 musical "Where's Charley?" starring Ray Bolger)
   by: Frank Loesser

Theme for: Ray Bolger Show, The

 
One Hour With You
   by: Leo Robin; Richard A. Whiting

Theme 2 for: Eddie Cantor Show, The [aka: "Chase & Sanborn Hour, The"]

 
One Hour With You [aka: (I'd Love To Spend) One Hour With You]
   by: Richard Whiting (m); Leo Robin (w)

Closing Signature Theme on various shows for: Eddie Cantor

 
One Love [vocal title of instrumental theme: "California Melodies"]
   by: David D. Rose

Theme for: California Melodies (with David Rose and his Orchestra)

 
One More Kiss Good-Night [1948 Original Title: "Love Is Best of All"] (1950)
   by: Irving Szathmary (m); Doug MacNamee (w); Suzanne "Sue" MacNamee (w)

Theme for: Galen Drake Show, The

 
One Night Of Love (title song from the 1934 film)
   by: Victor Schertzinger (m); Gus Kahn (w)

Theme for: Vicks Open House [with Grace Moore]

 
One O'Clock Jump
   by: William ["Bill" Basie

Signature Theme on various shows for: Count Basie [big band shows]

 
Only You [probably]
   by: Don Becker

Theme for: The Man I Married

 
Onward Christian Soldiers (an 1871 hymn)
   by: Sir Arthur Sullivan (m); Sabine Baring (w)

Theme 1 for: Chaplain Jim

 
Open House E T
   by: Lyn Murray

Close Theme 3 for: Hollywood Open House

 
Opening Motif Sig
   by: Leith Stevens

Theme for: Academy Award Theatre [aka: Academy Award"]

CBS, 1946

 
Orgies of the Spirits (Orgie des Espirits) [from the 1907 Oriental Suite "Noure and Anitra", re-used in the 1911 opera "The Fountain of Bakhchisaray"]
   by: Alexander Ilyinsky

Theme for: Witch's Tale, The

 
Our Director (March) ["B"-section bridge theme]
   by: F. E. Bigelow

Theme for: Jack Webb Show, The

West Coast comedy series

 
Our Dream
   by: Jack Meakin

Theme for: Leave It To Joan [aka: The Joan Davis Show]

CBS, 1949-50

 
Out of the Blue (1945)
   by: Oscar Charles Caswell

Theme for: Best Sellers

ABC, 1945

 
Out Of The Night (1931)
   by: Harry Sosnik; Walter Hirsch

Theme for: Beat The Band [version #1, 1940 - 41 w/Ted Weems & Hildegarde]

NBC, 1941 - 42

 

Theme for: Beat The Band [version #2, 1943 - 44 w/Harry Sosnik]

NBC, 1943 - 44

 

Signature Theme on various shows for: Ted Weems [big band shows]

 
Over and Over Again [from the 1935 musical "Billy Rose's Jumbo" and the subsequent film]
   by: Richard Rodgers (m); Lorenz Hart (w)

Theme for: Jumbo Fire Chief Show, The [with Jimmy Durante]

 
Over There (1917)
   by: George M. Cohan

Open Theme (Part 2) for: Command Performance [for Armed Forces Radio]

 

Close Theme for: Command Performance [for Armed Forces Radio]

 
Overture to the opera "Donna Diana" (1894) [aka: "The Donna Diana Overture"; Challenge of the Yukon]
   by: Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

Theme for: Challenge of the Yukon [aka Sergeant Preston of the Yukon]

 
Overture to the opera "William Tell" (1829) [aka: "The William Tell Overture"]
   by: Giacchino Rossini

Theme for: Garry Moore Show, The

 
Oxydol Theme (1933)
   by: Larry Larsen; Don [D. T.] Marcotte

Theme for: Ma Perkins [aka "Oxydol's Own Ma Perkins"]

 
Paging Mr. Husing (1947) [aka: "Ted Husing Band Stand Show Theme" (1946)]
   by: Joel Herron (w+m)

Theme for: Ted Husing Bandstand

WHN/WMGM, 1947 - 53

 
Pale Potomac Moon (waltz song) (1932)
   by: Arthur Morton Godfrey

Theme 4 for: Arthur Godfrey Time

 
Parade of the Goops (1931)
   by: Ernie Golden (m); Don Carney [Howard Rice] (w)

Sub-Theme for: Uncle Don (aka: Don Carney) [real name: Howard Rice]

 
Paradise Isle [theme of the Monogram picture] (1937)
   by: Sam Koki

Theme for: Al Pearce & His Gang [CBS Wednesday Night Show]

CBS, 1939 - 40

 
Park Avenue Fantasy [vocal title: "Stairway To The Stars"]
   by: Matt Malneck; Frank Signorelli

Theme for: Foxes of Flatbush, The

 
Pat Novak End Credits
   by: George Basil ["Buzz" or "Buzzy"] Adlam

Close Theme for: Pat Novak For Hire [starring Jack Webb]

 
Pat Novak Main Title
   by: George Basil ["Buzz" or "Buzzy"] Adlam

Open Theme for: Pat Novak For Hire [starring Jack Webb]

 
Patricia (Waltz)(1943)
   by: Paul Carson

Theme 2 (10/20/1940 - 4/24/1959) for: One Man's Family

 
Peaceful Valley (1925)
   by: Willard Robison

Main Theme for: Maxwell House Program, The [aka: Maxwell House Concerts]

NBC Blue (1930's)

 
Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)(1931)
   by: Will Jason; Val Burton

Signature Theme on CBS for: Gordon MacCrae [music shows on CBS]

CBS

 
Perfect Day, A (1910)
   by: Carrie Jacobs Bond

Close Theme 4 for: Original Amateur Hour, The [Major Bowes, Ted Mack]

 
Perfect Song, The [for the 1915 silent film "Birth of a Nation"]
   by: Joseph Carl Breil (m); Clarence Lucas (w)

Theme 1, until 1943 for: Amos 'n' Andy [aka: "Pepsodent Hour, The"]

 
Pet Milk Theme Song (1937)
   by: Walter Gustave ["Gus"] Haenschen

(Pet Milk Sponsorship) Theme 1 for: Saturday Night Serenade

 
Un Peu d'Amour (English title: "A Little Love, A Little Kiss") (1912)
   by: Lao [Stanislao] Silèsu (m); Adrian Ross (English words)

Theme 1 for: Romance of Helen Trent, The

 
Un Peu d'Amour (English title: "A Little Love, A Little Kiss") (1912)
   by: Lao [Stanislao] Silèsu (m); Adrian Ross (English words)

Theme for: Life Of Mary Sothern, The

 
Phillip Morris Broadway Playhouse Theme
   by: George Bassman; Charles Martin

Theme 3 for: Phillip Morris Playhouse

 
Phillip Morris Playhouse Theme
   by: Rene ("Aime") Garriguenc

Theme 2 for: Phillip Morris Playhouse

 
Piano Concerto No. 1 [Theme from]
   by: Piotr Ilyich ["Peter"] Tchaikovsky

Signature Theme 3 on various shows for: Freddie Martin [orchestra shows]

 
Pillsbury House Party Theme
   by: Muzzy Marcellino

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

 
Playmates (1939) [adapted from the 1904 intermezzo Two-Step "Iola"]
   by: Charles L. Johnson (m); Saxie [Harold Kirby] Dowell (adapter)

Theme 2 for: Quiz Kids, The

 
Poeme [vocal title: My Moonlight Madonna]
   by: Zdenko Fibich (m); William Scotti (adapter); Paul Francis Webster (w)

Theme for: Joyce Jordan, Girl Intern

 
Poet and Peasant Overture [Theme from the]
   by: Franz von Suppé

Theme for: Ace Williams, The Adventures of

1937 - 38

 
Polly Wolly Doodle
   by: Traditional U.S. Southern Minstrel Song

Close Theme for: Just Plain Bill

 
Polonaise in D-Flat Major (Op. 53) (1843)
   by: Frederic Chopin

Theme 1 for: Carmen Cavallaro

 
Pomp and Circumstance March #1 (from Opus 39, No. 1) "Trio" section [vocal title: The Land of Hope and Glory]
   by: Edward Elgar

Close Theme, after "crowning the queen" for: Queen For A Day [orig. title: "Queen For Today"]

Mutual, 1945-57

 
Poor Butterfly
   by: Raymond ("Ray") Hubbell (m); John Golden (w)

Theme 2 for: Myrt and Marge

 
Poor Butterfly
   by: Raymond ("Ray") Hubbell (m); John Golden (w)

Theme 2 for: Myrt and Marge

 
Pop Goes The Weasel
   by: Traditional English dance tune

Theme for: Vox Pop

 
Portia
   by: Lew White

Theme 1 for: Portia Faces Life

 
Porter's Love Song To a Chambermaid, A (1930) (from the "Kitchen Mechanic's Revue")
   by: James Price ["Jimmy"] Johnson (m); Andy Razaf (w)

Signature Theme for: Freddy Bergin and His Orchestra [on various shows]

 
Portia Faces Life Theme
   by: Anthony Mottola

Theme 2 for: Portia Faces Life

 
Powder Box Theme
   by: Gus Levene

Theme for: Powder Box Theater

CBS, 1946

 
Powell Theme [vocal title: "Leave It To Love"]
   by: Henry (professional name of Henry Russell Olson Russell; By Dunham (w)

Theme for: Richard Diamond, Private Detective

 
Prelude [aka: "Prelude in D"]
   by: John Winters (professional name of John Schaeffer Wintersteen)

Theme 1 for: Young Doctor (Dr.) Malone

 
Prelude To The Stars [aka: Studio One Concerto]
   by: Vic Oliver

Theme 2 for: Studio One

 
Preparation and Blastoff, from "Exploring the Unknown" (performed by The Voices of Walter Schumann)
   by: Leith Stevens

Theme 2 (1955), Part 2 for: X-Minus-One

 
Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody, A [from Broadway revue "Ziegfeld Follies of 1919"]
   by: Irving Berlin

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

 
Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody, A [from the revue "Ziegfeld Follies of 1919"]
   by: Irving Berlin

Theme for: Ziegfeld Follies of the Air, The

 
Pretty Little Petticoat
   by: Raymond Scott (professional name of Harry Warnow); Jack Lawrence

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Raymond Scott [orchestra shows]

 
Prisoner's Song, The [aka: "If I Had The Wings Of An Angel"] (1924)
   by: Guy Massey

Theme 1 for: Uncle Walter's Doghouse

 
Prowess In Battle, a section from the Tone Poem "Ein Heldenleben" [A Hero's Life]
   by: Richard Strauss

Theme Medley, Part 2 for: Big Story, The

 
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse - theme (1946)
   by: Bernard ["Bernie"] Green (psuedonym of Bernard Greenwald)

Theme for: Pulitzer Prize Playhouse

 
Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day) (1942)
   by: Stephan Weiss (m); Paul Mann (m); Ruth Lowe (w)

Closing Theme for: Frank Sinatra [signature song on various programs]

 

Close Theme 5 (Sinatra) for: Your Lucky Strike Hit Parade [aka: "Your Hit Parade"]

NBC

 
Quaker City Jazz
   by: Jan Savitt; Jimmy Schultz

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Jan Savitt [orchestra shows]

 
Queen For A Day
   by: Art Kassel; Jim Morgan

Open Theme for: Queen For A Day [orig. title: "Queen For Today"]

Mutual, 1945-57

 
Queen Mystery Theme
   by: Bernard Herrmann

Theme 1 for: Ellery Queen, The Adventures Of

CBS, 1939

 
Quick As A Flash
   by: Raymond A. ["Ray"] Bloch

Theme for: Quick As A Flash

 
Quite By Accident
   by: Jack Meakin

Theme for: Nestle Chocolate Show, The

 
Quiz Kids Theme
   by: William Francis ["Bill"] Wirges

Theme 3 for: Quiz Kids, The

 
Racing With The Moon (1941)
   by: Johnny Watson (m); Vaughn Monroe (w); Pauline Pope (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Vaughn Monroe [orchestra shows]

 
Radio Readers Digest Theme
   by: Nathan Lang Van Cleave

Theme for: Radio Readers Digest

 
Rainbow On The River [title theme from the 1936 film]
   by: Louis Alter (m); Paul Francis Webster (w)

Theme for: Doctor (Dr.) Christian

 
Rainbow Valley
   by: Gene Autry; Smiley Burnette

Close Theme for: Jimmy Wakely Show, The

 
Rangers' Song, The (from "Rio Rita") (1926)
   by: Harry Tierney (m); Joseph McCarthy (w)

Theme for: Musical Steelmakers, The

Mutual, 1938 - 42

 
Ray Bloch Music Party Theme
   by: Raymond A. ["Ray"] Bloch

Theme for: Ray Bloch Music Party

 
Recollections
   by: Erno Rapee; Lew Pollack

Theme for: Mobil Oil Concerts

 
Red River Valley
   by: originally a Canadian Folk Song circa 1869 Trad.

Theme for: Our Gal Sunday

 
Red River Valley --
see also "Grand Ole Opry Tonight"
 
Red Sails In The Sunset
   by: Hugh Williams (m); Jimmy Kennedy (w)

Theme for: Vaughn de Leath [pseudonym of Leonore Vonderlieth]

 
The Redemption: "Lovely Appears" by Gounod
   by: Clark ["Doc"] Whipple (adapter and organ arr.); Charles Francois Gounod (m)

Theme for: Light Of The World, The

 
Redskin Rhumba
   by: Charlie Barnet (pseudonym of Dale Bennett)

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Charlie Barnet [big band shows]

 
Remembering You
   by: Elsie Thompson

Theme for: By Kathleen Norris

 
Reminiscing (1930)
   by: Harry Warren; Edgar Leslie

Theme 2 for: Singin' Sam (the Barbasol Man)

 
Reveille (Bugle Call)
   by: Traditional

Open Theme (Part 1) for: Command Performance [for Armed Forces Radio]

 
Rhapsody In Blue
   by: George Gershwin

Theme 1 for: Kraft Music Hall, The

 
Rhapsody In Blue [Theme From...]
   by: George Gershwin

Signature Theme on various shows for: Paul Whiteman [orchestra shows]

 
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - 18th Variation
   by: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Theme for: First Piano Quartet, The

 
Ridin' Around In The Rain [aka: We're gonna ride, ride, ride]
   by: Carmen Lombardo; Gene Austin

Secondary Theme 2, 1935-40 for: Fibber McGee and Molly

 
Rin Tin Tin, The Adventures of
   by: Henry ["Hank"] Sylvern

Theme for: Rin Tin Tin, The Adventures of

 
Rio Rita [from the 1926 Ziegfeld stage production "Rio Rita"]
   by: Harry Tierney (m); Joseph McCarthy (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Ted Fiorito [big band shows]

 
Rock-a-Bye Baby (1872)
   by: Effie I. Canning (professional name of Effie I. Crockett)

Theme 6 for: Baby Snooks Show, The

 
Rolling Along
   by: Phil Baker

Theme 2 for: Phil Baker Show, The

 
Romance (Opus 44, No. 1) (1859)
   by: Anton Rubinstein

Theme 1 for: Linda's First Love

 
Romantic Theme for Women In White (1947)
   by: Romelle Fay

Theme 4 for: Woman In White, The

 
Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture)
   by: Piotr Ilyich ["Peter"] Tchaikovsky

Theme for: Passing Parade, The

 
Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture) (aka: "Moon Love")
   by: Piotr Ilyich ["Peter"] Tchaikovsky; Oscar Bradley (arr.)

Theme for: Screen Guild Show/Theatre, The Gulf

 
Rose of Tralee, The
   by: Charles. W. Glover; G. Mordaunt Spencer

Theme 2 for: Backstage Wife [aka: Mary Noble, Backstage Wife]

 
Rose Room (1917)
   by: Art Hickman (m); Harry H. Williams (w+m)

Secondary Theme for: Phil Harris/Alice Fay Show, The

 
Rose Theme (1948)
   by: David D. Rose

Theme for: David Rose Show, The

Local, 1948 - 50; CBS, 50

 
Rosedale, Everyone's Home Town (1936)
   by: Jack Frost [pseudonym of Harold G. Frost]

Theme 3 for: Uncle Ezra [aka: "Uncle Ezra's Radio Station"]

 
Rosemary Love Theme, The
   by: Paul Taubman

Theme for: Rosemary

 
Roses In The Moonlight
   by: Peter De Rose; Joseph White

Theme for: Joseph White, Radio's Favorite Tenor

NBC, 1937

 
Salut d'Amour (Opus 12)
   by: Edward Elgar

Theme 1 for: Betty and Bob

 
Salut d'Amour [aka: "Liebesgruss"; aka: "Love's Greeting"] (Op. 12, 1888)
   by: Sir Edward Elgar

Theme for: Magic Voice, The

 
San Antonio Rose
   by: Bob Wills

Signature Theme on various shows for: Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys [orchestra shows]

 
Sandalai
   by: Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson)

Theme for: Celebrity Night

 
Sandman (1934)
   by: Bonnie Lake (m); Ralph Freed (w)

Signature Theme 1 for: Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra [on various shows]

 
Save Your Sorrow (For Tomorrow)
   by: Buddy G. DeSylva; Al Sherman

Main Theme 1, pre-1940 for: Fibber McGee and Molly

 
Say It With Music [from the "Music Box Revue of 1921" ]
   by: Irving Berlin

Theme for: Brunswick Brevities

1929

 
Scatterbrain
   by: Frankie Masters; Johnny Burke; Kahn Keene; Carl Bean

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Frankie Masters [big band shows]

 
Scheherazade (a theme from the symphonic poem)
   by: Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Theme for: Arabesque

 
School Days (1906)
   by: Gus Edwards; Will D. Cobb

Theme for: Are You a Genius?

 
School-Days (1906)
   by: Gus Edwards; Will D. Cobb

Theme for: Quiz Kids, The

 
Schottische At Sunrise
   by: Don Marcotte

Theme 2 for: Bartons, The / Bud Barton / Story of Bud Barton

 
Scrapple Jingle, to the tune of "Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-Der-E"
   by: Henry J. Sayers (m)

Theme for: Olivio Santoro

 
Sears Radio Theater Theme
   by: Nelson Riddle

Theme for: Sears Radio Theater (Mutual Radio Theater)

CBS, 1979 - 80

 
Second Elizabeth, The [aka: "Second Elizabeth March, The"]
   by: Don Reid

Theme 2 for: College Quiz Bowl, The [aka: "College Bowl", with Allen Ludden]

NBC, 1953 - 55

 
(When I Was) Seeing Nellie Home [aka "Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party]
   by: John Fletcher (m); Frances Kyle (w)

Theme 3 for: National Barn Dance

 
Seems Like Old Times
   by: Carmen Lombardo; John Jacob Loeb

Theme for: Arthur Godfrey Show, The

 

Theme 2 for: Arthur Godfrey Time

 

Close Theme for: Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts

 
Sentimental Journey
   by: Les Brown; Bud Green; Ben Homer

Theme for: Dial Dave Garroway

NBC, 1949 - 53

 

Signature Theme 3 on various shows for: Les Brown [big band shows]

 
Sentimental Rhapsody, from "Street Scene" [aka: "Street Scene"]
   by: Alfred Newman

Theme 2, used in middle for: My Friend Irma

 
Serenade (Rimpianto) [aka: Toselli's Serenade](1923)[used in the film "The Trespasser"]
   by: Enrico Toselli

Theme for: Goldbergs, The

 
Shadows of the Mind
   by: Chester [Chet] Kingsbury

Theme for: Shadows of the Mind

Mutual, 1947

 
Shangri-La
   by: Robert Maxwell (m); Matty Malneck (m); Carl Sigman (w)

Theme for: Radio City Playhouse

 
Shangri-La (1946)
   by: Carl Sigman (w)

Signature Theme 4 on various shows for: Les Brown [big band shows]

 
Sheriff, The [Sheriff Theme & Finale]
   by: Josef Bonime

Theme for: Sheriff, The

 
Shine On, Harvest Moon
   by: Nora Bayes-Norworth (m); Jack Norworth (w)

Theme 2 for: Vic and Sade

 
Shredded/Instant Ralston jingle [to the tune of: "When The Bloom Is On The Sage"]
   by: Nathaniel W. Vincent; Fred Howard (pseudonym of Fred Howard Wright)

Theme for: Tom Mix Ralston Straightshooters, The

 
Side By Side
   by: Harry MacGregor Woods

Theme 2 for: Ethyl and Albert

 
Side By Side (1927)
   by: Harry MacGregor Woods

Open Theme for: Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney Show, The

CBS, 1960 -

 
Sidewalks Of New York (aka "East Side, West Side") (1894)
   by: Charles B. Lawlor (m); James W. Blake (w)

Theme 2 for: Horn & Hardart Children's Hour, The

 
Sim Sholom [Grant Peace]
   by: Traditional Jewish Melody

Theme for: Open Door, The

 
Showcase Theme
   by: Raymond A. ["Ray"] Bloch

Theme 2 for: Hollywood Showcase

 
Silver Star (1940)
   by: Walter Gustave ["Gus"] Haenschen

Theme 3 for: Saturday Night Serenade

CBS, Saturday Nights

 
Sing It Again
   by: Raymond A. ["Ray"] Bloch

Theme for: Sing It Again

 
Sing, It's Good For Ya
   by: Harold Mooney (m); Hughie Prince (w)

Theme for: Gulden Serenaders

NBC Blue, 1938 - 40

 
Sing Me a Song of the Saddle (1937)
   by: Frank Harford; Gene Autry

Theme 1 for: Melody Ranch (with Gene Autry)

 
Singin' In the Rain
   by: Nacio Herb Brown; Arthur Freed

Theme for: Cliff Edwards Show, The [during the 1940's]

 
Sittin' On A Log, Pettin' My Dog (1933)
   by: Edward E. Confrey; Byron Gay

Theme 2 for: Moylan Sisters, The

 
Sixty-Four Thousand Dollar Question Theme [aka: Love Is The $64,000 Question]
   by: Norman Leyden

Theme for: Sixty-Four Thousand Dollar [$64,000] Question, The

 
Sleep
   by: Earl Lebieg

Close Theme for: Chesterfield Time [with Fred Waring]

 

Close Theme for: Fred Waring Show, The

 
Slumber On (1928)
   by: Keith McLeod (m); Walter Preston (w)

Theme for: Slumber Music Hour, The

WJZ

 
Slumber Song
   by: Saul Joel Tepper; J. Chalmers ["J. C."] Mac Gregor

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Glenn Miller [big band shows]

 
Smile For A Smile, (I'll Give You) A
   by: Stanley Cowan; Bobby (aka: Bobby Scott Worth

Theme 3 for: Sealtest Village Store, The [with Ilene Woods and Ray Noble]

 
Smile For Me (1932) (with words to the "Fitch Shampoo Jingle")
   by: Phil Baxter

Theme for: Fitch Bandwagon, The

 
Smile With Me (1936)
   by: Meredith Willson

Theme for: Carefree Carnival

NBC, 1933 - 35

 

Theme for: Signal Carnival [aka: Signal Oil Carnival]

NBC, 1936 - 41

 
Smile You Miss, The (1929)
   by: Raymond Hubbell (m); William Cary Duncan (w)

Theme for: Freed Orchestradians, The

NBC, 1929

 
Smile, Darn Ya, Smile
   by: Max Rich (m); Charles O'Flynn (w); Jack Meskill (w)

Opening Medley, Part 1 for: Fred Allen Program, The [aka: Town Hall Tonight]

 
Smiles (1917)
   by: J. Will Callahan; Lee S. Roberts

Theme for: Ipana Troubadors, The

 
Smiles Are Made Out Of Sunshine [aka: "Smiles Are Made Out Of The Sun"] (1943)
   by: Ray Gilbert

Quaker Oats Sponsorship Open Theme, before 1953 for: Roy Rogers Show, The

 
Smoke Dreams
   by: John Klenner; Lloyd Shaffer; Ted Steele

Close Theme for: Chesterfield Supper Club, The [with Perry Como]

 
Smoke Rings
   by: H. Eugene Gifford (m); Ned Washington (w)

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra [orchestra shows]

 
Smoke Your Troubles Away (The Henry George Theme Song)
   by: Phil Cook

Theme for: Henry George [Cigars] Program, The

CBS, 1930

 
Snowfall
   by: Claude Thornhill (m); Ruth Thornhill (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Claude Thornhill [orchestra shows]

 
So Dear to Me
   by: Sidney D. Mitchell, Archie Gottler & Con Conrad

Theme for: Nobody's Children (circa 1929 - 30)

 
So Early In The Morning [aka: "Early In The Morning"]
   by: Traditional French-Canadian folk tune; arranged for Freddie Martin's Orchestra

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Freddie Martin [orchestra shows]

 
So Long (1940)
   by: Russ Morgan (m); Remus Harris (w); Irving Melsher (w)

Closing Theme on various shows: Russ Morgan ["Music In the Morgan Manner", and other orchestra shows]

 
So Long For Awhile
   by: Irving Chansky

Close Theme 4 for: Your Lucky Strike Hit Parade [aka: "Your Hit Parade"]

 
So Long, Breakfast Clubbers
   by: Leroy ("Roy") Shield (m); Don McNeill (w)

Close Song for: Breakfast Club with Don McNeill, The

 
So Waits My Heart
   by: Dailey Paskman; Lionel Barrymore

Theme for: Mayor Of The Town [starring Lionel Barrymore]

 
Soconyland (Is Everywhere You Go) (1928)
   by: J. H. Wright (w); Joseph Alger (m)

Theme 1 for: Standard Hour, The

 
Someday I'll Find You (fr. 1930 musical "Private Lives")
   by: Noel Coward

Theme for: Mister (Mr.) Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons

 
Something In Common
   by: Jimmy (pseudonym of Edward Chester Babcock) Van Heusen (m); Johnny Burke (w)

Theme 2 (1955 - 1956) for: Bing Crosby Show, The

CBS, 1954 - 1956

 
Sometimes I'm Happy [from the 1927 musical "Hit The Deck"]
   by: Vincent Youmans (m); Leo Robin (w); Clifford Grey (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Blue Barron [big band shows]

 
Somewhere In The World
   by: Nathan D. ("Nat") Ayer

Theme for: Palmolive Hour [Program], The [with Gustave Haenschen conducting the orchestra]

WAEF

 
Song Is Ended, The (But The Melody Lingers On) (1927) [used to advertise Norge appliances]
   by: Irving Berlin

Theme for: Norge Musical Kitchen, The [with Tim Ryan and Irene Noblette]

 

Theme for: Norge Program, The [with Louis Armstrong]

 
Song Of Mystery [based upon Sibelius' "Valse Triste"]
   by: Paul Carson

Theme for: I Love a Mystery

 
Song of Songs, The (Chanson Du Coeur Brise) (1914)
   by: Moya [pseud. of Harold Vicars] (m); Clarence Lucas (Eng. w)

Theme for: Caroline's Golden Store

NBC, 1939; CBS, 1939 - 40

 
Song of Steel, The (1942)
   by: Meredith Willson

Theme for: Wheeling Steelmakers

NBC Blue, 1942 - 44

 
Song Of The Islands
   by: Charles E. King

Signature Theme on various shows for: Ben Pollack [orchestra shows]

 
Song of the Soul [incidental music for the 1909 drama "The Climax"]
   by: Joseph Carl Breil (m); Edward Locke (w)

Theme 1 for: Right To Happiness, The

 
Song of Youth, The (1938)
   by: Allen Grant & Basil Loughrane [also the series' Director]

Theme for: Her Honor, Nancy James

 
Songs For Sale Theme
   by: Raymond A. ["Ray"] Bloch

Theme for: Songs For Sale

 
Songs My Mother Taught Me (aka: Als die Alte Mutter, Op. 55, No. 4, 1880) [from "Zigeunermelodien" (Gypsy Songs) ]
   by: Antonin Dvorak (m); (English translator unknown)

Theme for: Household Hour, The [aka: "The Household Program"]

 
Sophisticated Swing
   by: Will Hudson; Mitchell Parish

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Les And Larry Elgart [big band shows]

 
Sorcerer's Apprentice, The [L'Apprenti Sorcier]
   by: Paul Dukas

Theme for: Mandrake, The Magician

 
Southearted Men [from the 1927 musical "New Moon"]
   by: Sigmund Romberg

Theme for: Famous First Facts (with Joseph Nathan Kane)

WOR, 1938-1939

 
Space Academy March
   by: Henry ("Hank") Sylvern

Theme for: Tom Corbett, Space Cadet

ABC, 1952

 
Spain (1924)
   by: Isham Jones; Gus Kahn

Theme for: Blackstone Plantation [w/Frank Crumit & Julia Sanderson]

 
Spain (1924)
   by: Isham Jones (m); Gus Kahn (w)

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Isham Jones [big band shows]

 
Spectator March (theme, RealSilk Program) (1936)
   by: Harry Sosnik

Theme for: Behind the Headlines [aka "Story Behind the Headlines", with Cesar Searchinger]

 

Theme for: RealSilk Program, The

 
Spirit Of Progress March (1928)
   by: J. Oliver Riehl

Theme for: Riverside Hour, The [Montgomery Ward's Riverside Hour]

 
Stairway To The Stars (1939) [instrumental title: "Park Avenue Fantasy" (1935)]
   by: Matt ["Matty"] Malneck (m); Frank Signorelli (m); Mitchell Parish (w)

Theme for: Music By Malneck [with The Matty Malneck Orchestra]

 
Stand By
   by: Wade F. Denning Jr.; Lloyd Marx; Harold Orlob

Theme 3 for: Original Amateur Hour, The [Major Bowes, Ted Mack]

 
Star Burst
   by: Gene Krupa; Edwin A. Finckel

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Gene Krupa [big band shows]

 
Star Dreams
   by: J. Francis Burke; Sylvia Dee

Signature Theme on various shows for: Charlie Spivak [big band shows]

 
Star Dust (1929)
   by: Hoagy [Hoagland] Carmichael (m); Mitchell Parish (w)

Theme for: Hollywood On The Air

 
Star Was Born, A (1942)
   by: Benjamin A. "Ben" Machan (m); Al Stillman (w)

Theme for: Helen Hayes Theatre Of the Air

 
Stars and Stripes Forever (March), The
   by: John Phillip Sousa

Theme for: National Farm and Home Hour, The

 
Stars In The Air
   by: Alexander Courage

Theme for: Stars In The Air / Screen Guild Theatre

CBS, 1951-52

 
Stars Over Hollywood
   by: Ivan Dale Ditmars

Theme for: Stars Over Hollywood

 
Stay As Sweet As You Are
   by: Harry Revel; Mack Gordon

Theme 1 for: Backstage Wife [aka: Mary Noble, Backstage Wife]

 
Stella Dee
   by: Ann Leaf

Sub-Theme for: Stella Dallas

 
Stop The Music
   by: Sam Coslow (m); Lou Halmy (arr.)

Theme 2, 1951-52 for: Stop The Music

 
Stop The Music
   by: Raymond Arthur ["Ray"] Bloch; Robert Arthur

Theme 3, 1954-55 for: Stop The Music

 
Stop The Music ("the official song of the radio show")
   by: Al Goodhart (m); Leni Mason (w); Arthur Berman (w)

Theme 1, 1948-51 for: Stop The Music

 
Strange Cargo
   by: Freddie Slack; Ray McKinley

Signature Theme on various shows for: Freddie Slack [big band shows]

 

Signature Close Theme on various shows for: Will Bradley Band, The [big band shows]

 
Streets of Laredo, The [aka: The Dying Cowboy]
   by: Traditional U.S. Western Song

Theme for: Red Ryder

 
Strike It Rich Theme
   by: Henry ["Hank"] Sylvern; Walter H. Framer

Theme for: Strike It Rich (with Warren Hull)

 
String Quartet in G Minor, third movement
   by: Claude Achille Debussy

Theme for: Brenthouse [Brent House]

 
Studio One
   by: Glenn ["Abe"] Osser

Theme 1 for: Studio One

 
Sugar Blues
   by: Clarence Williams (m); Lucy Fletcher (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Clyde McCoy [orchestra shows]

 
Summerfieled Cadets [aka: The All American March]
   by: Jack Meakin (m); Foster Carling (w)

Theme for: Summerfield Bandstand, The

NBC, 1947

 
Summertime [from the 1935 opera "Porgy And Bess"]
   by: George Gershwin (m); Dubose Heyward (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Bob Crosby [big band shows]

 
Sunbonnet Sue
   by: Gus Edwards (m); Will D. Cobb (w)

Theme 1 for: David Harum

 
Sunday
   by: Jule Styne; Ned Miller; Chester Conn

Main Theme for: Phil Harris/Alice Fay Show, The

 
Sunoco March, The
   by: Harold Sanford

Theme for: Sunoco Show, The

 
Sunset and Vine Theme Song
   by: Donald Irwin Robertson; Edwin L. ["Buddy"] Cole

Theme for: Sunset and Vine

Syndicated by Capitol Transcriptions, 1946 - 47

 
Sunrise Serenade
   by: Frankie (m) Carle (pseudonym of Francis Nunzio Carlone); Jack Lawrence (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Frankie Carle [orchestra shows]

 
Sunrise Serenade
   by: Frankie Carle (m); Jack Lawrence (w)

Theme for: Rosa Rio Rhythms

 
Sunrise Serenade
   by: Jack Lawrence; Frankie Carle

Theme for: Society Girl

 
Sunshine
   by: Irving Berlin

Theme for: Snow Village Sketches

 
Superman Theme March (aka "Superman March")(1946)
   by: Sammy Timberg

Theme 1 for: Superman

WOR/Mutual/ABC, 1940-51

 
Suspense Theme
   by: Bernard Herrmann

Main & End Theme for: Suspense

CBS, 1942-62

 
Sweet And Lovely
   by: Gus Arnheim; Harry Tobias; Charles N. Daniels

Signature Theme on various shows for: Gus Arnheim [orchestra shows]

 
Sweet Lady [from the 1921 musical "Tangerine"]
   by: Howard Johnson; Carlo Sanderson

Theme for: Frank Crumit and Julia Sanderson

 

Theme for: Singing Sweethearts [with Frank Crumit and Julia Sanderson]

 
Sweet Leilani
   by: Harry Owens

Theme for: Harry Owens & his Royal Hawaiians

 
Sweet Slumber (1904)
   by: Jacob Henry Ellis

Signature Theme on various shows for: Lucky Millinder

 
Sweetest Story Ever Told, The [aka: "Tell Me, Do You Love Me?"] (1892)
   by: R. M. [Robert Morrison] Stults

Theme for: John's Other Wife

 
Sweetest Story Ever Told, The [aka: "Tell Me, Do You Love Me?"] (1920)
   by: Robert Morrison ["R. M."] Stults

Theme for: Song Of The City [aka: "Rainbow Court"]

 
Swing and Sway
   by: Pat Paterson; Sammy Kaye

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Sammy Kaye [big band shows]

 
Sylvania Song, The (1929)
   by: Walter Preston (w); Keith McLeod (m)

Theme for: Sylvania Foresters, The

NBC

 
Sylvania Song, The (1929)
   by: Walter Preston (w); Keith McLeod (m)

Theme for: Sylvanians, The

 
Symphony in D Minor (2nd Mvt.) [aka: Dream Rhapsody as popularized in an arrangement by Les Baxter and Leonard Pennario]
   by: Cesar Franck

Theme for: Quiet, Please

 
Symphony No. 1, First Movement Introduction
   by: Johannes Brahms

Theme for: We, The People

 
Take It or Leave It, theme of the Eversharp Radio Program (1949)
   by: Raymond A. ["Ray"] Bloch

Theme for: Take It or Leave It

 
Take The 'A' Train
   by: Billy Strayhorn

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Duke Ellington [big band shows]

 
Tales From The Vienna Woods
   by: Johann Strauss Jr.

Theme for: American Radio Warblers

 
Tales from the Vienna Woods (Waltz)
   by: Johann Strauss Jr.

Theme for: Canary Pet Show, The

 
Tales From The Vienna Woods [Waltz] (Op. 325)(1868)
   by: Johann Strauss

Theme 1 for: Today's Children

 
Tales Of The Texas Rangers
   by: David D. Rose

Opening Medley, Part 2 & Close Theme for: Tales of the Texas Rangers

 
Tastyeast Is Tempting (jingle, to the tune of "Here's To Whiskey" [aka: How Do You Do, Ev'rybody, How Do You Do?])
   by: Trad. WW I song: "Mademoiselle From Armentieres" (aka "Hinky Dinky Parlez-Vous")

Theme for: Taystee Breadwinner, The

 
Teddy Bears' Picnic, The (1907)
   by: John W. Bratton; Jimmy Kennedy

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

 
Teel Variety Hall Theme
   by: Raymond A. [Ray] Bloch

Theme for: Teel Variety Hall

NBC, 1945

 
Tell The Story
   by: F. Frey

Theme for: Big Town

 
Texaco Signature (1938)
   by: David Broekman

Theme for: Texaco Star Theater

 
Thank You, Father [from the 1930 musical "Flying High"]
   by: Ray Henderson (m); Buddy G. De Sylva (w); Lew Brown (w)

Close Theme for: Shell Chateau, The (with Al Jolson)

 
Thank You For a Lovely Evening [from the musical "Palais Royal Revue, The"] (1934)
   by: Jimmy McHugh (m); Dorothy Fields (w)

Theme 2 for: Log Cabin Jamboree (aka: "The Jack Haley Show")

NBC, 1937 - 38; CBS, 38 - 39

 
Thanks For the Memory [from the film "The Big Broadcast of 1938"]
   by: Leo Robin; Ralph Rainger

Signature Theme on various shows for: Bob Hope

 
Thanks To the Yanks
   by: Jack Meakin; Bob Hawk; Robert Sour

Theme for: Thanks To the Yanks (The Bob Hawk Show)

CBS, 1942-47

 
That's All
   by: Bob Haymes (m); Alan Brandt (w); Tony Aquaviva (arr); perf. by the Andre Kostelanetz Orch.

Theme for: Music Until Dawn [from Chicago, hosted by Bob Hall]

 
That's The Song of Songs For Me (1929)
   by: Harold Levey (m); Henry M. Neely (w)

Theme for: Forhan's Song Shop

 
That's What I Like About The South (1944)
   by: Andy Razaf; Phil Harris

Theme 2 for: Fitch Bandwagon, The [when Phil Harris hosted]

 
Theme - Thin Man Show
   by: Frederic ["Fred"] Fradkin

Theme for: Thin Man, The Adventures of...[and "The New Adventures of..."]

 
Theme for "The Brighter Day"
   by: William Meeder

Theme 2 for: Brighter Day, The

 
Theme for Big Sister
   by: Dean Herrick

Theme 2 for: Big Sister

 
Theme for 'This Is Nora Drake'
   by: Charles F. Paul

Theme for: This Is Nora Drake

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

Theme for: Everyman's Theater [Arch Oboler plays]

 
Theme from "The Song of Bernadette" [1943 film]
   by: Alfred Newman

Theme 2 for: Against The Storm

NBC/Mutual/NBC, 1939-52

 
Theme from "The Swan Lake Ballet, Op. 20"
   by: Piotr Ilyich ["Peter"] Tchaikovsky

Theme for: Bullocks Show, The

 
Theme from Small Town D.A.
   by: Nathan Van Cleave

Theme for: Small Town D.A.

 
Theme of the RCA
   by: Frank Black

Theme for: Magic Key of RCA

NBC Blue, 1935 - 39

 
Theme, Private Eye [<sic>]
   by: Charles F. Paul

Theme for: Martin Kane, Private Eye

 
There's A Home In Wyoming (1933)
   by: Peter De Rose; William J. ["Billy"] Hill

Open Theme for: Mary Small's Revue

 
There's A Long, Long Trail
   by: Stoddard King; Zo Elliott

Theme 2 for: Chaplain Jim

 
There's a Pot O' Gold In The Air (1940)
   by: Frankie Carle [Francis N. Carlone] (m); Henry Russell (w)

Theme 2 for: Pot O' Gold

NBC Blue, 1940 - 41; ABC, 1946 - 47

 
There's A Small Hotel [from the 1936 musical "On Your Toes"]
   by: Richard Rodgers (m); Lorenz Hart (w)

Theme 1 for: Glamour Manor

 
There's No Business Like Show Business [from the 1946 musical "Annie Get Your Gun"]
   by: Irving Berlin

Open/Close Theme 1 for: Milton Berle Show, The

1936 - 1949

 

Theme 1 for: Original Amateur Hour, The [Major Bowes, Ted Mack]

 
Think Of Me
   by: Will Bradley; T. Fetter

Signature Open Theme on various shows for: Will Bradley Band, The [big band shows]

 
Thinking Of You [aka: "(I've Grown So Lonesome) Thinking Of You"] (1926)
   by: Walter Donaldson; Paul Ash

Signature Theme on various shows for: Kay Kyser [big band shows]

 

Theme for: Kollege of Musical Knowledge, The

 
Third Man Theme, The [title theme from the 1949 film]
   by: Anton Karas

Theme for: Third Man, The (The Lives of Harry Lime)

 
This Can't Be Love [from the 1938 musical "The Boys From Syracuse"]
   by: Richard Rodgers (m); Lorenz Hart (w)

Theme for: Jack Haley Show, The

 
This Hour is Yours (1943)
   by: Julius Haug (m); Adrian Michaelis (w)

Theme 2 for: Standard Hour, The

 

Theme for: Standard School Broadcast

 
This Is Broadway
   by: Raymond A. ["Ray"] Bloch

Theme for: This Is Broadway

 
This Is It! [from the 1939 musical "Stars In Your Eyes"]
   by: Arthur Schwartz (m); Dorothy Fields (w)

Theme 2 for: Aldrich Family, The

 
This Is Our Enemy [cues]
   by: Nathan Van Cleave

Theme for: This Is Our Enemy [mini-series title music]

 
This Is Your Life [aka: Life Theme]
   by: Alexander Laszlo

Theme for: This Is Your Life (with Ralph Edwards)

 
This Love of Mine
   by: Frank Sinatra; Henry W. ("Hank") Sanicola; Barry Parker

Open Theme 2 for: Frank Sinatra [signature song on various programs]

 
(Those Good Old) Fluffy Ruffle Days (1941)
   by: Joe Rines; Abel Baer; Cliff Hess

Theme for: Tintypes Program, The (with Joe Rines & His Orchestra)

NBC (1941 - 42)

 
Those We Love
   by: Louis ["Lou"] Silvers; Sidney ["Sid"] Silvers; Calvin ["Cal"] Kuhl

Theme 3 for: Those We Love

 
Thoughts While Strolling
   by: Meredith Willson

Theme 4 for: Baby Snooks / Maxwell House Coffee Time

 

Theme 2 for: Maxwell House Coffee Time

 
Three Little Words [from the 1930 film "Check and Double Check"]
   by: Harry Ruby (m); Bert Kalmar (w)

Theme for: Double Or Nothing

 
Thrill Of A New Romance, The (1939)
   by: Fausto Curbelo (m); Xavier Cugat (m); Harold Adamson (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Fausto Curbelo [big band shows]

 
Thrivo Jingle
   by: Elizabeth Zindel

Theme 1 for: Moylan Sisters, The

 
Time Has Come To Bid You Adieu
   by: Carroll Carroll (w); Bob Crosby (w); Jerry Gray (m)

Closing Theme for: Club 15

 
Time March, The
   by: Amedeo De Filippi

Theme 2 for: March Of Time, The [aka: "The March of Time Quiz"]

 
Time On My Hands (1930)
   by: Vincent Youmans (m); Mack Gordon (w); Harold Adamson (w)

Theme for: San Quentin On the Air

Mutual, 1944

 
Time To Smile
   by: Les Brown; Geoffrey Clarkson; James L. Hill; John H. ["Johnny"] Mercer

Theme 1 (circa 1940) for: Abbott and Costello Show, The

 
T-Men Theme
   by: Paul Sawtell

Theme for: T-Men

 
To Love, My Darling (1943)
   by: Frank J. Novak, Jr. (m); Marion Noel (w)

Theme 2 [on NBC] for: Mr. and Mrs. North

NBC, 1941 - 46; CBS, 1947 - 55

 
Tonight We Love [Theme from Piano Concerto No. 1]
   by: Piotr Ilyich ["Peter"] Tchaikovsky

Theme for: Mercury Theater On The Air [aka: Campbell Playhouse]

 
Too Late (1931)
   by: Victor Young; Sam M. Lewis

Theme for: Fifteen Minutes With Bing Crosby

CBS, 1931- 1932

 
Toot-Toot, Tootsie (Goo Bye) [from the 1922 Al Jolson musical "Bombo"]
   by: Gus Kahn; Ernie Erdman; Ted Fiorito; Robert A. King; Dan Russo

Theme [Tootsie Roll candy sponsor] for: Dick Tracy

 
Top Of the Evening [aka: "Admiral Title Music"]
   by: [probably] Donald John ["Don"] Walker (m); [under investigation] (w)

Opening Theme 2 [Admiral Sponsorship] for: Stop the Music

 
Toy Trumpet, The
   by: Raymond Scott (professional name of Harry Warnow); Lew Pollack; Sidney D. Mitchell

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Raymond Scott [orchestra shows]

 
Trail of the Lonesome Pine, The [aka: In The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia]
   by: Ballard MacDonald; Harry Carroll

Theme 3 for: Arthur Godfrey Time

 
Traumerei (Dreams) [No. 7 from "Children's Scenes"]
   by: Robert Schumann

Theme for: Tony Wons' [Radio] Scrapbook

 
True Detective Theme No. 1 [possibly aka: "Mysterioso #1"]
   by: Chester ["Chet"] Kingsbury

Theme 1 (on NBC) for: True Detective Mysteries

 
True Detective Theme No. 2
   by: Chester ["Chet"] Kingsbury

Theme 2 (on NBC) for: True Detective Mysteries

 
Tumblin' Tumbleweeds
   by: Bob Nolan

Theme 2 for: Sons of the Pioneers, The [vocal group shows]

 
Turkey In The Straw [aka: "Zip Coon"] (circa 1830's)
   by: Traditional American folk song

Theme 2 for: Misadventures of Si and Elmer, The

 
Turpesque (1943)
   by: Bert Buhrman [Albert John Buhrman, Jr.]

Theme 1 for: Joe and Ethel Turp

CBS, 1943

 
Tuxedo Junction
   by: Erskine Hawkins (m); William Johnson (m); Julian Dash (m); Buddy Feyne (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Erskine Hawkins [big band shows]

 
Twenty Mule Train
   by: Herb Taylor; Milt Raskin

Main & End Theme for: Death Valley Days

 
Twenty Questions (1949)
   by: Bernard Green; Moe Jaffe; Dick Hardt [Paul Kapp]

Theme for: Twenty Questions

 
Twilight Melodies
   by: Nathan Natoli; Donald Bernard; Victor Young

Theme for: Twilight Melodies On the Air [aka: "Twilight Melodies"]

 
Twilight Time (1944)
   by: Al Nevins (m); Mortie Nevins (m); Artie Dunn (m); Buck Ram (w)

Theme for: Three Suns, The [music shows]

 

Theme for: Three Suns and a Starlet, The

NBC Syndication, 1946

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

Theme for: CBS Radio Mystery Theatre

CBS, 1974-82

 
Two Cigarettes In The Dark
   by: Lew Pollack; Paul Francis Webster

Cigarette Sponsorship Theme for: Tommy Dorsey [shows sponsored by Kool or Raleigh Cigarettes]

 
Two Cigarettes In The Dark [from the 1934 film "Kill That Story"]
   by: Paul Francis Webster; Lew Pollack

Theme 2 for: Jack Pearl Show, The

 
Two Guitars
   by: Ivan Vasiliev (m); Apollon Grigoriev (Russian w); Sasha Makarov (arr.); Harry Horlick (arr.)

Theme for: A & P Gypsies, The

WEAF/NBC, 1923-36

 
Two-A-Day [aka: Vaudeville Days], from the "Structural Music" library
   by: Alexander Laszlo

1950 Carnation Sponsorship Theme for: Burns and Allen

 
Under His Wing (The Taystee Bread Theme Song) (1939)
   by: Ed McConnell

Theme for: Smilin' Ed McConnell (The Taystee Bread Program) (on CBS)

 
Union Pacific R. R. (Theme) (1944)
   by: Josef Koestner

Theme for: Your America

NBC 1944; Mutual 1944 - 45

 
United States Steel March
   by: Bernard Green

Theme for: U S Steel Hour, The / Theatre Guild On The Air

 
Until The Real Thing Comes Along
   by: Saul Chaplin (birth name: Saul Kaplan); Sammy Cahn (birth name: Samuel Cohen); L.E. Freeman; Mann Holiner; Alberta Nichols

Signature Theme on various shows for: Andy Kirk and His Clouds Of Joy [big band shows]

 
Until Tomorrow
   by: Sammy Kaye

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Sammy Kaye [big band shows]

 
Uptown Blues
   by: Jimmie Lunceford

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Jimmie Lunceford [big band shows]

 
Valse Bluette
   by: Riccardo Drigo

Theme 1 for: Big Sister

 
Valse Triste [for the drama "Kuolema", Opus 43]
   by: Jean Sibelius

Theme for: I Love a Mystery

 

Theme for: I Love Adventure

 
Variations on Wieniawski's "Romance" (2nd mvt. of Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22, 1862)
   by: Henri Wieniawski (m); John Gart (adapter/arr.)

Theme 2 (since 1947 on CBS) for: Guiding Light, The

 
Very Thought Of You, The (1934)
   by: Ray Noble

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Ray Noble [orchestra shows]

 

Theme 1 for: Alec Templeton Time [aka: Alec Templeton Program, The]

 
Vieni Su
   by: Ted Fiorito; Sunny Skylar (pseudonym of Selig Shaftel)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Carl Ravazza [music shows]

 
Vilia [from the 1907 operetta "The Merry Widow"]
   by: Franz Lehar (m); Adrian Ross (w)

Signature Theme 4 on various shows for: Guy Lombardo [orchestra shows]

 
Voice of R.K.O., The
   by: Tom Kennedy

Theme for: R.K.O. Radio Hour, The

 

Theme for: R.K.O. Radio Theater, The [with host William Hanley]

 
Voice of the Army, The (1945)
   by: Norman L. Cloutier (m); North Callahan (w)

Theme for: Voice of the Army, The [U. S. Army recruiting]

Synd., 1945

 
Wailing To The Four Winds
   by: probably Loring ["Red"] Nichols (unverified at this time)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Red Nichols [big band shows]

 
Waltz You Saved For Me, The
   by: Wayne King (m); Emil Flindt (m); Gus Kahn (w)

Theme 1 for: Lady Esther Serenade, The

 
Waltz You Saved For Me, The (1930)
   by: Wayne King (m); Emil Flindt (m); Gus Kahn (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Wayne King [big band shows]

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

Theme for: Florsheim Shoe Frolic, The

NBC, 1930

 
(Was I To Blame For) Falling In Love With You?
   by: Victor Popular Young (m); M. Neumann [Chester Conn] (m); Gus Kahn (w)

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra [orchestra shows]

 
(Was I To Blame For) Falling In Love With You? (1930)
   by: Victor Popular Young (m); M. Neumann [Chester Conn] (m); Gus Kahn (w)

Signature Theme 1: Richard Himber and The Studebaker Champions

 
Washington Evening Star March, The [aka: "Evening Star March"]
   by: William J. Stannard

Theme for: National Radio Forum, The

 
Wave The Flag For Hudson High
   by: Philip R. Culkin (m) & David Owen (w)

Theme for: Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy

 
Way You Look Tonight, The
   by: Jerome Kern

Main & End Theme for: Mister (Mr.) and Mrs. North

 
Way You Look Tonight, The [from the 1936 film "Swing Time"]
   by: Jerome Kern (m); Dorothy Fields (w)

Theme for: By Popular Demand

 
We Love and Learn (1942)
   by: Don Becker

Theme for: We Love and Learn

 
We Must Be Vigilant, from the 1942 film "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (adapted from F. W. Meacham's "American Patrol")
   by: Frank W. Meacham (m); Joseph A. Burke (music adapter); Edgar Leslie (words)

Close Theme for: Hour of Charm, The [during Wartime years]

 
We Want Cantor [a 4-note motif over the "Heart and Soul" chord progression, reprised in Gerry Mulligan's "Bop City"]
   by: Louis Gress (??)

Sub-Theme (circa 1932) for: Eddie Cantor

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

Theme for: Bride and Groom

 
Wedding March, The (1844) [from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"]
   by: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Theme 1 for: I Want A Divorce

 
Weeping Willow
   by: Scott [??] Joplin

Theme 1 for: Those We Love

 
Weeping Willow
   by: Scott [??] Joplin

Theme 1 for: Those We Love

 
Welcome
   by: Ted Fiorito (m); Jack Meskill (w)

Theme 3 for: Log Cabin Jamboree (aka: "The Jack Haley Show")

NBC, 1937 - 38; CBS, 38 - 39

 
We're In The Money (The Gold Diggers Song) [from the film "Gold Diggers Of 1933"]
   by: Harry Warren (m); Al Dubin (w)

Theme 2 for: Doctor (Dr.) I. Q. (the Mental Banker)

 
We're On Our Way
   by: Walter Fleischer (??)

Theme 2 for: Coast-to-Coast on a Bus [orig. title: "The Children's Hour"]

 
Westminster Chimes [aka: The Westminster Carol]
   by: William Crotch (organist in 1793 for St. Mary's Church of Cambridge England)

Opening Billboard for: Big Sister

 
What Is This Thing Called Love? [from the 1930 musical "Wake Up And Dream"]
   by: Cole Porter

Open Theme for: Leo Reisman and his Orchestra

 
What You Need Theme
   by: Nathan Lang Van Cleave

Theme for: What You Need

CBS

 
What'll You Have? Pabst Blue Ribbon (Beer jingle, to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
   by: Traditional Nursery Rhyme Tune

Theme 1 for: Life Of Riley, The

 
Whats My Name Theme
   by: Raymond A. ["Ray"] Bloch

Theme 2 for: What's My Name?

 
What's My Name?
   by: John Marion Gart

Theme 1 for: What's My Name?

 
What's New? [orig. title: "I'm Free"]
   by: Bob Haggart (m); Johnny Burke (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Billy Butterfield [big band shows]

 
When a Gypsy Makes His Violin Cry
   by: Emery Deutch; Jimmy Rogan; Richard B. Smith; Frank Winegar

Theme for: Emery Deutch Orchestra, The [the "Poetic Strings"]

 
When I Grow To Old To Dream [from the 1935 film "The Night Is Young"]
   by: Sigmund Romberg (m); Oscar Hammerstein II (Eng. w)

Theme 3 [dramatic] for: Lorenzo Jones

 
When I Told The Village Bells
   by: L. Wolfe Gilbert; William B. Kernell

Close Theme for: Mary Small's Revue

 
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
   by: Ernest R. Ball (m); Chauncey Olcott (w); Geo Graff Jr. (w)

Theme for: Duffy's Tavern

 
When It's Lamplightin' Time In The Valley (1933)
   by: Joe Lyons; Sam C. Hart; Herold Goodman; Dean Upoon; Curt Poulton

Close Theme for: Frances Langford Show, The

 
When It's Sleepy Time Down South
   by: Clarence Muse; Leon T. Rene; Otis J. Jr. Rene

Signature Theme on various shows for: Louis Armstrong [band shows]

 
When My Baby Smiles At Me
   by: Ted Lewis; Bill Munro; Andrew B. Sterling

Signature Theme on various shows for: Ted Lewis [big band shows]

 
When Summer Is Gone [aka: (How I'll Miss You When) Summer Is Gone]
   by: Hal Kemp

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Hal Kemp [big band shows]

 
When The Bees Are In The Hive (1904)
   by: Alfred Bryan (w); Kerry Mills (m)

Theme 2 for: Uncle Ezra [aka: "Uncle Ezra's Radio Station"]

 
When The Moon Bids The Sun Goodnight (1938)
   by: Basil Ziegler; Lou Shank

Theme 3 for: Baby Rose Marie

 
When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain (1931)
   by: Howard E. Johnson; Harry M. Woods

Signature Theme 1 on various shows for: Kate Smith

 
When The Organ Played At Twilight (The Song That Reached My Heart)(1931)
   by: Jimmy Campbell (m); Reginald ["Reg"] Connelly (m); Raymond Wallace (w)

Theme 2 for: Armstrong Theater of Today, The

 
Where Else But Here? [from the 1939 operetta "Let Freedom Ring"]
   by: Sigmund Romberg (m); Edward Heyman (w)

Theme 2 for: Musical Americana [with Deems Taylor and the Raymond Paige Orchestra]

 
Where Or When [from the 1937 musical "Babes In Arms"]
   by: Richard Rodgers (m); Lorenz Hart (w)

Theme 2 for: Union Oil Program [operettas]

CBS, 1939 - 40; NBC, 1940 - 41

 
Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day) [orig. title: "Blue of the Night, The")
   by: Fred Ahlert; Roy Turk; Bing Crosby

Signature Theme on various shows for: Bing Crosby

 

Theme 2 for: Chesterfield Cigarettes Presents "Music That Satisfies" [with Bing Crosby]

 

Open Theme & Close Theme 1 for: Chesterfield Time [with Bing Crosby]

 

Theme 2 (1936) for: Kraft Music Hall, The [West Coast w/Bing Crosby]

 

Theme 3 for: Woodbury Soap Program, The [with Bing Crosby]

 
Where Were You Last Night?
   by: Al Dubin; Harry M. Woods

Theme for: Aunt Jemima / The Jad Hour

1929 - 33

 
While a Cigarette Was Burning
   by: Charles F. Kenny; Nick A. Kenny

Theme for: Chesterfield Cigarettes Presents "Pleasure Time" [with Fred Waring]

 
Whispering
   by: John Schoenberger; Richard Coburn; Vincent Rose

Theme for: Whispering Jack Smith

 
Whispering Streets Theme
   by: Marius Constant

Theme for: Whispering Streets

CBS, 1952-60

 
Whistler And His Dog, A (1905)
   by: Arthur Pryor

Theme 3 for: Uncle Walter's Doghouse

 
Whistler and His Dog, The (1905)
   by: Arthur Pryor

Theme 3 for: Johnson Family, The

 
Whistler, The
   by: Wilbur Hatch

Theme for: Whistler, The

 
White Knight, The [from the orchestral suite "Through The Looking Glass" (1919, rev. 1922)]
   by: Joseph Deems Taylor

Theme 1 for: Musical Americana [with Deems Taylor and the Raymond Paige Orchestra]

 
White Star Of Sigma Nu, The [fraternity song]
   by:

Signature Theme on various shows for: Johnny Long [orchestra shows]

 
Who? (Stole My Heart Away) [from the 1925 film "Sunny"]
   by: Jerome Kern (m); Otto Harbach (w); Oscar Hammerstein II (w)

Theme 1 for: Aldrich Family, The

 
Whoop! Whoop!! Whoop!!! Make a Noise Like a Hoop (and Roll Away) (1908)
   by: J. Fred Helf (m); Ren Shields (w)

Theme 1 for: Gay Nineties Revue, The [with Joe Howard]

 
Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?
   by: Frank E. Churchill (m); Ann Ronell (w)

Theme for: Mickey Mouse Theater Of The Air, The

 
Will You Remember (Sweetheart) [from the 1917 musical "Maytime"]
   by: Sigmund Romberg (m); Rida Johnson Young (w)

Theme for: Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters, The

 
William Tell Overture (1829) [from the opera, "finale" section]
   by: Giacchino Rossini

Theme for: Lone Ranger, The

 
William Tell Overture [from the opera, "storm" motif section]
   by: Giacchino Rossini

Theme for: Jungle Jim, The Adventures of

 
Wing To Wing
   by: Billy Mills

Main Theme 4, circa 1940 for: Fibber McGee and Molly

 
Winged Messenger
   by: Charles Williams

Theme for: Silver Eagle

 
Wings Over Jordan (1939)
   by: Thomas A. Dorsey

Theme 2 for: Wings Over Jordan

CBS, 1938 - 41, 42

 
With A Song In My Heart [from the 1929 musical "Spring Is Here"]
   by: Richard Rodgers (m); Lorenz Hart (w)

Theme 2 for: Major Bowes' Capitol Family

 
Woman In White (1938)
   by: Hal [Harold Richard] Keidel

Theme 2 for: Woman In White, The

 
Wonderful One [actual title: "My Wonderful One (Ma Petite Fee)"]
   by: Marshall Neilan (m); Paul Whiteman (m); Ferde Grofé (m); Dorothy Terriss (w)

Theme for: Charlotte Greewood Show, The

 
Wonderful One [actual title: "My Wonderful One"]
   by: Paul Whiteman (m); Ferde Grofé (m); Dorothy Terriss (w)

Theme 3 for: Young Widder Brown

 
Woodchoppers' Ball
   by: Joseph ("Joe") Bishop; Woody Herman

Signature Theme 3 on various shows for: Woody Herman [big band shows]

 
World Outside, The (Theme from "The Warsaw Concerto", from the 1941 British film "Dangerous Moonlight", released in the U.S. in 1942 as "Suicide Squadron")
   by: Richard Addinsell

Theme for: Radio Hall of Fame, The

 
Yale Boola March and Two-Step (1901) [original title: "La Hoola Boola" (1897)]
   by: Robert ["Bob"] Cole; William ["Billy"] Johnson; with new lyrics by A. M. Hirsh

Alternate Title Theme 1 for: Frank Merriwell, The Adventures of

 
Yankee Doodle Boy [from the 1904 musical "Little Johnny Jones"]
   by: George M. Cohan

Open Medley, Part 1 for: Jack Benny Program, The

 
Yeast Foamers' March, The
   by: J. Oliver Riehl

Theme for: Yeast Foamers' Orchestra, The

 
You (Gee But You're Wonderful) [for the 1936 film "The Great Ziegfield"]
   by: Walter Donaldson (m); Harold Adamson (w)

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

 
You and I
   by: Meredith Willson

Theme 5 for: Baby Snooks / Maxwell House Coffee Time

 

Main Theme 1 for: Maxwell House Coffee Time

 
You and I Know (from the 1937 musical "Virginia")
   by: Arthur Schwartz (m); Al Stillman (w); Laurence Stallings (w)

Theme for: Front Page Farrell

 
You And The Night And The Music [from the 1934 musical "Revenge With Music"]
   by: Arthur Schwartz (m); Howard Dietz (w)

Theme for: Pet Milk Show, The

 
You Are My Lucky Star [from the film "Broadway Melody of 1936"]
   by: Nacio Herb Brown (m); Arthur Freed (w)

Theme for: Auction Gallery [aka: Victory Gallery; Radio Auction]

 
You Are My Lucky Star [from the film "Broadway Melody of 1936"]
   by: Nacio Herb Brown (m); Arthur Freed (w)

Theme 1 for: Doctor (Dr.) I. Q. (the Mental Banker)

 
You Bet Your Life
   by: Jerry Fielding; Sydney ("Syd") Robin

Theme (Desoto-Plymouth sponsorship) for: You Bet Your Life (Groucho Marx Show, The)

circa 1950

 
You Betcha Life (medley of "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" and "Groucho and the Wolf" B-Theme)
   by: Jack Meakin; Harry Ruby; Bert Kalmar

Theme for: You Bet Your Life (Groucho Marx Show, The)

NBC, 1952-53

 
You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love (1931)
   by: Gladys Du Bois; Paul Gregory; Russ Columbo; Con Conrad

Theme for: Maxwell House Program, The (with Russ Columbo)

 
You Don't Say Theme
   by: Rex Koury; William Yazeman; Ralph H. Andrews

Theme for: You Don't Say

 
You Go To My Head
   by: Haven Gillespie; J. Fred Coots

Signature Theme on various shows for: Mitchell Ayres [big band shows]

 
You Gotta Start Off Each Day With A Song
   by: James ["Jimmy"] Durante (m); Ben Ryan (w)

Open Theme 2 for: Jimmy Durante

 
You Were Meant For Me [from the 1929 film "The Broadway Melody"]
   by: Nacio Herb Brown (m); Arthur Freed (w)

Theme for: Five-Star Jones

 
You'll Never Know (1928)
   by: Billy Rose; Arthur Franklin; Al Jolson

Theme 3 for: Fitch Bandwagon, The [when Alice Fay hosted]

 
You're Priceless
   by: Morey Amsterdam; Tony Romano

Theme for: Laff 'n' Swing Club, The

 
Young At Heart
   by: Johnny Richards (m); Carolyn Leigh (w)

Signature Theme on various shows for: Johnny Richards [orchestra shows]

 
Young Widder Brown Theme
   by: Lewis P. ["Lew"] White

Theme 2 for: Young Widder Brown

 
You're A Life Saver (1935)
   by: Ed East

Theme for: Life Savers Rendezvous

NBC

 
You're Just A Dream Come True
   by: Isham Jones

Signature Theme 2 on various shows for: Isham Jones [big band shows]

 
You're My Lucky Charm
   by: Raymond Scott (professional name of Harry Warnow); Charles Chancer

Signature Theme on various shows for: Mark Warnow Orchestra, The

 
Yours Is My Heart Alone [aka: "You Are My Heart's Delight", from the 1923 operetta "The Land of Smiles"]
   by: Franz Lehar (m); Beda Fritz Loehner (w); Ludwig Herzer (w)

Theme for: Day In The Life of Dennis Day, A

 
Zero Minus Sixty, from the Chappell Recorded Music Library
   by: Robert Farnon

Theme 2 (1955), Part 1 for: X-Minus-One

 
[original theme - title unknown]
   by: Billy May

Open Theme 2, later episodes for: Ozzie and Harriet, The Adventures of

CBS/NBC/CBS/ABC, 1944-54

 
[original theme - title unknown]
   by: George Basil ["Buzz" or "Buzzy"] Adlam

Open Theme 3, later episodes for: Ozzie and Harriet, The Adventures of

CBS/NBC/CBS/ABC, 1944-54

 
[original theme - title unknown]
   by: Wilbur Hatch

Theme for: General Electric Theatre of the Air [aka "Electric Theatre"]

 
[original theme - title unknown]
   by: Paul Taubman (??); William Meeder (??)

Theme for: Perry Mason

 
[original theme - title unknown]
   by: Chester ["Chet"] Kingsbury

Theme 2 for: Second Mrs. Burton, The

 
[theme title under investigation]
   by: probably Mark Warnow

Theme 1 for: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

 
[theme title unknown]
   by: Albert John Jr. ("Bert") Buhrman

Theme for: Dimension X

NBC, 1951 - 52

 
[theme title unknown]
   by: Don Becker

Theme for: Man I Married, The

 
[theme title unknown]
   by: Leith Stevens (??); Charles F. or Paul (??)

Opening Signature for: Shadow, The

 
[theme title unknown]
   by: Albert John Jr. ("Bert") Buhrman

Theme 1 (1951) for: X-Minus-One

 
[title under investigation]
   by: probably Harry Sosnik

Theme 1 for: Woodbury's Hollywood Playhouse [dramatic anthology]

NBC Blue, 1937 - 39; NBC, 1939 - 40

 


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