Cavalcade of Sports (boxing and other sports)

    (NBC Primetime, 1948 - 1960)

    [aka: "NBC Cavalcade of Sports";
          "The Gillette Cavalcade of Sports";
          "The Friday Night Fights"]

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Theme 1: "Allsports March"

    [above is title as originally published;
        ASCAP title variations...
     aka: "All Sports March"]

     Composer: Robert Farnon (British PRS/ASCAP)

     1978 Publishers: Chappell & Co., Inc. (ASCAP)

     2001 Publishers: Jim Long Companies, Inc. (ASCAP)
                         (Jim Long Music Division) 
                         of Carrollton, TX

     U.S. Copyright Date: 1948, according to CD liner notes.
     U.S. Renewal   Date:

     Recordings: 
         [production music disk
          in the "Chappell Recorded Music Library"]

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Theme 2: "The Look Sharp March: theme of the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports"

    [aka: "Gillette Look Sharp March";
     aka: "To Be Sharp March";
     aka: "The Be Sharp March";
     aka: "Be Sharp"
     aka: "Look Sharp/Be Sharp March";

     this tune was a jingle used in Gillette radio and TV commercials]

     Composer: Mahlon Merrick (ASCAP/BMI)
              [professional name of Mahlon Legrand Merrick]

     Original Publishers: [from U.S. Copyright Records]
                           The Gillette Company;
                           Mahlon L. Merrick; and
                           Palisades Music Pub. Co. (BMI),
                              of Beverly Hills                  

     Later Publishers: [on band arrangement sheet music] Palisades Music Pub. Co. (BMI);
                       [sole selling agent] Marlen Music Co. (ASCAP)
                       

     1997 Publishers: [published as "Gillette Look Sharp March"]
                       Sunshine Music Company (BMI)
 
 
    [as a motion picture film called "Look Sharp March Opening"]:     
     Copyright Date: Oct.  1, 1952; MP  3169.
     Renewal   Date: Oct. 10, 1980; RE-67-673.
 
    [published as "To Look Sharp"]:          
     Copyright Date: Oct. 23, 1953; EP 75 261.
     Renewal   Date: Oct. 13, 1981; RE-98-875.

    [published marching band arrangement]:
     Copyright Date: Sep. 30, 1954; EP 83 924.
     Renewal   Date: 

     Recordings:

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