(ABC Primetime, 1959 - 1961, as "The Detectives - starring Robert Taylor";
NBC Primetime, 1961 - 1962, as "Robert Taylor's Detectives")
[Robert Taylor played a Chief of Detectives in New York City;
The series was a half-hour show on ABC; and expanded to an
hour when it moved to NBC]
[apparently this THEME by the well-known CBS composer was
"on loan" for the ABC run of this Four-Star series; perhaps
Mr. Taylor liked this particular cue composed by Mr. Stevens]
Composer: Morton ("Mort") Stevens (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: April Music Co. (ASCAP)
2001 Publisher: EMI-April Music Co. (ASCAP)
c/o EMI Music Publishing, Inc.
of New York, NY
Copyright Date:
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
[above is title as filed for copyright;
ASCAP title variations...
aka: "The Detectives March";
aka: "Detectives 01";
BMI title variations...
aka: "Robert Taylor Show";
Other title variations from LP album jackets...
aka: "R. T. D. March";
aka: "The Detectives Theme from 'Robert Taylor's Detectives'"
The Internet Movie Database confirms this was the "new title"
THEME used in 1961]
Composer: Herschel Burke Gilbert (ASCAP)
Orig. Publisher: John Paul Music Co. (ASCAP)
1991 Publisher: PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (BMI)
2001 Publisher: Universal Songs of Polygram International (BMI)
c/o Universal Music Publishing Group
a div. of Universal Studios
of Los Angeles, CA
Copyright Date: Oct. 21, 1963; Eu 795 431.
Renewal Date: July 22, 1991; RE-536-744.
Recordings:
LP: "Themes from the Original Soundtrack of
Four-Star Television Productions"
Dot DLP-3421/25421 (1962)
conducted by Herschel Burke Gilbert