The N B C Follies (variety)

    (NBC Primetime, 1973)

    [For one season, NBC tried this old-fashioned variety show format 
     without a regular host; it resembled a series of vaudeville skits 
     and musical performances; the regulars who appeared in all the shows 
     were Sammy Davis, Jr. and Mickey Rooney; but even their star power
     wasn't enough to keep it going in the 1970s past one season in this 
     unusual forum]

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Open Theme: "It's Follies Time"

    [Verified in Ray Clark Theme Collection]

     Composer: Harper MacKay (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: Holly Pix Music Pub. Co. (ASCAP)

     2001 Publisher: DoraBet Music Company (ASCAP)
                        of Scottsdale, AZ

     Copyright Date: 
     Renewal   Date: 

     Recordings:

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Close Theme: "A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening" from the 1943 film "Higher and Higher"

    [title variation...
     aka: "This Is A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening";
     aka: "What A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening";

     This song was introduced in a film that was a Frank Sinatra 
     vehicle and was a Sinatra signature song for awhile;

     THEME verified in Ray Clark TV Theme Collection]

     Composers: music by Jimmy McHugh (ASCAP) and
                lyric by Harold Adamson (ASCAP)

     1978 Publishers: T. B. Harms/Old Acct. (ASCAP) and
                      Robbins Music Corp. (ASCAP)

     2001 Publisher: Cotton Club Publishing (ASCAP)
                        c/o EMI Music Publishing, Inc.
                        of New York, NY; and
                     Harold Adamson Music (ASCAP)
                        c/o The Songwriters Guild
                        of Weehawken, NJ
     
     Composition Date: 1943
    
     Copyright Date: 
     Renewal   Date: 

     Recordings:

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