(Syndicated, 1956 - 1957, as "The Rosemary Clooney Show"; NBC Primetime, 1957 - 1958, as "The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney") [Long before she was known as George Clooney's aunt, singer Rosemary Clooney had many hits during the 1940s and 1950s including her signature song, "Tenderly" which she recorded as a revival in 1955; it was a big hit the year before she hosted this early TV musical variety series; The Syndicated show was a trial balloon which featured the Hi-Lo's singing group and Nelson Riddle's orchestra; Her show was picked up for sponsorship by the makers of Lux detergent soap as a network series on NBC the next year; The Modernaires singing group and Frank DeVol's orchestra were featured on her NBC show]
[ASCAP title variation... aka: "Rosemary Clooney Show Opening Theme"] Composer: Nelson Smock Riddle (ASCAP/BMI) 1978 Publishers: Roger Music, Inc. (ASCAP) 2001 Publishers: Roger Music, Inc. (ASCAP) Copyright Date: July 6, 1956; EU 442 951. Renewal Date: [not found] Recordings:
[ASCAP title variations... aka: "Rosemary Clooney Show"; aka: "Rosemary Clooney Show Closing Theme"] Composer: Nelson Smock Riddle (ASCAP/BMI) 1978 Publishers: Roger Music, Inc. (ASCAP) 2001 Publishers: Roger Music, Inc. (ASCAP) Copyright Date: July 6, 1956; EU 442 959. Renewal Date: [not found] Recordings:
[Verified as the THEME in TV Guide article "When The Melody Lingers On..." May 17, 1958, pp. 22-23] Composers: music by Walter Lloyd Gross (ASCAP) and lyric by Jack Lawrence (ASCAP) 1978 Publishers: Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (ASCAP) 2001 Publishers: Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (ASCAP) c/o MPL Communications, Inc. of New York, NY Copyright Date: 1946 Renewal Date: Recordings: