(ABC Daytime, 1962 - 1964) [This is the third of three series which have the same name, hosted by the original NBC "Tonight Show" host, Steve Allen; it had a ninety-minute daily talk show format, sponsored by Westinghouse; The other "Steve Allen Shows" were a daily CBS comedy variety Show (1950 - 52), and a Sunday Night comedy variety show (NBC, 1956 - 60)]
[Opening THEME and composer verified by Steve Allen's office in correspondence dated 1982; Allen was a pianist and prolific composer who wrote many of his own THEMEs; the ASCAP title aka: "This Could Be The Start Of Something Big"; In an article in the "National Enquirer" 11/12/85, the composer described this piece as "the most commercially successful song" of the over 4000 tunes he has written. In the same article, he also admitted he gets ideas for the melodies and even lyrics of songs in his sleep. He said about this piece, that in 1954 he was wrestling with the problem of a tune needed for a TV production called "The Bachelor." He went on to tell the story of its composition: "I wakened from my sleep having just dreamed the catchy melody and four or five lines of lyrics...I went to the piano and played the tune. The basic idea of it was all there in my dream, and when I awoke I just wrote it down and finished it off." And that song was "This Could Be the Start of Something."] Composer: Steve Allen (ASCAP) [professional name of Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen] 1978 Publisher: Rosemeadow Pub. Corp. (ASCAP) 2001 Publisher: Meadowlane Music, Inc. (ASCAP) of Van Nuys, CA Copyright Date: Apr. 27, 1956; Eu 436 597. Renewal Date: May 25, 1984; RE-209-808. Recordings:
[In correspondence date 1982 with Steve Allen's office, this piece by Bandleader Donn Trenner was verified as the Close Theme at one point; Contributor Steve Owen who was a regular viewer who disputes this; and says this THEME was used only for station breaks "going in and out of commercials" (also known as a "bumper" THEME)] Composer: Donn Trenner (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: Trenner Music Co. (ASCAP) 2001 Publisher: Trenner Music Co. (ASCAP) of Guilford, CT Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings:
[Contributor Steve Owen who was a regular viewer said this Steve Allen jazz ballad was used as the Close Theme for the Allen-Westinghose show, arranged as a slow calypso/cha-cha; It was originally part of a Broadway Musical Allen wrote; and was subsequently recorded by vocalists Michael Dees and Marilyn Maye, among others] Composer: Steve Allen (ASCAP) [professional name of Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen] 1978 Publisher: Rosemeadow Pub. Corp. (ASCAP) 2001 Publisher: Meadowlane Music, Inc. (ASCAP) of Van Nuys, CA Published Copyright Date: Feb. 25, 1963; EP 172 998. Published Renewal Date: Jun. 11, 1991; RE-532-557. Recordings: