Theme 1: "When The Organ Played At Twilight"

     [source: Craig Patillo's book "TV Theme Soundtrack Recordings", as a Main Theme

      this piece was used during the first 8 seasons, 1950 - 57.]
 

     Full Title: When The Organ Played At Twilight (The Song

        That Reached My Heart)
 

     Composers: Music by Jimmy Campbell (ASCAP) and

              Reginald ("Reg") Connelly (ASCAP); with

                Lyrics by Raymond Wallace (ASCAP)

     Original Publishers: Anne Rachel Music Corp. (ASCAP)

Campbell-Connelly Inc.  (ASCAP)

Current Publishers:  Anne Rachel Music Corp. (ASCAP)

Campbell-Connelly Inc.  (ASCAP)

 c/o Music Sales Corporation

Copyright date: 1929, according to "Who Wrote That Song?" by Dick Jacobs

Recordings:

78rpm - Jesse Crawford, organist made a popular recording

[according to "Who Wrote That Song?" by Dick Jacobs]

78rpm - Guy Lombardo

 [according to ASCAP Repertoire]

NOTE: Above may have been the series theme on radio when it was called

"Armstrong Theatre of Today"

(CBS, 1941 - ). During the series CBS-TV run, the following themes were used:

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Main Title Theme 2: "Long John Silver"

     [source: Craig Patillo's book "TV Theme Soundtrack Recordings", as a Main Theme

      this piece was used during the four seasons, 1957 - 60.]
     Composers: David Buttolph (ASCAP) and Irving Gordon (ASCAP) 

Original Publisher: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. (ASCAP)

     Current Publishers: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. (ASCAP, and

  The Songwriters Guild (ASCAP)

Copyright date:

     Recordings:

 78rpm - Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra under Lee Castle

[according to ASCAP Repertoire]

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Main Title Theme 3: "Armstrong Opening Signature"

     [source: Craig Patillo's book "TV Theme Soundtrack Recordings", as a Main Theme

      this piece was used as Main title only for the last season, in 1963.]

Composer: David Buttolph ?(ASCAP)

Original Publisher: [title not listed in ASCAP Index (78)]

Current Publisher:  [title not listed in ASCAP Repertoire,

may be EMI April Music Inc., since a lot of cues were credited to this,

and it looks like the CBS library was used...check UCLA/CBS Library list]

            Copyright date: Recordings:

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Opening Theme 4: "Fanfare & Opening"

     [title source: Ray Clark collection]

     [aka: "Armstrong Theatre of the Air"]

     Composer: Harold Levey (ASCAP)

             [aka: Harold Leeds, according to ASCAP Repertoire]

     Original Publisher: M. Witmark & Sons (ASCAP)

     Current Publisher:  M. Witmark & Sons (ASCAP)

     Copyright:

     Recording:

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Closing Theme 4: "New Horizons"

     [source: Craig Patillo's book "TV Theme Soundtrack Recordings", as a Main Theme

      used this piece during last six seasons, 1957 - 63.]

     [listed in Ray Clark collection]

     Composers: Jack Beaver (ASCAP) and Raphael Elman (ASCAP)

     Original Publishers: Francis, Day & Hunter, Ltd. (ASCAP)

     Original U.S. Publisher: Emil Ascher Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

     Current Publisher: Keith Prowse Music [KPM] (ASCAP)

     Copyright:

     Recording:

          78rpm - FDH 110 in the Francis, Day & Hunter

                  mood music library

               by L'Orchestre Delerue, conducted by George Delerue

              [in the Graham Newton collection]