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Although OTRCAT.com does not have recordings of every series listed below,
the following is
quick reference guide to old time radio show series, theme music title, and composer (when available).
- Cab Calloway [big band shows] -
Signature Theme on various shows: "Minnie, The Moocher" -
Irving Mills; Cab Calloway; Clarence Gaskill
- California Melodies (with David Rose and his Orchestra) -
"California Melodies" -
David D. Rose
- Camel Caravan, The (w/Benny Goodman) -
"Let's Have Another Cigarette" -
Allie Wrubel; Herbert Magidson
- Campana Serenade -
"Lovely To Look At" [from the 1935 film version of the musical "Roberta"] -
Jerome Kern (m); Dorothy Fields (w); Jimmy McHugh (w)
- Canary Pet Show, The -
"Tales from the Vienna Woods (Waltz)" -
Johann Strauss Jr.
- Candy Matson -
"Candy" -
Alex Kramer; Mack David; Joan Whitney; --
- Captain Midnight -
- "Flying Dutchman Overture" [to the opera "The Flying Dutchman"] -
Richard Wagner
- "Captain Midnight" -
Don A. Ferris; Irving Friedman
- Carefree Carnival -
"Smile With Me" - Meredith Willson
- Carl Ravazza [music shows] -
Signature Theme on various shows: "Vieni Su" -
Ted Fiorito; Sunny Skylar (pseudonym of Selig Shaftel)
- Carmen Cavallaro -
- "Polonaise in D-Flat Major (Op. 53) (1843)" -
Frederic Chopin
- "My Sentimental Heart"
- Carmen Cavallero (m); Mitchell Parish (w)
- Carnation Contented Hour, The -
"Contented" -
Don Bestor; Roy Turk
- Carters of Elm Street, The -
"My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice" [from the opera "Samson and Delilah"] -
Camille Saint-Saens
- Casey, Crime Photographer / Flashgun Casey / Crime Photographer -
- "Crime Photographer Opening Theme -
Archie Bleyer
- "Casey Theme" -
John Marion Gart
- Cavalcade of America [aka: Dupont Cavalcade] -
- "March Theme from "Cavalcade of America" [aka: "Cavalcade March"] -
Harold A. Levey
- "Glory of America" -
Alexander Laszlo
- "Glorification" -
Alexander Laszlo
- Cavalcade of Bands -
"Cavalcade of Bands Theme" -
Jerome Brainin; Buddy Kaye
- Celebrity Night -
"Sandalai" -
Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson)
- Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street -
"Basin Street Blues" -
Spencer Williams
- Champion Spark Plug Hour, The -
"Champion Sparkers March" -
Gustave ["Gus"] Haenschen
- Chandu, The Magician "Chandu Theme" -
Felix Mills
- Chaplain Jim -
- "Onward Christian Soldiers (an 1871 hymn): -
Sir Arthur Sullivan (m); Sabine Baring (w)
- "There's A Long, Long Trail" -
Stoddard King; Zo Elliott
- Charlie Chan -
"Mooch, The" - [aka: "The Moochie", aka: "The Mooche"]
Edward Kennedy ["Duke"] Ellington; Irving Mills
- Charlotte Greewood Show, The -
"Wonderful One" [actual title: "My Wonderful One"] -
Paul Whiteman (m); Ferde Grofe (m); Dorothy Terriss (w)
- Chase & Sanborn Hour, The -
- "Give Me A Moment Please" -
Leo Robin; Richard A. Whiting; W. Franke Harling
- "One Hour With You"
- Leo Robin; Richard A. Whiting
- Chesterfield's the Music That Satisfies -
"I've Got a Locket In My Pocket" -
Art Kassel (m); Mack David (w)
- Chesterfield Supper Club, The [with Perry Como]
- Opening: "Cigarette, Sweet Music, and You, A" -
Roy Ringwald
- Closing: "Smoke Dreams" -
John Klenner; Lloyd Shaffer; Ted Steele
- Chesterfield Time [with Fred Waring]
- Opening: "Cigarette, Sweet Music, and You, A" -
Roy Ringwald
- "Sleep" -
Earl Lebieg
- Charlie Barnet [big band shows] -
- Signature Theme 1 on various shows: "Cherokee (Indian Love Song)" -
Ray Noble
- Signature Theme 2 on various shows: "Redskin Rhumba" -
Charlie Barnet (pseudonym of Dale Bennett)
- Charlie Spivak [big band shows] -
Signature Theme on various shows: "Star Dreams" -
J. Francis Burke; Sylvia Dee
- Chez Show, The [with Mike Wallace] -
"Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)" [from the 1946 musical "Annie Get Your Gun"] -
Irving Berlin
- Chicago Theatre of the Air, The -
"Chicago Theatre of the Air Theme" -
Adolf G. Hoffmann (m); Francis Coughlin (w)
- Chick Webb [big band shows] -
Signature Theme on various shows: "I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)" [from the 1929 revue "John Murray Anderson's Almanac"] -
Henry Sullivan (m); Harry Ruskin (w)
- Chicken Every Sunday -
"Chicken Every Sunday Theme" -
Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson)
- Children's Corner, The -
"Goodnight God"
Harry Pepper ; Harold Simpson
- Children's Hour, The
- "Less Work For Mother" -
William Livingston; J. Russell Robinson
- "Sidewalks Of New York (East Side, West Side)" (1928) -
Charles B. Lawlor; James W. Blake
- Christopher Wells, The Adventures of -
"Christopher Wells Theme" -
Peter Van Steeden Jr.
- Cisco Kid, The -
"Cisco Kid" -
Albert Glasser
- Cities Service [Band] Concerts - "Cities Service March, The" -
Rosario Bourdon
- Cities Service Band/Highways of Melody -
"Highways of Melody" - Paul Lavalle
- Cities Service Band Of America, The
- "Band of America March, The" -
Paul Lavalle
- "Cities Service Triumphal March, The" -
Paul Lavalle
- Claude Hopkins [big band shows] -
Signature Theme on various shows: "I Would Do Anything For You [aka: Anything For You]" -
Claude Hopkins; Alexander Hill
- Claude Thornhill [orchestra shows] -
Signature Theme on various shows: "Snowfall" -
Claude Thornhill (m); Ruth Thornhill (w)
- Clicquot Club Eskimos, The -
"Clicquot March, The" -
Harry F. Reser
- Cliff Edwards Show, The -
"Little Jazz Bird" [from the 1924 musical "Lady, Be Good!"]-
George Gershwin (m); Ira Gershwin (w)
- Clock, The -
- "Clock, The" -
John Gart
- "Clock Theme" -
Bernard Green
- Club 15 [with Bob Crosby] -
"March of the Bob Cats, The" -
Ray Bauduc; Bob Crosby; Irving Fazola; Robert Haggart; Hilton ["Nappy"] Lamar; Julian Clifton Matlock; Edward R. Miller; Gil Rodin
- Club Matinee -
"Club Matinee Theme" -
Rex Maupin
- Clyde Beatty Show, The -
"Clyde Beatty Circus March" -
Albert Glasser
- Clyde McCoy [orchestra shows] -
Signature Theme on various shows: "Sugar Blues" - Clarence Williams (m); Lucy Fletcher (w)
- Coast-to-Coast on a Bus [orig. title: The Children's Hour] -
- "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" -
Jimmy McHugh (m); Dorothy Fields (w)
- "We're On Our Way" -
Walter Fleischer (??)
- Coke Club, The [with Morton Downey] -
"Coca-Cola Company Theme, The [aka: Coca-Cola Signature]" -
Leonard Joy
- Coleman Hawkins [big band shows] -
Signature Theme on various shows: "Body And Soul" -
Johnny Green (m); Edward Heyman (w); Robert Sour (w); Frank Eyton (w)
- Colgate Sports Newsreel, The [with Bill Stern] -
"Colgate Shave Cream jingle [to the tune of "Mademoiselle from Armentieres"]" -
Trad. WW I song: "Mademoiselle From Armentieres" aka "Hinky Dinky Parlez-Vous"
- College Quiz Bowl, The [aka: College Bowl, with Allen Ludden] - "Second Elizabeth, The" -
Don Reid
- Command Performance [for Armed Forces Radio]
- Opening (Part 1): "Reveille (Bugle Call)"
- Traditional
- Opening (Part 2): "Over There" (1917) -
George M. Cohan
- Closing: "Over There (1917)" -
George M. Cohan
- Community Sing -
"Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing" - Stanley J. Damerell; Tolchard Evans; Robert Hargreaves; Henry B. Tilsley
- Continental Varieties -
"Music Of The Spheres" (Waltz) (1868) -
Josef Strauss (or Robert Stolz piece of the same name)
- Count Basie [big band shows] -
Signature Theme on various shows: "One O'Clock Jump" -
William ["Bill"] Basie
- Count of Monte Cristo, The -
"Sylvia Ballet" [a theme from the ballet "Sylvia"] -
Leo Delibes
- Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players, The -
- :Cresta Blanca Theme" (jingle) -
[unknown]
- "Cresta Blanca Waltz" -
Morton Gould
- Crime Classics -
"Crime Classics Theme" -
Bernard Herrmann
- Crossroads [orig. title: Saturday's Child] -
"My Friend" -
Albert Hay Malotte
- Cuckoo Hour, The [with Raymond Knight] -
"Crazy People" [from the 1932 film "The Big Broadcast"] -
James V. ["Jimmy"] Monaco; Edgar Leslie
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