Old Time Radio Theme Music C

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 -
  1. "Flying Dutchman Overture" [to the opera "The Flying Dutchman"] - Richard Wagner
  2. "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 -
  1. "Polonaise in D-Flat Major (Op. 53) (1843)" - Frederic Chopin
  2. "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 -
  1. "Crime Photographer Opening Theme - Archie Bleyer
  2. "Casey Theme" - John Marion Gart
• Cavalcade of America [aka: Dupont Cavalcade] -
  1. "March Theme from "Cavalcade of America" [aka: "Cavalcade March"] - Harold A. Levey
  2. "Glory of America" - Alexander Laszlo
  3. "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 -
  1. "Onward Christian Soldiers (an 1871 hymn): - Sir Arthur Sullivan (m); Sabine Baring (w)
  2. "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 -
  1. "Give Me A Moment Please" - Leo Robin; Richard A. Whiting; W. Franke Harling
  2. "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]
  1. Opening: "Cigarette, Sweet Music, and You, A" - Roy Ringwald
  2. Closing: "Smoke Dreams" - John Klenner; Lloyd Shaffer; Ted Steele
• Chesterfield Time [with Fred Waring]
  1. Opening: "Cigarette, Sweet Music, and You, A" - Roy Ringwald
  2. "Sleep" - Earl Lebieg
• Charlie Barnet [big band shows] -
  1. Signature Theme 1 on various shows: "Cherokee (Indian Love Song)" - Ray Noble
  2. 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
  1. "Less Work For Mother" - William Livingston; J. Russell Robinson
  2. "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
  1. "Band of America March, The" - Paul Lavalle
  2. "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 -
  1. "Clock, The" - John Gart
  2. "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 15 [with Dick Haymes, for Campbell's Soup] - 

  1. Opening: Mm-Mm, Good (adapted for the Campbell's Soup jingle) - Allie Wrubel, Paul Baron
  2. Closing Theme: Time Has Come To Bid You Adieu" - Carroll Carroll, Bob Crosby, Jerry Gray
• 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] -
  1. "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" - Jimmy McHugh (m); Dorothy Fields (w)
  2. "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]
  1. Opening (Part 1): "Reveille (Bugle Call)" - Traditional
  2. Opening (Part 2): "Over There" (1917) - George M. Cohan
  3. 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
• Counterspy (David Harding, Counter-spy) - "David Harding Theme" - Jesse Crawford
• Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players, The -
  1. :Cresta Blanca Theme" (jingle) - [unknown]
  2. "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
• 1.  See also:
     
     Introductions and Theme Songs in Old Time Radio
     This collection includes theme music and announcer voice-overs from more than a thousand Old Time Radio programs.