| 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).
- Ma Perkins - "Ma Perkins" -
Larry Larsen; Don Macotte
- Magazine of the Air [aka: Heinz Magazine Of The Air]
- "Love's Own Sweet Song" [from the 1914 musical "Sari"] -
Cushing; Heath; Kalman
- Magic Voice, The
- "Salut d'Amour" [aka: "Liebesgruss"; aka: "Love's Greeting"] (Op. 12, 1888) -
Sir Edward Elgar
- Alt. Theme Title: "Love's Greeting" [aka: "Liebesgruss"; aka: "Salut d'Amour"] (Op. 12, 1888) -
Sir Edward Elgar
- Mail Call [Armed-Forces Radio Service] -
Closing: "Handful Of Stars, A" (1940) -
Ted Shapiro; Jack Lawrence
- Main Street Music Hall (with Earl Wrightson & Russ Emery) -
"Main Street Music Hall Theme" -
Alfredo Antonini
- Major Bowes' Capitol Family
- "Clair de Lune" [from the "Suite Bergamasque"] -
Claude Achille Debussy
- "With A Song In My Heart" [from the 1929 musical "Spring Is Here"] -
Richard Rodgers (m); Lorenz Hart (w)
- Make-Believe Ballroom, The [with Martin Block]
- "Make Believe Ball Room" (1936) -
Andy Razaf; Paul Denniker
- "It's Make-Believe Ballroom Time" (1940) - Harold Green (m); Michael S. ["Mickey"] Stoner (w); Martin Block (w)
- Mal Hallet [big band shows] -
Signature Theme on various shows: "Boston Tea Party, The" - Frank Ryerson
- Man I Married, The -
Theme: [unknown] -
Don Becker
- Man Called X, The -
"Man Called X Theme, The" -
John W. ["Johnny"] Green
- Man From Homicide, The -
"Man From Homicide Theme, The" -
George Basil ["Buzz"] Adlam
- Mandrake, The Magician -
"Sorcerer's Apprentice, The" [L'Apprenti Sorcier] -
Paul Dukas
- Manhattan Merry-Go-Round -
"Manhattan Merry-Go-Round" (pub. 1936) -
Gustave W. ["Gus"] Haenschen; Pinky H. Herman
- March Of Time, The [aka: "The March of Time Quiz"]
- "March Of Time, The" [from "The Earl Carroll Vanities of 1930"] (1930) -
Harold Arlen (m); Ted Koehler (w)
- [original theme - title unknown] -
Howard Barlow; Donald Voorhees
- "El Capitan (March)" -
John Philip Sousa
- Mark Trail
- "Mark Trail Theme" -
John Marion Gart
- "Mark Trail Theme" -
Henry ["Hank"] Sylvern
- Mark Warnow Orchestra, The -
Signature Theme on various shows: "You're My Lucky Charm" -
Raymond Scott (professional name of Harry Warnow); Charles Chancer
- Martin Kane, Private Eye -
"Theme, Private Eye" -
Charles F. Paul
- Mary Lou Harp -
Signature Theme on various shows: "Now I Lay Me Down To Dream" -
Ted Fiorito; Eddy Howard
- Mary Margaret McBride -
"Beautiful Lady" -
Leo Arnaud
- Mary Small's Revue
- Open "There's A Home In Wyoming" (1933) -
Peter De Rose; William J. ["Billy"] Hill
- Close "When I Told The Village Bells" -
L. Wolfe Gilbert; William B. Kernell
- Maxwell House Coffee Time
- Opening Billboard: "Maxwell House Opening" -
Leith Stevens
- Main Theme: "You and I" -
Meredith Willson
- "Thoughts While Strolling" - Meredith Willson
- "He's My Uncle" -
Lew Pollack; Charles Newman
- Mayor Of The Town [starring Lionel Barrymore] - "So Waits My Heart" -
Dailey Paskman; Lionel Barrymore
- Meet Millie - "Meet Millie" -
Irving Miller
- Melody Ranch (with Gene Autry)
- "Singing a Song of the Saddle" -
Frank Harford; Gene Autry
- "Back In The Saddle Again" -
Ray Whitley; Gene Autry
- Mercury Theater On The Air [aka: Campbell Playhouse] - "Tonight We Love" [Theme from Piano Concerto No. 1] -
Piotr Ilyich ["Peter"] Tchaikovsky
- Meredith Willson - Signature Theme on various shows: "Handful Of Stars, A" (1940) -
Ted Shapiro; Jack Lawrence
- Metropolitan Opera Auditions [with Milton Cross] - "Grand March" [aka: "Grand Marsche"], from the opera "Tannhauser" -
Richard Wagner
- Mickey Mouse Theater Of The Air, The - "Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?" -
Frank E. Churchill (m); Ann Ronell (w)
- Mills Brothers, The [on various radio shows] "Good-Bye Blues" (1932) -
Jimmy McHugh; Dorothy Fields; Arnold Johnson
- Milt Herth Trio, The -
Signature Theme on various shows: "Church-Mouse On A Spree" (1936) -
Frankie Froeba
- Milton Berle Show, The (1936 - 1949)
- "Eversharp Jingle" [aka: Buy Eversharp] -
Bernard [??] Green
- "On the Trail" [from "The Grand Canyon Suite"] -
Ferde Grofe
- "There's No Business Like Show Business" [from the 1946 musical "Annie Get Your Gun"] -
Irving Berlin
- Closing: "On the Trail" [from "The Grand Canyon Suite"] -
Ferde Grofe
- Misadventures of Si and Elmer, The
- "Farmer In The Dell, The" (circa 1880's) -
Traditional American children's game song
- "Turkey In The Straw' [aka: "Zip Coon"] (circa 1830's) -
Traditional American folk song
- Missus [Mrs.] Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch - "Home! Sweet Home!" [aka: "There's No Place Like Home," from the 1823 opera "Clari, or The Maid of Milan"] -
Henry R. (m Bishop; John Howard Payne (w)
- Mister [Mr.] Aladdin - "Bewitched" [aka: "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered", from the 1941 musical "Pal Joey"] -
Richard Rodgers (m); Lorenz Hart (w)
- Mister [Mr.] and Missus [Mrs.]
- Open Theme: "Mean To Me" -
Fred Ahlert (m); Roy Turk (w)
- Close Theme: "Home! Sweet Home!" [aka: "There's No Place Like Home," from the 1823 opera "Clari, or The Maid of Milan"] -
Henry R. (m) [based upon a Sicilian air] Bishop; John Howard Payne (w)
- Mister [Mr.] and Mrs. North
- Main & End Theme: "Way You Look Tonight, The" -
Jerome Kern
- Act Opener: "North Theme" (Opening after Theme) [lt;sicgt;] -
Charles F. Paul
- Mister [Mr.] Chameleon - "Masquerade" -
John Jacob Loeb (m); Paul Francis Webster (w)
- Mister [Mr.] District Attorney
- "Ein Heldenleben" (A Hero's Life) (Op. 40) (1841) -
Richard Strauss
- "Mr. District Attorney Theme" -
Peter Van Steeden Jr.
- Mister [Mr.] Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons - "Someday I'll Find You" (fr. 1930 musical "Private Lives") -
Noel Coward
- Mister [Mr.] President - "Hail To The Chief" [the U.S. President's March] (circa 1810) -
music attributed to English composer James Sanderson; lyric from "Lady of the Lake" by Sir Walter Scott
- Mitchell Ayres [big band shows] -
Signature Theme on various shows: "You Go To My Head" -
Haven Gillespie; J. Fred Coots
- Mobil Oil Concerts - "Recollections" -
Erno Rapee; Lew Pollack
- Modern Romances - "Modern Romances" '(Theme Song of the NBC Radio program of the same name)' (1944) -
Norman Cloutier
- Molle Mystery Theatre - "Molle Theme Song" -
Frank Crumit
- Monitor Radio [N B C Weekend Radio format] -
- "Night Flight To Madrid" (1958) -
Kermit Leslie (pseudonym of Kermit Levinsky); Walter Leslie (pseudonym of Walter Levinsky)
- "Monitor" -
Lan ["Lanny"] O'Kun
- "Monitor Theme(s)" -
Stanley Applebaum
- "Monitor Pulse Theme, The"
-
Bernie Baum; Bill Giant; Florence Kaye
- "Monitor Weekend Theme, The" -
Bernie Baum; Bill Giant; Florence Kaye
- "On The Go Theme" [aka: "Monitor On The Go"] -
Bernie Baum; Bill Giant; Florence Kaye
- "Here Comes More of Monitor" [aka: "The Monitor Theme"] -
Bernie Baum; Bill Giant; Florence Kaye
- "Monitor Radio Theme" -
Bradley Paul Hatfield
- Signature Sound: [a tape loop made from a sequence of 1950's AT & T telephone line switching tones generated by analog oscillators]
- Moon River
- "Caprice Viennois" -
Fritz Kreisler
- Bridge Music: "Clair de Lune" [from the "Suite Bergamasque"] -
Claude Achille Debussy
- Moylan Sisters, The
- "Thrivo Jingle" -
Elizabeth Zindel
- "Sittin' On A Log, Pettin' My Dog" (1933) -
Edward E. Confrey; Byron Gay
- Music By Malneck [with The Matty Malneck Orchestra] -
"Stairway To The Stars (1939)" [instrumental title: "Park Avenue Fantasy" (1935)]
Matt ["Matty"] Malneck (m); Frank Signorelli (m); Mitchell Parish (w)
- Music Millions Love [with Andre Kostelanetz & his Orchestra] -
"Love Is Mine" (1936) -
Pat Ballard; Charles Henderson
- Music Until Dawn [from Chicago, hosted by Bob Hall] - "That's All" -
Bob Haymes (m); Alan Brandt (w); Tony Aquaviva (arr); perf. by the Andre Kostelanetz Orch.
- Music Of Manhattan [with the Norman Cloutier Orchestra] (NBC, 1945) - "Music Of Manhattan" -
Norman L. Cloutier
- Musical Americana [with Deems Taylor and the Raymond Paige Orchestra]
- "White Knight, The" [from the orchestral suite "Through The Looking Glass" (1919, rev. 1922)] -
Joseph Deems Taylor
- "Where Else But Here?' [from the 1939 operetta "Let Freedom Ring"] -
Sigmund Romberg (m); Edward Heyman (w)
- My Favorite Husband - "My Favorite Husband - Radio Theme" -
Wilbur Hatch
- My Friend Irma
- "Friendship" [from the 1939 musical "Dubarry Was a Lady"] -
Cole Porter
- used in middle: "Sentimental Rhapsody", from "Street Scene" [aka: "Street Scene"] -
Alfred Newman
- "My Friend Irma Theme" -
John M. Leipold
- My Little Margie
- Opening Signature/Billboard 2: "Little 'M' Fanfares", from the "Structural Music" library -
Alexander Laszlo
- Main & End Theme 2: "Bows and Strings" [aka: "My Little Margie Theme"], from the "Structural Music" library -
Alexander Laszlo
- My True Story - "My True Story" -
Charles Hathaway (m); Will Gould (w)
- Myrt and Marge
- "Dream Waltz, The"
- "Poor Butterfly" -
Raymond ("Ray") Hubbell (m); John Golden (w)
- Myrt and Marge (in Hayfield Pleasures of 1932) - "How Can I Go On Without You" -
Frank C. Westphal
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