| 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).
- Sam Spade, The Adventures of (ABC/CBS/NBC, 1946-51)
Close Theme: Good Night, Sweetheart [from the 1931 revue "Earl Carroll Vanities"]
Ray Noble; Jimmy Campbell; Reg Connelly
- Sammy Kaye [big band shows]
Signature Theme 1 on various shows: Swing and Sway
Pat Paterson; Sammy Kaye
- Signature Theme 2 on various shows: Until Tomorrow
Sammy Kaye
- Signature Theme 3 on various shows: Kaye's Melody
Sammy Kaye
- Saturday's Child --
see "Crossroads"
Saturday Night Serenade
Pet Milk Sponsorship Theme: Pet Lullaby Theme, The [aka: "Pet Milk Theme, The"]
Gustave W. ["Gus"] Haenschen
- Screen Director's Assignment (aka: NBC Theater/Screen Directors' Guild)
Theme: N B C Theater/Screen Directors' Guild Theme
Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson)
- Screen Director's Playhouse (aka: NBC Theater/Screen Directors' Guild)
Theme: N B C Theater/Screen Directors' Guild Theme
Henry Russell (professional name of Henry Russell Olson)
- Screen Guild Players/The Camel's Show [sponsor: Camel Cigarettes] (NBC, 1948)
Theme: Camel Theme [expanded arrangement]
Freddie Rich (probably adapted/arranged by Wilbur Hatch??)
- Screen Guild Show/Theatre, The Gulf
Theme: Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture) (aka: "Moon Love")
Piotr Ilyich ["Peter"] Tchaikovsky; Oscar Bradley (arr.)
- Screen Guild Theatre --
see also "Stars In The Air"
Sealtest Village Store, The [with Eve Arden and Jack Carson]
Theme 1: On Wisconsin
Carl Edwin Beck Jr.; W. T. Purdy
- Theme 2: Great Day [aka: It's a Great Day...]
Vincent Youmans; William Rose; Edward Eliscu
- Sealtest Village Store, The [with Ilene Woods and Ray Noble]
Theme 3: Smile For A Smile, (I'll Give You) A
Stanley Cowan; Bobby (aka: Bobby Scott Worth
- Sears Radio Theater (Mutual Radio Theater) (CBS, 1979-80)
Theme: Sears Radio Theater Theme
Nelson Riddle
- Second Husband [aka: "The Famous Actors Guild"]
Theme 1: If Love Were All [from the 1929 Musical "Bittersweet"]
Noel Coward
- Theme 2: Diane [aka: "(I'm In Heaven When I See You Smile) Diane", from the 1927 film "Seventh Heaven"]
Lew Pollack; Erno Rapee
- Second Mrs. Burton, The
Theme 1: My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice [from the opera "Samson and Delilah"]
Camille Saint-Saens
- Theme 2: [original theme - title unknown]
Chester ["Chet"] Kingsbury
- Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (Challenge of the Yukon)
Theme: Donna Diana [opera] Overture [aka: Challenge of the Yukon]
Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
- Shadow, The
Opening Signature: [theme title unknown]
Leith Stevens (??); Charles F. or Paul (??)
- Main Theme: Omphale's Spinning Wheel ["Le Roet d'Omphale," Opus 31]
Camille Saint-Saens
- Sheaffer Parade, The --
see "Lou Breese and his Orchestra"
Shell Chateau, The (with Al Jolson)
Open Theme 1 (1935): Good Evening, Friends [from the 1931 Al Jolson musical "The Wonder Bar" ]
Robert Katscher (m); Irving Caesar (w); Karl Farkas (w)
- Open Theme 2 (1936): Golden Gate [from the 1928 Al Jolson film "The Singing Fool"]
Billy Rose; Dave Dreyer; Joseph Meyer; Al Jolson
- Open Theme 3: About A Quarter To Nine [from the 1935 Al Jolson film "Go Into Your Dance"]
Harry Warren (m); Al Dubin (w)
- Close Theme: Thank You, Father [from the 1930 musical "Flying High"]
Ray Henderson (m); Buddy G. De Sylva (w); Lew Brown (w)
- Sheriff, The
Theme: Sheriff, The [Sheriff Theme & Finale]
Josef Bonime
- Sherlock Holmes
Theme 2: March of the Ancestors [from the 1937 British musical "Crest of the Wave"]
Ivor Novello
- Show Boat (The Maxwell House Show Boat)
Theme: Here Comes The Show Boat [from the 1929 film "Show Boat"]
Maceo Pinkard (m); Billy Rose (w)
- Skinnay Ennis [music shows]
Signature Theme on various shows: Got A Date With An Angel [from the 1931 film "For The Love Of Mike"]
Jack Waller (m); Joseph Turnbridge (m); Clifford Grey (w); Sonny Miller (w)
- Skippy Hollywood Theater
Theme: Hollywood Theater Theme
Mahlon Merrick
- Si and Elmer --
see "The Misadventures of Si and Elmer"
Si Zentner [big band shows]
Theme: Lazy River [aka: "Up A Lazy River"]
Hoagy Carmichael; Sidney Arodin
- Silver Dust Twins [Goldy and Dusty, aka: "The Gold Dust Twins"]
Theme 1: Bright On The Corner
[unknown]
- Theme 2: Where You Are
[unknown]
- Silver Eagle
Theme: Winged Messenger
Charles Williams
- Sing It Again
Theme: Sing It Again
Raymond A. ["Ray"] Bloch
- Singin' Sam (the Barbasol Man)
Theme 1: Barbasol, Barbasol [jingle set to the air: Tammany]
based upon the old English air "Tammany" Traditional
- Theme 2: Reminiscing (1930)
Harry Warren; Edgar Leslie
- Singing Sweethearts [with Frank Crumit and Julia Sanderson]
Theme: Sweet Lady [from the 1921 musical "Tangerine"]
Howard Johnson; Carlo Sanderson
- Six Shooter, The
Theme: Highland Lament, A
George Basil ["Buzz"] Adlam (adapter/arr. of Scottish Air??)
- Sixty-Four Thousand Dollar [$64,000] Question, The
Theme: Sixty-Four Thousand Dollar Question Theme [aka: Love Is The $64,000 Question]
Norman Leyden
- Small Town D.A.
Theme: Theme from Small Town D.A.
Nathan Van Cleave
- Smile Time
Theme: It's Smile Time
Stephen Valentine ["Steve"] Allen
- Smiley Burnette Show, The
Theme: It's My Lazy Day
Stephen ["Smiley"] Burnette
- Smilin' Ed McConnell --
see "The Buster Brown Show"
Snow Village Sketches
Theme: Sunshine
Irving Berlin
- Society Girl
Theme: Sunrise Serenade
Jack Lawrence; Frankie Carle
- Song Of The City [aka: "Rainbow Court"]
Theme: Sweetest Story Ever Told, The [aka: "Tell Me, Do You Love Me?"] (1920)
Robert Morrison ["R. M."] Stults
- Songs For Sale
Theme: Songs For Sale Theme
Raymond A. ["Ray"] Bloch
- Sonny Dunham [big band shows]
Signature Theme on various shows: Memories Of You
Eubie Blake (m); Andy Razaf (w)
- Sons of the Pioneers, The [vocal group shows]
Theme 1: Blue Shadows On The Trail
Eliot Daniel; Johnny Lange
- Theme 2: Tumblin' Tumbleweeds
Bob Nolan
- Theme 3: Cool Water
Bob Nolan
- Spike Jones Show, The
Open Theme 1: Charlie, My Boy
Gus Kahn; Ted Fiorito
- Theme 2: Cocktails For Two [from the 1934 film "Murder at the Vanities"]
Sam Coslow; Arthur Johnston; Spike Jones (comedy arr.)
- Spike Jones Show, The [Coca-Cola Sponsorship]
Theme 3: Coca-Cola Company Theme, The [aka: Coca-Cola Signature]
Leonard Joy
- Spotlight Bands [aka: "Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands"]
Theme: Coca-Cola Company Theme, The [aka: Coca-Cola Signature]
Leonard Joy
- Stan Kenton [big band shows]
Signature Theme on various shows: Artistry In Rhythm
Stan Kenton
- Standard Hour, The
Theme 1: Soconyland (Is Everywhere You Go) (1928)
Wright; Alger
- Theme 2: This Hour is Yours (1943)
Julius Haug (m); Adrian Michaelis (w)
- Standard School Broadcast
Theme: This Hour is Yours (1943)
Julius Haug (m); Adrian Michaelis (w)
- Stars In The Air / Screen Guild Theatre (CBS, 1951-52)
Theme: Stars In The Air
Alexander Courage
- Stars Over Hollywood
Theme: Stars Over Hollywood
Ivan Dale Ditmars
- Stella Dallas
Theme 1, 1938-40: Memories
Egbert Van Alstyne (m); Gus Kahn (w)
- Theme 2, 1938-40: Old Refrain, The
Johann Brandl (orig. composer); Fritz Kreisler (adapter)
- Theme 3, 1940-55: How Can I Leave Thee?
Henry Bishop (m); John Howards Payne (w)
- Sub-Theme: Stella Dee
Ann Leaf
- Stepmother
Theme: Minute Waltz, The (Op. 64, No. 1)
Frederick Chopin
- Stoopnagle and Bud
Theme: Chopsticks [aka: The Celebrated Chop Waltz]
Arthur [pseudonym of Euphemia Allen] de Lulli
- Stop The Music
Theme 1, 1948-51: Stop The Music ("the official song of the radio show")
Al Goodhart (m); Leni Mason (w); Arthur Berman (w)
- Theme 2, 1951-52: Stop The Music
Sam Coslow (m); Lou Halmy (arr.)
- Theme 3, 1954-55: Stop The Music
Raymond Arthur ["Ray"] Bloch; Robert Arthur
- Story Behind The Headlines (with Cesar Searchinger)
Theme: Spectator March
Harry Sosnik
- Story of Mary Marlin, The
Theme: Clair de Lune [from the "Suite Bergamasque"]
Claude Achille Debussy
- Sub-Theme: Gramercy Square (1935, pub. Clayton F. Summy Co.)
Allan Grant
- Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters, The
Theme: Will You Remember (Sweetheart) [from the 1917 musical "Maytime"]
Sigmund Romberg (m); Rida Johnson Young (w)
- Strike It Rich (with Warren Hull)
Theme: Strike It Rich Theme
Henry ["Hank"] Sylvern; Walter H. Framer
- Studebaker Champions, The
Theme 1: It Isn't Fair
Richard Himber; Frank Warshauer; Sylvester Sprigato
- Theme 2: Falling In Love With You [aka: (Was I To Blame For) Falling In Love With You?]
Victor Young; Gus Kahn; Chester Conn
- Studio One
Theme 1: Studio One
Glenn ["Abe"] Osser
- Theme 2: Prelude To The Stars [aka: Studio One Concerto]
Vic Oliver
- Summerfield Bandstand, The (NBC, 1947)
Theme: Summerfieled Cadets [aka: The All American March]
Jack Meakin (m); Foster Carling (w)
- Sunday Evening Hour Of Classics --
see "Ford's Sunday Evening Hour Of Classics"
Superman (WOR/Mutual/ABC, 1940-51)
Theme: Superman March
Sammy Timberg
- Suspense (CBS, 1942-62)
Main & End Theme: Suspense Theme
Bernard Herrmann
- Alternate End March Theme: New Suspense Closing
Lucien Alfred E. Moraweck
- Sylvanians, The
Theme: Sylvania Song, The
Keith McLeod
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