| 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).
- Wayne King [big band shows]
Signature Theme on various shows: Waltz You Saved For Me, The (1930)
Wayne King (m); Emil Flindt (m); Gus Kahn (w)
- Wayne King --
see also "The Lady Esther Serenade"
We Are Four
Theme: Diane [from the 1927 film "Seventh Heaven"]
Lew Pollack; Erno Rapee
- We Love And Learn
Theme: [theme title unknown]
Don Becker
- We, The People
Theme: Symphony No. 1, First Movement Introduction
Johannes Brahms
- Wendell Hall Show, The
Theme: It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' (1923)
Wendell Hall
- Wendy Warren and the News
Theme 1: My Home Town
Clarke Morgan (??)
- Theme 2: Wendy
Ann Leaf
- What You Need (CBS)
Theme: What You Need Theme
Nathan Lang Van Cleave
- What's My Name?
Theme 1: What's My Name?
John Marion Gart
- Theme 2: Whats My Name Theme
Raymond A. ["Ray"] Bloch
- What's The Name of That Song?
Theme: I Know That You Know [from the 1926 Musical Comedy, "Oh, Please!"]
Vincent Youmans (m); Otto Harbach (m); Ann Caldwell-O'Dea (w)
- When A Girl Marries
Theme: Notturna D'Amore [English title: Drigo's Serenade]
Riccardo Drigo
- Whispering Jack Smith
Theme: Whispering
John Schoenberger; Richard Coburn; Vincent Rose
- Whispering Streets (CBS, 1952-60)
Theme: Whispering Streets Theme
Marius Constant
- Whistler, The
Theme: Whistler, The
Wilbur Hatch
- Will Bradley Band, The [big band shows]
Signature Open Theme on various shows: Think Of Me
Will Bradley; T. Fetter
- Signature Close Theme on various shows: Strange Cargo
Freddie Slack; Ray McKinley
- Will Osborne Orchestra, The
Signature Theme 1 on various shows: Beside An Open Fireplace
Will Osborne; Paul Denniker
- Signature Theme 2 on various shows: Gentleman Awaits, The
Will Osborne
- Willie Bryant [big band shows]
Signature Theme on various shows: It's Over Because We're Through [aka: It's Over Because We're Thru]
William Steven ["Willie"] Bryant
- Witch's Tale, The
Theme: Orgy of Spirits [from "Noure and Anitra"]
Alexander Ilyinsky
- Woman In White, The
Theme: Interlude, An
Clarence Lucas
- Woman Of Courage
Theme: Look For The Silver Lining [from the 1920 musical "Sally"]
Jerome Kern (m); Buddy G. De Sylva (w)
- Wonder Bakers, The --
see "The Happy Wonder Bakers"
Woody Herman [big band shows]
Signature Theme 1 on various shows: Blue Flame
Joseph ("Joe") Bishop (m); James Noble (m); Leo Corday (w)
- Signature Theme 2 on various shows: Blue Prelude
Joseph ("Joe") Bishop; Gordon Jenkins
- Signature Theme 3 on various shows: Woodchoppers' Ball
Joseph ("Joe") Bishop; Woody Herman
- Woolworth Hour, The (with conductor Percy Faith) (CBS, 1955 - 57)
Theme: Caress
Percy Faith (m)
- Words And Music [with Harvey Hays]
Theme: Largo [aka: "Goin' Home"], from the "New World" Symphony, No. 9 [sometimes called No. 5] in E-Minor (Op. 95) (1894)
Antonin Dvorak
- Alt. Theme Title: Goin' Home [Largo], from the "New World" Symphony, No. 9 [sometimes called No. 5] in E-Minor (Op. 95) (1894)
Antonin Dvorak
- World Is Yours, The
Theme: Knowledge and the Great Doors [aka: The World Is Yours]
Rudolf R. A. Schramm
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