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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forumshow many of you heard of this peice of music.
i heard it on a utube page a while back. used to be signoff for a number of tv stations in los angles back in the day. it was also used for the late show theme song (old movies )
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how many of you heard of this peice of music. (Original Post)
AllaN01Bear
Feb 2022
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NJCher
(35,685 posts)1. sure
that brought back memories of game shows on black & white tv.
Not that I ever watched such stuff but my brothers did.
BelleCarolinaPeridot
(9,609 posts)2. Played it in middle school band (1991-1994)
One of my favorite pieces that we played!
Zorro
(15,740 posts)3. You should also check out Leroy Anderson's other music
They will bring back a flood of memories. He composed some great stuff.
AllaN01Bear
(18,253 posts)4. i read a post on wikipedia and mr. anderson was very busy
another fav was sleghride.
patphil
(6,182 posts)5. That's been around since I was a kid in the 50's
AwakeAtLast
(14,130 posts)6. I use it as a steady beat activity
In my elementary music classes. Know it by heart! Kids love it.
Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)7. Heard it in grade and junior high skewl.
Yes it's skewl.
Wolf
Mr.Bill
(24,303 posts)8. I have an album from the early 60s
called Great TV Themes and that song is on it.