Jazz Meets the TV Themes Craze
Ten albums that tapped into the appeal of the new television music
As sales of American TV sets shot through the roof in the late 1950s, programming diversified into three general categories to attract sponsors: variety shows, crime dramas and sitcoms. While variety shows hired full orchestras, crime dramas and sitcoms were filmed or taped and needed themes and incidental music for scenes. [Photo still above of Peter G…
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