AHJ_ah09053 Inventory of the Harry Salter papers1937-1996 Salter (Harry) papers Processed by Emily Christopherson in June 2011 The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid has been made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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2011

University of Wyoming

Finding aid encoded by Emily Christopherson June 2011 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Salter, Harry, 1899-1984 Harry Salter Papers 1937-1996 09053 192.51 cubic ft. (196 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English The papers of musician Harry Salter, creator of the musical game shows “Stop the Music” and “Name That Tune” from the 1950s. Biography of Harry Salter

Harry Salter (1899-1984) was a musician and orchestra leader from the 1920s through the 1960s. Salter was the creator and musical director for the television and radio show “Stop the Music” (1949-1956) and the producer and conductor of the television show “Name That Tune” (1953-1959). “Stop the Music” was emceed by Bert Parks, and the music was played by the Harry Salter Orchestra. It was introduced on radio in 1948, and went to television the next year. The television program “Name That Tune” was emceed by Red Benson, Bill Cullen, and George DeWitt, and the music was again played by the Harry Salter Orchestra. Syndicated versions of the program continued in the 1970s -1980s. Salter conducted the orchestras for a number of other radio programs, including “Hit Parade,” “Your Unseen Friend,” “Philco Show,” “Hobby Lobby,” and “Mr. District Attorney.” He died in Mamaroneck, New York in 1984.

Scope and Content

The bulk of the Harry Salter collection contains musical scores and arrangements for music used on the shows “Stop the Music” and “Name That Tune.” It also contains correspondence, notes, and other files related to Salter’s creation and running of the aforementioned shows. Two manuscripts by Salter’s wife, Roberta Salter, are also present. These detail the creation and running of both “Stop the Music” and “Name That Tune.” Audio and video recordings are also present in the collection, including recordings from episodes of “Stop the Music” and “Name that Tune.”

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Harry Salter at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Roberta Salter (wife) in 1984 and 1997, and Victoria Salter (daughter) in 2007.

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Emily Christopherson in June 2011

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Access Terms Television music--United States. Radio game shows--United States. Television game shows--United States. Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Music. Big Bands. Container List Series I. Professional files 1948-1996

Arranged alphabetically by file name. This series contains correspondence, notes, memoranda, legal files, and other administrative files pertaining to the creation and running of Salter’s television and radio shows, most notably "Stop the Music" and "Name That Tune." This series also contains catalogs and indexes of music used on the two programs, as well as guides stating what songs were used during which programs.

171 "Name That Tune" - audio inventory and lists for items possibly not in collection undated 171 "Name That Tune" - big winners 1957-1959 171 "Name That Tune" - contestants of note 1957-1958 171 "Name That Tune" - correspondence from Golden Medley Marathon winners 1984-1985 171 "Name That Tune" - correspondence, fan mail, and general information 1957-1959 171 "Name That Tune" - form letter to people requesting tickets undated 171 "Name That Tune" - game instructions 1953 171 "Name That Tune" - Golden Medley categorized song index undated 171 "Name That Tune" - Golden Medley Marathon - songs of faith undated 171 "Name That Tune" - Golden Medley selection training kit 1957-1958 171 "Name That Tune" - Golden Medley winners' letters of application 1957-1958 171 "Name That Tune" - Harry Salter's wisdom on how to choose contestants undated 171 "Name That Tune" - index of songs with accompanying clues undated 171 "Name That Tune" - information for 1099 forms - prize money awarded 1956-1959 171 "Name That Tune" - photographs 1953 178 "Name That Tune" - photographs 1953 176 "Name That Tune" - press book of newspaper clippings 1957-1958 171 "Name That Tune" - scripts 1952-1958 171 "Name That Tune" - scripts and forms undated 171 "Name That Tune" - special contestants 1957-1958 171 "Name That Tune" - television rights and requests 1982-1986 177 "Name That Tune" by Roberta Salter undated 170 "Stop the Music" - 1st show music line-up 1948 170 "Stop the Music" - catalog of songs undated 170 "Stop the Music" - claims and settlements 1952-1988 170 "Stop the Music" - contracts and deals 1962-1993 170 "Stop the Music" - correspondence and administrative papers 1948-1952 170 "Stop the Music" - correspondence 1948-1955 170 "Stop the Music" - financial files undated 170 "Stop the Music" - Harry Salter's passing thoughts undated 170 "Stop the Music" - index of songs used during each program 1948-1952 170 "Stop the Music" - legal files 1952-1996 170 "Stop the Music" - mystery melodies list undated 170 "Stop the Music" - mystery melodies made up to use 1951 170 "Stop the Music" - mystery melody correspondence 1948 170 "Stop the Music" - newspaper clippings 1948-1950 170 "Stop the Music" - radio scripts 1952 170 "Stop the Music" - television scripts 1949 177 "Stop the Music: Anatomy of a Music Game Show" by Roberta Salter undated 174 "Yours For A Song" - contestant applications undated 177 "Yours For A Song" - contestant releases 1961-1963 169 Book - "Quiz Craze: America's Infatuation With Game Shows" by Thomas A. DeLong 177 Correspondence and notes regarding music game shows 1948-1973 174 Miscellaneous song lists undated 177 New music game show idea, including "New Stop the Music," "Ticker Tape," and "Golden Music Box," undated Series II. Sheet music arrangements undated

Arranged alphabetically. This series contains the musical arrangements for the songs played on various musical programs, most notably “Stop the Music” and “Name That Tune." The first part of the series is arranged alphabetically by program name. The bulk of the series is composed of music used for both “Stop the Music” and “Name That Tune” and is arranged alphabetically by song title. Only the beginning letter indicators are listed; individual song titles are not listed. The majority of the arrangements appear to be arranged and hand-notated by staff members of “Stop the Music” and “Name That Tune.”

175 "Can Do" music 166 "Fame and Fortune" music 174 "Hit Parade" music 167 "It Pays To Be Ignorant" music 164-165 "Name That Tune" songs in alphabetical and thematic bundles 163 "Name That Tune" themes and openings 163 "Scotland Yard" music 162-163 "Spotlight on America" music 168-169 "Stop the Music" mystery melodies 163 "Stop the Music" themes and openings 166 "Up For Parole" music 172 Index - Alphabetized index cards of music used in the shows, including its arranger 173 Index - Alphabetized Tune-Dex cards of music used in the shows 1 76 1 A - Ab 2 Ac - Ai 3-4 Al 5 Am 5-6 An 154 Ap - Ar 155 As - Ay 1 Baa - Bai 7 Bal - Bat 15 Be 8 Be - Bea 9 Bec - Bel 10 Ben - Big 11 Bil - Bla 13 Ble - Blo 12 Blue - Blues 13 Bo - Bre 14 Bri - Bus 15 But - By 16 Ca - Can't 17 Cap - Cat 18 Ce - Char 195 Chat - Chic 19 Chil - Cin 18 Cir - Civ 153 Cl 55 Coc 157 Coffee 156 Col 20 Com 156 Con - Cot 21 Cou - Cry 22 Cu - Dai 23 Dan 24 Dar - Dear Little 25 Dear Old - Dic 26 Did - Doi 27 Dol - Dou 28 Dow - Dox 29 Dr - Ea 30 Eb - Every 31 Everybody - Fan 32 Fa - Fie 33 Fin - Fiv 35 Fl 34 Fo 34-35 Fr 35 Fu 36 Ga 37 Ge - Go Go 38 Go In - Good News 39 Goody - Gy 40-42 Ha 42 Heart - Hello 47 Here - Hi 46 High - Hol 47 Home 45 Hon - Hor 43 Hot 44 How 43 Hu - Hy 50 I Ain't - I Cross 55 I Didn't 56 I Do - I Found 55 I Don't 57 I Get - I Hear 58 I Kiss - I Know 51 I Left - I Love 58 I Married - I Passed 56 I Said - I Understand 159 I Want - I Wish 63 I Wonder - I Wouldn't 58 I Yi Yi Yi 61 I'd 63 I'd've 59 I'll 157-158 I'm 49 I've 61 Ic - Id 52-53 If 61 Il - In 53-54 In 63 Ireland - Is 55 Isn't 48 It 159-161 It's 63 Ita - Ivory 60 Ja - Je 65 Ji - Jo 61 Jub - Jung 62 Just 64 K 67 La - Lac 65-66 Lady 67 Lam - Las 68 Lan - Lav 66 Lay - Laz 66 Lea - Len 68 Let 66 Let's 69 Li - Little 70 Little - Liz 71 Loa - Love 72 Love 73 Love - Lu 74 Ma - Mak 75 Mal - Man 77-78 Mar 77 Mas - Maz 79 Me 80 Mid - Min 76 Mis - Miy 80 Mo - Mom 81 Mon - Moon 82 Mor - Mu 83-85 My 86 Na - Night 87 Night - No 88 No - Nu 88 O - Oc 89 Od - Oh 90 Oh - Ok 91 Old 92-93 On 94 One - Op 93 Or 95 Os - Oz 95 P.S. 96-97 Pa 98-99 Pe 98 Ph 97 Pi 99 Pl 100 Po - Por 105 Pr 101 Pu - Q 102 Ra 103 Re 102 Rh 103 Ri 104-105 Ro 106 Ru 106 Sa - Sc 108 Se 108-110 Sh 111-112 Si 112 Sk 113 Sl 116 Sm 112 Sn 114 So 117 Soft - Sol 114 Some 115 Somebody - Somewhere 116 Song 117 Sonn - South 112 Sp 118-119 St 122 Su 120-121 Sw 113 Sy 124 Ta - Taj 123 Take - Taking 124 Tal - Taz 124-125 Te 132 Thanks 134-135 That 133 Them - Then 131-132 There 137 These 130 They 133 Thi 135 This 137 Thou 137 Three 133 Through - Thu 136 Ti 127-128 To 129 Tr 126 Tu - Tw 141 Wait 140 Wak - Wal 141 Wam - Waz 138 We 145 Wea - Whale 143 What 145 Wheel 146-147 When 139 Where 140 Whi 142 Whi 148 Who 144 Why 139 Wi 138 With 143 Wo - Wol 144 Woman 143 Women - Wot 144 Would 143 Wouldn't - Woz 148 Wr 145 Wu 152 Ya 149 Ye - Yi 150-152 You 149 You'd - Young 153 Z 167 Miscellaneous music 196 Miscellaneous sheet music Series III. Audio 1937-1978

Arranged alphabetically by audio title. This series primarily contains reel-to-reel audiotapes; other formats (phonograph records and cassette tapes) are marked as such. The series contains demos, music, and auditions from “Stop the Music” and “Name That Tune.” Recordings from other programs are also present.

181 ABC - "Shemi," undated 181 ABC - Jerusalem undated 181 Demo tape undated 181 Golden music box undated 181 Harry Salter - Rainbow Room undated 181 Herzberg - Cleveland undated 181 Jewish school undated 181 Joan Deacon - Christmas, family undated 181 Magic melodies undated 181 Malcolm X undated 181 Marc Siegel - "In Praise," undated 181 Marc Siegel - "Panama," undated 181 Music of a People - Stanley Black and the London Festival Orchestra and Chorus undated 181 NBC - Israel 1972 179 "Name That Tune," 9 September 1959 180 "Name That Tune" - demo medley ideas undated 180 "Name That Tune" - minute medleys undated 180 "Name That Tune" - music box undated 180 "Name That Tune" - possibly general knowledge tunes used to test possible contestants undated 180 "Name That Tune" - radio auditions 12 January 1955 180 "Name That Tune" - round 1-5 undated 181 New Stop the Music 20 December 1978 181 Professor Bernard Williams - Cambridge 1975 181 Songs and music undated 179 "Stop the Music," 14 January 1951 179 "Stop the Music," 21 January 1951 179 "Stop the Music," 24 February 1952 179 "Stop the Music" - auditions with Fred Utel undated 179 "Stop the Music" - demo tapes undated 179 "Stop the Music" - Harry Salter in rehearsal 1937-1938, 1952 179 "Stop the Music" - June Valli sings 10 June 1951 179 "Stop the Music" - mystery melodies undated 179 "Stop the Music" - original air show 14 May 1952 179 "Stop the Music" - original air show 25 November 1952 181 Tapes sent in from individuals undated 181 "Trilogy of the Holocaust," undated 181-182 unknown and/or unlabeled undated 181 WBAI concert 9 February 1963 182 Cassettes - "Stop the Music" - mystery melodies undated 182 Cassettes - "Stop the Music," undated 182 Cassettes - "Stop the Music," 20 July 1952 182 Cassettes - unlabeled undated 183 Phonograph records - "Hit Parade" - "Beer Barrel Polka," 9 September 1939 183 Phonograph records - "Name That Tune" promo record sent to radio editors 1953 183 Phonograph records - "Name That Tune," undated 183 Phonograph records - "Stop the Music" (including mystery melodies) undated 183 Phonograph records - ABC - music undated 183 Phonograph records - Army Contest songs undated 183 Phonograph records - Bert Parks Show 24 January 1952 183 Phonograph records - Bob Hope and Shirley Ross 1960 183 Phonograph records - NBC - music 1939 183 Phonograph records - Unlabeled undated 183 Phonograph records - Video Moods sounds effects undated Series IV. Film 1955-1987

Arranged alphabetically by film title. The bulk of the series contains episodes from “Name That Tune,” most with the more popular contestants. Many of the film canisters are not well identified, and may relate to other productions on which Salter worked, or possibly are films from his personal collection.

185 "America's Roll Call of Presidents," undated 190 Bingo at home undated 188 Britain Crowns a Queen undated 186 Dance etiquette, HS Truman, animal sport, the villain undated 186 Dogs and Hopper [Hooper?] undated 184-185 Footage of Presidents and other dignitaries undated 187 Gertie, Kelly, Collin, animals, sports undated 188 Groucho; Mutiny on the Bounty undated 186 John's Manville undated 187 "Name That Tune" - auditions undated 191 "Name That Tune" - Barbara Pope (Minister's wife) and Robert Whistler; Joyce Buefont and Dick Benjamin; Joan Delaney and Joleson 1957 191 "Name That Tune" - Barbara Pope, Princess Konthip Probhaialakshana (great granddaughter of King of Siam) 1957 191 "Name That Tune" - Barbara Pope - invited audience to her church; Patty Holand and Ed Holden 1957 190 "Name That Tune" - Benny Reynolds (Bashful Cowboy) and Jane Mullins highlights 1958 192 "Name That Tune" - Benny Reynolds and Jane Mullins 1958 193 "Name That Tune" - close of show undated 190 "Name That Tune" - Exchange students Mesfin Binega from Ethiopia and Norma Blum from Brazil - greeted by Eisenhower at the Rose Garden March 1957 189 "Name That Tune" - Ex-fighter Bill Graham and Albert Stangker undated 192 "Name That Tune" - Jimmy Clark and Linda Slatky 6 April 1956 187 "Name That Tune" - John Glenn and Hodges going for $25,000 undated 192 "Name That Tune" - John Kelman and Sandy Wilkenson undated 191 "Name That Tune" - Mabel Potter and James Bugg; Winona Brannon and Jimmy McConnon; Patricia Myers and Cliff Livingstone 1957 189 "Name That Tune" - Mario gives back butcher shop undated 191 "Name That Tune" - Estella Jueneman (Kansas farmwife) and Louis Brugnotti 1955 190 "Name That Tune" - Nicky Capoldi and Robin Scanlon (5 yrs old) 1958 193 "Name That Tune" - Nurse Joan Mathews and Major Whitlock 1956 190 "Name That Tune" - Part of an unknown show 1958 189 "Name That Tune" - Pat Rooney and the little Oldaker sisters 1957 193 "Name That Tune" - Phil Silver substituting for Estelle Jueneman and Louis Brugnolotti 1 November 1955 189 "Name That Tune" - Rachel Limon (Israel) 1956 192 "Name That Tune" - Red Boucher (later became mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska) and Nan Langford 1956 191 "Name That Tune" - Red Boucher and Nan Langford; Tanja Chin and Gerald Pimental 1956 192 "Name That Tune" - Red Boucher and Nan Langford; Tanja Chin 1956 194 "Name That Tune" - Red Boucher for $25,000 undated 190 "Name That Tune" - Red Boucher; Tanja Chin 1956 192 "Name That Tune" - Roberta Cattell and Johnny McCannan 17 September 1957 193 "Name That Tune" - Roger C[?] and Ann Jenn[?]; Virginia Victor and Rita Nolen; Dorothy Marsh and Hank Van Kooey 1957 193 "Name That Tune" - three running spots 1957 193 "Name That Tune" - unknown undated 188 Stop the Camera, Hiss the Villain undated 182 "Stop the Music" (VHS) 1987 188 Sullivan introducing Cagney undated 188 Teletunes undated 194 Unknown episode of "Name That Tune" or "Stop the Music," undated 184-185 Unlabeled and/or unknown undated 187 "Young Doctors," "Miracles of Photography," undated Additional Container Lists

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