The Hollywood Squares 1969-1979 theme music, full unedited version 

I love the fact your marching band played this song. Instruments like this deserve more attention than they get!

Yes, I can picture a high school marching band playing this on the football field as halftime entertainment. Brings back memories of growing up as a kid in the 1970s!!!

The ONLY Master of the Hollywood Squares ever, in my heart and my eyes.

Bergeron was a dud .

I have to second you on that.

@@770WTI agree that Peter Marshall was the best host and nobody could ever replace him. However, I thought Tom Bergeron did a nice job. The problem with Tom's version, was all of the so called "stars." Not one "star" among any of them (especially the unfunny Whoopie Goldberg who thought the whole show revolved around her.)

No matter how many remakes of this game were made no one could do it better than peter marshall watched all 16 season met peter marshall in Atlantic City what a host what a game show 🙂

What about John Davidson?

I hope you enjoyed it.

Sure did.

I got this one: One of these stars is sitting in the secret square and the contestant who picks it first could win a prize package worth over $6,000! Which star is it? Bayley and Carmella? Neil Patrick Harris? Tim Barr? Earl Hebner? Judge Lauren Lake? George Gobel? Gilbert Gottfried? Catt Sadler? Or Paul Lynde? ALL in The Hollywood Squares! And here’s The Master Of The Hollywood Squares, Peter Marshall!

hey that;s my line

This syndicated weekly / twice weekly opening was from 1971 to 1978.

@@danalong1237 well thank you Kenny Williams

Good evening and welcome to The Hollywood Squares! Hello Stars! (Celebrities: Hi Peter!)

Don't know if you're still on but I've been looking for the 1988-'89 Sale Of The Century theme forever in a clean edit. That's the holy grail to me...

@@Huuudge25 either that or the 1990 Supermarket Sweep theme (AKA the music from the "sweater" era).

I have to second you on that; it is a terrific song. Game show songs like this are why I prefer instrumental music as a whole over music with words.

Jeff Missinne The version found on the CD you mentioned is an edited version of the music that started being used on the show around 1977 or 1978. That version repeated the first verse and eliminated the piccolo part as well as the second organ solo. The version on this video is the unedited original version of the music.

Edward Nygma You got that right and also, Series Co-Creator Merrill Heatter called The NEW Hollywood Squares with John Davidson a circus I wonder what did he mean by that? Too much comedy? Too many jokes or John Davidson didn't keep the stars in line like Peter and Tom Bergeron did?

T-Bone Hubbard Listen to Rose Marie!! Peter knew how to take a line, and give a line, and when to say lets keep the game going!! Whoopi can't match up to Paul Lynde, or should be in the same class as Paul Lynde.

Brent O'Brien I heard THAT, I also agree with Whoopi, as much as I love her acting ability on TV and Films, she wasn't fit to be a Hollywood Square and King World letting her be the Executive Producer didn't do wonders either, but when The Fonz took over as Producer, it got better and Martin Mull becoming the Center Square for the Final Year was a good idea and it felt Old School with him, but yes, Peter knew how to keep the Squares in check and Tom did that, too, but as for Johnny D., he let them go on and on and on and let them get out of control like JM J. Bullock and that's probably one of the reasons why Merrill Heatter called The NEW Hollywood Squares w/John Davidson a circus

T-Bone Hubbard I wasn't a Tom B. fan., but he knew how to keep control. Also, I get tired of these entertainers telling us how to live and how to think when they don't do certain things themselves. For ex., drive a economical car. I'd see facts in that point, but where I live, Spokane, WA., you need something for year around, 4WD that can be put back into 2WD. Thankfully, I have an F-150. Not great gas milege, but when winter times comes, its a great tool to have, when used properly. I call it my space ship.

+FreewayFan ForLife Maybe they could do this at a school dance, it's a weird enough song to do, LOL!!

The original Pyramid with Dick Clark had a good one-so did Match Game --whatever year; the late 70's Cross wits; Jackpot! with Geoff Edwards and yes, even the Big Showdown all had very good these-and so did the original Wheel of Fortune with Chuck Woolery. Such a lost art form...

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This is one of my favorites along with the theme to the original High Rollers with Alex Trebek, Tic Tac Dough with Wink Martindale, Password Plus, Body Language, Bullseye with Jim Lange and Split Second with Tom Kennedy among others.

The original Pyramid theme is called "Tuning Up". The newer one sounds similar---like the original backward. Match Game in the 60s had "A Swigning Safari" (Bert Kaempfert) and the 70s one had the best (don't know the name of the tune). Jackpot's was good too---the original one, and so did Press Your Luck. Most game shows had great themes, and some can be found on CDs. I have 3 of them. (Jan Griffiths). @@steveblaugh2180

@@tubelover10 IT STILL WOULD BE NICE IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT COULD PLAY THE OLD SQUARES THEME FOR WHEN THEY SHOW A DREAM CAR EITHER IN THE GOLDEN ROAD GAME OR 3 STRIKES OR EVEN DURING THE SHOWCASES!!

X gets the square and O to block ....yeah the squares was my game show with Paul Lynde as middle square and later on Shadoe Stevens

Happy 93rd birthday to “The Master Of The Hollywood Squares,” PETER MARSHALL!!!!!!!!

@@danalong1237 and many more sir peter

Peter Marshall is 98 years old.

Luther Jennings I do remember they did once maybe during the night time version but they never did it again ☹️ I thought it was so cool!

They played the entire theme song through during the 1976 Storybook Squares special episodes. But it was missing the piccolo solo heard in this version here.

I have a CD with TV game show themes on it, and it plays this one all the way through. I'd never heard the ending either. And the marching band at my high school used to play this as a practice piece, and we even played it on the field once before a game. I was 1st trombone, and still play to this day. (Jan Griffiths).

@@megamanj2004X Saw that on GSN in 2002! Recorded it! But CD of Game show themes in 2003! But thank you thou!

@@valerieteti1755 They played the entire theme on the daytime show in 1976. On one of the party shows with Paul Lynde (as son of Muskeeter) you can hear through the applause the end of the theme. They then started over.

The likes of Peter Marshall will not pass this way again, my friend.

Same. (Jan Griffiths).

Actually, he was not always the center square in the early years. In fact, while he was a regular on the daytime version for most of its run, he only made a couple of appearances on the 1968 NBC Primetime version and was NOT the center square on any of those (Buddy Hackett on almost all of those was the center square).

It ran on NBC daytime from the Fall of 1966 until June 20, 1980, when Fred Silverman put The David Letterman Show on in its place for an ill-fated, 4-month run. Hollywood Squares would be resurrected in later years and be hosted by such names as John Davidson, Tom Bergeron, etc. I think Shadoe Stevens of Federated Group fame was the announcer at some point. The show, in my opinion, really wasn't worth watching after Marshall's stint ended in June 1980.

More than likely it was dismantled after the final year in Las Vegas. I once read it was just under 17 feet tall, in order to fit through the scenery doors at NBC Burbank.

@@ApartmentKing66 I believe Shadoe started in 1986 with the syndicated John Davidson version. I loved how he rolled his name, "Joooooohn DAVIDSON!!"

@@ApartmentKing66 Merill Heatter felt the same way; he called the John Davidson version "a circus," according to a book I have on my kindle. It also says that the producer for the original, Art Alisi, got a call from a confused elderly relative of his who called to complain about John Davidson, asking, "Why is the dummy asking the questions now?" However, Shadoe Stevens was the announcer for that era, and for the first part of the 1998-2004 run with Tom Bergeron. Jeffery Tambor announced the last two seasons after Whoopi Goldberg quit, and Henry Winkler (the Fonz) took over.

@@ApartmentKing66 I also watched the later editions of The Hollywood Squares with John Davidson and Tom Bergeron ONLY because of the game itself.But I reluctantly agree that the Peter Marshall version WAS THE ABSOLUTE BEST!! TO ME THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES WILL ALWAYS BE PETER,S SHOW JUST LIKE THE PRICE IS RIGHT & LET,S MAKE A DEAL WILL ALWAYS BE BOB BARKER & MONTY HALL,S SHOWS BUT SADLY BOB & MONTY ARE GONE & NOW DREW CAREY HAS PRICE IS RIGHT ALTHOUGH DREW IS COOL & WAYNE BRADY ON DEAL IS COOL TOO BUT STILL NOT THE SAME!! STILL MISS BOB BARKER MONTY HALL & PETER MARSHALL!!

Don't forget the Quoizel lamps.

​@@Tmanaz480Mainly don,t forget about the 🚗 CARS ON THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES!!--CHEVY VEGA DATSUN B210 PONTIAC ASTRE FIREBIRD & TRANS AM BUICK LESABRE & CHEVY CHEVETTES & DATSUN F10 TRUCKS!!

Which closed in February 2020 because California had just passed a law banning the sale of real furs effective in 2023. Some customers asked the owner why he was closing then when he had 2 more years before the law took effect and he said (according to the LA Times) "I don't want to be saddened by it. I want to leave on a positive note." Given that the pandemic hit right after that, his timing could not have been better.

+jeatig I do dance when I listen

jeatig Lol This isn’t American Bandstand, but imagine if this was played on there.

Really? :O I'm sorry for your loss. :(

TehJew22 like I said a few minutes ago from my last response, I always think of the good times I had with him. He was also the ladies man.

Brent O'Brien I hope I can be even 22% of the ladies man he was. :)

TehJew22 I keep playing it 3 to 4 times a day, and I know it makes me feel at ease that he had a big brother who looked out after his interests.

Youust have watched HS on KYW TV 3 now CBS,4 me it was WNBC TV 4 since my family lived close 2 NYC

Yes we got both Channel 3 KYW and Channel 4 out of New York. Similarly CBS Channel 2 WCBS out of New York and WCAU Channel 10 out of Philly, and ABC was channels 6 and 7 for us.

I CAN DEFINITELY RELATE!! THIS CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD SQUARES THEME TAKES ME BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD IN THE TWIN CITIES MPLS.ST.PAUL MN FROM 7-1-1974-5-15-1981 FROM AGES 2 UNTIL 9 YEARS OLD.I REMEMBER BEFORE THE MARCH 5 1979 NETWORK SWITCH--Hollywood Squares would come on in the morning on KSTP TV CH.5 when it was originally NBC BUT the nighttime syndicated Squares would air on KMSP TV CH.9 when it was still ABC.However March 5 1979 THE GREAT TWIN CITIES NETWORK SWITCH!!--KSTP TV CH.5 WAS NOW ABC & WTCN TV CH.11 was now NBC!!--before it was independent Metromedia 11!!--& finally KMSP TV CH.9 BECAME INDEPENDENT. CBS stayed with WCCO TV CH.4 & PBS STAYED WITH KTCA TV CH.2 & KTCI TV CH.17.I didn,t start school until Sep.1980 until May 1981 before me & my parents moved to Baltimore Md.Hollywood Squares now aired on WTCN TV CH.11 (KARE TV) in the morning before the daytime show left in June 1980.Nigjtime Squares continued to air on KMSP TV CH.9 even when they filmed their final.year in Las Vegas.Myself and my mother Lois Ann Routhier 10-28-1934-5-6-1984 & father Phillip Anthony Routhier 9-17-1924-8-6-2001 lived at 1182 Selby Ave.St.Paul Mn.Dad was a roofer who worked for 2 roofing companies--JOHN A.DALSIN AND SONS(1975-78) & RAINVILLE CARLSON ROOFING CO.(1978-81) Mom was a stay at home mom(RIGHT!-OKAY!!) I went to J.J.HILL SCHOOL September 1980 -May 1981 & I.d remember watching Squares at 6pm 2 or 3 hours after coming home from school & doing my homework & afterwards drawing pictures of Squares.(aside from drawing our old house & the buses that I use to watch going back & forth passed our house & Dad,s car) I remember Dad driving 🚘 his 1968 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Station wagon which he had for 7 years until after we moved to Baltimore (1976-83) & put 180,000 miles on that car & not once did it burn a drop of oil

I can even remember my own mother Lois Ann Routhier 10-28-1934-5-6-1984 telling me that when she carried me on the day I was about to be born April 12th 1972 & when Dad had to take her to the 🏥 hospital--earlier that morning she was watching The Hollywood Squares.I was.born in Santa Rosa California at WARRICK HOSPITAL which of course now is SANTA ROSA GENERAL HOSPITAL at 4.20 pm.I have no memory of California or New Mexico-I have only memories of my 1st childhood home The Twin Cities Mpls.St.Paul Mn from 1974-81 from ages 2-9 years of age & My 2nd childhood home of almost 43 years in Baltimore Md.

I have one final sentimental note about The Hollywood Squares--I remember my late stepbrother MR.EUGENE B.MONTZ JR AKA GENE 4-25-1939-3-25-1997 who worked at the old Bethlehem Steel Plant Sparrows Point Md.Gene told me that when it would be lunchtime at the.plant the cafeteria would be so jam packed because most of all the guys would be watching The Hollywood Squares daytime show.That cafeteria would be so jam packed poor Gene couldn,t even get lunch to eat.Gene worked at Beth.Steel 26 years from 1969-1995 when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer until his death a month before his 58th birthday on March 25 1997!! RIP!! GENE BETH.STEEL & THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES‐-ORIGINAL!@😢😮😢😮

With all due respect; Barker, Narz (or his brother, Kennedy), Cullen, Trebek, Dawson and even Monty Hall could never be Mr. Hollywood Squares the way Marshall was.

Brent O'Brien Peter Marshall will ALWAYS be the master of the squares John Davidson nor Tom Bergeron can replace him However, Peter and Tom both won Daytime Emmy Awards, something that Johnny D has never done

T-Bone Hubbard You are right!!! Peter had it!! The two others, in black and white couldn't match up to him!!! Burt Parks one of the hosts!!

Brent O'Brien Were you surprised that Peter and Tom won Emmys? and I guess you're not surprised that John Davidson never won an Emmy for The NEW Hollywood Squares also, what did you make of Peter Marshall not being a fan of Whoopi Goldberg and what's your take on Merrill Heatter calling John Davidson's NEW Hollywood Squares a Circus? and what does he mean by that?

TehJew22 Peter Marshall was also the master of the Blitz Board on the spin-off All-Star Blitz and Trebek hosted the spin-off Battlestars, but yes, Marshall is the master, Tom did a good job, but it got better once Whoopi left (although I liked the 1st Season better) and John Davidson, I have mixed reactions about him and his version, Shadoe Stevens did a great job as announcer

That's for sure. I love listening to this version.

Absolutely!!! Luv this theme. I drive a old 1973 Cadillac Fleetwood... this is the tune I blast from it.

Yes, William Loose's sheet music definitely lists "voices" as a section of the music. I believe I hear one male and one female voice.

The original 60s theme was similar to this one, but not as jazzy. I do remember it. (Jan Griffiths).

Charley was hilarious. He and Paul Lynde were my faves. RIP to them both, and I hope to see them in Heaven one day. (Jan Griffiths).

As great a producer as Mark Goodson was, I will be irritated with him FOREVER for not putting Gene Rayburn and Peter Marshall together for Match Game/Hollywood Squares in 1983. The format sucked anyhow, but it would have sucked a lot less if Jon Bauman hadn't hosted. Bowzer is a fantastic singer, but he's not a good game show host.

@@steve760 I agree, Jon Bauman was a terrible host.

@@steve760 It was NBC's call. Marshall wanted to do a revival and had a stake in Hollywood Squares but made some bad business decisions that caused him to lose that stake, as well as doing something to make the NBC execs not consider him as host.

@@trevortuominen8233 NBC has a say, of course, but if one of television’s most influential producers doesn’t want you hosting, you’re probably not going to get the gig, and I understand Goodson just simply did not like Marshall.

@@steve760 Is there any evidence Goodson didn't want Marshall to host?

Quincy Jones did “Soul Bossa Nova.”

Same here. :D

Let me know if you ever find it. I've looked high and low. No luck yet.

Yeah, especially Paul Lynde, with his awesomely funny one-liners. And Charley Weaver, Wally Cox, and Rose Marie, also hilarious. (Jan Griffiths).

Brent O'Brien Tomorrow (4/30) would of been his 47th birthday!! I keep telling him from above, "You can dance all you want on your b-day!!!"

It makes me wanna dance. :D

It is a good tune, that's for sure.

i always dance when i here this amazing game show theme

Guilty!

I remember that. Dick Clark, center square. (Jan Griffiths).

Actually it's Peter Marshall himself.

Would union rules allow that?

There's SHEET MUSIC???????????

​@@WDUNBill Well, I have 4 photos of it that I believe is the whole song.