Musical variety seven-programme series with each episode focusing on the work of one composer. The first composer was Jule Styne, who wrote “Three Coins in a Fountain,” “Five Minutes More” and many other numbers. The second in the series featured Lionel Bart of “Oliver!” fame, and after him came Cole Porter, Frank Loesser, Rodgers and Hart, Burt Bacharach (“Raindrops” and “Butch Cassidy”) and finally George Gershwin.
Music was arranged by Garth Young and performed by a thirty piece orchestra and the Ross Gindar Singers. Soloists to perform in the series were Eliza Keil, Lee Grant, Suzanne Donaldson, Marise McDonnald, Judi Beaument, Zarlene Todd, Mike Durney, Ray Columbus, Malcolm McNeil, Ray Woolf, Bobby Dawls, Alan Galbraith, Eddie McCarthy, Vaughan Laurence, Stevie Allen, and Tommy Adderly. The shows were compared by Max Cryer, Simon Bates, and Peter Harcourt who did the research.
The producer was John Barningham.
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