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Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:18:36 -0500
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Bert Bailey <[log in to unmask]>
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I'd written:

>>For its simple but ominous DUM-DE-DUM-DUM theme, its producers quietly
>>paid Miklos Rozsa...

And Art Scott added:

>According to Michael Hayde's indispensable "My Name's Friday", Rozsa's
>publishers went to court -- and got a jury verdict -- when Ray Anthony's
>version of Walter Schumann's "Dragnet March" became a big hit in '53,
>alleging conscious plagarism...

I stand corrected.  Funny thing, though, I learned this from a TV interview
with Rozsa, who revealed it to the interviewer while raising his finger to
his lips as if it were hush-hush.

Bert Bailey

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