Henry (Hank) Sylvern

Henry "Hank" Sylvern (26 March 1908 – 4 July 1964) was an American organist and composer, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, and worked on radio and television shows, some of which are listed below:

Suspense, 1949, TV series; organist

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, 1950, TV series; theme song composer

USA Canteen (aka The Jane Froman Show), 1952, TV series; orchestra leader and musical director

The Phil Silvers Show (aka Sergeant Bilko, "You'll Never Get Rich"), 1955, TV series

Dotto, 1958, TV series

Henry Sylvern in 1956

He was also an organist who played music for innumerable radio shows and also wrote the following radio show theme songs:

Mark Trail, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, Space Academy, Strike It Rich

Sylvern recorded a Christmas album named Christmas in Hi-Fi (Organ and Chimes). He also wrote the music for an MGM children's story-telling LP record (CH-103), The Wonderful World of Fairy Tales. He played the organ while Robert Q. Lewis told The Ugly Duckling, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Sleeping Beauty, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, Beauty and the Beast, Rumpelstiltskin, Pinocchio, Thumbelina, The Little Mermaid, and The Wizard of Oz stories.

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External links

• "Special Events for the Year 1908". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2006-04-05. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
• "Birth/Deaths Of Radio Personalities". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2006-04-10. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
• "Coronet". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2006-05-11. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
• "Old-Time Radio - Theme Title Index - sorted by Title". Classicthemes.com. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
• "Christmas Record Albums". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2006-05-03. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
• "Hank Sylvern (1908–1964)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2020-04-23.