List of works by Steve Allen

This is a list of works by American television personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer Steve Allen.

Films

 * Down Memory Lane (1949)
 * The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
 * The Big Circus (1959)
 * College Confidential (1960)
 * Warning Shot (1967)
 * Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
 * The Comic (1969)
 * Rich Man, Poor Man (1976)
 * Alice in Wonderland (1985)
 * The St. Tammany Miracle (1994)

Shows

 * Songs for Sale (1950–1952)
 * What's My Line? (regular panelist, 1953–1954; frequent guest panelist 1954–1967)
 * Jukebox Jury (1953)
 * Talent Patrol (1953–1955)
 * The Steve Allen Show (1956–61)
 * The Tonight Show (1954–1957, NBC)
 * The Steve Allen Westinghouse Show (1962–1968)
 * I've Got a Secret (1964–1967, 1972–1973)
 * The Steve Allen Show (Filmways production, 1968–1969)
 * Steve Allen Show (September 29, 1970 – October 21, 1971) KTLA
 * Match Game (panelist, 1974)
 * Tattletales (panelist, mid-1970s)
 * Meeting of Minds (1977–1981, PBS)
 * Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1980–1981)
 * The Start of Something Big (1985–1986)
 * Amen (1991, Lights, Camera, Deacon Season 5 episode 9)
 * The Simpsons (1992, "Separate Vocations", 1995, 'Round Springfield")
 * Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1997, one episode, Guest)
 * Homicide: Life on the Street (1998): Steve and Jayne appeared as guests (January 16, 1998).
 * Sabrina the Teenage Witch (April 3, 1998, Season 2 Episode 21 "Fear Strikes Up a Conversation", Guest)
 * Diagnosis Murder (1999, Season 7 Episode 1 The Roast, Ray Masters)

Songs

 * "Cool Yule"
 * "The Gravy Waltz"
 * "Impossible"
 * "Let's Go to Church (Next Sunday Morning)"
 * "Theme from Picnic"
 * "Pretend You Don't See Her, My Heart"
 * "The Saturday Evening Post"
 * "This Could Be the Start of Something Big"

Comedic discography

 * Man in the Street (1963) (Signature 1004)
 * Funny Fone Calls (1963) (Dot 3472, re-issued as Casablanca 811-366-1-ML)
 * More Funny Fone Calls (1963) (Dot 3517, re-issued as Casablanca 811-367-1-ML)

Musical discography

 * Steve Allen's All Star Jazz Concert Vol. 1 with Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, Billy Butterfield Jazz Band (Decca, 1954)
 * Steve Allen's All Star Jazz Concert Vol. 2 with Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, Billy Butterfield Jazz Band (Decca, 1954)
 * Music for Tonight (Coral, 1955)
 * Jazz for Tonight (Coral, 1955)
 * Steve Sings (Coral, 1955)
 * The Steve Allen Show (Coral, 1955)
 * Allen Plays Allen (Coral, 1956)
 * The James Dean Story with Bill Randle (Coral, 1956)
 * Steve Allen Plays Benny Goodman (Coral, 1956)
 * Romantic Rendezvous with Neal Hefti (Coral, 1957)
 * Venetian Serenade (Coral, 1957)
 * Terry Gibbs, Captain with Terry Gibbs (Mercury, 1958)
 * Steve Allen Plays Hi-Fi Music for Influentials (Coral, 1958)
 * The Poetry of Love (Coral, 1958)
 * What Is Subud with John Bennett (Hanover, 1958)
 * Steve Allen Plays Neal Hefti (Coral, 1958)
 * Anthony Plays Allen with Ray Anthony (Capitol, 1958)
 * Man On the Street with Tom Poston, Don Knotts, Louis Nye (Signature, 1959)
 * The Discovery of Buck Hammer (Hanover, 1959)
 * Steve Allen Presents Carole Simpson: Singin' and Swingin'  (Tops, 1959)
 * Steve Allen Presents Sandy Warner: Fair & Warner (Tops, 1959)
 * Poetry for the Beat Generation with Jack Kerouac (Hanover, 1959)
 * Steve Allen at the Roundtable (Roulette, 1959)
 * Swingin' & Dancin'  with Gus Bivona (Mercury, 1959)
 * Steve Allen Plays (Dot, 1959)
 * Around the World (Dot, 1959)
 * Monday Nights (Signature, 1960)
 * Steve Allen Presents Terry Gibbs at the Piano (Signature, 1960)
 * Steve Allen Presents 12 Golden Hits (Dot, 1962)
 * Steve Allen Plays Bossa Nova Jazz (Dot, 1963)
 * Plays the Piano Greats (Dot, 1963)
 * Gravy Waltz and 11 Current Hits! (Dot, 1963)
 * Steve Allen Sings (Dot, 1963)
 * More (Theme from "Mondo Cane") (Dot, 1963)
 * Steve Allen's Funny Fone-Calls (Dot, 1963)
 * Some of My Favorites (Hamilton 1964)
 * Songs from the Steve Allen TV Show (Dot, 1964)
 * Poetry in Piano (Coral, 1964)
 * I Play for You (Dot, 1965)
 * His Piano & Orchestra (Dot, 1965)
 * Cool, Quiet Bossa Nova (Dot, 1967)
 * Do the Love with Bob Thiele (ABC, 1967)
 * Soulful Brass with Oliver Nelson (Impulse!, 1968)
 * A Man Called Dagger (Music from the Original Soundtrack) (MGM 1968)
 * Soulful Brass #2 (Flying Dutchman, 1969)
 * Soulful Brass #3 (Flying Dutchman, 1971)
 * Steve Allen Presents Linda Guymon (Dobre 1978)
 * Funny Fone Calls (Casablanca, 1983)
 * Steve Allen's More Funny Fone Calls (Casablanca, 1983)
 * Alice in Wonderland Original Cast Voice Track Recording (1985)
 * Steve Allen Plays Jazz Tonight (Concord Jazz, 1993)

Books
Allen was the credited author of a series of mystery novels "starring" himself and wife Jayne Meadows as amateur detectives. The first one (The Talk Show Murders) was ghostwritten by Walter J. Sheldon; later volumes were ghostwritten by Robert Westbrook.


 * The Talk Show Murders (1982), ISBN 0-440-08471-7
 * Murder on the Glitter Box (1989), ISBN 0-8217-2752-4
 * Murder in Manhattan (1990), ISBN 0-8217-3033-9
 * Murder in Vegas (1991), ISBN 0-8217-3462-8
 * The Murder Game (1993), ISBN 0-8217-4115-2
 * Murder on the Atlantic (1995), ISBN 0-8217-4647-2
 * Wake Up to Murder (1996), ISBN 1-57566-090-3
 * Die Laughing (1998), ISBN 1-57566-241-8
 * Murder in Hawaii (1999), ISBN 1-57566-375-9

Skeptic magazine
As Allen was a supporter of the scientific skepticism movement, he worked to promote critical thinking, contributing many pieces to the American magazine Skeptic, which is published by the California-based Skeptics Society.


 * Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 1, "A Tribute to Isaac Asimov" (with Harlan Ellison and Martin Gardner)
 * Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 2
 * Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 3
 * Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 4
 * Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 1, "Genius" (with James Randi, Paul MacCready, Marilyn vos Savant, Elie Shneour, and David Alexander)
 * Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 2, "The Jesus Cults"
 * Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 3
 * Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 4
 * Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 1
 * Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 2
 * Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 3
 * Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 4
 * Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 1
 * Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 2
 * Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 3
 * Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 4
 * Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 1
 * "An Open Letter from Steve Allen to Heber Jentzsch, President, Church of Scientology"
 * "But Seriously … Steve Allen Speaks His Mind"
 * Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 2
 * Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 3, "Scientology Reply to Steve Allen"
 * Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 4