Dolores Claman

Dolores Olga Claman (6 July 192717 July 2021) was a Canadian composer and pianist. She is best known for having composed the 1968 theme song for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC) Hockey Night In Canada show, known simply as “The Hockey Theme”, which many consider Canada’s unofficial second national anthem. She is also known for “A Place to Stand”, the tune that accompanied the film of the same name at Montreal’s Expo 67 Ontario pavilion. Early life Claman was born in Vancouver on 6 July 1927. Her mother worked as an opera singer and Claman first learned the piano in her hometown. After graduating from high school by the age of 16, she studied music and drama at the University of Southern California. She later moved to Toronto with her writing partner and husband, lyricist Richard Morris. Together they composed over 3,000 commercial jingles in a 30-year period and won more than 40 awards internationally for their work. Claman’s two best-known compositions, “A Place to Stand” and “The Hockey Theme”, were also orchestrated by Jerry Toth. He, his brother Rudy Toth, and Richard Morris all worked together at Quartet Productions from 1965 until 1970. Claman commenced legal action