Tom Merriman

Thomas Wayne Merriman (20 March 1924 Chicago – 11 November 2009 Dallas) was an American music composer based in Dallas, Texas, who in 1955 created the first production company specializing in radio station advertising campaigns and jingles. Merriman led the Liberty Network Band, and arranged and/or produced music for Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway.

Merriman wrote and recorded the first ever radio jingle recorded in Dallas for KLIF. He also wrote countless commercials that are still recognizable and remembered today, corporate musical shows, Las Vegas shows, and theme park ride music, he also recorded the voice on his classic, "I’m Otto, the Orkin Man."

He was one of the original owners of KVIL, a major FM radio station serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

He was a graduate of Indiana University, renowned for its music school, Merriman was a student of the Juilliard School of Music and established his musical credentials with an impressive list of clients. Over the years, he wrote and produced music for Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Cab Calloway, as well as corporate and film clients — winning a Cannes Film Festival Award and an award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Among his musical works, Merriman’s arranged a hit for Louis Armstrong’s, "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?."

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