O Tannenbaum the faithless maiden of the folk song. This was changed to ' (green) at some point in the 20th century, after the song had come to be associated with Christmas. The tune is an old folk tune attested in the 16th century. It is also known as the tune of "" and of "". Below is the tune with the original German lyrics of the first verse: <score vorbis="1"> » </score> The tune has also been used (as a contrafactum) to carry other texts on many occasions. Some notable uses include: O Tannenbaum "" (; "O fir tree", English: "O
Thomas D. Tannenbaum Wolper Productions where he stayed until 1969. In 1969, he took the offer of Stanley R. Jaffe of joining the staff of Paramount Television in New York City. He became vice president of sales for the studio. The studio sent Tannenbaum to Hollywood in 1970 where he was promoted to vice president in charge of production, succeeding Douglas S. Cramer. Tannenbaum supervised such series as "Mannix", "The Odd Couple", "The Brady Bunch" and "". Leaving from Paramount in 1971, Tannenbaum became senior vice president of Universal Television. Under Tannenbaum came several made-for-television movies including "The Marcus-Nelson Murders", "Sunshine" and Lauren