Lot 712. Early 1900s-1954 Sheet Music for More than 60+ Songs. This collection includes such songs as “In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town,” “Glad Rag Doll,” “When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain,” “We’ll Have a Jubilee in My Old Kentucky Home,” “Wang-Wang-Blues,” “Young at Heart” and “Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On,” Among the composers are Sammy Cahn, Axel Shordahl, Paul Weston, Sigmund, Romberg, Gus Kahn, Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers. The earliest song, from 1901, is “Tessie, You Are the Only, Only, Only” sung by Horace Wright. The front and back cover, which are separated, are present for Kibble & Martin’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” The music is predominately from the 1920s and 1930s. Entertainers featured on the covers include Frank Sinatra, Ozzie Nelson, Esther Williams, Van Johnson, Tommy Dorsey, Ray McKinley, Kitty Kallen, Nelson Eddy, Jeannett MacDonald, Dolores Costello, Glen Gray, the Andrews Sisters, Margaret Whiting, Kate Smith, Virginia Rankin, George M. Cohan, Al Jolson, Dean Martin, Corrine Griffith and Emma Carus. About a dozen pieces have the owner’s name written on them. The condition ranges from p to ex-m, and the average is vg-ex.
Winning Bid $25.
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