Sheet Music (10), Some with Bing Crosby, Ozzie Nelson, Guy Lombardo or Kay Kyser Covers.
Lot 758. Sheet Music (10), Some with Bing Crosby, Ozzie Nelson, Guy Lombardo or Kay Kyser Covers. This music is from the 1930s-50s. Bing Crosby is on three covers: “Sisters” by Irving Berlin from the movie “White Christmas,” vg-ex, with Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen also on the cover. Also, “Little Dutch Mill” by Ralph Freed and Harry Barris, 1934, ex, and “Zing a Little Zong” by Leo Robin and Harry Warren, 1952, Crosby with Jane Wyman on the cover, ex-m+. Composer Sigmund Romberg is pictured with his composition, “Zing Zing – Zoom Zoom,” with lyrics by Charles Tobias, 1950, tape holding the middle page in, name on the cover, g+ to vg, looks better. Ozzie Nelson, band leader and star of “Ozzie and Harriet,” is the cover subject for “(Oh Suzanna) Dust Off That Old Pianna!” by Irving Caesar, Gerald Marks & Sammy Lerner, 1935, pages separated, g. Five other band leaders are cover subjects: Guy Lombardo, “In the Chapel in the Moonlight” by Billy Hill, 1936, vg-ex. Kay Kyser, “The Little Red Fox” by James Kern and others, 1939, light writing on the cover, vg. Frankie Masters, “Scatter-Brain” by Johnny Burke, Keene-Bean and Masters, 1939, g-vg. And Will McCune, “Dance with a Dolly with a Hole in Her Stockin’” by Terry Shand, Jimmy Eaton and Mickey Leader, 1944, vg+ with a name written on the cover. The final selection, “Playmates” by Saxie Dowell, 1940, has band leader Hal Kemp on the cover along with the a trio of singers known as The Smothies, pages separated, f+ to g. Minimum Bid $15.
