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Thousand Oaks Library

American Radio Archives

Sportsmen Collection

Introduction

The Sportsmen Collection of the American Radio Archives of the Thousand Oaks Library consists primarily

of musical scores used by this singing group from the mid-1940s until the late 1960s. The collection

contains approximately 120 handwritten scores, as well as a small assortment of photographs and publicity

material. This collection was assembled by member Robert Garsen.

History

Information about the early days of the group is sketchy - the Sportsmen Quartet was founded in 1938 by

Bill Days and Max Smith, who had left the Paul Taylor Choristers to form their own quartet. They joined

with Don Craig and Art McCullough as a group they called The Metropolitans, later renamed The Sportsmen.

Over the years the membership of the quartet changed frequently. By 1947, the Sportsmen were best known

for their work on the Jack Benny Program, where they often provided a "singing commercial," in which the

group poked fun at or parodied the sponsor of the program. As a recurring gag on the program, Benny

threatened to fire the group, which he pretended to actually do on March 9, 1947, replacing them the next

week with a quartet that included Bing Crosby, Andy Russell, Dick Haymes, and Dennis Day.

The Sportsmen did not perform exclusively with Benny, but also appeared on other radio programs such as

Burns and Allen, the Eddie Cantor Show, the Judy Canova Show, and the Sealtest Village Store. On many of these

programs they performed comic songs or commercials, similar to their work on Benny's program. In

addition, they appeared in films, worked with other singing groups, recorded albums, and in the 1950s

appeared on television programs as well, including the televised version of the Jack Benny Show.

Tenor Robert Garsen founded a musical-comedy group called The Continentals in 1954. They performed in

live venues, such as the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, and also on several television programs,

including the Red Skelton Show, the Milton Berle Show, and the Ed Sullivan Show. Garsen was best known within

the group for his whistling rendition of "Flight of the Bumblebee," and for portraying the character of Casey

in "Casey at the Bat" - acts he continued to perform with The Sportsmen, whom he joined in 1957.

Scope and Content

Most of the musical scores and arrangements in the collection are arranged alphabetically by song title, since

they bear no notations as to which programs or performances they were used on. Those that do have

identifying notations are arranged according to the programs; the remainder are scores for songs used on

albums that the group recorded, and miscellaneous papers, primarily publicity material and photographs.

Since the collection was compiled by Garsen, some material relating to his career with The Continentals is also

included, and there is no way to identify those scores that may have been were performed solely with that

group. Garsen joined the Sportsmen relatively late, but he obtained many scores from other group members

that were clearly identified as having been performed by them prior to Garsen's involvement, and these

scores comprise the bulk of the collection.

Musical Scores and Arrangements, general

Box Folder Song Title Notes

1 1 Abdul, the Bulbul Ameer

1 2 Accentuate the Positive #46

1 3 Adeste fidelis #6

1 4 Adobe Hacienda #907

1 5 After 1961--what?

1 6 Ain't she Sweet

1 7 A Kiss GoodNight #729

1 8 Alabama Barbecue #4

1 9 Alexander's Ragtime Band #5

1 10 All Hail / Howard Jones Medley / Whiffenpoof Song /

On Brave Army Team / Michigan / Notre Dame #592

1 11 All that Glitters Is not Gold #7

1 12 All thru the Night #11

1 13 Almost like Being in Love

1 14 Alouette #487

1 15 America #20

1 16 America the Beautiful #21

1 17 And the Great Big Saw Came Nearer #730

1 18 The Animal Fair #602

1 19 Annie Laurie #13

1 20 Anniversary Song #932

1 21 Anniversary Song (for my friend Irma)

1 22 April #20


1 23 Army Hymn #524

1 24 The Ash Grove #603

1 25 At the County Fair

1 26 Atlanta, G.A. #804

1 27 Back in Cactus Valley #548

1 28 Back Porch

1 29 Banana Boat Song

1 30 Banks of the Wabash-Indiana #34

1 31 Barbershop Medley instrumental parts

2 1 Barbershop Medley vocal score

2 2 Battle Hymn of the Republic

2 3 Be yourself

2 4 Beautiful Dreamer #23

2 5 Beautiful Music #585

2 6 Before we Sing instrumental parts

2 7 Before we Sing vocal scores

2 8 Begin the Beguine

2 9 Believe me if all those Endearing Y.C.'s

2 10 Bell Bottom Trousers #708

2 11 Bells of St. Mary's #40

2 12 Bells of the Sea #26

2 13 Ben Bolt #39

2 14 Best of all #31

2 15 Bill's the one who Stays away

2 16 Black Ball

3 1 Black Ball Ferry Line vocal scores

3 2 Black Ball Ferry Line instrumental parts

(pt. 1)

3 3 Black Ball Ferry Line instrumental parts

(pt. 2)

3 4 Blue bells of Scotland #28

3 5 Blue Hawaii

3 6 Blue Love Bird #584

3 7 Blue Skies (#1242)

3 8 Blue Skies #30

3 9 Brazen Little Raisin #187

3 10 Breaking my Heart over you #784

3 11 The Breeze and I #148

3 12 Bridge of Sighs


3 13 The Builder #604

3 14 Button up your Overcoat #714

3 15 Bye-bye Blackbird #755

4 1 Camptown Races #274

4 2 Can't yo' heah me Callin' Caroline? #583

4 3 Captain Spaulding

4 4 Carbondale, P.A. #825

4 5 Carmela #619

4 6 Carrie (marry Harry) #738

4 7 Carry me back #582

4 8 Casey's Revenge Conductor's score

4 9 Casey's Revenge instrumental parts

4 10 Casey's Revenge vocals

4 11 Chick, chick, chickadee #816

4 12 Chickery, chick #759

4 13 Chiri boum boum #556

4 14 Christ the Lord Is Risen today #553

4 15 Circumstances beyond my Control #816

4 16 Circus Medley #812

4 17 Civilization #735

4 18 Clancy (lowered the boom) #536

4 19 Clementine #658

4 20 The click-clack Song

4 21 The Cobbler Song

4 22 Come Josephine #653

4 23 Coney Island Baby

4 24 Could be #593

4 25 The Cranky Old Yank #555

4 26 Crazy Arms

4 27 Cuckoo in the Clock #313

4 28 Cumbanchero

4 29 Curse of an Aching Heart #314

5 1 Daddy Wouldn't Buy us a Bow-wow #157, conductor &

vocal scores

5 2 Daddy Wouldn't Buy us a Bow-wow #157, instrumental

5 3 Darktown Strutters Ball #734

5 4 A Day in the Nineties #673

5 5 Day-o

5 6 Dear Old Girl


5 7 Deck the Halls #932

5 8 Ding dong the Witch Is Dead #45

5 9 The Dipsy-doodle #625

5 10 Dirthy Ding-dong

5 11 Do Lord

5 12 Doctor Lawyer #783

5 13 Don't Worry 'bout me #151

5 14 Down by the O-HI-O #13

5 15 Down by the Old Mill Stream #427

5 16 Dream

5 17 Drink, Drink, Drink (publ. arr.)

5 18 (Drive your Blues away) #544

5 19 Elmer's Tune

5 20 Entertainment

5 21 Everyone Loves the Waltz

5 22 Exactly like you #702

5 23 Falstaff

5 24 Father Dear Father

5 25 Ferris Wheel #252

5 26 Feudin' and Fightin' #917

5 27 The first Noel

6 1 Flight of the Bumble Bee and Good Night Ladies

6 2 Flow Gently Sweet Afton #251

6 3 For me and my Gal #726

6 4 Four Part Harmony

6 5 Freight Train

6 6 From this Moment on instrumental parts

6 7 From this Moment on vocal, conductor

6 8 (Gambling Song)

6 9 A Garden in the Rain

6 10 Gee, but it's Fun to Sing a Song #721

6 11 Gentlemen of the Press instrumental part

6 12 Gentlemen of the Press vocal score

6 13 Gentlemen of the Press (Conductor's score)

6 14 Get Happy #388

6 15 Ghost of a Chance

6 16 Girl with the Golden Braids

6 17 Give a Little Whistle #623

6 18 Give our Regards to Broadway


6 19 Gloria (#932)

6 20 God Be with you

6 21 God's Country #95

6 22 Goin' back to Brooklyn #707

6 23 Goodnight Ladies Conductor's score

6 24 Goodnight Ladies instrumental parts

6 25 Goodnight Ladies vocal scores (#260)

7 1 Good Night wherever you Are #539

7 2 Goodwill (#483)

7 3 Great Day #383

7 4 Green Leaves of Summer

7 5 Gypsy Love Song #261, score, w.

published Music

7 6 Halls of Ivy published score

7 7 Happy Birthday vocal score

7 8 Happy New Year #512

7 9 Hawaiian Medley instrument parts

7 10 Hawaiian War Chant instrument parts

7 11 Hear my Prayer, O Lord (Dvorak) #72

7 12 Helen Polka #456

7 13 Hello Remley

7 14 Hey! Good Lookin' #51

7 15 Hi, Neighbor! #85

7 16 Hid-dle-dee-dee #624

7 17 Hi Time instrumental parts

7 18 Hi Time instrumental parts

7 19 Hi Time vocal & conductor

scores

7 20 Hi Time & Before we Sing instrument parts

8 1 Hi Time & Bongo-bongo instrumental parts

8 2 Hi Time & Bongo-bongo vocal & conductor

scores

8 3 Hi Time & Bongo-bongo Conductor score

8 4 Hi Time / From this Moment on instrumental parts

8 5 Hi Time and Wyoming instrument parts

8 6 Hi Time and Wyoming instrument parts

8 7 Hi Time and Wyoming vocal parts

8 8 High Society

8 9 Home on the Range #128


8 10 Home Sweet Home #89

8 11 Honkey Little Donkey #700

8 12 Hooray for Spinach #91, vocal and

instrumental parts

8 13 Hot Rod Hop Condensed score,

instrument parts

8 14 Hot Rod Hop vocal score

8 15 Hot Time Medley #1 vocal part

9 1 Hot Time Medley #2 vocal part

9 2 The house Is Haunted #749

9 3 How can I Leave Thee #94, vocal part

9 4 How Firm a Foundation #610, vocal part

9 5 How'm I Doin' #92, vocal and

instrumental parts

9 6 Hubba-Hubba-Hubba #788

9 7 Hum Song Condensed score,

vocal score

9 8 Hum Song instrument parts

9 9 Hurray for Hollywood instrument parts

9 10 Hurray for Hollywood Conductor score

9 11 I Couldn't Sleep a Wink #475

9 12 I Cried for you #113, published

Music, vocal and

instrument parts

9 13 I Don't Know why #800

9 14 I Dug a Ditch #52

9 15 I Found a million Dollar Baby in a five and ten Cent Store

9 16 I Killed myself because of you #488, instrument

parts, condensed

score

9 17 I Love Life #117, published

vocal score and parts

9 18 I Wanna Marry Mary instrument and vocal

parts

9 19 I Want a Girl, just like the Girl #579

9 20 I Wonder who's Kissing her now #103

10 1 I Would Love to Be Home when I'm gone vocal part

10 2 I'd Be Lost without you #823


10 3 I'd Love to Live in Loveland #490, vocal,

instrument parts

10 4 I'd rather Be a Hummin' Bird #731

10 5 I'll Be with you in Apple Blossom Time

10 6 I'll Remember April #56, publ. sheet

Music, instrument

parts

10 7 I'll Take you Home again Kathleen #119

10 8 I'm Beginning to See the Light #345

10 9 I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles #724

10 10 I'm Gettin' Sentimental over you vocal parts

10 11 I'm Gonna Love that gal #746

10 12 I'm just Wild about Animal Crackers #779

10 13 I'm Ridin' for a Fall #458, vocal part

10 14 I'm Roller Skating on a Rainbow #581, vocal part

10 15 I'm Sorry I Made you Cry #595

10 16 I've Got the Sun in the Morning #830

10 17 I've Heard that Song before #60

10 18 In the Evening by the Moonlight #134, vocal parts

10 19 In the Gloaming #605, vocal parts

10 20 In the Good Old Summertime #808

10 21 In the Land of Beginning again vocal part

10 22 In the Still of the Night #104, vocal part

10 23 Iris #105

10 24 Irish Medley instrument parts

10 25 Irish Medley piano, conductor,

and vocal

10 26 It all Comes back #576

10 27 It's a grand Night for Singing #778

10 28 It's Later than you Think instrument parts

11 1 It's Later than you Think vocal, conductor's

score

11 2 Jada

11 3 Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair #272

11 4 Jeep's Creeps #560

11 5 Jingle Bells #617

11 6 Joobalai #559

11 7 Jericho (Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho) #558,

11 8 Juanita #557


11 9 Just a-Sittin' and a-Rockin' #789

11 10 Just Go hmmm

11 11 Just the Way you Are

11 12 Kathleen #578

11 13 Keep in the Middle of the Road #654

11 14 Kentucky (Kentucky Home) #723

11 15 Kid with the Rip #53

11 16 L.A.C.C. Medley Fight Song, March,

Alma mater

11 17 Lambeth #562

11 18 Last Night on the back Porch instrumental parts

11 19 Last Night on the back Porch Conductor's scores

11 20 Last Night on the back Porch vocal scores

12 1 Last Rose of Summer #566

12 2 Lazy Rhapsody #498

12 3 Let it Snow #777

12 4 Let that Be a Lesson to you

12 5 Let the Rest of the World Go by #564

12 6 Let's do it again instrument parts

12 7 Let's Do it again piano conductor,

vocal parts

12 8 Let's Have a Merry, Merry Christmas

12 9 Let's Take the Long Way home

12 10 Life Is on the Telephone / Long Distance vocal parts

12 11 Little Brown Jug #641

12 12 Liza #389

12 13 Lollipop published sheet

Music

12 14 Lonesome Old Town #888

12 15 Long, Long ago #577

12 16 Long Way home

12 17 Look for the Silver Lining #713

12 18 Lord Loves a Laughin' Man, the instrument parts

12 19 Lord Loves a Laughin' Man, the Conductor scores

12 20 Lord's my Shepherd, The

13 1 Lord's Prayer, the

13 2 Lost Chord #609

13 3 Lost in a Cloud of Blue #500

13 4 Love 'em all


13 5 Love Letters in the Sand

13 6 Love's Old Sweet Song #608

13 7 Lullaby of Broadway

13 8 Majesty of the Deep publ. arrangment

13 9 Mandalay #298

13 10 Maple Leaf

13 11 March of the Gingerbread Men

13 12 Marines #718

13 13 Martins and Coys #509

13 14 May I never Love again #507

13 15 Me and my Shadow instrumental parts

13 16 Me and my Shadow #816, vocal scores

13 17 Medley #2 - Down by the O-hi-o, My old Kentucky Home, Drink

to me only, Dreamer Jeanie

13 18 Medley #3 - Strolling through the Park, Good Old Summertime,

Dear Old Girl

13 19 Medley #4

13 20 Medley of Christmas Carols #615

13 21 Meet me tonight in Dreamland

13 22 Melody in F #504

14 1 Memories Are Made of this

14 2 Merry Old Land of Oz #503

14 3 Midnight in Paris

14 4 Mind if I Love you #744

14 5 Minnie Hotcha #506

14 6 (miscellaneous pages) #315

14 7 (miscellaneous pages) #491

14 8 Missus Mose Had a Million Beaus #511

14 9 Mobile

14 10 Modecum of Celestia (A Little Bit of Ireland, Sure they Call it

Ireland)

14 11 Money Song, The instrument parts

14 12 Mood Indigo

14 13 Moon Peeps over the Hill, The #790

14 14 Moon River

14 15 Moonlight Bay (#2--)

14 16 Mordecai

14 17 More than anything in the World #510

14 18 More Time alone with Thee, Lord Jesus...


14 19 Mother-in-law theme, the

14 20 Muskrat Ramble

14 21 My Adobe Hacienda #907

14 22 My Gal Sal #594 & #621

14 23 My grandfather Clock #82

14 24 My Ideal #460

14 25 My Jesus, I Love Thee #301

14 26 My Wife Has Gone and Left me #382, conductor's

score

14 27 My Wife Has Gone and Left me #382, instrumentals

14 28 My Wife Has Gone and Left me #382, vocal scores

15 1 Nelly Bly

15 2 Nelly Gray / Darling Nel-ly G. #160

15 3 Night and Day #842

15 4 Night Nurse Blues, The

15 5 No Can Do #766

15 6 No Love, no nothin' #474

15 7 No, no Roulette vocal scores

15 8 No, no Roulette Conductor's score

15 9 No, no Roulette instrumental parts

15 10 O Canada #520

15 11 O-Hi-O

15 12 O Lord, we Ask your Blessing

15 13 Off to See the Wizard #234

15 14 Oh by Jingo!

15 15 Oh Come all ye Faithful Partial only

15 16 Oh gee oh gosh

15 17 Oh, Mary #501

15 18 (Oh perfect Love) Partial only

15 19 Oh, my Papa

15 20 Oh Susanna #276

15 21 Oh, what a Beautiful Morning #459

15 22 Oklahoma #502

15 23 Oklahoma Hills published sheet

Music

15 24 Old Cape Cod

15 25 Old Dog Tray #271

15 26 Old Folks at home #331

15 27 Old Gray Mare #235


15 28 Old Oaken Bucket #238

16 1 Old Kentucky Home #237

16 2 Old Man River #236

16 3 On the Boardwalk #772

16 4 On this Silent Night

16 5 One for the Money

16 6 One more Dream #811

16 7 One-zy, two-zy #794

16 8 The only Thing I Want for Chistmas #613

16 9 Ooh-Pretty Baby

16 10 Opening Medley

16 11 Out California Way #830

16 12 Over the Rainbow #753

16 13 Pack up your Troubles #519

16 14 Panama #515

16 15 Paul Bunyan

16 16 Perfect Day #514

16 17 Personality #810

16 18 Picardy #607

16 19 Picnic Moonglow

16 20 Pines Sing, The #612

16 21 Pin Marin #780

16 22 Pork un corn (Pork and beans, Pork un beans) #516

16 23 Put that Ring on your Finger #752

16 24 Put the Blame on Mame #809

16 25 Quiet Hour, The

16 26 Ramparts we Watch, The #231

16 27 Rancho Grande #230

16 28 Ratz Bros. #228

16 29 Red, Red Robin

16 30 Red Rose Rag #802

16 31 Red Sails

16 32 Red Silk Stockings #912

17 1 Ridin' home #546

17 2 Riff Song, The #312

17 3 Right Romance, The #775

17 4 Ring de banjo Medley #431

17 5 Roaring Twenties

17 6 Rock n' Roll #704


17 7 Rock n' Roll / Sugartime

17 8 Roger Young #740

17 9 Rolleo Rolling along (Bicycle Song, the) #655, instrument

parts

17 10 Rolleo Rolling along #655, vocal score

17 11 Rollin' home #232

17 12 Romance #227

17 13 Rosalie #706

17 14 Rosie the Riveter #229

17 15 Rosemary #747

17 16 Round and Round

17 17 Round-up in the Sky #551

17 18 Row, Row, Row

17 19 Row, Row, Row your Boat #226

17 20 Sabre Dance

17 21 Sagebrush Serenade

17 22 San Antonio Rose vocal, piano

conductor parts

17 23 San Antonio Rose instrument parts

18 1 Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town #618

18 2 Say it isn't so instrument parts

18 3 Say it Isn't so vocal parts

18 4 Say si si #202, Partial only

18 5 Senora #820

18 6 Sentimental Journey vocal parts

18 7 Shadow Partial only

18 8 Shadrack instrument parts

18 9 Shadrack piano conductor and

vocal parts

18 10 She Wears Red Feathers

18 11 Shoo-fly pie #819

18 12 Show Must Go on, The instrument parts

18 13 Show Must Go on, The piano, conductor,

vocal parts

18 14 Siesta instrument and vocal

parts

18 15 Silver on the Sage #606

18 16 Silver Threads among the Gold #206

18 17 Sing out for Falstaff Partial vocal


18 18 Sing Song - Sunbeams #205

18 19 Sing you Sinners #203

18 20 Singin' in the Rain #204

19 1 Sipping Cider #651, piano

conductor, vocal

19 2 Sipping Cider #651, instrument

parts

19 3 Sittin' Pretty in Kansas City Partial vocal

19 4 Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga #202

19 5 Skeleton in the Closet #201

19 6 The Skunk Song vocal part

19 7 The Sleigh #765

19 8 Slumber Boat #200

19 9 Smiles piano conductor,

instr.' parts

19 10 Smilin' Through #199

19 11 Smoke Gets in your Eyes #198

19 12 Snake Charmer, The #674

19 13 So you Don't Like the Suit #858

19 14 Solitude

19 15 Somebody Stole my Gal (Some Slug Has Pilfered my Honey) #195

19 16 Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child #611

19 17 Song of the Flea #426

19 18 Song of the Pioneers #550

20 1 South Pacific Medley instrument parts

20 2 South Pacific Medley Conductor and vocal

parts

20 3 South Rampart St.

20 4 Spiritual Medley (931), instrument

parts

20 5 Spiritual Medley (931) piano, vocal

parts, conductor

score

20 6 Sportsmen Barbershop Medley: Coney Island Baby, My Old

Kentucky Home, Drink to me only, Dreamer - Jennie, In the Shade

of the Old Apple Tree, Meet me tonight in Dreamland; Medley #4,

Down by the O-Hi-O

20 7 Sportsmen & Connie Haines: Moonlight Bay, Get Happy, When You and

I Were Young, In the Still of the Night, Jig along home, Stars, Side by Side


20 8 Sportsmen & Connie Haines: Stars of the Summer Night, Lullaby of

Broadway, Little Bit of Heaven, Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Crush,

Make Believe, When my Sugar, Sweethearts, Little David, Lover, It's

d' Lovely, Joshua, and Mary Contrary

20 9 Square Dance instrument parts

21 1 Square Dance piano conductor,

vocal parts

21 2 Stack-O-Lee #709

21 3 Standin' - Need of Prayer #175

21 4 Star Carol, The

21 5 Standing on the Corner instrument parts

21 6 Star Spangled Banner, The #174

21 7 Stout Hearted Man #170

21 8 Strange as it Seems #716

21 9 Sugar instrument parts

21 10 Sugartime instrument parts

21 11 Summertime Partial vocal

21 12 Swanee River #272

21 13 Sweet Adeline

21 14 Sweet and Lovely #223

21 15 Sweet and Lovely Medley #990, partial

21 16 Sweet and Low #179

21 17 Sweet Cider Time / Dear Old Girl #222

21 18 Sweet G. (Genevieve) #220

21 19 Sweet Georgia Brown #717

21 20 Sweeter #368

21 21 Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, The #59

21 22 Sweet Rosie O'Grady #215

21 23 Swing down Chariot

21 25 Tales from the Vienna Woods #627

21 26 Tampico #806

21 27 Tarzana instrument parts

21 28 Tavern in the Town #264

21 29 Tear-Bucket Jim #805, instrument

parts

21 30 Tear-Bucket Jim #805, piano

conductor, vocal

22 1 Tearing up the Tens instrument parts


22 2 Tearing up the Tens piano conductor,

vocal parts

22 3 Television #462

22 4 Ten Little Soldiers #632

22 5 That Old gang of Mine #147

22 6 That Tumble down Shack in Athlone #642

22 7 That's what I Want for Christmas #616

22 8 There Aint nothin' like a Dame instrument and vocal

parts

22 9 There's a Gold Mine in the Sky #547

22 10 The Things we Love #597

22 11 This Can't Be Love #620

22 12 This Is it #598

22 13 This Is my Country / God of our Fathers

22 14 Three Little Girls in Blue #774

22 15 Timber #600

22 16 Tin ling-low #599

22 17 Tom -Tom (the piper's son) #647

22 18 Toolie-oolie-doolie #290

22 19 Top Hat, White Tie and Tails

22 20 Toy-town Jamboree #644, partial only

22 21 Trail of the Lonesome Pine #334

22 22 Trial by Error piano conductor

parts

22 23 Trial by Error Medley: Trial by Error, Who Dunit, I Am the Owner of

the Morning Mess, I Am the very Model of a Freudian Psychiatrist,

A Detective's Lot Is not a Happy one, I've Got a Little Twitch

22 24 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! #643

22 25 Transportation Medley: I've Been Working on the Railroad, #379

Red Sails, Flying down to Rio

22 26 Trigger Men / Gangters Last Words / Molls #522

22 27 The Trolley Song #346

22 28 True Love instrument parts

22 29 True Love / Dangerous Assignment / Money Song, The instrument parts

23 1 Tumbling Tumbleweeds #782

23 2 Tweed-lee-dee instrument and vocal

parts

23 3 Twenty fifth Psalm published sheet

Music


23 4 UCLA Medley (#'s 1 and 2)

23 5 Uncle Ned #629

23 6 The Union Song

23 7 United / Hollywood / Adobe / Bumblebee / Barbershop

23 8 United we Sing vocal parts

23 9 United we Sing instrument parts

23 10 United we Sing piano conductor

23 11 (untitled) #563

23 12 Up on the Housetop #932

23 13 U.S.C. Songs - Song of Troy / Fight on / Trojan Marching Song /

U.S.C. Song

23 14 Victory Fleet Medley #630

23 15 Wait for the Sunshine Nellie #360

23 16 Waiting for the Robert E. Lee #359

23 17 Walk with me

23 18 Watch the Birdie #652

23 19 Way down yonder in New Orleans #415

23 20 We three Kings

23 21 Wear a Bouquet of Flowers #669

23 22 We've Come a Long Way together #667

23 23 Whatcha Say? #715

23 24 Whatever Happened to the um-pah-pah?

23 25 When I'm with you again

23 26 When my Sugar

23 27 When Paw Was Courtin' Maw #666

23 28 When the Herd-in' Is Done #549

24 1 When the Saints Go March-in

24 2 When you and I Were Young Maggie #351

24 3 When you Were Sweet Sixteen #670

24 4 Which way'd they Go? #797

24 5 Whiffenpoof Song, The Conductor, piano,

vocal pts.

24 6 Wife of the Life of the Party, The #601

24 7 Winged Victory #554

24 8 Winter Wonderland #614

24 9 Wintertime #485

24 10 With a hey and a hi and a ho, ho, ho #735

24 11 Without a Song Medley

Freight Train / Love Letters in the Sand


24 12 Without a Song Medley - Money Tree

24 13 Without a Song Medley conductor score

24 14 Woman on the Gentleman's Mind

24 15 World is Waiting #631

24 16 Wrap up your Troubles in Dreams vocal parts

24 17 Wyoming #873

25 1 Y'all Come

25 2 Yankee Christmas #545

25 3 Yellow Butterfly published sheet

music

25 4 You and I and the U.S.A.

25 5 You Are too Beautiful #839

25 6 You Came along (from out of nowhere) #701

25 7 You Can't Be True, Dear (#299)

25 8 You Made me Love you #725

25 9 You only Want it ('cause you haven't got it) #373, instrument

parts

25 10 You only Want it ('cause you haven't got it) #373, vocal parts

25 11 You only Want it ('cause you haven't got it) #373, piano

conductor parts

25 12 You're a Grand Old Flag #444

25 13 You're Gonna Win that Ball Game, Uncle Sam #721

25 14 You Rhyme with everything #374

25 15 You Tell me your Dream

25 16 Yuck-yuck Polka

Albums

Christmas Album, Capitol Records

26 1 Away in a Manger #932

26 2 Good King Wenceslas

26 3 O Little Town of Bethlehem

26 4 Silent Night #932

26 5 Wassail

26 6 We Three Kings #932

Barbershop Album

26 7 After 1961--what?

26 8 Apple Tree

26 9 Down by the O-Hi-O

26 10 Drink to me only

26 11 In the Shape of the Old Apple Tree #135

26 12 Medley #4

26 13 My Old Kentucky Home

Tiny Tunes, Capitol Records

26 14 Away in a Manger

26 15 Patapan #932

Miscellaneous Recordings

26 16 Circumstances beyond my Control (Capitol recording, 02-17-1949)

Commercials

Box Folder Song title Notes

26 17 Bireley's Fruit Drink

26 18 Blatz Beer #743

26 19 Borden: "Lady Borden jingle" #477

26 20 Borden: "Borden opening" #821

26 21 Coca-Cola: "Reach for a cool, curvy Coke"

26 22 Colgate Shave Cream / Bill Stern: "Closing" #829

26 23 Colgate Tooth Powder #757

26 24 Dodge

26 25 Gillette

26 26 Halo Shampoo ("Canova") #757

26 27 Jergen's

26 28 Lucky Strike: "Elevator"

26 29 Lucky Strike: "Sugartime," 03-09-1958

26 30 Pabst Blue Ribbon: "Enjoy the Life of Riley" #482

26 31 Pabst Blue Ribbon: "I Call every Bottle Darling"

26 32 Pabst Blue Ribbon: "I Want a Beer"

Box Folder Song title Notes

27 1 Pabst Blue Ribbon: "Theme #1" #786

27 2 Pabst Blue Ribbon: "Theme #2" #786

27 3 Pep Boys: "Happy Birthday"

27 4 Pfeiffer's Beer: "Marching Song," "Michigan," "Square Dance"

27 5 Pillsbury: "Pillsbury Baking Song"

27 6 Rainier Beer: "Jamaica Farewell"

27 7 Rayne Soft Water Service: "Come on in, the Water's Fine"

27 8 Reliable Mortgage #479

27 9 Sav-on Drug Stores #638

27 10 Shakey's Pizza: "Let's Go to Shakey's"

27 11 State Farm Insurance: "When my Sugar Walks down the Street"

27 12 Sunsweet Prunes: "TV spot"

27 13 United Airlines: "All the Things you Are," 03-19-1944 #492

27 14 United Airlines: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" #486

27 15 United Airlines: "Just a Memory" #496

27 16 United Airlines: "Kentucky Babe" #99

27 17 United Airlines: "La Golondrina," 1944 #495

27 18 United Airlines: "The Lord's Prayer," 04-16-1944 #494

27 19 United Airlines: "Put your Arms around me" #481

27 20 United Airlines: "The Way you Look tonight" #380

27 21 United Airlines: "When you're Smiling" #480

27 22 United Airlines: "Where or when" #358

27 23 United Airlines: "Who's Sorry now" #385

Radio Programs, Scores

Barrel of Fun

Box Folder Date Song title Notes

27 24 n.d. Billy Boy #37

27 25 06-17-1941 Nellie Bly #285.5

28 1 n.d. Old MacDonald #284

28 2 n.d. One Thrilling Moment

28 3 n.d. Red River Valley #285

28 4 n.d. Sipping Cider #651

Burns and Allen Show, CBS/NBC


28 5 n.d. Don't Fence me in #527

28 6 n.d. I'm Confessin #530

28 7 n.d. I'm Making Believe #533

28 8 n.d. I've Got Six-pence #580

28 9 n.d. Thank your Lucky Stars #467

28 10 n.d. The very Thought of you #463

28 11 n.d. When they Ask about you #737

28 12 01-15-1945 Whispering #733

Dennis Day Show

28 13 06-27-1948 Sleep my Child #796

Eddie Cantor Show

28 14 09-26-1946 Liza #389

Electric Hour, CBS

28 15 04-08-1946 How High the Moon #838

28 16 07-07-1946 It's anybody's Spring #817

28 17 07-21-1946 Goodnight Ladies #260

28 18 08-11-1946 Sun Kissed Baby, oleh! #835

37 15 08-25-1946 My Sugar Is so Refined #837

28 19 n.d. How now Brown Cow #827

28 20 n.d. Liza (July 7, no year given) #373

It's time for Music, ABC

28 21 04-27-1949 Take me out to the Ball Game #628

Jack Benny Show, NBC/CBS


28 22 n.d. pages of scripted dialogue

28 23 n.d. Barbershop

28 24 n.d. Hawaiian War Chant #83

28 25 n.d. I'm an Old Cowhand

28 26 n.d. Lipton Musical comedy-opening ("Oct. 23rd show")

29 1 n.d. When I Say I Beg your Pardon

Jack Kirkwood Show

29 2 04-13-1949 Clancy #536

29 3 04-18-1949 Row, Row, Row #712

29 4 Row, Row, Row (cont.)

Jimmy Durante Show

29 5 11-26-1947 Civilization #826

Mel Blanc Show, CBS


29 6 11-19-1946 Blue Skies #30

29 7 03-18-1947 At Sundown #795

29 8 04-22-1947 Alexander's Ragtime Band #5

29 9 04-29-1947 Listen to the Mockin' bird #305

29 10 n.d. The Piccolino #719

30 1 n.d. Wheezy Anna #803

30 2 n.d. Zip-a-dee-doo-dah #867

Mel Blanc and the Sportsmen (uncertain if used on Blanc's program)

30 3 n.d. Big Bear Lake

30 4 n.d. I'm just Wild about Animal Crackers

30 5 n.d. K-K-K-Katy

Phil Harris Show

30 6 12-21-1947 Jingle Bells

Rudy Vallee Show

30 7 03-26-1942 Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy #518

30 8 06-24-1943 Here Comes the Navy #55

30 9 n.d. Daddy Wouldn't Buy me a Bow wow #157

30 10 n.d. Don't Sit under the Apple Tree #154

30 11 n.d. Nellie Medley #285.5

30 12 n.d. Tommy's Mustache #648

Sealtest Village Store, NBC

30 13 n.d. Ashby de la Zooch #828

30 14 n.d. Mairzy doats #64

30 15 n.d. Of thee I Sing #233

30 16 n.d. Somebody LOVES me #196

30 17 n.d. Sweet Sue #417

30 18 n.d. Then I'll Be Happy #521

30 19 n.d. There's a Great Day Comin manana #138

30 20 n.d. Victory Polka #727

30 21 n.d. Where Is my Big Sombrero #626

30 22 03-15-1945 Candy #691

30 23 08-23-1945 When the Red, Red Robin #745

30 24 09-27-1945 On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe #728

30 25 10-04-1945 God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen #750

30 26 11-15-1945 That's for me #756

30 27 01-24-1946 Centurama #781

31 1 05-23-1946 Shoo-fly Pie #819

31 2 05-30-1946 In my Merry Automobile #815

31 3 07-12-1946 The iggidy Song #818

31 4 09-05-1946 How Cute Can you Be? #836

31 5 05-00-1947 My Adobe Hacienda

31 6 05-01-1947 Jubilee #905

31 7 05-08-1947 Heartaches #508

TV - Scores

Hurdy Gurdy, KABC, Los Angeles

Box Folder Date/Year Song title Notes

31 8 1967 South Rampart Street parade Show #2

31 9 03-09-1967 Coney Island Baby Show #4

31 10 03-09-1967 Muscat Ramble Show #4

31 11 03-16-1967 Elmer's Tune Show #5

31 12 03-16-1967 Irish Medley Show #5

31 13 04-11-1967 Do Lord Show #7

31 14 04-11-1967 Good Night Ladies Show#7

31 15 04-13-1967 Barbershop Medley #4 Show #8

31 16 (04-00-1967) How'm I Doin'? Show #9

31 17 05-03-1967 Chinatown Show #12

31 18 05-03-1967 Kentucky Babe Show #12

31 19 05-03-1967 Meet me tonight in Dreamland Show #12

32 1 05-04-1967 Brazen Little Raisin Show #13

32 2 05-04-1967 Down by the Ohio Show #13

32 3 05-17-1967 For me and my Gal

32 4 05-18-1967 76 Trombones Show #16

32 5 05-31-1967 I'll Be with you in Apple Blossom Time Show #17

32 6 06-06-1967 Sippin' Cider

32 7 07-12-1967 Oh! by Jingo

32 8 07-27-1967 Battersea Gas Works Show #26

32 9 07-27-1967 Down by the Riverside Show #26

32 10 n.d. April Showers

32 11 n.d. Canadian Sunset

32 12 n.d. Cotton Candy and a Toy Balloon

32 13 n.d. Down by the Old Mill Stream

33 1 n.d. Dream

33 2 n.d. High Society

33 3 n.d. I'll Take Care of your Cares

33 4 n.d. I'm Looking over a Four-leaf Clover

33 5 n.d. In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree

33 6 n.d. Lida Rose and Will I ever Tell you?

33 7 n.d. Me and my Shadow

33 8 n.d. On the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe

33 9 n.d. Paddlin' Madelin' home

33 10 n.d. Red, Red Robin

Hurdy Gurdy (cont.)

Box Folder Date/Year Song title Notes

33 11 n.d. Round and round

33 12 n.d. Row, Row, Row

33 13 n.d. Side by Side

33 14 n.d. Summer Colors

33 15 n.d. Thoroughly Modern Millie

33 16 n.d. Yes Sir that's my Baby

33 17 1967 Rehearsal schedules, taping and air dates

33 18 1967 Memoranda and agreement: "'Y'all Come' special" 09-05-1967

Scores for Miscellaneous Performances

Box Folder Song title

34 1 Dan Dees: "I Know that you Know"

34 2 Dan Dees: "Liberace Bows"

34 3 Dan Dees: "Pete Kelly's Blues"

34 4 Dan Dees: "Sing you Sinners"

34 5 Dan Dees: "Young Man with a Horn"

34 6 Hamburger Heaven (from Make Believe Ballroom), #710

34 7 Resurrection and Ascension (from The Greatest Story Ever Told, 12-28-1964)

34 8 Happy Happy Holiday (Hall of Fame, NBC), #513

34 9 Honey Boy (from "Gilmore," 12-10-1937)

34 10 I Love you California ("T.N.T. Theme"), #118

34 11 Oh, Miss Hannah (Hall of Fame, NBC), #239

34 12 Railroad Song (from Centennial Summer, 04-06-1945), #773

34 13 Up with the Lark (from Centennial Summer, 04-06-1945), #768

34 14 "Woodbury Show" themes, #646

34 15 Woody Woodpecker Song, The (copyright 1948), #466

34 16 You and I and the U.S.A. (with typed lyrics, dated 5-3-1956, written by Robert Garsen;

marked "Don Ameche")

34 17 published Music: various songs from The Music Man

34 18 published Music: various booklets of songs

34 19 Notes re: song selections for performances

Publicity Material, Photographs

Publicity Brochures and Photos: The Continentals, The Sportsmen

Box Folder Content

34 20 Publicity brochures: The Continentals, ca. 1952-1954

34 21 Publicity brochures: MCA brochure for The Sportsmen, ca. late 1950's

34 22 Publicity brochures: The Sportsmen, various, incl. copies, ca. late 1950's

34 23 Photographs: The Continentals, publicity shots (4), ca. early 1950's

34 24 Photographs: The Continentals, posing in front of marquee of "Hotel Last Frontier,"

n.l., ca. early 1950's.

34 25 Photographs: The Continentals (?), with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, in front of

posters advertising the Annual Police Show of the Los Angeles Police Dept., Shrine

Auditorium, n.d.

34 26 Photographs: The Continentals, on stage with Ronald Reagan (2), n.l., ca. 1950's.

34 27 Photographs: The Continentals, posing with Ronald Reagan in front of marquee of

"Hotel Last Frontier," ca. 1950s.

34 28 Photographs: photocopies of photographs showing various scenes (likely from

television program) of Jack Benny with The Sportsmen, ca. mid-1950's.

34 29 Photographs: The Sportsmen, in concert, ca. late 1950s.

34 30 Photographs: The Sportsmen, publicity shots (3), ca. 1954-1957.

34 31 Photographs: Jack Benny, The Sportsmen, Don Wilson, one other actor. (likely scene

from television program, mid-1950's)

34 32 Photographs: The Sportsmen, Dennis Day, unidentified woman, ca.1954-1957

34 33 Photographs: Comedian Harmonists

Photographs, inscribed, of stage performers who were acquainted with Robert Garsen, ca. 1950-1954

35 1 June and Johnny Belmont

35 2 Martha Ann Bently

35 3 Billy Bishop and Ann, with "Stanley Bird"

35 4 Sibyl Bowan (Feb. 1951, Oriental Theater)

35 5 Margaret Brown

35 6 M.(?) Garretson

35 7 S.(?) Hayes (Feb. 1951, Oriental Theater)

35 8 Beatrice Kay (2)

35 9 Henry King

35 10 Patsy Lee

35 11 Don Luria (?)

Photographs, inscribed (cont.)

35 12 Vivian and Elaine Nelson (Feb. 1951, Oriental Theater)

35 13 Earl Redding (Jan. 1951, Waldorf Astoria)

35 14 Estelle Sloan

35 15 Harry "Woo Woo" Stevens, with horse, "Sundown"

35 16 Giselle Szonys (?)

35 17 Griff W (?)

35 18 Jackie Warner, and Shirley

35 19 Jon and Inga Zerby

35 20 Faye (?)

35 21 Leonard (?)

35 22 Mary Raye, Nardi, and Vanya

35 23 Ralph and Lorraine

35 24 The Willies, 1952

35 25 unidentified woman, 2 photos

Scores for Songs, by Instrument

Box Folder Instrument Song Titles

36 1 bass Adobe Hacienda, Barbershop Medley, Chinatown, Coney Island Baby,

Hi-Time, Hum Song, Hurray for Hollywood, I Love Texas, Irish

Medley, Last Night on the back Porch, The Lord Loves a Laughin'

Man, Mood Indigo, Red Sails, Round and round, Solitude, Sugartime,

United we Sing, You only Want it...

36 2 drums Adobe Hacienda, Chinatown, Coney Island Baby, Hum Song, Hurray

for Hollywood, I Love Texas, Irish Medley, The Lord Loves a Laughin'

Man, Medley #3, Mood Indigo, Red Sails, Round an' round, Solitude,

Strolling through the Park, United we Sing, Whiffenpoof Song, You

only Want it…

36 3 guitar Adobe Hacienda, Coney Island Baby, Do Lord, Flight of the

Bumblebee, Hi-Time, Hum Song, Hurray for Hollywood, Irish Medley,

Lord Loves a Laughin' Man, Me and my Shadow, Mood Indigo, No no

Roulette, Red Sails, Round and round, Shadrack, Strolling through the

Park, Sugartime, United we Sing

36 4 piano Adobe Hacienda, Barbershop Medley, Do Lord, Hum Song, I Love

Texas, Irish Medley, The Lord Loves a Laughin' Man, Medley #3,

Mood Indigo, Red Sails, Round an' round, Solitude, United we Sing,

When my Sugar

Scores for Songs, by Instrument (cont.)


36 5 sax 1 alto Adobe Hacienda, Barbershop Medley, Hi-Time, Hum Song, Hurray for

Hollywood, Irish Medley, Last Night on the back Porch, The Lord

Loves a Laughin' Man, Me and my Shadow, Red Sails, Round and

Round, Sugar Time, Texas, United we Sing

36 6 sax 2 alto Adobe Hacienda, Barbershop Medley, Hi-Time, Hum Song, Hurray for

Hollywood, Irish Medley, Last Night on the back Porch, Me and my

Shadow, Red Sails, Round and Round, Solitude, Sugar Time, United we

Sing

36 7 sax 3 tenor Adobe Hacienda, Babalu, Barbershop Medley, Casey's Revenge, Coney

Island Baby, Hi-Time, Hum Song, Hurray for Hollywood, Irish

Medley, Last Night on the back Porch, The Lord Loves a Laughin'

Man, Me and my Shadow, Red sails, Round and Round, Solitude,

Strolling through the Park, Sugar Time, Texas, United we Sing,

Whiffenpoof Song, You only Want it…

36 8 sax 4 tenor Adobe Hacienda, Barbershop, Medley, Hi-Time, Hum Song, Hurray

for Hollywood, Last Night on the back Porch, The Lord Loves a

Laughin' Man, Me and my Shadow, Round and Round, Sugar Time,

United we Sing, You only Want it…

36 9 sax 5 baritone Hi-Time, Hurray for Hollywood, The Lord Loves a Laughin' Man, Me

and my Shadow, Red Sails, Solitude, You only Want it…

36 10 trombone 1 Adobe Hacienda, Barbershop Medley, Coney Island Baby, Hi-Time,

Hum Song, Hurray for Hollywood, I Love Texas, Irish Medley, Last

Night on the back Porch, The Lord Loves a Laughin' Man, Me and my

Shadow, Red Sails, Round and Round, Mood Indigo, Solitude, Strolling

through the Park, Sugar Time, United we Sing, Whiffenpoof Song, You

only want it…

36 11 trombone 2 Adobe Hacienda, Barbershop Medley, Flight of the Bumble-bee, Hi-

Time, Hurray for Hollywood, Irish Medley, The Lord Loves a Laughin'

Man, Me and my Shadow, No no Roulette, Red Sails, Round and

Round, Tear Bucket Jim, Tweedle-lee-dee, You only Want it…

37 1 trumpet 1 Adobe Hacienda, Barbershop Medley, Hi-Time, Hum Song, Hurray for

Hollywood, I Love Texas, Irish Medley, Last Night on the back Porch,

The Lord Loves a Laughin' Man, Me and my Shadow, Red Sails,

Round an' Round, Solitude, Sugar Time, United we Sing, You only

Want it…

37 2 trumpet 2 Adobe Hacienda, Barbershop Medley, Casey's Revenge, Hi-Time, Hum

Song, Hurray for Hollywood, I Love Texas, Irish Medley, Last Night

Scores for Songs, by Instrument (cont.)


on the back Porch, The Lord Loves a Laughin' Man, Me and my

Shadow, Red Sails, Round an' Round, Solitude, Sugar Time, United we

Sing, You only Want it…

37 3 trumpet 3 Adobe Hacienda, Barbershop Medley, Flight of the Bumble-bee, Hi-

Time, Hum Song, Hurray for Hollywood, Irish Medley, Last Night on

the back Porch, The Lord Loves a Laughin' Man, Me and my Shadow,

Red Sails, Sugar Time, You only Want it…

Scores: Oversized

Box Folder Song Title

37 4 After the Ball (#1640)

37 5 Begin the Beguine

37 6 Black Ball Ferry Line

37 7 I Ain't Got nobody (#112)

37 8 I Love Texas

37 9 Irish Medley

37 10 The Richest Man (#455)

37 11 Sippin' Cider

37 12 Smiles

37 13 Tico-tico

37 14 You Can't Be True, Dear

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