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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 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 , Andy Russell, Dick Haymes, and .

The Sportsmen did not perform exclusively with Benny, but also appeared on other radio programs such as , the Show, the 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 Show, the Show, and the Show. Garsen was best known within the group for his whistling rendition of " 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 / 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 Box Folder Song Title Notes

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 #23 2 5 Beautiful #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 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 of Sighs Box Folder Song Title Notes

3 13 The Builder #604 3 14 Button up your Overcoat #714 3 15 Bye-bye Blackbird #755 4 1 #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 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 Box Folder Song Title Notes

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 Box Folder Song Title Notes

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 Box Folder Song Title Notes

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 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

Box Folder Song Title Notes

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 #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 , 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 Box Folder Song Title Notes

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 Box Folder Song Title Notes

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, , 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 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... Box Folder Song Title Notes

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 #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 #331 15 27 Old Gray Mare #235 Box Folder Song Title Notes

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 Way #830 16 12 #753 16 13 Pack up your Troubles #519 16 14 Panama #515 16 15 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 Medley #431 17 5 Roaring Twenties 17 6 Rock n' Roll #704 Box Folder Song Title Notes

17 7 Rock n' Roll / 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 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 Box Folder Song Title Notes

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 Box Folder Song Title Notes

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

Box Folder Song Title Notes

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 #782 23 2 Tweed-lee-dee instrument and vocal parts 23 3 Twenty fifth Psalm published sheet Music Box Folder Song Title Notes

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 () #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 Medley Freight Train / Love Letters in the Sand Box Folder Song Title Notes

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, #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 : "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: "," 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

Box Folder Date Song title Notes

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

Box Folder Date Song title Notes

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

Box Folder Date Song title Notes

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 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,

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 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.)

Box Folder Instrument Song Titles

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.)

Box Folder Instrument Song Titles

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