Cal State LA Special Collections & Archives
Jimmy McHugh Collection of Sheet Music
Title: Jimmy McHugh Collection of Sheet Music
Collection Number: 1989.001
Creator: Jimmy McHugh Music Inc
Dates: 1894 - 1969
Extent: 8 linear ft.
Repository: California State University, Los Angeles, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, Special Collections and Archives
Location: Special Collections & Archives, Palmer, 4th floor Room 4048 - A
Provenance: Donated by Lucille Meyers.
Processing Information: Processed by Jennifer McCrackan 2017
Arrangement: The collection is organized into three series: I. Musical and Movie Scores; II. Other Scores; III. Doucments; IV: LP Record.
Copyright: Jimmy McHugh Musical Scores Collection is the physical property of California State University, Los Angeles, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation: Folder title, Series, Box number, Collection title, followed by Special Collections and Archives, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, California State University, Los Angeles
Historical/Biographical Note Jimmy Francis McHugh was born in Boston, Massachusetts on July 10th, 1893 and is hailed as one of the most popular Irish-American songwriters since Victor Herbert. His father was a plumber and his mother was an accomplished pianist. His career began when he was promoted from a office boy to a rehearsal pianist at the Boston Opera House. As his desire was to write and perform “popular” music, he left the job in 1917 to become a pianist and song plugger in Boston with the Irving Berlin publishing company. In 1921, he moved to New York after getting married and started working for Jack Mills Inc. where he published his first song, Emaline. The song was so popular that he was promoted to a professional manager, teaming up with Irving Mills to release the hit song,
Everything is Hotsy Totsy Now – the two becoming known as the Hotsy Totsy Boys.
Between the years of 1922 and 1930, McHugh wrote songs for at least nine difference shows, and expanded out to writing for movies, My Dream of the Big Parade. His music career took off when he partnered with Dorothy Fields, a lyricist in 1927, and produced their first hit I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, written for the all-black Blackbirds of 1928 musical.
In the early 1930s, they moved into the Hollywood movie scene; however, Fields preferred the Broadway scene and returned to New York after some years. McHugh went on to partner with Harold Adamson to produce songs for classic 1930s movies for fifteen years.
McHugh died in Beverly Hills on March 23rd, 1969 after writing more than 280 songs. He was nominated five times for the Academy Award, but unfortunately never won.
The Jimmy McHugh Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 550 songs from the late 19th century to the early 1970s.
Scope and Content
During June 1989, Cal State LA received the Jimmy McHugh Collection of Sheet Music from Lucille Meyers, Manager of Jimmy McHugh Music Inc.
Series Description
Series I: Musical and Movie Scores
Inclusive Dates: 1914-1969 Arrangement: Alphabetical
This large series consists of individual sheet music pieces that are parts of larger collections pertaining to musical and movie scores. These individual songs are grouped with songs of the same musical or movie title.
Series II: Other Scores
Inclusive Dates: 1894 - 1969 Arrangement: Alphabetical
This series consists of books and scores that are not associated with a musical or movie title.
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Series III: Documents
Inclusive Dates: 1938 Arrangement: Alphabetical thereunder chronological
This small series consists of biogoraphical documents and correspondence.
Series IV: LP Record
Inclusive Dates: u.d. Arrangement: Alphabetical
This series consists of the collection’s single LP record, A Symphonic Portrait of Jimmy McHugh.
Container List
Box 1
Series I: Musical and Movie Scores
1.1 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Al Hoffman & Norman Gimbel, 1953
1.2 A Day at the Races, Bronislaw Kaper & Walter Jurmann, 1937
1.3 A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Arthur Schwartz, 1951
1.4 All’s Fair, Richard Rodgers 1942
1.5 Allegro, Richard Rodgers, 1947
1.6 Anema e Core, Salve d’Espostio, 1950
1.7 Annie Get Your Gun, Irving Berlin, 1946
1.8 Anything Goes, Cole Porter, 1934
1.9 Are You With It?, Harry Revel, 1945
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1.10 At Home Abroad, Andrew Schwartz, 1935
1.11 Away We Go, Richard Rodgers, 1943
1.12 Babes in Arms, Richard Rodgers, 1937
1.13 Banjo Eyes, Vernon Duke, 1941
1.14 Best Foot Forward, Hugh Martin& Ralph Blane, 1941
1.15 Bloomer Girl, Harold Arlen, 1944
1.16 Blossom Time, Franz Schubert & Heinrich Berte, 1921-1923
1.17 Blues In The Night, Harold Arlen, 1941
1.18 Born to Dance, Cole Porter, 1934
1.19 Brigadoon, Frederick Loewe, 1947
1.20 By The Beautiful Sea, Arthur Schwartz, 1954
1.21 Can-Can, Cole Porter, 1953
1.22 Central Park, Sigmund Romberg, 1944
1.23 Converation Piece, Noel Coward, 1934
1.24 Down Among the Sheltering Palms, Abe Olman, 1948
1.25 Du Barry Was A Lady, Cole Porter, 1937
1.26 Finian’s Rainbow, Burton Lane, 1946-1947
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1.27 Flahooley, Sammy Fain, 1951
1.28 Forbidden Melody, Sigmund Romberg, 1936 1.29 1.30 1.31 Friendly Persuasion, Paul Webster & Dimitri Tiomkin, 1956 1.32 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Joseph Fields & Anita Loos, 1949 1.33 Give My Regards to Broadway, Sammy Fain, 1927 1.34 Gold Diggers of 1935, Harry Warren, 1935 1.35 Great Day, Vincent Youmans, 1927 1.36 Guys and Dolls, Frank Loesser, 1950 1.37 Gypsy, Jule Styne, 1959 1.38 Here is My Heart, Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger, 1934 1.39 High Kickers, Harry Ruby, 1941 1.40 Higher and Higher, Richard Rodgers, 1940 1.41 Holiday Inn, Irving Berlin, 1942
Box 2 2.1 I Dream too Much, Jerome Kern, 1935 2.2 I’ll See You In My Dreams, Matt Malneck & Fud Livingston, 1931 2.3 I’d Rather Be Right, Richard Rodgers, 1937 2.4 In Person, Oscar Levant, 1935 2.5 Intermezzo, Heinz Provost, 1936 2.6 Jamaica, Harold Arlen, 1957 2.7 Kismet, Robert Wright & George Forrest, 1953 2.8 Kiss Me, Kate, Cole Porter, 1948 2.9 La Boheme, G. Puccini, 1909 2.10 Lady and the Tramp, Peggy Lee & Sonny Burke, 1952 2.11 Lady in the Dark, Kurt Weill, 1941 2.12 Leave It To Me, Cole Porter, 1938 2.13 Les Girls, Cole Porter, 1957
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2.14 Let’s Face It, Cole Porter, 1941 2.15 Life Begins at 8:40, Harold Arlen, 1934 2.16 Me and Juliet, Richard Rodgers, 1953 2.17 Meet Me In St. Louis, Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane, 1944 2.18 Mr. Imperium, Agustin Lara, 1943 2.19 New Faces, Sammy Fain, 1937 2.20 Nob Hill, Jimmy McHugh, 1944 2.21 Oklahoma, Richard Rodgers, 1943 2.22 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, John Barry, 1969 2.23 On Your Toes, Richard Rodgers, 1936 2.24 One Hour Late, Leo Robin & Lewis Gensler, 1934 2.25 Out of This World, Cole Porter, 1950 2.26 Pacific 1860, Noel Coward, 1946 2.27 Pal Joey, Richard Rodgers, 1941 2.28 Panama Hattie, Cole Porter, 1940 2.29 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, Jack King, 1929 2.30 Red Hot and Blue, Cole Porter, 1936 2.31 Revenge with Music, Arthur Schwartz, 1934 2.32 Rich, Young, and Pretty, Nicholas Brodszky, 1951 2.33 Road to Rio, Ary Barroso, 1939 2.34 Rosalie, Cole Porter, 1937 2.35 Rumple, Ernest Schweikert, 1957 2.36 Seventh Heaven, Erno Rapee & Lew Pollack, 1951 2.37 Shall We Dance, George Gershwin, 1937 2.38 Show Boat, Jerome Kern, 1927 2.38 Show Business, Harry Anst, 1925 2.40 Soldiers of the King, Noel Gay, 1933 2.41 Something for the Boys, Cole Porter, 1942-1943 2.42 South Pacific, Richard Rodgers, 1949 2.43 Spellbound, Miklos Rozsa, 1945 2.44 Spring is Here, Richard Rodgers, 1929
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2.45 State Fair, Richard Rodgers, 1945 2.46 Street Scene, Kurt Weill, 1947 2.47 Sunny, Jerome Kern, 1925
Box 3 3.1 Thanks a Million, Arthur Johnson, 1935 3.2 That Old Black Magic, Harold Arlen, 1942 3.3 A Ballad of Davy Crockett, George Burns, 1954 3.4 The Bells of St. Mary’s, George Meyer, 1945 3.5 The Boys From Syracuse, Richard Rodgers, 1938 3.6 The Cat and the Fiddle, Jerome Kern, 1931 3.7 The Day Before Spring, Frederick Loewe, 1945 3.8 The Gene Krupa Story, Lionel Rand, 1945 3.9 The Girl Friend, Richard Rodgers, 1925 3.10 The Girl From Utah, Jerome Kern, 1914 3.11 The Girl in Pink Tights, Sigmund Romberg, 1954 3.12 The Golden Apple, Jerome Moross, 1954 3.13 The Harvey Girls, Harry Warren, 1945-1949 3.14 The Italian Job, Quincy Jones, 1969 3.15 The King and I, Richard Rodgers, 1951 3.16 The Merry Widow and The Devil, John Flynn, 1939 3.17 The New Moon, Sigmund Romberg, 1928 3.18 The Pajama Game, Richard Adler & Jerry Ross, 1954 3.19 The Sound of Music, Richard Rodgers, 1959 3.20 They Met in Argentina, Richard Rodgers, 1941 3.21 Three Little Words, Harry Ruby, 1921 3.22 Through the Years, Vincent Youmans, 1931 3.23 Too Many Girls, Richard Rodgers, 1939 3.24 Top Banana, Johnny Mercer, 1951 3.25 Top Hat, Irving Berlin, 1935 3.26 Wabash Avenue, Kendis & Paley, 1938
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3.27 When I Was A Kid So High, Gus Edwards, 1945 3.28 When My Baby Smiles At Me, Harry Von Tolzer, 1947 3.29 When You’re In Love, Jerome Kern, 1937 3.30 Where Do We Go From Here, Kurt Weill, 1945 3.31 While I Live, Charles Williams, 1947 3.32 Wish You Were Here, Harold Rome, 1952 3.33 You Never Know, Cole Porter, 1938 3.34 Zigeuner, Noel Coward, 1943
Box 4
Series II: Other Scores
4.1 11 Superlative Hits for Wurlitzer Organ, Jimmy McHugh, 1930 4.2 14 Traditional Spanish Songs From Texas, 1942 4.3 1er Quatuor, Claude Debussy, 1909 4.4 4 Sonatinas for the Pianoforte, Charles Dennee, 1911 4.5 A Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Gal), Ray Gilbert & Bob O'Brian, 1942 4.6 Aidos Muchachos, Julio Sanders, 1940 4.7 Ain’t Misbehavin’, Andy Razaf & Thomas Waller & Harry Brooks, 1929 4.8 All My Love, Paul Durand, 1948 4.9 All Right, Louie, Drop The Gun; Ray Carter & Lucile Johnson, 1949 4.10 Album of Jerome Kern Songs, Jerome Kern, 1940 4.11 America’s Best Piano Accordion Folio No. 1, Jimmy McHugh, 1930 4.12 Andy Williams “Songs I Love to Sing”, Andy Williams, 1960 4.13 April In Paris, Vernon Duke, 1943 4.14 Arrivederci, Roma; R. Rascel, 1954 4.15 Autumn Nocturne, Josef Myrow, 1941 4.16 Babalu, Margarita Lecuona, 1939 4.17 Bach Beethoven Brahms for Piano, Maxwell Eckstein, 1935 4.18 Bach Three Part Inventions, WM. Mason, 1894 4.19 Bacharach/DavidSong Book, Burt Bacharachm 1968
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4.20 Back Bay, Vernon Duke, 1939 4.21 Below the Equator, Cliff Friend & Charlie Tobias, 1941 4.22 Besame Mucho “Kiss Me Much”, Conseulo Valazquez, 1943 4.23 Big Note Collection of Accordion Solos, Jimmy McHugh & Robert Haring, 1952 4.24 Bing Crosby’s Christmas Songs and Carols, 1945 4.25 Blue Tango, Leroy Anderson, 1951 4.26 Bolero, Maurice Ravel, 1929 4.27 Boogie-Woogie Book on 8-Beats, Freddie Slack, 1942 4.28 Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil), Ary Barroso, 1939 4.29 Brighten The Corner Where You Are, Chas H. Gabriel, 1941 4.30 Celebrity Collection For Conn Organs, Jimmy McHugh, 1958 4.31 Cherry Blossom On Capitol Hill, Joseph Meyer, 1941 4.32 Chinatown, My Chinatown; Jean Schwartz, 1910 4.33 Christmas Sing-Along with Mitch, 1943 4.34 Christmas Solos and Duets, 1949 4.35 Christmas Songs, 1929 4.36 Clair de lune, Claude Debussy, 1927 4.37 Compositions of Selim Palmgren, Selim Palmgren, 1916 4.38 Connie Francis Song Serenade, 1964 4.39 Crazy She Calls Me, Carl Sigman, 1949 4.40 Cu-Tu-Gu-Ru (Jack, Jack, Jack), Aramando Castro, 1946
Box 5
5.1 De Silva Brown and Henderson Song Album, De Silva Brown and Henderson, u.d. 5.2 Dear Old Pal of Mine, GItz Rice, 1918 5.3 Debut Guitar Folio No. 1, Jimmy McHugh, 1959 5.4 Debut Guitar Folio No. 2, Jimmy McHugh, 1960 5.5 Down Beat’s 88 Keys to Fame, 1943
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5.6 Etudes Op. 10, Frederick Chopin, 1944 5.7 Fats Waller’s Original Piano Conceptions, Thomas Waller, u.d. 5.8 Fifty-One Piano Pieces from the Modern Repertoire, 1940 5.9 Flower Song for Piano, Gustav Lange, 1924 5.10 George Gershwin Song Album, George Gershwin, 1940 5.11 Gregorian Kyriale, Carlo Rossini, 1942 5.12 Honest and Truly, Fred Rose, 1952 5.13 Honky Tonk Train, Meade Lewis, 1939 5.14 I’m Building Up to an Awful Let-Down, Fred Astaire, 1935 5.15 In The Heart of the City That Has No Heart, Joseph Daly, 1941 5.16 Jimmy McHugh America’s Love Song Composer, Lucille Meyers, u.d. 5.17 Konzert Opus 23 B Moll B minor, Peter Tschaikowsky, u.d. 5.18 La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin, Claude Debussy, 1910 5.19 La Scuola Della Velocita, C.Czerny, u.d. 5.20 Lazy Rhapsody, Howard Jackson, 1929 5.21 Lius Gallardo (El Petardo), Diego Rodriguez, 1951 5.22 Mairzy Doats, Milton Drake/Al Hoffman/Jerry Livingston, 1943 5.23 Manhattan, Richard Rodgers, 1925 5.24 Melodie For Memories for Baldwin Organs, Lew Brown/Wladimir Timm/Jaromir Vejvoda, 1934 5.25 Memory Melodies for Wurlitzer Chord Organ, Lew Brown/Wladimir Timm/ Jaromir Vejvoda, 1942 5.26 Memory Melodies No. 2 for all Portable Chord Organs, Jimmy Kennedy & Hugh Williams, 1945 5.27 Midnight Lullaby, Vernon Duke, 1939 5.28 Minstel, Claude Debussy, 1910 5.28 Mistakes, Harotio Nicholis, 1928 5.30 Mood Indigo, Duke Ellington, 1931 5.31 Music For Moderns – Our Waltz, David Rose, 1942
Box 6
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6.1 My Fair Lady, Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner, 1956 6.2 Nob Hill, Vernon Duke, 1939 6.3 Noel Noel, 1943 6.4 Oh How I Miss You Tonight, Benny Davis/Joe Burke/Mark Fisher, 1925 6.5 On San Francisco Bay, Gertrude Hoffman, 1906 6.6 Paramount Song Folio W/ Words and Music, 1940 6.7 Perez Prado Mambos For Piano, 1955 6.8 Play Saxophone Like “Cannonball” Adderley, 1962 6.9 Question and Answer, S. Coleridge-Taylor, 1942 6.10 Robbins Mammothe Collection of Famous Piano Music, 1936 6.11 Robert Goulet – Sincerely, Jimmy McHugh, 1935 6.12 Rodgers and Hart Songs Album, Richard Rodgers, 1946 6.13 Rodgers and Hart Songs, Richard Rodgers, 1937 6.14 Romance, Walter Donaldson, 1929 6.15 Sabrosa, Rene Touzet, 1952 6.16 Sahara Belle, Chic Chocolate, 1953 6.17 Scenes from Childhood, R. Schumann, 1905 6.18 Schumann – Album for the Youth, R. Schumann, 1904 6.19 Seems Like Old Times, Carmen Lombardo/John Jocob Loeb, 1946 6.20 Serenade for a Wealthy Widow, Reginald Foresythe, 1934 6.21 Shadows, Frankie Carle, 1939 6.22 Solo-time Collection No. 1 for Lowrey Organ, Lew Brown/Wladimir Timm/Jaromir Vejvoda, 1934 6.23 Solo-Time Collection No. 2 for Lowrey Organ, Jimmy McHugh, 1930 6.24 Sonaten, Beethoven, u.d. 6.25 Song Headliners for Hammond Organ Vol. 2, Lew Brown/Wladimir Timm/Jaromir Vejvoda, 1960 6.26 Song Headliners for Hammond Organ Vol. 3, Jimmy McHugh, 1960 6.27 Sophisticated Lady, Duke Ellington, 1933 6.28 Spring Comes to Mr. Babbitt, Vernon Duke, 1939
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6.29 Star Dust, Hoagy Carmichael, 1929 6.30 Sueno Guajiro, Agustin Lara, 1939 6.31 Symphony, Alstone, 1945
Box 7
7.1 Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle, Walter Samuels/Leonard Whitcup/Teddy Powell, 1935 7.2 Teddy Wilson Piano Patterns, Teddy Wilson, 1939 7.3 That Doggie In The Window, Johnny Mercer, 1953 7.4 The Bombardier Song, Richard Rodgers, 1942 7.5 The GEM Collection of Famous Favorites, Jimmy McHugh, 1956 7.6 The Heart of the Symphony, 1941 7.7 The Three Caballeros, Ary Barroso, 1944 7.8 The Old and New of Jimmy McHugh, Jimmy McHugh, u.d. 7.9 The Wang Wang Blues, Gus Mueller/Buster Johnson/Henry Busse, 1949 7.10 Till, Charles Danvers, 1957 7.11 Time on My Hands (You In My Arms), Vincent Youmans, 1930 7.12 Tonight is Our Night, Jose Pafumy, 1943 7.13 Tormented, Will Hudson, 1936 7.14 Tweedlee Dee, Winfield Scott, 1954 7.15 Twelve Characteristic Concert Studies for the Piano Op. 12, Adolf Henselt, 1902 7.16 Two Folk Songs – On Top of The Hill & Rosa O Rosa, Cruz Noronha, 1952 7.17 Vereda Tropical, Gonzalo Curiel, 1936 7.18 Vocal-Concert, 1932 7.19 Warsaw Concerto, Richard Addinsell, 1942 7.20 We’ll Gather Lilacs, Ivor Novello, 1945 7.21 Willow Road, Mel Torne/Robert Wells, 1946 7.22 Yancy Special, Meade Lewis, 1938
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7.23 You Do Have Money Don’t You?, Johnnie Guarnieri, 1951 7.24 You Wonderful Gal, Fred Waugh, 1951
Series III: Doucments 7.25 Biogrpahical Information, u.d. 7.26 Correspondence, 1938
Box 8
Series IV: LP Record
8.1 A Symphonic Portrait of Jimmy McHugh, u.d.
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