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U.S. Mss 32AN
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Part 1 (U.S. Mss 32AN, Disc 32A): Original Collection, 1912-19608.4 c.f. (9 archives boxes, 6 packages, and 1 volume) and 170 disc recordings Of the major items in the collection, the nearly two hundred playbills covering the period of Coots's eminence as a Broadway composer will be of great potential in verifying minor production details, and also, through advertisements, as insights into a vanished age. There are royalty contracts for several hundred Coots songs, ASCAP registry receipts for many more, sheet music for published songs, manuscript copies of lyrics for yet another group, and ASCAP payment records for performance royalties, 1932-1959. These last, along with a fairly complete collection of ASCAP circulars, give considerable insight into the workings of ASCAP. It might be noted that existence of a royalty contract for a song is no proof that it was ever published: the contract specifically envisions the publisher's returning the song to the composer, and that such was often the case is attested by the presence of release papers in the collection. There is also considerable material for the casual researcher, material loosely falling into the areas of nostalgia, philosophic illumination, and human interest. The browser may with some amusement turn to the correspondence with Tim Gayle (1940 March 21, 23 and October 25; 1949 January 27; 1950 October 5), or to Coots's letters from his German reducing company, informative as to his reputation abroad. There is an amusing letter from Cole Porter (1949 January 28) in which he confesses to a lack of influence to getting seats for Kiss Me Kate. And there is an interesting and long letter from Bebe Buck, fascinating as an evocation of the good old days and statement of a songwriter's credo (1948 November 1). Recordings accompany the papers; among them are a 1932 Roosevelt campaign song (“Row, Row With Roosevelt,” lyrics and performance by Eddie Dowling), a charming musical invitation to the third birthday party of Coots's eldest daughter (“Gloria's Birthday Party”), and performances of over a hundred of Coots's songs. There are also a number of fragmentary recordings of Golden Age radio shows, apparently made off the air by Coots. The collection is organized in 7 series: Playbills, Royalty Contracts, ASCAP, General, Sheet Music, Photographs and Memorabilia, and Recordings.
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Series: Playbills
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1920-1930
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Box
1
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A-L
Productions in Box 1 include Abie's Irish Rose; Accused; Adrienne; An American Tragedy; Artists and Models; Artists and Models, Paris Edition
The Bachelor Father; Battling Buttler; Bird in Hand; Blackbirds of 1928; Blossom Time; Broadway; Bunk of 1926; Burlesque
Caesar and Cleopatra; Candida; The Captive; Caroline; Children of the Moon; China Rose; The Clinging Vine; The Common Sin; Congai; A Connecticut Yankee; Craig's Wife; The Constant Wife; Criminal Code; Coquette; The Cup; Cyrano de Bergerac
The Dancers; The Dancing Girl; Dawn; Death Takes a Holiday; Desire under the Elms; The Devil's Disciple; Dew Drop Inn; The Dream Girl
Earl Carroll's Sketch Book (1929); Easy Virtue; Elsie; The Enemy; The Fake; Fanny (1926); The Firebrand; The First Mrs. Fraser; Flossie; Flying High; The Front Page; Gay Paree (1925, 1926); George White Scandals (1925, 1926, 1929); The Ghost Train; The Girl Friend; Girl Trouble; Go-Go; Goin' Home; The Golden Spoon; A Good Bad Woman; The Grand Street Follies of 1928; The Great God Brown; The Green Hat; The Greenwich Village Follies (1921, 1923, 1924, 1926); The Guinea
Helen of Troy, New York; Hello, Everybody; Here's Howe; Hocus Pocus; Hold Everything; Honest Liars; Honor Be Damned; Hot Chocolates; In the Next Room; Iolanthe; It's a Wise Child; Iz Zat So?; Jarnegan; Jealousy; Journey's End; The Judge's Husband; Just Beyond; June Moon; Just Life
Keep Kook; The Kingdom of God; Kosher Kitty Kelly [!]
The Lady; The Lady in Ermine; The Last Mile; Leave It to Me; The Legacy; Let Us Be Gay; Little Jessie James; Little Miss Bluebeard; Lulu Belle
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Box
2
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M-Z
Productions in Box 2 include Machinal; The Magic Ring; The Magnolia Lady; Marck Millions; The Marionette Players (Teatro dei Piccoli di Roma); Marjorie; Mayflowers; The Merry World; Murray Anderson's Almanac; Music Box Review (1922, 1923, 1924); My Son
The New Moon; The Newcomers; The New Toys; Nifties of 1922; A Night in Paris; A Night in Spain; A Night in Venice; Night Hostess; Not So Fast
O Nightingale; One Kiss; One of the Family; Our Betters
Paris; The Passing Show of 1923; The Passing Show of 1924; The Patsy; Peter Pan; Poppy; Porgy; The Prisoner; Processional; Puzzles of 1925
Rain; Rain or Shine; Rainbow or Rose; The Rise of Rosie O'Grady; The Ritz Review; The Road to Rome; Rosalie; Rose-Marie; The Royal Family; Running Wild; Ruth Draper (1929)
Saint Joan; Sally, Irene and Mary; The Shanghai Gesture; She Could Say No; Show Girl; The Showoff; Simon Called Peter; So This Is Politics; Spice of 1922; Spring Fever; Strange Interlude; Street Scene; Student Prince; Sunny; Sweet Adeline; Sweetheart Time
Taps; They Knew What They Wanted; This Year of Grace; This'll Make You Whistle; Tiger Cats; Tin Pan Alley; Top Hole; Topaze; Topics of 1923; Topsy and Eva; The Trial of Mary Dugan
The Vagabond King; The Vortex
What Every Woman Knows; We've Got the Money; What's Your Wife Doing? ; White Cargo; White Collars; White Lights; Whitewashed; The Winged Messenger; Wings Over Europe; Wooden Kimono
Ziegfeld Follies (1923, 1927); Zig Zag
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Box
2
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Handwritten Playbill Inventory by J. Fred Coots
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Box
2
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Modern Playbills
: For Rumple (1957) and Tall Story (1959)
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Box
2
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Three Miscellaneous Playbills
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Box
2
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Vaudeville Playbills
: Included are playbills for these theaters and dates: Central (New York City), 1922 October 22 (Blanche Ring, Charles Winninger and song by J. Fred Coots, “The Broadway Strut”); Keith's Orpheum (Brooklyn), 1924 September 1 (Vincent Lopez): Teller's Shubert (Brooklyn), 1926 January 25 (Houdini); Keith's Fordham (Bronx), 1928, (Hoyt and Coots, several playlets presented by Joseph P. Kennedy [father of John Fitzgerald Kennedy]); Prospect (Brooklyn), 1928 November 18 (Hoyt and Coots); Proctor's (New Rochelle), 1928 December 31 (Hoyt and Coots); Keith Albee (White Plains), 1929, January 17 (Hoyt and Coots); New Palace (Chicago), 1929 January 27 (Hoyt and Coots, Burns and Allen, Kate Smith [“The Dixie Songbird”]); Keith Albee (Flushing), 1929 February 21 (Hoyt and Coots, Joe Laurie Jr., Will Rogers [film?], and an announcement of “our first 100 percent perfect, all talking film”); Palace, 1931 February 28 (Eddie Dowling, Fay Dooley [Mrs. Eddie Dowling], and J. Fred Coots); Chestnut Street Opera House (Philadelphia), [1921] November 14 (condensed production of Sally, Irene and Mary, with Eddie Dowling, and Eddie Dowling “single”); Apollo (Chicago), same bill as 1921 November 14; Palace, 1934 September 8 (Lillian Shade and J. Fred Coots).
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Series: Royalty Contracts
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Box
3
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A-M
Songs represented in Box 3 include “After the Rain Is Over”; “All Alone in Love”; “All I Want Is You for Christmas”; “All Is Forgiven”; “Along the Prado”; “Another Perfect Night Is Ending”; “Ariverderci” [sic]; “Arkansas”; “At the Cross of God”; “At the Cross of God I Glory”; “At the End of a Kiss”; “At the Teddy Bear's Birthday Party”; “At the Statler Hotel”; “Awake or Dreaming”
“Babbit the Rabbit”; “Balalaika Boogie Woogie”; “A Ball Was Had by All”; “Banquet at Buckingham”; “Barritz” [sic]; “Basket of Buttercups”; “A Beautiful Lady in Blue”; “Beachcomber Club Show” (Miami Beach, 1945); “Beside the Bay of Angeli”; “Beside the Sea”; “Better Think Twice”; “Biarritz”; “Blue and Disillusioned”; “The Bluest Word I Know Is Lonesome”; “Boccacio” (Von Suppe); “Brazilian Bolero”
“The Camel with the Wrinkled Knees”; “Cameo de la Francaise”; “Camp Camp Campin' on Your Doorstep”; “Can't Get You off My Mind”; “Cha Cha Cha Charlie”; “A Change of Scenery”; “Chinky Chinee Charley Chan”; “Charlie's Home”; “Come with Me and Be My Beloved”; “Comin' Home”; “Control Yourself”; “The Corn Is Green”; “Cornet on the Cob”; “Cotton Club Parade” (1936); “Creole Caprice”
“Dance of the Little Dutch Doll”; “Don't Save Your Smiles”; “Don't Wait Too Long”; “Don't Steal the Sweetheart of a Soldier”; “Down Where the Bluebells Grow”; “Dream Dust”; “Dream Shadows”; “Dreaming of Love”; “Dreams Were Made for Lovers”; “Drifting Down a Little Dutch Canal”; “The Drum Stick Parade”; “Du Bist Mein Kleiner Tzotskeller”
“Easter Nocturne”; “El Morocco”; “Enclosed Are My Tears”; “Encore Cherie”; “Everybody's Swingin' It”; “Everybody's Whispering”; “Eyeful of You”
“Farewell, My Lovely”; “The First Song of Christmas”; “Fi-Ru-Li-Ru-Li”; “Foolishly”; “For All We Know”; “Fortissimo”; “Friendly Moon”
“The Girl of My Heart (Is You, Mother Dear)”; “The Girl on the Front Porch Swing”; “Give Us This Day”; “God Be with You Tonight, My Love”; “God Is Everywhere”; “God Is My Friend”; “The Golden-Eagle March”; “Goodbye My Coney Island Baby”; “Good Luck, Sweetheart”; “Goodbye Mama (I'm Off To Yokohama)” (1941 December 10); “Gypsy Wedding Waltz”
“The Harvest Days Will Be the Best of All”; “He'll Be Coming Down the Chimney”; “Here Come the Clowns”; “Here I Am in the Army (And Don't I Look Good in Brown)”; “Here's to the Flag (Keep It Flying Over Here - Over There - Everywhere)”; “Hollywood Holiday”; “Home Is Where the Heart Is”; “How Can I Tell You (How Much I Love You?)”; “Humpty Dumpty's Holiday”
“I Believe in Santa Claus”; “I Can't Believe It Was All Make Believe”; “I Feel a Draft Coming On”; “I Feel I'm Falling in Love with You”; “I Hear My Heart Saying”; “I Knew You When”; “I Know Now”; “I Love to Dream”; “I Surrender My Darling”; “I Want a Girl Like Annie Laurie”; “If I Should Love Again”; “If I Were You”; “If We Have a Rainy Sunday”; “I'll Come to You”; “I'll Keep on Dreaming of You”; “I'll Stand By”; “I'll Wait for You Forever”; “I'm a Little Tired, Baby”; “I'm Afraid to Love You”; “I'm Afraid to Open My Eyes”; “I'm Building Castles Again”; “I'm Grateful to You”; “I'm in a Lovable Mood Tonight”; “I'm Never Blue Where the Grass Is Green (And the Red Red Roses Grow)”; “I'm Still Yours”; “I'm Thrilled”; “In a Little Corner of England”; “In a Little German Garden (Under the Pretzel Vine)”; “In a Little Roadside Rendevzous” [sic]; “In Your Own Little Way”; “Indiana County Fair”; “Is It Just for Tonight? (Or Is It Forever?)”; “Isn't Love the Strangest Thing”; “It Happens in the Best of Families”; “It Never Dawned on Me”; “It's a Wonderful Day Today”; “It's Getting the Best of Me”; “It's Mating Time”; “It's That Time of Day”; “It's Too Late Now”; “It's Twelve O'clock My Love”; “I've Got a Watch”
“Jardines [sic] de Versailles”; “Javanese Temple Dance”; “Je Ne Sais Pas”; “The Jolly Friars March”; “A Journey into Love”; “Just a Record on the Phonograph”; “Just to Make a Long Story Short”
“Keep a Song in Your Heart”
“The Lady's Name Was (La Conchita)”; “Lessons of the Lord”; “Let's Be Friends (If We Can't Be Sweethearts)”; “Let's Go South”; “Let's Make Memories Tonight”; “Let's Take a Holiday for Two”; “A Little Golden Eagle”; “Little Goldie Goldfish”; “Little Johnny Chickadee”; “The Little Raccoon”; “A Little Robin Told Me So”; “Little Silly One-Shoe”; “The Little Man in the Big Sombrero”; “The Little Washerwoman”; “Losing You”; “Love”; “Love Made a Drummer of Me”; “Love Me Fortissimo”; “A Love Scene in Pasadena”; “Louisiana Landscape”; “Lucky Waltz”
“Mama Nicolini”; “Margarita”; “Me and My Heart”; “Me and My Teddy Bear”; “Me and My Pussy Cat”; “The Mexican Sombrero Dance”; “Ma Carina”; “Minuet Modernistique”; “Miss Nellie Machree”; “Monastery Processional”; “The Music Makin' Man”; “My Apple Pie Guy”; “My Dream Song”; “My Favorite Song”; “My Day Begins and Ends with You”; “My Runaway Heart”; “My Topic of Conversation Is You”; “My Weeping Heart”
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Box
4
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N-Z
Songs represented in Box 4 include “Near You”; “Nora”
“Oh What a Beautiful Baby (You Turned Out to Be)”; “Old Fireplace”; “The Old Man with the Whiskers”; “One Little Drink-O -- I Go Boom”; “One More Dream”; “Our Escapade”; “Ozzie the Ostrich”
“Paper Boy”; “Paris” [Lyric by John Ringling North]; “Passion Fruit”; “Pastel for Piano”; “Peace on Earth--Good Will to Men”; “Pee Wee (The Bunny with the Big Blue Eyes)”; “Plant a Little Smile”; “Plantation Portrait”; “Please God”; “Polka Espanole”; “Poor Ballerina”; “Poor Peter Piper”; “Premiere Danseuse”; “Proud”: “Put Your Heart in a Song”
“Rainbow Island”; “The Rainbow Trail”; “Ramblin' Eyes, Gamblin' Heart”; “The Rendevous” [sic]; “Ridin' Home”; “Right to the End”; “Romany Rover”
“Salud, Amigo (Howdy, Friend)”; “Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town”; “Scarecrow in the Cornfield”; “Scotch Bagpipe Dance”; “Seven Sisters”; “Shadows in My Heart”; “She Was in Last Night”; “Show Girl”; “The Sidewalk Waltz”; “Sing a Kris Kringle Jingle”; “Sippin' Cider with My Ida”; “Sittin' in the Sun”; “Skiddle-De-Do”; “Sleepytime Soldier Boy”; “Southland Soldier Boy”; “Souvenir for Suzanne”; “Squee-Gee (The Happy Little Clown)”; “Star-Light Enchantment”; “Street Scene in Budapest”; “Street Scene in Dublin”; “Street Scene in London”; “Street Scene in Paris”; “Sugar Cane”; “Summer Souvenirs”; “Sweet Cuban Love”; “Sweetheart of Sweet Sixteen”; “Sweetly and Tenderly”; “Swifty the Thrifty Squirrel”; “Swiss Yodeler Waltz”
“Take Back Your Kisses”; “Take My Kiss to Dreamland with You”; “Thanks for the Use of Your Heart”; “There Goes My Runaway Heart”; “Tappin' the Toe”; “There's a Four Star Moon Tonight”; “Tell Me Little Dream Girl”; “There's a New World A-Comin'”; “There's Honey on the Moon Tonight”; “There's a Robin 'Round the Corner”; “These Things Are Mine”; “Things Might Have Been So Different”; “This Is My Love”; “This Is the Night”; “This Time”; “This Time It's Love”; “Tie a Rainbow Around Your Heart”; “Time Out for Love”; “To Have, To Hold, To Love”; “To-Night”; “Tonight I'll Dream of You”; “Tweedle-Dee the Clown”
“Until Today”
“Wait Till I Catch You in My Dreams, Wait'll It Happens to You”; “Walter, Walter, Wallflower”; “Waltzing on a Rainbow”; “We Only Love Once”; “The Wedding Day of Jack And Jill”; “Well I'll Be Sayin' Goodnight”; “What Are You Gonna Do with All Your Money”; “What Do I Have to Do”; “What's Gonna Be? (With You And Me)”; “When and Where”; “When Lovers Meet”; “When My Baby Talks That Double-Talk to Me”; “When the Chimes on Chapel Ring Ave Maria”; “When the Logs Come Rolling Down the River”; “When the Teddy Bears Go Marching on Parade”; “When They Play the Waltz You Love”; “When the Robin Sings His Song Again”; “When We're Together”; “When You First Ate an Olive”; “Who Loves You”; “Who Wouldn't Be Thrilled?”; “Who'll Tie the Bell on the Old Cat's Tail”; “Why Do I Lie to Myself about You”; “Why Let a Lie Break Your Heart?”; “The Witch Song”; “With God's Hand in Mine”; “With Just a Little Encouragement from You”; “With My Song”; “Words Fail Me”; “Wrap Up Your Dreams in Red, White and Blue”
“You Don't Have to Drop a Heart to Break It”; “You Go to My Head”; “You Happened to Me”; “You in Your Little White Apron and Me in My Blue Overalls”; “You Started Me Dreaming”; “The Young Lovers of Montmartre”; “You're a Mystery to Me”; “You're Everything That's Beautiful”; “You're So Simpatico”; “Yours Truly Is Truly Yours”
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Series: ASCAP
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Box
5
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Advances, foreign royalties
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Box
5
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Circular letters, agreements
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Box
5
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Distributions
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Box
5
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Miscellaneous Performance Records
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Box
5
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Registry: acknowledgements of registration of songs by Coots (alphabetized by title)
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Series: General
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Box
6
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The Baton, 1940 March, articles on and by J. Fred Coots
: The periodical was in part owned by Coots, under terms made clear in the correspondence with Tim Gayle, cited in the Scope and Content narrative for the Original Collection.
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Box
6
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Clippings, General
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Box
6
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Copyrights
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Box
6
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Copyright renewals
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Box
6
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Correspondence
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Box
6
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Kiwanis
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Box
6
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Lecture tours
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Box
6
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Licenses: recording contracts negotiated by Coots
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Box
6
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Lyrics: for songs by Coots, various authors
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Box
7
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Manuscript song: “Alice”
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Box
7
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Miscellaneous
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Box
7
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Miscellaneous contracts
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Box
7
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Miscellaneous financial papers
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Box
7
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Periodicals
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Box
7
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Photographs
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Box
7
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Real Estate
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Box
7
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Releases
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Box
7
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Report Cards
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Box
7
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Royalty Statements
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Box
7
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Simmons Cruises
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Box
7
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Songs: Miscellaneous legal papers
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Series: Sheet Music
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Box
8
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A-Z
Songs represented in Box 8 include “Absent Minded Flo”; “After All”; “After the Clouds Roll By”; “Ah, But I've Learned”; “All Suit: No Man”; “Always in My Heart”; “Another Night”
“Beany the Bunny”; “Beautiful Girls”; “Better for Both of Us”; “Better Think Twice”; “Blue Hour”
“Cameo a la Francaise”; “Camp Camp Campin' on Your Doorstep”; “Charlie's Home”; “Chiquette”; “Collegiate Sam”; “Cross Your Fingers”
“Dancing and Dreaming”; “Deauville”; “Doin' the Suzy-Q”; “Don't Fall in Love with Me”; “Don't Say It if You Don't Mean It”; “Down the Road To Maryland”; “Dream Shadows”; “Don't Throw Me Down”; “Dream Time”; “The Drumstick Parade”
“Easter Nocturne”; “Everything's Ok with Me”; “Eyeful of You”
“Falling in Love with You”; “Fascinating Lady”; “Flappers on Parade”; “Flexatone”; “For All We Know”; “Frisco Flo”; “From Forest to Flowers (In Just Eight Hours)” [Respectfully Dedicated to Eastern Air Lines]
“The Girl in the Front Porch Swing”; “Go South Young Man”; “God Is My Friend”; “Golden Gates Of Happiness”; “Goodbye Again”; “Goodbye Mama (I'm Off to Yokohama)”; “Good Luck, Sweetheart”; “Gosh Darn”
“Heart of a Rose”; “Here Come the Clowns”; “Here Comes My Ball and Chain”; “Here's Hoping”; “Here's to the Flag”; “Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man”; “The Highland Swing”; “Hilltop Haven”; “Home Town Blues”; “Honey Be My Honey Bee”; “A Hot Dog, a Blanket and You”; “How I've Missed You Mary”; “How My Sweetie Loves Me”
“I Believe in Santa Claus”; “I Cannot Tell You Why”; “I Knew You When”; “ I Lost My Job Again”; “I Miss a Little Miss”; “I Should Have Known Better”; “I Wonder Who's Under the Moon with You, Tonight”; “I Wonder Why”; “If I Were You”; “I'll Keep on Dreaming of You”; “I'll Stand By”; “I'll Wait for You”; “I'm Down to My Last Dream”; “I'm at the Mercy of Love”; “I'm Gonna Salt Away Some Sugar”; “I'm Gonna Tie Myself to Dixie with the Mason Dixon Line”; “I'm Madly in Love with You”; “I'm on the Right Side of the Right Girl Now”; “I'm Only Making Believe”; “I'm Referin' Just to Her'n and Me”; “I'm Still Yours”; “I'm That Way Over You”; “I'm Thirsty for Kisses, Hungry for Love”; “I'm Yours”; “In a Little Roadside Rendezvous”; “In My Estimation of You”; “In My Little Red Book”; “In Sweetheart Time”; “In the Land of Lemonade and Lollipops”; “In the Candle Light”; “Innocent Eyes”; ”Is It Just a Summer Romance”; “It Never Dawned on Me”; “It Was the Dawn of Love”; “It Was Written in the Stars”; “It's Gettin' the Best of Me”; “It's Mating Time”; “It's You I Love”; “I've Got a Watch”
“Jean, the Campus Queen”; “Jimmie”; “Just Another Kiss”; “Just to Make a Long Story Short”
“The Kiss That Made a Fool Out of Me”
“Lady; Let's Dream”; “Let's Stop the Clock”; “Lilies of the Field”; “Liliput” [sic]; “A Little Bit of Happiness”; “A Little Robin Told Me So”; “Lost (Without You)”; “Louisiana”; “Love Me Fortissimo”; “A Love Tale of Alsace-Lorraine”; “Lucita”
“Mama Nicolini”; “Mary (I'm in Love with You)”; “Me and My Teddy Bear”; “Mine to Love”; “Moonlight Madness”; “The Moonlight Parade”; “The Music Making Man”; “My Carolina Hideaway”; “My Day Begins and Ends with You”; “My Dream Song”; “My Little Dream Boat”; “My Little Swanee Sue”; “My Middle Name Is Love”; “My Rose”; “My Topic of Conversation Is You”
“The Newport Glide”; “No One As Lucky As Me”; “Not Yet Suzette”
“Old Fashioned Gown”; “Old Fireplace”; “On a Chill-Chill-Chilly Night”; “One Little Drink-0 I Go Boom”; “One Minute to One”; “One More Dream”; “One More Tear over You”; “Oriental Memories”; “Out Where the Moonbeams Are Born”
“Pastel for Piano”; “Picketing the Old Plantation”; “Poor Ballerina”; “The Promenade Walk”
“The Rangers Victory Song”; “Red Hot and Blue Rhythm”; “Remembering You”; “The Road of Dreams”; “Romany Rover”; “Round Evening”
“Sail with Simmons (And See the Sea)”; “Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town”; “Savage Rhythm”; “Say Something”; “Sharing”; “She Said No! No! No! in November”; “She's a Gorgeous Thing”; “She's So Nice”; “The Sidewalk Waltz”; “Sleepytime Soldier Boy”; “Somewhere East of Sunrise”; “Sort o' Lonesome”; “Southland Serenade”; “Speakin' of the Devil”; “Starlight Enchantment”; “Stella; Strangers”; “Style”; “Sunday”; “Sweet Cuban Love”; “Sweet Dreams”; “Sweetheart of Sweet Sixteen”; “Swiss Yodeler Waltz”
“Take a Little Stroll with Me”; “Take My Kiss to Dreamland with You”; “Tell Me with Tulips”; “That's Me Without You”; “That's the Meaning of Love Dear to Me”; “The More I Know You”; “That's What You Mean to Me”; “There's a Little Bit of Devil in Your Angel Eyes”; “There's a New World A-Comin'”; “There's a Robin Round the Corner”; “There's Honey on the Moon Tonight”; “There's Something in Sympathy”; “Things Might Have Been So Different”; “This Time It's Love”; “Tie a Rainbow Round Your Heart”; “Tillie the Toiler”; “Time Will Tell”; “To Be with You”; “Tomorrow's Another Day”; “Trying to Forget”
“Under a Shady Tree with You”; “Under Your Window”
“Venetian Wedding Moon”; “Vilma”
“Wasn't It Fate”; “We Only Love Once”; “What Do I Have to Do”; “When?”; “When a Regular Boy Loves a Regular Girl”; “When Love Grows Cold”; “When My Baby Talks That Double-Talk to Me”; “When the Teddy Bears Go Marching on Parade”; “When You First Ate an Olive”; “Where Are You Tonight”; “Whistle in the Rain”; “Whispering Trees”; “White Rose--Red Rose”; “Who Loves You”; “Whose Honey Are You?”; “Why?”; “Why Is Love?”; “Why Should We Be Wasting Time?”; “Won't You Please Help Me Find My Little Heinie?”; “Wrap Up Your Dreams in the Red, White and Blue”
“You Bet I Do”; “You Can Bet Your Life It's Love”; “You Never Can Tell About Love”; “You Oughta No”; “You'll Get By”; “You're a Darlin'”; “You're a Mystery to Me”; “You're Everything Beautiful”; “You're Just Another Memory”; “You're Mine in My Memories”; “Yours Truly Is Truly Yours”
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Box
9
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Miscellaneous
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Box
9
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Folio Music
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Box
9
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French Songs
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Box
9
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Music Hall Songs, circa 1910
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Box
9
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Songs sung by J. Fred Coots (i.e., the covers of which bear his
photograph)
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Box
9
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If I Were Queen vocal score
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Box
9
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Sitting Pretty vocal score and script
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Volume
1
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Coots's sheet music, season of 1922-1923
: Includes Spice of 1922, Hello Everybody, and Sally, Irene and Mary.
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Series: Photographs and Memorabilia
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Package
1
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Laminated photograph of J. Fred Coots
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Package
2
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Scrapbook
: A collection of clippings, providing a detailed picture of Coots's career. No attempt has been made to put the clippings in chronological or subject order.
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Package
3
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Laminated photograph of ASCAP board , [1923]
: At the piano, Victor Herbert; background, left to right: Gustave Kerker, Raymond Hubbell, Harry Tierney, Louis A. Hirsch, Rudolf Friml, Robert Hood Bowers, Sylvio Hein, A. Baldwin Sloane, Irving Berlin. The photograph is reproduced in Stanley Green, The World of Musical Comedy (1962), from which the date and caption.
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Package
4
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Souvenir program of testimonial dinner for Gene Buck, autographed by W.C. Handy, Frank Hague, Jim Farley, J. Edgar Hoover, Herbert O. Hoover, Deems Taylor, William Gaxton, and Harry Hirschfield
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Package
5
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Unmounted photographs
: Including, among others, Rubinoff and his violin; Irene Sordoni; Cab Calloway; J. Fred Coots; William Gaxton; Eddie Dowling; Fay Dooley [Mrs. Eddie Dowling]; Helen Kane.
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Package
6
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Portrait of J. Fred Coots, pastel, unsigned [circa 1923?]
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Disc 32A
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Series: Disc Recordings
: The first twelve albums listed below contain recordings of which one side at least contains a song by J. Fred Coots. Album #13 contains miscellaneous home recordings, and Album #14 contains twelve-inch recordings of a diverse nature.
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Disc 32A/1
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“Apple Pie Guy”
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Disc 32A/2
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“At the Bottom of the Hill”/“I'm Thru Saying I'm Thru”
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Disc 32A/3
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“Arkansas”/“The Last Time I Saw Mary”
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Disc 32A/4
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“Balalaika Boogie”
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Disc 32A/5
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“The Beautiful Girls of Vienna”/“The Little Ballerina”
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Disc 32A/6
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“A Beautiful Lady in Blue”/“I'm Madly in Love with You”
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“The Bluest Word I Know Is Lonesome”/“I'll Never Let You Cry”
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“A Boy in Buckskin”
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“Burn Fire Wood Burn”/“When I Wanna Woo”
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“Cannot Tell You Why”/“Here Lies Love”
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“Camp Meetin'”/“One More Tear”
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Disc 32A/12
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“Copper Colored Gal”/“The Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Swing”
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Disc 32A/13
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“Cross Your Fingers”/“May I Say I Love You”
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Disc 32A/14
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“Dancing and Dreaming”/“The Breeze”
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“Doin' the Racoon”/“It Goes Like This”
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“Dream Shadows”/“Hollywood Holiday”
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“Dream Time”/“The Scene Changes”
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“Du Bist Mine Kleiner Tzotzkelluh”/“Darling You Make It So”
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“Encore Cherie”/“(It Only Takes) A Little Imagination”
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“Encore, Cherie”/“Dream Girl”
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Disc 32A/21
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“Encore, Cherie”/“The Dickey-Bird Song”
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Disc 32A/22
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“Encore, Cherie”/“Baby Face”
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Disc 32A/23
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“For All We Know”/“Say It”
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Disc 32A/24
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“For All We Know”/“Nature Boy”
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Disc 32A/25
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“Fortune Tellin' Man”/“The Lady Is a Tramp”
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Disc 32A/26
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“Frisco Flo”/“The Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man”
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Disc 32A/27
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“Gloria's Birthday Party”
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Disc 32A/28
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“Goodbye Mama (I'm Off to Yokohama)”/“You're a Sap, Mr. Jap”
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Disc 32A/29
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“Hansel and Gretel”
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Disc 32A/30
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“Hawaiian Eyes”/“Susquehanna Shore”
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Disc 32A/31
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“He'll Be Coming Down the Chimney”/“Christmas Chopsticks”
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Disc 32A/32
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“Here Comes My Ball and Chain”/“Who Wouldn't Be Jealous of You?”
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Disc 32A/33
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“Hi-De-Ho Romeo”/“Moon at Sea”
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Disc 32A/34
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“Home Town Blues”/“You May Be “Fast” But Your Mamma's Gonna Slow You Down”
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Disc 32A/35
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“How My Sweetie Loves Me”/“If You'll Come Back”
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Disc 32A/36
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“I Adore Eleanor”/“Because I Love You”
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Disc 32A/37
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“I Can't Rub You Out of My Eyes”/“It's Sad, But True”
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Disc 32A/38
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“I Beg Your Pardon”
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Disc 32A/39
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“I Can't Believe It Was All Make Believe”/“My Melancholy Baby”
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Disc 32A/40
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“I Knew You When”/“Infatuation”
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Disc 32A/41
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“I Lost My Job Again”/“Chickery Chick”
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Disc 32A/42
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“I Love You”
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Disc 32A/43
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“I Still Get a Thrill”/“Mam'selle”
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Disc 32A/44
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“I Still Get a Thrill”
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Disc 32A/45
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“I Want a Girl Like Annie Laurie”
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Disc 32A/46
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“I'd Like to Find You in My Stocking”/“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”
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Disc 32A/47
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“If I Loved You More”/“Like a Monkey Likes Coconuts”
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Disc 32A/48
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“If I Should Love Again”/“Please Play Our Song”
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Disc 32A/49
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“I'll Stand By”/“Love Came Out of the Night”
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Disc 32A/50
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“I'll Wait for You Forever”/“Quality Folks”
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Disc 32A/51
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“I'll Wait for You Forever”/“I'm Home Again”
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Disc 32A/52
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“I'm Afraid to Love You”/“The Smile of a Clown”
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Disc 32A/53
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“I'm Always in the Mood for You”/“She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific”
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Disc 32A/54
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“I'm Gonna Salt Away Some Sugar”/“Blue Eyes”
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Disc 32A/55
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“I'm Grateful to You”/“Why Do I Lie to Myself about You?”
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Disc 32A/56
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“I'm Grateful to You”/“Where There's You There's Me”
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Disc 32A/57
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“I'm Madly in Love with You”/“Miss Hallelujah Brown”
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Disc 32A/58
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“I'm Madly in Love with You”/“Zee Leetle Man with de Big Sombrero”
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Disc 32A/59
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“I'm Madly in Love with You”
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Disc 32A/60
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“In My Estimation of You”/“What's the Name of That Song”
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Disc 32A/61
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“Innocent Eyes”/“Say It Again”
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Disc 32A/62
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“Is It Just a Summer Romance?”/“That's What You Think”
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Disc 32A/63
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“Isn't Love the Strangest Thing?”/“I Nearly Let You Slip Through My Fingers”
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Disc 32A/64
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“Isn't Love the Strangest Thing?”/“No Greater Love”
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Disc 32A/65
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“It Don't Mean a Thing without You”/“When My Dreams Come True”
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Disc 32A/66
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“It Looks Like an Early Fall”/“Something to Remember”
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Disc 32A/67
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“It Never Dawned on Me”/“When the Leaves Bid the Trees Goodbye”
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Disc 32A/68
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“It Was the Dawn of Love”
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Disc 32A/69
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“It Was the Dawn of Love”/“The Church Bells Are Ringing for Mary”
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Disc 32A/70
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“It Was the Dawn of Love”/“What D'ya Say”
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Disc 32A/71
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“It's Too Late Now”/“You're So Understanding”
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Disc 32A/72
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“It's Wonderful to Be in Love Again”/“I've Got My Arms Wrapped Around a Rainbow”
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Disc 32A/73
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“Just Another Kiss”/“When Dreams Come True”
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Disc 32A/74
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“Let's Be Friends”
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Disc 32A/75
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“Let's Make Memories Tonight”/“Why Let a Lie Break Your Heart?”
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Disc 32A/76
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“Let's Stop the Clock”/“Romance Runs in the Family”
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Disc 32A/77
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“Let's Stop the Clock”/“Little Sir Echo”
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Disc 32A/78
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“Little Johnny Chicadee”/“Tweedle-Dee the Clown”
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Disc 32A/79
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“Little Johnny Chicadee”/“He'll Be Coming Down the Chimney”
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Disc 32A/80
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“Little Polly Parakeet”
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Disc 32A/81
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“Little Sally One-Shoe”/“Hatchy Malatchy”
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Disc 32A/82
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“Love Did a Mombo”
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Disc 32A/83
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“Me and My Teddy Bear”/“I Found My Mama”
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Disc 32A/84
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“Mama Nicolini”/“You're So Simpatico”
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Disc 32A/85
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“Mine to Love”
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Disc 32A/86
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“Mexican Sombrero Dance”/“Music Box Fantasy”
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Disc 32A/87
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“Moonlight Madness”/“Nagasaki”
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Disc 32A/88
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“Moonlight Madness”/“If You Won't Love Me”
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Disc 32A/89
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“Moonlight Madness”/“King for a Day”
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Disc 32A/90
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“Moonlight Madness”/“Ten Little Miles from Town”
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Disc 32A/91
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“Moonlight Madness”/“Revenge”
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Disc 32A/92
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“My Day Begins and Ends with You”/“A Blues Serenade”
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Disc 32A/93
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“My Hawaiian Melody”/“Little Girl”
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Disc 32A/94
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“My Hawaiian Melody”/“Hawaii”
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Disc 32A/95
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“My Little Dream Boat”/“If I Could Look Into Your Eyes”
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Disc 32A/96
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“Not Yet Suzette”/“Lonesome”
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Disc 32A/97
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“Whose Izzy Is He, Is He Yours or Is He Mine?”/“Not Yet Suzette”
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Disc 32A/98
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“One More Dream”/“Feelin' High and Happy”
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Disc 32A/99
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“Our Escapade”
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Disc 32A/100
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“Poor Ballerina”/“Make-Believe Island”
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Disc 32A/101
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“Poor Ballerina”/“Let There Be Love”
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Disc 32A/102
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“A Precious Little Thing Called Love”/“Me and My Shadow”
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Disc 32A/103
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“A Precious Little Thing Called Love”/“I Faw Down and Go Boom”
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Disc 32A/104
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“The Promenade Walk”/“Cecilia”
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Disc 32A/105
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“The Promenade Walk”/“Sugar Plum”
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Disc 32A/106
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“Row, Row with Roosevelt”
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Disc 32A/107
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“Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town”/“Jingle Bells”
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Disc 32A/108
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“Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town”/“Jingle Bells”
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Disc 32A/109
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“Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town”/“Jingle Bells”
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Disc 32A/110
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“The Schenley Serenade”/“The Blatz Beer Boogie”
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Disc 32A/111
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“The Sidewalk Waltz”/“When It's Lamp Lightin' Time in the Valley”
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Disc 32A/112
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“Sippin' Cider with My Ida”
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Disc 32A/113
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“Summer Souvenirs”/“Zigzag”
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Disc 32A/114
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“There Goes My Runaway Heart”
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Disc 32A/115
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“There's a New World A-Comin'”/“A Son of God's Country”
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Disc 32A/116
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“There's Honey on the Moon Tonight”/“On the Bumpy Road to Love”
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Disc 32A/117
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“Things Might Have Been So Different”/“Why Have a Fallin' Out?”
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Disc 32A/118
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“This Time It's Love”/“You or No One”
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Disc 32A/119
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“This Time It's Love”/“To-Morrow”
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Disc 32A/120
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“Time of the Evening”
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Disc 32A/121
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“Tonight”/“Why?”
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Disc 32A/122
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“Unidentified Song”/“Trade Me Your Heart”
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Disc 32A/123
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“Two Tickets to Georgia”/“Linger a Little Longer in the Twilight”
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Disc 32A/124
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“Under Your Window”/“In the Dark of the Moon”
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Disc 32A/125
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“Until Today”/“Knock, Knock, Who's There?”
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Disc 32A/126
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“Wait Till I Catch You in My Dreams”/“I'll Pray For You”
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Disc 32A/127
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“The Wedding of Jack and Jill”
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Disc 32A/128
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“When It's Lilac Time in Tokio”/“Dear Little Boy of Mine”
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Disc 32A/129
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“Whistle in the Rain”/“When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobin' Along”
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Disc 32A/130
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“The White Heather”/“Weeping Willow Lane”
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Disc 32A/131
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“The White Heather”/“Carolina Sunshine”
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Disc 32A/132
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“Who Loves You?”/“Did You Mean It?”
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Disc 32A/133
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“Who'll Tie the Bell?”/“The Syncopated Clock”
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Disc 32A/134
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“Why Let a Lie”/“Young and Foolish”
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Disc 32A/135
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“Why Let a Lie”
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Disc 32A/136
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“You Don't Have to Drop a Heart to Break It”/“Around the World”
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Disc 32A/137
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“You Go to My Head”/“I Can't Face the Music”
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Disc 32A/138
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“You Go to My Head”/“Deep in My Heart Dear”
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Disc 32A/139
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“You Go to My Head”/“I Don't Know Why”
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Disc 32A/140
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“You Happened to Me”
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Disc 32A/141
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“You Started Me Dreaming”/“Robins and Roses”
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Disc 32A/142
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“You'll Be There”
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Disc 32A/143
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“You're So Simpatico”/“I'll Shut Out Love”
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Disc 32A/144
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“Yours Truly Is Truly Yours”/“Wah-Hoo”
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“Yours Truly Is Truly Yours”/“The Touch of Your Lips”
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Miscellaneous Home Recordings
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Disc 32A/146
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Abbott and Costello
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Disc 32A/147
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Abbott and Costello/Walter Winchell
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Disc 32A/148
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Jack Benny
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Disc 32A/149
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Christmas Eve at the Coots Home/“Boccacio”
: See Royalty Contracts for “Boccacio”
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Disc 32A/150
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Unidentified
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Disc 32A/151
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Divertissements
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Disc 32A/152
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Raymond Gram Swing [Analysis of German Attack on Russia, 1941 June]
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Disc 32A/153
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Kraft Music Hall (Bing Crosby and Kay Kaiser
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Disc 32A/154
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The J. Fred Coots Melody
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Disc 32A/155
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Fred Allen/“Do You Care?”
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Twelve Inch Recordings
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Disc 32A/156
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“Control Yourself”
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Disc 32A/157
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“God's Everything” and “In the Land of Lemonade and Lollipops”/Bill Stern Commercials
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Disc 32A/158
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“If I Should Love Again”
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Disc 32A/159
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“I'll Come to You”
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Disc 32A/160
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“It's Never Too Warm to Wear Mink”
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Disc 32A/161
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“Gems from Madam Sherry”/“Gems from the Quaker Girl”
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Disc 32A/162
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Lou and Dave Marx Birthday Party [The Toy Tycoons; Imitations of Fred Allen, Charles Boyer, Ronald Colman, Gary Cooper]
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Disc 32A/163
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“Me and My Pussy Cat”
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Disc 32A/164
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“Oh, Lady, Lady”/“The Rainbow Girl”
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Disc 32A/165
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“On the Trail”/“Peals on Velvet”
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Disc 32A/166
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Record of TV Show, WJZ (New York), 1950 May 12--Performances of “Tonight” [by Coots]
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Disc 32A/167
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“You'll Be There”
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Disc 32A/168
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“With God's Hand in Mine”
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Disc 32A/169
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“You're So Simpatico”
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U.S. Mss 32AN
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Part 2 (U.S. Mss 32AN, Audio 1413A, Disc 233A, PH 6617): Additions, 1922-19802.6 c.f. (5 archives boxes, 1 half-size record center carton, and 1 oversize folder), 41 disc recordings, 6 open-reel tapes, and 76 photographs Taken out of the context of the existing Coots papers, the coverage of the additions appears incomplete, even scattershot; this is true, however, only of some of the later material. The scattershot quality is balanced by the large quantity of song manuscripts and lyric typescripts, few of which were included in the original collection. It is further offset by the diversity and complexity of the material, which invokes the names of a plethora of well-known show business and creative personalities and publishers, and documents the wide variety of Coots's activities and interests. This material by and large reflects Coots's professional persona; his personal life is not particularly well-represented here. The CORRESPONDENCE series (1942-1980, undated; bulk 1962-1980) is arranged in chronological order and consists primarily of letters and cards written to Coots by colleagues and other business contacts, as well as by people he met during his professional and personal travels. Aside from business-related correspondence, there are many letters from admirers expressing appreciation for his performances, and from colleagues expressing gratitude for his support and admiration of their own activities. There is little in the way of sustained correspondence between Coots and any one individual, but songwriting collaborators and numerous other well-known figures - Richard Rogers, Anthony Newley, and Arthur Treacher, to name a few - are represented. There is little in the way of outgoing correspondence from Coots himself, but his sense of humor is evident in his exchange with the Superior Songwriters Service of Hollywood, in which he represented himself (under a pseudonym) as an aspiring songwriter in search of assistance and willing to pay for it. The CREATIVE WORKS series (1939-1971, undated; bulk 1950-1971) consists of four subseries: Song Manuscripts and Lyric Typescripts, Musicals, Published Sheet Music, and Other Creative Writing. The first two of these are further subdivided. A detailed listing of the songs included in this series, ordered alphabetically, can be found in Appendix 1. The Song Manuscripts and Lyric Typescripts subseries is by far the largest grouping in the collection. The documents in this subseries are of four different types: (1) autograph pencil manuscripts, usually in the form of lead sheets or sketches of songs; (2) transparencies (also known as “onionskins”) intended for limited reproduction - these consist of fair copies of lead sheets, possibly made by Coots himself in some cases, otherwise by professional music copyists; (3) reproductions produced from such transparencies; and (4) lyric typescripts. Few songs in the collection are represented by all four types of documents; in a number of cases, only lyric typescripts - often by lyricists other than Coots himself - are present. Note also that in some cases, one manuscript may designate Coots as the sole composer of a song, while other, presumably later song material will attribute the text to another lyricist. Many of these documents indicate copyright dates, sometimes modified, often shifting as rights were passed from composer to various publishers over time: in many cases, Coots's own publishing entity, Toy Town Tunes, Inc., received the copyright. Other documents contain no attribution, although it seems likely that Coots himself is the composer in the case of manuscripts written in his hand. A small amount of pertinent correspondence is included in this subseries; some of the songs are further complemented by recordings in the Audio Materials series. Besides songs and sketches, there are included a few arrangements or medleys of works by other songwriters, as well as commercial songs or jingles written by Coots for companies such as Chrysler, Seagram's, Singer Sewing Machine, Simmons Cruises, and Old Gold Cigarettes. These commercial attempts were not always successful, as can be seen in the case of Coots's proposed theme song for the 1950s children's television program, Captain Kangaroo; a similar case may be the song “D.J. Ghost,” which represents an attempt by Coots to write rock 'n roll, a style he despised. Coots wrote a few of his songs under various pseudonyms; these are clearly intended as jokes. This subseries is divided into three headings, with the songs in each division ordered alphabetically by title: General, further subdivided by lyricist(s) and/or cowriter(s); French and British Collaboration; and “Kiddie” Songs. The French and British Collaboration consists primarily of correspondence and a small amount of song material, and includes an itinerary and travel information for an American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) European tour taken by Coots and his wife, Marjorie. The presence of the travel material among the other documents in the heading and the timing of the tour suggest that French and British contacts for the professional activity documented here might have been made or at least solidified during this tour. In this collaboration, Coots provided English language lyrics to at least two songs represented by Publications Francis-Day in Paris; he also received French language lyrics to one of his own tunes, “Bonsoir, cherie.” As is sometimes the case with correspondence in this collection, well-known performers - in this case, Frank Sinatra and Connie Francis - are mentioned as possible performers of the material in question. As language was not an issue in the U.K., the British collaboration involves representation by Robbins Music Corporation, Ltd. of London in the attempted recording and release of a few of the songs included in the General song heading; later correspondence documenting the continued relationship between Coots and Robbins Music Corporation can be found in the Correspondence series. The correspondence reflects the difficulty at that point in time - the so-called “British Invasion” of the U.S. by groups like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones - of selling the older style of popular song exemplified by Coots's writing, likely a contributing factor to Coots's negative attitude towards the rock 'n roll genre (interestingly, one of the A&R men who was to be shown Coots's songs was George Martin, whose later production of the Beatles had a profound influence on their style). The “Kiddie” Songs heading includes not only manuscripts and typescripts, but a few pieces as well of published sheet music, a songbook, and a large number of American and Canadian copyright assignments and other documentation of copyright status. The Musicals subseries is divided into the headings “If I Were Queen” and “Pardon My Glove.” The former represents Coots's collaboration with poet Ogden Nash on a musical (book by Polan Banks and William Gaxton) that never quite came to pass. Included are two versions of a synopsis, a story treatment, and song materials, including pencil manuscripts of some of the lyrics. An open-reel demo tape of some of the songs is included in the Audio Materials series. The latter musical was a collaboration between Coots, Edward Eager, and Jerry Leng on a musical version of the Lynn Root and Harry Clark play, The Milky Way. Included are song materials and Leng's contract with Coots and Eager, but nothing in the way of a script or synopsis. Note that a number of the songs and sketches included in the Song Manuscripts and Lyric Typescripts subseries appear to have been written in connection with possible musicals, but none as well fleshed-out as these two. The Published Sheet Music subseries consists of publications of a number of Coots's songs, as well as a handful of arrangements of his songs for groups such as dance bands and barbershop quartets. More complete information on these publications can be found in Appendix 3. The Other Creative Writing subseries consists largely of story typescripts written under pseudonyms such as J. Haybeus Corpus, R.U. Withit, Rieger Mortiss, and Harlequin Fandancer. In a more serious vein is a typescript of a children's story and a TV script idea intended for Sid Caesar. The RIGHTS ASSIGNMENTS AND RELEASES series (1944-1974; bulk 1961-1974) is quite incomplete. It is ordered chronologically and includes documents assigning rights to only five of Coots's songs: “His Hand Is on Your Shoulder,” “It's Too Early to Tell, “ “Stay Home, Little Girl,” “Whistlin' Jim,” and “You Happened to Me.” The series also includes a 1944 Certificate of Copyright Registration for renewal of “Where Are the Girlies of My Childhood Days” (original copyright, 1917). Other documents include a few releases for the use of Coots's songs and/or performances in various media projects; an agreement “divorcing” three of Coots's co-written songs from their lyrics; and a renewal agreement continuing the assignment of a portion of Coots's royalties on certain songs in payment of a promissory note, signed off on by Coots's wife and four children. The PERSONAL APPEARANCES series (1931-1972; bulk 1956-1967) consists of contracts, travel itineraries, and documentation of a few non-contract appearances; all are ordered chronologically. The contracts are primarily between Coots's agent, W. Colton Leigh, Inc. and various organizations (businesses, clubs, schools, and so forth) for Coots's lecture-recital appearances around the U.S. Related correspondence and contract renewals with Coots's agent are included, as is correspondence from employing organizations and individual audience members, generally expressing appreciation for Coots's performances. News items reporting on some of these performances can also be found in the Newspaper Clippings series. Documentation of payment for these appearances, as well as some of the travel expenses incurred and their reimbursement, can be found in the Financial Records series. The travel itineraries document the road trips Coots took in connection with these contracted personal appearances. A few other (non-contract) appearances are documented by a passenger list and daily programs from a cruise on which Coots was one of the entertainers; a press release indicating Coots's participation in an event designed to encourage polio immunization of pre-schoolers; a program from a Muscular Dystrophy Association fundraiser that included a Salute to ASCAP in which Coots participated along with Cy Coleman, Johnny Mercer, and Jule Styne, among others; and other materials that reflect performances by Coots. The FINANCIAL RECORDS series (1926-1975; bulk 1957-1975) consists of general records, performance and royalty records from the Association of Songwriters, Composers, and Publishers (ASCAP), royalty records from individual publishers, and appearance fees and expenses. All are ordered chronologically. General records are few in number and consist primarily of items such as loan documents, rental agreements, proposals for business investments, a receipt for the purchase of a piano, and a 1926 stock certificate from the Wrigley Pharmaceutical Company, together with its conveying correspondence. Performance and royalty records from ASCAP are divided into domestic records and foreign records. The former consist of (mostly quarterly) domestic performance records, copies of checks/check stubs documenting the amount paid to Coots in royalties as a result of performances and broadcasts of his songs, and a small amount of related correspondence from ASCAP; also included is an IRS Form 1099 from ASCAP for the year 1936. The latter consist of (mostly semiannual) check stubs documenting the amount of foreign royalties paid to Coots, including information on the countries and years involved. The individual publishers' records consist primarily of royalty statements for the years 1971-1972 only, from music publishers such as Leo Feist, Inc., Bourne Company, and Robbins Music Corporation. Appearance fees and expenses consist of check stubs or duplicates of checks/stubs, plus invoices detailing expenses incurred that were charged against or credited to Coots's personal appearance fees, along with related correspondence. The NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS series (1924-1979; bulk 1960-1975) consist of clippings relating to Coots, “Famous Flops,” other show business clippings, and non-show business clippings. Clippings relating to Coots include notices and descriptions of his activities, mostly professional but including notices of his marriage to Marjorie. Later clippings provide additional evidence of Coots's negative attitude towards rock 'n roll. One telling quote from a 1963 article: “[Coots's] publishers say his work is 'too good - the kids won't buy it'.” “Famous Flops” - so-labeled by Coots himself - are all clippings of articles about the 1965 Broadway musical Kelly, which cost $650,000 to mount and survived for only one performance. Judging from the manner in which this material was received, Coots may have intended to add documentation of other failed productions but never did so. Other show business clippings include news items and features about, and obituaries of, Coots's colleagues, collaborators, and other show business people, including such figures as Haven Gillespie, Dorothy Fields, Groucho Marx, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Noel Coward, Sammy Cahn, and even Ludwig van Beethoven. Notices and reviews of Broadway shows are also included. The non-show business clippings provide context to the collection through their documentation of Coots's non-professional interest in such activities and subjects as horse racing, opera, European travel, personal financial planning, successful women (novelist George Eliot, jockey Barbara Jo Rubin), boxing, and politics. The CERTIFICATES, AWARDS, AND OTHER MEMORABILIA series (1922-1975; bulk 1960-1975) consists of both professional and personal material. Professional material includes Coots's certificate of election to membership in ASCAP in 1922 and a subsequent 1972 certificate celebrating his 50th anniversary in that organization. There is also documentation of his activity as a member and president of the American Arbitration Association. Also included are memorabilia such as a gold-plated portable typewriter presented to Coots by Tin Pan Alley T.V., a program that last aired in 1950; and an autographed copy of Henry Kane's How to Write a Song (1962), which includes a chapter on Coots. Documentation of the earlier portion of Coots's career includes an Imperial Theatre (Shubert Theatre Corporation) program booklet from 1930, a copy of Guy Magley's Down Memory Lane (undated) that includes extracts of vaudeville programs from 1914-1926, and a copy of music publisher Bourne, Inc.'s 1919-1956 catalog, which includes a number of Coots's songs. Personal material includes travel-related memorabilia and souvenirs, genealogical information, programs of concerts unrelated to Coots's professional activities, and certificates documenting Coots's membership in organizations such as the Westchester Country Club and The Old Grand-Dad Club. The PHOTOGRAPHS (1937-1975, undated) include portraits of Coots and photographs taken with professional colleagues; personal and family pictures; vacation photographs; and a few striking photographs not directly related to Coots. One photograph of particular interest is a panorama shot taken at the 1940 New York World's Fair and entitled “'Cavalcade of American Musicians' sponsored by ASCAP.” The AUDIO MATERIALS (1950-1972; bulk 1950-1957) series is divided by format into two subseries, Disc Recordings and Open Reel Tape Recordings. The Disc Recordings are further subdivided into Demo Recordings and Commercial Releases. The Demo Recordings heading presents realization of a number of Coots's songs, as well as of two of the French songs for which he was to provide English lyrics. The Commercial Releases heading consists of a long-play album (And Then I Wrote...) of Coots's songs strung together with autobiographical commentary; and a number of rare 45 and 78 RPM recordings of his songs, a few of which are of foreign provenance. Except in the case of the album, Coots's songs generally appear on only one side of a disc; songs written by others are often on the other side. More complete information on these recordings can be found in Appendix 1. The Open Reel Tape Recordings subseries consists of demo recordings of Coots's songs, of radio interviews of Coots by Jim McClain (“Dr. IQ”), of a performance by Coots at a Songwriters' Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, and of a tribute to Coots at the ceremony in which he was himself inducted in 1972.
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“Tin Pan Alley Serenade” (also known as “The Sid Gary Story”)
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“Wait'll You See My Sweetie and Me in My Chrysler Automobile”
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“What's Gonna Happen to the Beautiful Girls?”
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Box
10
Folder
5
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“Someone Lovely Just Passed By”
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Box
10
Folder
5
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“Sugar Cane”
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Box
10
Folder
5
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“Whistlin' Girl”
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J. Fred Coots with Walt Framer, undated, 1953-1956
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Box
10
Folder
6
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“The Greatest Man on Earth”
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Box
10
Folder
6
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“It's Never Too Warm to Wear Mink”
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Box
10
Folder
6
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“Let's Take a Holiday for Two”
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Box
10
Folder
6
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“Love Is the Pay Off”
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J. Fred Coots with Gene and Glenn, undated
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Box
10
Folder
7
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“Send Her Some Flowers”
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Box
10
Folder
7
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“Side by Side by the Beautiful Seaside”
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Box
10
Folder
7
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“Sweethearts in the Summer (Strangers in the Fall)”
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Box
10
Folder
7
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“To-day, To-night and To-morrow”
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Box
10
Folder
7
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“Toodle-oodle-oo”
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Box
10
Folder
7
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“When I Get Back to Caroline”
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J. Fred Coots with Haven Gillespie, 1957-1967
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Box
10
Folder
8
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“Christmas Doll”
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Box
10
Folder
8
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“Sing”
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Box
10
Folder
8
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“The Wine of Love”
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Box
10
Folder
8
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“You Happened to Me”
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J. Fred Coots with Nick and Charles Kenny, 1956-1957
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Box
10
Folder
9
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“I'd Like to Find You in My Stocking”
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Box
10
Folder
9
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“If You Could Care a Little Bit More for Me”
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Box
10
Folder
9
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“Where Are You Gonna Go on Your Vacation?”
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J. Fred Coots with Bill Margaretten, undated, 1956-1962
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Box
10
Folder
10
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“Another Night, Another Dream”
: See “High as a Kite”
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Box
10
Folder
10
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“But Not So Long in My Heart”
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Box
10
Folder
10
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“Cha Cha Cha Romance”
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Box
10
Folder
10
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“Here Comes Love and Kisses”
: See “High as a Kite”
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Box
10
Folder
10
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“High as a Kite”
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Box
10
Folder
10
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“I Like Your Attitude”
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Box
10
Folder
10
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“I'm Looking Forward”
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Box
10
Folder
10
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“Love Is Just a Dream Away”
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Box
10
Folder
10
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“Love Me Fortissimo”
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Box
10
Folder
10
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“May I Walk You Home?”
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Box
10
Folder
10
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“The Sweetest Words”
: See “High as a Kite”
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Box
10
Folder
10
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“Today's the Day”
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Box
10
Folder
10
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“When the Last Little Star Goes Home”
: See “High as a Kite”
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Box
10
Folder
10
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“When You're All Alone in Love”
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Box
10
Folder
10
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“Yours to Love”
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J. Fred Coots with Ogden Nash, 1960, undated
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Box
10
Folder
11
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“Incompatibility”
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Box
10
Folder
11
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“Matador”
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J. Fred Coots with Al J. Neiburg, 1956-1964, undated
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Box
10
Folder
12
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“Bonsoir, Cheri”
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Box
10
Folder
12
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“I'm Gonna Spread My Wings”
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Box
10
Folder
12
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“In a Cup of Tea Leaves”
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Box
10
Folder
12
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“It's Too Early to Tell”
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Box
10
Folder
12
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“Nineteen Hundred and Sixty”
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Box
10
Folder
12
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“Sad and Sorry”
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Box
10
Folder
12
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“Seeing You with Somebody Else”
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J. Fred Coots with Charles Newman, 1951-1959, undated
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Box
10
Folder
13
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“Dream on, My Hopeful Heart”
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Box
10
Folder
13
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“Forty Eight Sweethearts”
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Box
10
Folder
13
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“Hermit in the Heart of Town”
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Box
10
Folder
13
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“I'm Building Castles Again”
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Box
10
Folder
13
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“In Cin-Cin-Cincinnati”
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Box
10
Folder
13
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“My Apple Pie Guy”
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Box
10
Folder
13
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“My New Romance”
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Box
10
Folder
13
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“My Waltz”
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J. Fred Coots with Maurice Sigler, 1956-1959, undated
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Box
10
Folder
14
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“Don't Wait Too Long”
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Box
10
Folder
14
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“It Was Fun While It Lasted”
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Box
10
Folder
14
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“Man about Town”
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Box
10
Folder
14
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“My Chickadee”
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Box
10
Folder
14
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“Quality Folks”
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Box
10
Folder
14
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“There's a Lull in Lullaby Lane”
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Box
10
Folder
14
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“When I Wanna Woo (I Go to You for Love)”
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J. Fred Coots with other lyricists/cowriters, 1952-1964, undated
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“All Suit! No Man!”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“A Ball Was Had by All”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Along the Prado”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“As Long as I've a Song to Sing”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Can't Get You off My Mind”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“(Holy Jeepers Creepers) Can't We Ever Be Alone?”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Chicken Croquettes”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Corn Meal Mush and Sorghum Molasses”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“The Curtain Is Falling”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“D.J. Ghost”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Esmeralda Has a Date”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“The Fisherman's Bride”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Give Your Heart to Me for Christmas”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Got Me a Blue-Eyed Baby”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Hank, the Whip”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Have You No Pity on Me?”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Heap Big Drip from the Cherokee Strip”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Helas!”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“His Hand Is on Your Shoulder”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“If They Made Me”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“I'm Not Here”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“In the Old Rope Swing”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“In Your Eyes”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Is It Just for To-Night? (Or Is It Forever?)”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Let's Go Over to Charlie's Before We Say Goodnight”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“A Little Café in Calais”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Mary, Go 'Round with Me”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Monte Carlo Calling”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“The Moon on the Nurs'ry Floor”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Moonlight in Madrid”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“More than Wonderful”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Music to My Ears”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Must I Be Bound (And You Go Free)”
: See “My Heart (Keeps Calling Your Heart)”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“The Night Has Eyes”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“On a Little Street in Napoli”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Our Escapade”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Sing to Your Heart's Content”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“So I'll Never Be a Millionaire”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Somebody Stole That Old Sweetheart of Mine”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Song of the Sewing Machine” [Singer]
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Thanks For the Use of Your Heart”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“That Mysterious Lady Called Love”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“There Goes My Runaway Heart”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“This Feelin' for You”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“To Have, to Hold, to Love!”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“To-night I'll Kiss “Hello” Again”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Trade Me Your Heart”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Ty Cobb (The Georgia “Peach”)”
|
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Underneath the “Kiss'l-Toe””
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“When We're Together”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“The World Is Waiting to Sing Again”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“Wrap Up Your Worries in a Great Big Smile”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“You Could Have Heard a Pin Drop”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“You Waited Too Long”
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Box
11
Folder
1
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“You're Making Headlines”
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French and British Collaboration, 1962-1964
|
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Box
11
Folder
2
|
“Bonsoir, cherie”
|
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Box
11
Folder
2
|
“Mon paradis”
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Box
11
Folder
2
|
“J'ai tant marché”
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Box
11
Folder
2
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“Parce qu'un homme”
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Box
11
Folder
2
|
“This Was a Man”
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“Kiddie” Songs, 1950-1965
|
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Box
11
Folder
3
|
“All Around the Christmas Tree”
|
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Box
11
Folder
3
|
“Apple on a Stick”
|
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Box
11
Folder
3
|
“Bongo the Camel”
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Box
11
Folder
3
|
“A Boy in Buckskin (and a Gal in Calico)”
|
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Box
11
Folder
3
|
“Butch, the Rocking Horse Cowboy”
|
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Box
11
Folder
3
|
“Captain Kangaroo”
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Box
11
Folder
3
|
“A Cowboy Is a Son of God”
: See “Peter and the Pony”
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Box
11
Folder
3
|
“Cuckoo in the Cuckoo Clock”
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Box
11
Folder
3
|
“Custard the Dragon”
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Box
11
Folder
3
|
“Don't Worry, Peter”
: See “Peter and the Pony”
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Box
11
Folder
3
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“Ephraham the Bunny”
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Box
11
Folder
3
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“Give My Doggie a Name”
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Box
11
Folder
3
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“Here Come the Bunnies on Parade”
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Box
11
Folder
3
|
“I Can't Spell Hippopotamus”
|
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Box
11
Folder
3
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“I Hope Santa Claus Don't Forget Me”
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Box
11
Folder
3
|
“I Love My Mommy Best of All”
|
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Box
11
Folder
3
|
“I Wish I Had an Elephant”
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Box
11
Folder
3
|
“I Wish I Was a Bunny”
|
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Box
11
Folder
3
|
“In the Land of Lemonade and Lollipops”
|
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Box
11
Folder
3
|
“It's Fun to Own a Pony”
: See “Peter and the Pony”
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Box
11
Folder
3
|
“It's Great to Have a Pony for a Pal”
: See “Peter and the Pony”
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“The Lady in the Clock”
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“Little Goldie Goldfish”
|
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“Little Johnny Jelly Beans”
|
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“The Little Old Woman Who Lived in the Shoe”
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“Little Pete the Parakeet”
|
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“Little Peter Potter (and His Little Teeter Totter)”
|
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“Little Polly Parakeet”
|
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“The Little Tin Soldier (And the Little Toy Drum)”
|
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“Little Tommy Tattle-Tale”
|
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“Me and My Puppy Dog”
|
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“Me and My Teddy Bear”
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“Monkey See - Monkey Do”
|
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“My Dolly and Me”
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“My Oompah-pah Pa-Pa”
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Box
11
Folder
4
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“My Pony's Name Is “Peanut””
: See “Peter and the Pony”
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“Nina the Ballerina”
|
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“Ozzie the Ostrich”
|
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“Peter and the Pony”
: Includes story typescript.
|
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“Pony on the Merry-Go-Round”
|
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“Poor Peter Piper (Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers)”
|
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Box
11
Folder
4
|
“The Pop Eye Song”
|
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Box
11
Folder
5
|
“The Santa Claus Parade”
|
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Box
11
Folder
5
|
“Santa's Little Helper”
|
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Box
11
Folder
5
|
“Santa's Prayer”
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Box
11
Folder
5
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“Squee-Gee (The Happy Little Clown)”
|
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Box
11
Folder
5
|
“Sunrise on a Mountain Trail”
: See “Peter and the Pony”
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Box
11
Folder
5
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“Sweet, Sweet Dreams To-night”
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Box
11
Folder
5
|
“Sweetie Bear”
|
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Box
11
Folder
5
|
“The Toy Town Parade”
|
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Box
11
Folder
5
|
“The Toy Town Trolley”
|
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Box
11
Folder
5
|
“Toy Town Tune Parade”
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Box
11
Folder
5
|
“Toy Town Tune Time”
|
|
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Box
11
Folder
5
|
Toy Town Tune Parade (A Collection of Original Children's Songs)
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Box
11
Folder
5
|
“When the Teddy Bears Go Marching on Parade”
|
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Box
11
Folder
5
|
“Why Don't Grownups Play with Toys?”
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|
Subseries: Musicals
|
|
|
If I Were Queen, undated, 1954-1964
|
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“Cactus Country”
|
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“Call Me a Family Man”
|
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“Desdemona”
|
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“The Face Is Familiar”
|
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“Give a Man Enough Rope”
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“I Like to Play with a Putty Cat”
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“If I Were Queen”
|
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“It's a Promising Evening for Lovers”
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“I've Decided to Be a Grandma”
|
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“Kankakee”
|
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“The King's Day”
|
|
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“Love Is So Beaucoup Français”
|
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“More Than Wonderful”
|
|
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“No He-Man, He”
|
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“No Love But Yours”
|
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“R-E-P- Rep!”
|
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“Waltz with a Kiss”
|
|
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Box
11
Folder
6
|
“We're All Washed Up in Washington
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|
|
Pardon My Glove, undated, 1957
|
|
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Box
11
Folder
7
|
“Along the Milky Way”
|
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Box
11
Folder
7
|
“Allergic to You”
|
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Box
11
Folder
7
|
“Bright April”
|
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Box
11
Folder
7
|
“Follow Your Star”
|
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Box
11
Folder
7
|
“It Didn't Happen”
|
|
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Box
11
Folder
7
|
“Love's in the Room”
|
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Box
11
Folder
7
|
“No Poet I”
|
|
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Box
11
Folder
7
|
“Pardon My Glove”
|
|
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Box
11
Folder
7
|
“People Who Come Out After Dark”
|
|
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Box
11
Folder
7
|
“That...!”
|
|
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Box
11
Folder
7
|
“This Is the Embassy”
|
|
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Box
11
Folder
7
|
“A Waltz Without End”
|
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Box
11
Folder
7
|
“Whodunit?”
|
|
|
Subseries: Published Sheet Music, 1928-1971
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
1
|
“Balalaika Boogie Woogie”
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
1
|
“A Beautiful Lady in Blue”
|
|
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Box
12
Folder
1
|
“Bei Mama Nicolini”
|
|
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Box
12
Folder
1
|
“Copper Colored Gal”
|
|
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Box
12
Folder
1
|
“Doin' the Raccoon”
|
|
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Box
12
Folder
1
|
“Dreams Were Made for Lovers”
|
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Box
12
Folder
1
|
“Encore, Cherie”
|
|
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Box
12
Folder
1
|
“For All We Know”
|
|
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Box
12
Folder
1
|
“God Is My Friend”
|
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Box
12
Folder
1
|
“If I Loved You More”
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
1
|
“If I Loved You More”
: For mixed-voice chorus.
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
1
|
“I'm Pally with Sally Again”
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
1
|
“It's That Time of the Day”
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
1
|
“Love Letters in the Sand”
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
1
|
“Love Letters in the Sand”
: For school dance band.
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
1
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“Love Letters in the Sand”
: For barbershop quartet.
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Box
12
Folder
1
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“The Men in Meninak” (Marching song)
: Included in the Meninak 29th Annual Charity Game Program.
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Box
12
Folder
1
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“The Men in Meninak” (Marching song)
: Words and music, J. Fred Coots.
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Box
12
Folder
1
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“One Minute to One”
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Box
12
Folder
1
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“A Precious Little Thing Called Love”
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Box
12
Folder
1
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“Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”
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Box
12
Folder
1
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“Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”
: For organ.
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Box
12
Folder
1
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“Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”
: For dance band.
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Box
12
Folder
1
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“Sippin' Cider with My Ida (Down by the Zuyder Zee)”
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Box
12
Folder
1
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“Westchester Country Club Anniversary Song”
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Box
12
Folder
1
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“Why?”
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Box
12
Folder
1
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“With God's Hand in Mine”
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Subseries: Other Creative Writing, undated
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“The Banquet”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“Beware of Free Medical Advice”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“Come to the Auction”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“The De Gaule-Stone”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“Doctor Davis”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“Doctor Hippity Hoppity (A Story for Little Children)”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“Here's Johnny”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“The Incredible Edible”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“The Little Giant”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“The Merger”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“Midget Golf Championship”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“Mother Fukker”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“Murder in Tin Pan Alley”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“My Privvy Pal”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“Now, You Can Take It with You”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“Pratt-Keester Nuptials”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“The Thing”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“Where the Heck Is Charlie???”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“With a Song in His Heart (TV Script Idea for Sid Caesar)”
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Box
12
Folder
2
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“World Population Control”
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Box
12
Folder
3
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Series: Rights Assignments/Releases, 1944-1974 (bulk 1961-1974)
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Series: Personal Appearances
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Box
12
Folder
4-5
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Contracts, 1931-1967 (bulk 1956-1967)
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Box
12
Folder
6
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Travel Itineraries, 1960-1967
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Box
12
Folder
7-8
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Other Appearances, 1963, 1968, 1970-1972
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Series: Financial Records
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Box
12
Folder
9
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General, 1926-1975 (bulk 1957-1975)
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Box
13
Folder
1-2
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Performance and Royalty Records - ASCAP (Domestic), 1936-1974
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Box
13
Folder
3
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Performance and Royalty Records - ASCAP (Foreign), 1961-1974
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Box
13
Folder
4
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Royalty Records - Individual Publishers, 1936, 1962, 1970-1971
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Box
13
Folder
5
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Appearance Fees and Expenses, 1956-1972
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Series: Newspaper Clippings
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Box
13
Folder
6-7
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Relating to Coots, undated, 1924-1974 (bulk 1961-1974)
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Box
13
Folder
8
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“Famous Flops,” 1965
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Box
13
Folder
9
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Other Show Business, undated, 1962-1979 (bulk 1965-1975)
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Box
13
Folder
10
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Non-Show Business, undated, 1960-1965, 1972-1975
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Series: Certificates, Awards, and Other Memorabilia
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Box
14
Folder
1-2
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Professional, undated, 1922, 1930, 1960-1972
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Box
14
Folder
3-5
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Personal, 1960-1975
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Oversize Folder
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“The Old Grand-Dad Club,” 1965
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Box
15
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Typewriter, circa 1950
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PH 6617
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Series: Photographs
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Oversize
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ASCAP panorama, 1940; Coots's portrait
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Personal
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Photo album
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Professional
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Vacation
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Series: Audio Materials
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Disc 233A
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Subseries: Disc Recordings
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Demo Recordings, 1963, undated
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Disc 233A/40
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“All Suit - No Man”/blank
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Disc 233A/1
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“Fred Coots Performance”/blank
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Disc 233A/39
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“Got Me a Blue Eyed Baby”/blank
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Disc 233A/38
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“Hansel and Gretel,” part 1/part 2
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Disc 233A/37
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“It's Never Too Warm to Wear Mink”/“The Curtain Falls”
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Disc 233A/36
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“It's Never Too Warm to Wear Mink”/blank
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Disc 233A/2
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“J'ai tant marché”/same, different performer
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Disc 233A/35
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“A Little Café in Calais”/blank
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Disc 233A/3
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“On a Little Street in Napoli”/”Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life”
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Disc 233A/34
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“Our Escapade”/blank
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Disc 233A/4
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“Paradise Island”/blank
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Disc 233A/5
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“Parce qu'un homme”/blank
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Disc 233A/6
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“Santa's Little Helper”/same
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Disc 233A/33
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“Wait Till You See My Sweetie and Me in My Chrysler Automobile”/blank
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Disc 233A/31
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“Why Let a Lie Break Your Heart”/blank
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Disc 233A/32
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“Why Let a Lie Break Your Heart”/blank
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Disc 233A/30
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“You Happened to Me”/blank
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Disc 233A/20
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“The World Is Waiting to Sing Again”/blank
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Commercial Releases, 1950-1957, undated
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Disc 233A/41
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And Then I Wrote...
Side One consists of the following songs: “Time Will Tell”; “Tomorrow's Another Day”; “Innocent Eyes”; “In My Little Red Book”; “The Promenade Walk”; “Remembering You”; “Put Your Troubles in a Candy Box”; “Oh What a Beautiful Baby (You Turned Out to Be)”; “Things Look Brighter Again”; “A Precious Little Thing Called Love”; “I Still Get a Thrill”; and “I Want to Ring Bells”
Side Two consists of the following songs: “Two Tickets to Georgia”; “One Minute to One”; “You Go to My Head”; “Why?”, “For All We Know”; “Me and My Teddy Bear”; “A Beautiful Lady in Blue”; “Love Letters in the Sand”; and “Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town”
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Disc 233A/29
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“Apple on a Stick”/”All Around the Mulberry Bush”; “Did You Ever See a Lassie?”, “Bye, Baby Bunting”
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Disc 233A/7
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“For All We Know”/”I Wouldn't Know (What to Do)”
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Disc 233A/28
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“Hansel and Gretel”
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Disc 233A/27
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“Christmas Chopsticks”/“He'll Be Coming Down the Chimney”
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Disc 233A/26
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“The Smile of a Clown”/“I'm Afraid to Love You”
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Disc 233A/8
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“I'm Building Castles Again”/”Don't Fence Me In”
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Disc 233A/25
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“Some Day My Prince Will Come”/“In the Land of Lemonade and Lollypops”
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Disc 233A/9
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“J'ai vu passer le Père Noel”/”Noel est venu”
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Disc 233A/10
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“Let's Be Friends”/”Pa-Pa Ma-Ma Cha-Cha”
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Disc 233A/24
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“Little Johnny Chickadee”/”Peterkin Pillowby”
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Disc 233A/23
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“The Dwarfs' Yodel Song”/“Little Polly Parakeet”
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Disc 233A/11
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“Mama Nicolini”/”Mandolino”
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Disc 233A/12
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“Mama Nicolini”/”The Friend”
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Disc 233A/13
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“Papa Danst Mambo”/“Mama Nicolini”
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Disc 233A/22
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“Me and My Teddy Bear”/”I Found My Mamma”
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Disc 233A/14
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“Music to My Ears”/”To Love and Be Young”
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Disc 233A/15
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“Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”/”Christmas Tears”
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Disc 233A/16
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“Jingle Bells”/“Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”
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Disc 233A/17
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“Sweetie Bear”/”Counting Song” and “Pony Boy”
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Disc 233A/18
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“Ooh-woo-wee”/“When We're Together”
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Disc 233A/19
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“Village in Capri (Guaglione)”/“You Go to My Head”
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Disc 233A/21
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“You're So Simpatico”/“Mama Nicolini”
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Audio 1413A
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Subseries: Open Reel Tape Recordings, 1958, 1971-1972, undated
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1413A/1
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“If I Were Queen” demo
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1413A/2
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“The Wine of Love” demo
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1413A/3
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Coots radio interview with Jim McClain #1
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1413A/4
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Coots radio interview with Jim McClain #2
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1413A/5
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Coots live at an ASCAP event
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1413A/6
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ASCAP salute to Coots
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