Jerry Ross Papers, 1934-1955

Contents List

Container Title
Series: Musicals written by Ross
Box   1
Folder   1
Damn Yankees (N.Y. 1955, May 5)
Note

Producers: Frederick Brisson, Robert E. Griffith, and Harold S. Prince, in association with Albert B. Taylor

Director: George Abbott

Writers: Douglass Wallop and George Abbott (book); Richard Adler (music); Jerry Ross (lyrics)

Cast: Ray Walston, Stephen Douglass, and Gwen Verdon

Plot sequence, typed lyric sheets
Script, 1954 Nov., revisions , 1955, Jan.
Movie reviews
American Heart Fund Association, 1956: “Heart”-sheet music, releases, record, special lyrics by Irwin Lewis
Box   1
Folder   2
Pajama Game (N.Y. 1954, May 13)
Note

Producers: Frederick Brisson, Robert L. Griffith, and Harold S. Prince

Director: George Abbott, Jerome Robbins

Writers: George Abbott and Richard Bissell (book); Richard Adler and Jerry Ross (music and lyrics)

Cast: John Raitt, Janis Paige, Eddie Foy, Jr.

Contracts, receipts
Sheet music for “Hernando's Hide-away” and “Hey There”
Series: Revues written by Ross
Box   1
Folder   3
Almanac [John Murray Anderson] (N.Y. 1953, Dec. 10)
Note

Producers: Michael Grace, Stanley Gilkey, Harry Rigby

Director: John Murray Anderson

Writers: Revue with music and lyrics by Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, et al.

Cast: Hermione Gingold, Lilly De Wolfe, Harry Belafonte, Polly Bergen

“Fini” - dechon copy
Box   1
Folder   4
Grossinger's Staff Show (, 1948-1949)
Music and lyrics (mostly holograph)
Box   1
Folder   5
Six on a Honeymoon (produced at Lake Club, Chicago, Ill., circa 1951-1952)
“Meet Your Mother,” “No Man's Land,” “Opening,” “Plumber Song”
Box   1
Folder   6
“Shimmy, Shammy Blues,” “Someone Is Watching Over Me,” “Somewhere, Somehow, Someday,” “Street Scene,” “The Trouble Is I do,” “You're So Much a Part of Me”
Series: Songs written by Ross
Note: Complete list in the appendix
Box   1
Folder   7
A-L
Box   1
Folder   8
M-0
Box   1
Folder   9
P-Sk
Box   1
Folder   10
So-Z
Box   2
Folder   1
Miscellaneous music and lyrics
Box   2
Folder   2
Lyric File - typed and holograph
Series: Contracts concerning songs by Ross
Box   2
Folder   3
A-M
Box   2
Folder   4
N-So
Box   2
Folder   5
St-Z
Box   2
Folder   6
Miscellaneous contracts
Series: Miscellaneous
Box   2
Folder   7
Script Fragments: Jerry (Ross) Rosenberg, Walter Hoban, unidentified
Box   2
Folder   8
Song lists, fans' comments, royalty statements
Box   2
Folder   9
Songs in collection not by Ross
Richard Adler and Philip Springer - “The Candy Shop Song,” “What Have You Done for Me Lately,” “When You Danced By”
Truman Capote, Harold Arlen - House of Flowers - “A Sleepin Bee,” “Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree,” “I Never Has Seen Snow”
Caroline Leigh, Mark Charlap - Peter Pan- “Tender Shepherd”
Frederico Valerio - “Assim Nasee o Amor” (?)