Showing posts with label Al Jolson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Al Jolson. Show all posts

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Anniversary Song



1946 sheet music for a song from the movie The Jolson Story. The back cover includes other movie scores.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

I Wonder What's Become of Sally



Looks like this piece of 1924 sheet music was passed around a bit, with each owner leaving their autograph.

I'm struck by how often the ukulele is mentioned in these. Cover art was by Malcolm Perret.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder




Interesting trivia: Sydney Leff, the cover illustrator of this 1928 sheet music, died in 2005 at age 104. Irving Berlin, who published this, died in 1989, age 101.