One Night of Love

No art credits on this 1934 sheet music cover, but it does include a mention of Lyle Talbot, known to legions of Ed Wood fans for his role as General Roberts in Plan 9 from Outer Space.

What Do We Do On a Dew-Dew-Dewy Day

This 1927 piece has the mysterious "R.S." as the artist's credit. Apparently these initials are pretty common in the sheet music world and have been the subject of conjecture. Conventional wisdom settles on Rosenbaum Studios, run by Morris Rosenbaum who employed a group of illustrators. These artists included William Wallace Denslow, Emil James Bistran, Harold Guenther Breul, Mortimer Flaum (hi Morty!), Reinhold William Gundlach, and James Murray Mitchell.

That Old Gang of Mine

This cover, from 1923, resembles a motion picture lobby card in the way it is compartmentalized. I like how artist Malcolm Perret filled the lower left corner with an Art Deco swash for the dapper fellow to stand on. Also notice the drawing of the card game-- even though Prohibition was in full effect, the Old Gang appears to be drinking some bootleg booze.

And speaking of dapper guys, gotta love those "Beau Brummels of Song Land"!

All the names written on this cover suggest it was passed around a lot.

 

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.