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  • Every hour on the hour [sound recording]/ George-Mercer-Ellington.

    • Audio
    • [n. p.]: Norgran 143B 1521-12, [194-?]
    • 1940-1949
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio Sc Audio CM-85 [Side 1, no. 1] Re-recorded in cassette (counter 0) 2 track. monoSchomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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  • Seven brides for seven brothers / book by Larry Kasha & David Landay ; lyrics by Johnny Mercer ; music by Gene de Paul ; new songs by Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn.

    • Text
    • c1978.
    • 1978
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Manuscript NCOF+ 82-778Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Command performance [sound recording].

    • Audio
    • 1942-1951
  • You're the top [sound recording] : Cole Porter in the 1930's.

    • Audio
    • [Indiana] : Indiana Historical Society ; [Westbury, N.Y.] : Koch International Classics [distributor], 1992.
    • 1992-1930
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Musical recording *LTCO 232 (F)Offsite
    Not available - Please for assistance.
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Musical recording JNF 92-232Offsite
  • The sky's the limit [videorecording] / RKO Pictures ; directed by Edward H. Griffith ; produced by David Hempstead.

    • Moving image
    • 1943.
    • 1943
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZIA 4-234Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • There's no business like show business [sound recording] : Broadway showstoppers.

    • Audio
    • New York : Sony Broadway, p1993.
    • 1993-1949
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Music CD *LDC 7860 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Saratoga: typescript, 1959.

    • Text
    • 1959
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Manuscript NCOF+ (Arlen, H. Saratoga)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Li'l Abner [sound recording] : the original soundtrack score / lyrics by Johnny Mercer ; music by Gene de Paul.

    • Audio
    • [New York] : Columbia, [1959]
    • 1959
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LSRX 12594Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Never gonna dance : a new musical (workshop) [videorecording] / Weissberger Theater Group, Jay Harris, producer, and Ted Hartley/RKO Pictures, Inc., present a workshop presentation ; music by Jerome Kern ; book by Jeffrey Hatcher ; based on the original film "Swing Time" ; [screenplay by Howard Lindsay and Allan Scott, based on the story by Erwin Gelsey] ; lyrics by Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin, Bernard Dougall, Oscar Hammerstein II, Jimmy McHugh, and Otto Harbach ; director, Michael Greif ; choreographer, Jerry Mitchell ; [video prod. company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.

    • Moving image
    • New York, c2001.
    • 2001
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Film, Slide, etc. NCOV 2557Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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  • Li'l Abner [sound recording] / book by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, based on characters by Al Capp ; lyrics by Johnny Mercer; music by Gene De Paul.

    • Audio
    • New York, NY : CBS Special Products, p1990.
    • 1990-1956
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 31119 [CD]Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 31119 [Notes]Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Dream [videorecording] / Louise Westergaard, Mark Schwartz, Bob Cuillo, Roger Dean, Obie Bailey, Stephen O'Neil, Abraham Salaman, present ; based on the lyrics of Johnny Mercer ; conceived by Louise Westergaard and Jack Wrangler ; music by Harold Arlen, Rube Bloom, Hoagy Carmichael, Walter Donaldson, Duke Ellington, Ziggy Elman, Bernie Hanighen, Jerome Kern, Matt Malneck, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer, David Raksin, Victor Schertzinger, Billy Strayhorn, James Van Heusen, Harry Warren, Richard Whiting ; directed & choreographed by Wayne Cilento ; [video prod. company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.

    • Moving image
    • New York, c1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Film, Slide, etc. NCOV 2066Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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  • The songs of Cole Porter [sound recording]

    • Audio
    • New York, NY : Warner Chappell, [200-?]
    • 200
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Music CD *LDC 32227 [CD]Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Music CD *LDC 32227 [Notes]Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Swing, swing, swing [sound recording] / Benny Goodman and his orchestra.

    • Audio
    • [New York] : RCA Camden, [1960]
    • 1960-1935
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Musical recording *LZR 14170 [Disc]Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Never gonna dance [videorecording] / Weissberger Theater Group, Jay Harris, producer, Edgar Bronfman, Jr., James Walsh, Ted Hartley/RKO Pictures, Harvey Weinstein, present ; music by Jerome Kern ; lyrics by Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Ira Gershwin, Otto Harbach, Bernard Dougall, Jimmy McHugh, Johnny Mercer, P. G. Wodehouse ; book by Jeffrey Hatcher ; based on the original film "Swing Time" produced by RKO Pictures ; [screenplay by Howard Lindsay and Allan Scott, based on the story by Erwin Gelsey] ; directed by Michael Greif ; choreographed by Jerry Mitchell ; [video director] Stucker ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.

    • Moving image
    • New York, c2004.
    • 2004
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    DVD NCOV 2826 Videodiscs 1 and 2Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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  • Echoes [sound recording] / Anita Ellis.

    • Audio
    • New York : Michael's Pub, 1979.
    • 1979
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Musical recording *LZR 34139 [Disc]Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Accentuate the positive : an evening with Johnny Mercer [videorecording] / [Presented by] the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's Cabaret Symposium, Betsy White, executive producer, Ellie Ellsworth, artistic director, Joel Silberman, musical director ; all lyrics by Johnny Mercer, in collaboration with various composers ; conceived and directed by Jack Wrangler with Ellie Ellsworth.

    • Moving image
    • New York, 1995.
    • 1995
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image NCOV 1762Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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  • Old masters [sound recording] / Bing Crosby.

    • Audio
    • New York : Decca, 1955.
    • 1955-1934
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Musical recording *LZR 59038 [Disc]Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Musical recording *LZR 59038 [Notes]Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Saratoga: typescript, 1959.

    • Text
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Manuscript RM 3840Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Li'l Abner: typescript, 1959.

    • Text
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Manuscript RM 4331Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Americana / lyrics by E. Y. Harburg, music by Jay Gorney, Harold Arlen and Richard Myers.

    • Text
    • New York : Harms, c1932.
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text M.C. (Americana, 1932) Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • Duke Ellington anthology : piano, vocal, guitar / Duke Ellington.

    • Notated music
    • Nashville, Tenn. : Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC ; Milwaukee, WI : Exclusively distributed by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, [2008]
    • 2008
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music JNG 11-294Offsite
  • Hollywood hotel / lyrics by Johnny Mercer ; music by Richard A. Whiting.

    • Text
    • New York : Harms, c1937.
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Hollywood hotel)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • Love songs [sound recording].

    • Audio
    • [New York] : Columbia Masterworks, [1946?]
    • 1946
    • 3 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Musical recording *LO 7310Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Musical recording *LO 7310Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Musical recording *LOA 574Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Kiss the boys goodbye [sound recording] : songs of the 40's / performed by Diana Templeton.

    • Audio
    • [2004?]
    • 2004
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Music CD *LDC 51694Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Moon dreams / MacGregor-Mercer. Sleepy town train / Roberts-Fontaine.

    • Audio
    • [New York] ; [Chicago] : Vdisc, 1942, 1944.
    • 1942-1944
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LR 11772Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Put your dreams away for another day / Lowe-Mann-Weiss : And then you kissed me / Cahn-Styne. I'll be seeing you / Fain-Kahal ; Someone to love / Warren.

    • Audio
    • [Hollywood, Calif.] : Vdisc, 1944.
    • 1944
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Musical recording *LR 11790Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Trav'lin' light / Mercer-Mundy-Young. All for you / Scherman. I can't see for lookin' / Robinson.

    • Audio
    • [Hollywood, Calif.] : Vdisc, 1942, 1944.
    • 1942-1944
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Musical recording *LR 11798Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • So beats my heart for you / Ballard-Henderson-Waring : I've got you under my skin / Porter. Robin Hood / Prima-Miketta.

    • Audio
    • [Hollywood, Calif.] ; [New York] : Vdisc, 1944.
    • 1944
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Musical recording *LR 11802Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • I promise you / Arlen-Mercer. Medley from the Paramount Picture "Here is my heart" : With every breath I take ; Love is just around the corner ; June in January / Robin-Rainger-Gensler.

    • Audio
    • [Hollywood, Calif.] : Vdisc, 1944.
    • 1944
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LR 11818Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive : There's a fellow waiting in Poughkeepsie / Mercer-Arlen. Walkin' in the light : Spiritual. Get on board little chillun / Raye-De Paul.

    • Audio
    • [Hollywood, Calif.] ; [New York] : Vdisc, 1944.
    • 1944
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Musical recording *LR 11825Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Memories of you / Razaf-Blake. Lazy bones / Mercer-Carmichael. Roll 'em : Gjon Mili jam session / Williams.

    • Audio
    • [New York] : Vdisc, [1939, 1940, 1944]
    • 1939-1944
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LR 11828Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Rum and Coca Cola / Sullavan-Baron-Amsterdam. Dream / [Mercer]. Moonlight in Vermont / Suessdorf-Blackburn.

    • Audio
    • [Unidenfied recording location] ; [Hollywood, Calif.] ; [New York] : Vdisc, [1944].
    • 1944
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Musical recording *LR 11841Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • That moon's in my heart / Von Tilzer-McPherson. Wouldn't it be nice / McHugh-Adamson. My dreams are getting better all the time / Mizzy-Curtis. One for my baby / Mercer-Arlen.

    • Audio
    • [New York] ; [Hollywood, Calif.] : Vdisc, [1944, 1945].
    • 1944-1945
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LR 11692Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Midday chat show on WOR-AM with Arlene Francis, 1973-07-02.

    • Audio
    • 1973.
    • 1973-702
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Spoken word recording *LDC 53196Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • The Joe Franklin show, 1973-03-26.

    • Audio
    • 1973.
    • 1973-326
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Music CD *LDC 53200Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • A tribute to Alec Wilder, 1907-1980 / with Marian McPartland & Susannah McCorkle.

    • Moving image
    • 1981.
    • 1981
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5c3b9920-66a6-0132-4aec-3c075448cc4b
  • Music and the mirror : first draft demo / music by Marvin Hamlisch ; lyrics by Ed Kleban. Marvin Hamlisch interview, 1974-09-16.

    • Audio
    • 1974.
    • 1974
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Music CD *LDC 52671Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • War and peace : from the Paramount pict[ure] "War and Peace" / Stone-Rota. Jubilation T. Cornpone : from the Broadway prod[uction] "Li'l Abner" / Mercer-DePaul.

    • Audio
    • [New York] : Columbia, [1956]
    • 1956
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Musical recording *LZM 68Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • The yellow rose of Texas / D. George. Green sleeves / Wolf-Parks-Manning. Autumn leaves / Mercer-Kosma. Under Paris skies = [sound recording] Sous le ciel de Paris [originally from the 1951 motion picture "Sous le ciel de Paris")] / Dréjac-Giraud.

    • Audio
    • [New York] : Columbia, [1957]
    • 1957
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LZM 103 copy 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LZM 103 copy 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Songs by Sinatra : radio broadcast, 1947-05-28.

    • Audio
    • 1947.
    • 1947-528
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/da8d0350-b91b-0133-e899-60f81dd2b63c
  • Special V-J Day show : radio broadcast, 1945-08-14.

    • Audio
    • 1945.
    • 1945-814
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/971ddaa0-b91c-0133-52f9-60f81dd2b63c
  • Pop chronicles: The Forties : Part 1: The war years, [1942-1945] / [hosted and documentated by John Gilliland].

    • Audio
    • [197-?]
    • 194-1942
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/80e972f0-c369-0133-b3a9-60f81dd2b63c
  • Barefoot in the park / words by Johnny Mercer ; music by Neal Hefti.

    • Notated music
    • New York : Famous Music, [1967]
    • 1967-1967
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Barefoot in the park)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • 2008 Merce Cunningham Dance Company Faculty Concert, selections

    • Moving image
    • June 14, 2008.
    • 2008-714
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/431397a0-ef9a-0133-44ad-60f81dd2b63c
  • Captains of the clouds / lyrics by Johnny Mercer ; music by Harold Arlen.

    • Notated music
    • New York, N.Y. : Remick Music, [1942]
    • 1942-1942
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Captains of the clouds. Captains of the clouds)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • In my wildest dreams / lyric by Johnny Mercer ; music by Arthur Schwartz.

    • Notated music
    • Sydney : J. Albert & Son, [1953]
    • 1953-1953
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Dangerous when wet. In my wildest dreams)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • Ain't nature grand / lyric by Johnny Mercer ; music by Arthur Schwartz.

    • Notated music
    • New York : Robbins Music, [1953]
    • 1953-1953
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Dangerous when wet. Ain't nature grand)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • Fine thing! / words by Johnny Mercer ; music by Robert Emmett Dolan.

    • Notated music
    • New York : Paramount Music, [1947]
    • 1947-1947
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Dear Ruth)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • I remember you / words by Johnny Mercer ; music by Victor Schertzinger.

    • Notated music
    • New York : Paramount Music, [1942]
    • 1942-1942
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Fleet's in. I remember you)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • Daydreaming : (All night long) / words by Johnny Mercer ; music by Harry Warren.

    • Notated music
    • London : B. Feldman & Co., [1938]
    • 1938-1938
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Gay impostors)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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