SHEET MUSIC

WANT LIST

March 27 2004

 

 Top Prices Paid by Private Collector:

stevetaksler@hotmail.com

 

 

 

 US FILM EDITIONS

Apache (United Artists,1954) (Mercer/Rakson)

  • Apache Love Song

 

Belle of New York (Mercer/Warren)(MGM,1952)

  • Bachelor Dinner Song (have photocopy only)
  • Brides Wedding day Song (have photocopy only)
  • I Love To beat the Big Brass Drum (have photocopy only)
  • Thank You Mr. Currier and Mr. Ives

Boy Meets Girl (1938) Mercer/Warren

  • Boy Meets Girl (have photocopy only)

Cabinet of the Calgari (Mercer/Fried)(Twentieth Century Fox,1965)

  • Sounds of the Night (Arch Music) (have photocopy only)

Daddy Long Legs (Twentieth Century Fox,1955)

  • History of the Beat (exists?)

Gold-Diggers in Paris (Mercer,Warren)(Warner Bros.,1938)

  • My Adventure  (have photocopy only)

Hard to Get (Mercer/Warren)(Warner Bros.,1938)

  • There's A Sunny Side to Every Situation  (have photocopy only)

Harvey Girls (Mercer/Warren)(MGM,1946)

  • My Intuition (have PC only)
  • Train Must be Fed,the

Here Come the Waves (Mercer/Arlen)(Paramount,1944)

  • My Mamma Thinks I'm a Star (have photocopy only)
  • Navy Song (have photocopy only)

Hollywood Hotel (Mercer/Whiting)(Warner Bros.,1937)

  • Can't Teach My Old Heart New Tricks (have PC only in Poor Condition)

Johnny Tiger (Mercer/Green)(Universal,1965)

  • World of the Heart

Merry Andrew (Mercer/Chaplin)(MGM,1958)

  • Buona Fortuna
  • Chin Up Stout Fellow
  • Pipes of Pan
  • Square of the Hypotenuse  (have photocopy only)
  • You Can't Always Have What You Want(British edition is only one I have)

Missouri Traveler (Mercer-Jack Marshall)(Buena Vista,1958)

  • Theme from the Missouri Traveler (Biarn's Song - The Piney Woods) (Buena Vista Film Production- also published by :Walt Disney Music Company/Keys Hansen) (have photocopy only)

Mister Chump ((Mercer/Hanighen) (Warner Bros,1938)

  • As Long As You Live (Published as PC only)

Navy Blues (Mercer/Schwartz) (Warner Bros.,1941)

  • When Are We Going to Land Abroad

Old Man Rhythm (Mercer/Gensler)(RKO,1935)

  • Comes the Revolution Baby (have photocopy only)

Robin Hood (Johnny Mercer)(Buena Vista,1973)

  • Phony King of England  (have photocopy only)

Second Chorus (Paramount,1940)

  • Dig It (Mercer/Hal Borne) (edges trimmed somewhat)
  • Poor Mr. Chisolm (Mercer/Hanighen)  (have photocopy only)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Mercer/DePaul) (MGM,1954)

  • June Bride (have photocopy only)

Spring Reunion (Mercer/Warren) (United Artists,1957)

  • Spring Reunion (have PC only)

Star Spangled Rhythm (Mercer/Arlen)(Paramount,1942)

  • Sweater, a Sarong, a Peek-aboo Bang (have hand written copy only)

That Certain Feeling (Mercer/Arlen) (Paramount, 1957) (Bob Hope and Eva Marie Saint)

  • Hit The Road to Dreamland (have British edition only)

They Got Me Covered (RKO,1943) (Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour)

  • Palsy-Walsy ( I already have the British edition)
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  • To Beat the Band (Mercer/Malneck)(RKO,1935)
  • I Saw Her at Eight O'Clock  (have photocopy only)
  • Meet Miss America (have photocopy only)

You Can't Run Away From It (Mercer-DePaul)(Columbia,1956) (Jack Lemmon and June Allyson)

  • Howdy Friends and Neighbors (have photocopy only)
  • It Happened One Night
  • Temporarily (have photocopy only)
  • Thumbin' a Ride
  • What Cha Ma Call It  (have photocopy only)

You're the One (Mercer/McHugh)(Paramount,1941) (Bonnie Baker and Orrin Tucker)

  • Gee, I Wish I'd Listened to My Mother

 

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SHOWS WANT LIST - BROADWAY AND LONDON

 

Ballyhoo of '32 (Mercer/Harburg)(1932) (Bob Hope and the Howard Brothers)

  • Falling Off the Wagon  (have photocopy only)

Blackbirds of 1936 and/or 1939 (Mercer/Bloom) (British-1936) (US- 1939) Florence Mills, Lavaida Carter, Lena Horne, Bobby Evans

  • Swing Is The Thing, the (have newspaper edition only)
  • Repertoire
  • Piano Selections

Good Companions,the (Mercer/Previn)(1974)

  • Dance of Life, the (have photocopy only)

 

L'il Abner (Mercer,DePaul)(Broadway, 1956)

  • Unnecessary Town (have photocopy only)

Pajama Lady,the (Mercer/Charig)(Broadway,1930)

  • One, Two, Three (have photocopy only)

Paris in Spring (Mercer/Kalman)(1930)

  • Don't Ask to Much of Love (have photocopy only)
  • The Moon Shines Down (have photocopy only)

Singin' in the Rain (British, 1983)

  • Too Marvelous for Words

 

Tattle Tales (Mercer/Richard Myers) (1930)

  • Another Case of the Blues (have photocopy only)
  • Three After Three (Mercer/Carmichael)(1940)
  • How Nice For Me (have photocopy only)
  • What'll They Think of Next (have photocopy only)
  • Darn Clever, These Chinee
  • Also would like to have the Complete Vocal Score

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BRITISH PUBLISHED CINEMA -WANT LIST for the British edition

 

 

The Belle of New York (Mercer/Warren)(FDH) (MGM, 1952)Fred Astaire and Vera-Ellen

 

  • Oops!  (have Au edition)
  • Seeings Believing
  • When I'm Out With the Belle of New York

 

 

Blues in the Night (Mercer/Arlen) (VICTORIA) (Warner, 1941) Priscilla Lane, Betty Field

 

  • Hang Onto Your Lids
  • Says Who Says You Says I
  • This Time the Dream's on Me

 

Captains of the Clouds (Warner, 1942) (ALBERT)James Cagney and Dennis Morgan

 

  • Captains of the Clouds (have Au edition)

 

 

The Fleet's In (Mercer/Schertzinger) (VICTORIA) Dorothy Lamour and William Holden

 

  • Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry (have Au edition)
  • Not Mine (have Au edition)
  • You Belong to Uncle Sam
  • When You hear the Time Signal

 

Forever Amber (Mercer/Raksin) (FDH) (Fox, 1947) Linda Darnell and Cornell Wilde

 

  • Forever Amber

 

Going Places (Mercer/Warren) (FELDMAN) (Warner, 1938) Dick Powell and Anita Louise

 

  • Mutiny in the Nursery
  • Say It With a Kiss (have Au edition)

 

Garden of the Moon (Mercer/Warren/Dubin) (CHAPPELL) (Warner, 1938) Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lindsey

 

  • Garden of the Moon
  • Love Is Where You Find It

 

Girl of the Year (Mercer/Arlen) (MORRIS) (Columbia, 1950) Robert Cummings and Joan Caufield

 

  • Calypso Song

 

The Harvey Girls (Mercer/Warren) (SUN MUSIC) (MGM, 1946) Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Angela Lansbury

 

  • In The Valley (have Au edition)
  • It's a Great Big World (have Au edition)
  • March of the Doagies
  • Oh You Kid
  • Swing Your Partner Round and Round (have Au edition)

  

L'il Abner (Mercer/DePaul) (ESSEX) (Paramount, 1959) Peter Palmer and Leslie Parrish

  • I Wish It Could Be Otherwise
  • If I Had My Druthers
  • Jubilation T. Cornpone (have Au edition)
  • Namely You (have Au edition)

 

Merry Andrew (Mercer/Saul Chaplin) (ESSEX) (MGM, 1958) Danny Kaye and Pier Angeli

 

  • Everything s Ticketty-Boo
  • The Square of the Hypotenuse

 

 

Road House (Mercer/Arlen) (ALBERT) (Fox, 1948) Ida Lupino and Cornel Wilde

 

  • One For My Baby

 

Romance and Rhythm (The Cowboy From Brooklyn) (Mercer/Whiting) (FELDMAN) (Warner, 1938) Dick Powell and Priscilla Lane

 

  • Cowboy From Brooklyn

 

Second Chorus (Mercer/Hanighen) (VICTORIA) (Paramount, 1940) Fred Astaire and Paulette Goddard

 

  • Dig It
  • Love of My Life
  • Poor Mr. Chisholm

 

Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (Mercer/DePaul) (FDH) (MGM, 1954) Howard Keel and Jane Powell

 

  • June Bride
  • Lonesome Polecat

 

The Sky's the Limit (Mercer/Arlen) (ALBERT) (RKO, 1943) Fred Astaire and Joan Leslie

 

  • Harvey The Victory Garden Man
  • I've Got a Lot in Common With You
  • One For My Baby
     

Star Spangled Rhythm (Mercer/Arlen) (FAMOUS) (Paramount, 1942) Bing Crosby and Bob Hope

  • I'm Doin It For Defense (have Australian edition)
  • Old Glory
  • On The Swing Shift
  • Sharp as a Tack

 

You'll Find Out (Mercer/McHugh) (LAFLEUR) (RKO, 1940) Kay Kyser, Peter Lorre, Brris Karloff, Bella Lugosi, Ginny Syms

  • Don't Think It Ain't Been Charming
  • I've Got a One Track Mind
  • Like the Fella Once Said

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I want to obtain originals or photocopies of these song sheets by JOHNNY MERCER:

13th Street Rag(1949/Mangone)
1st Auto Theme1954.Daddy Long Legs)
1st Chinese Theme(Daddy Long Legs)
3rd Day Rag  (Daddy Long Legs)
About Face (Edward Albertson-Honor of West Point)
Affable Balding Me Chappel.
After All These Years(Mercer)
Afterbeat,the(Astaire)
Airminded Executive Commander Publ. (Hanighen)
Al Fresco    (Arlen) Saratoga (already have Lyric from script)
All Mucked Up (already have photocopy)   
All Over the World (Mercer)
All Tied Up (already have photocopy)
Alphabet of Love Begins& Ends With You.Harms. (already have photocopy)  
Amazing What Love Can Do (Carmichael) I Walk With Music
Ambiguous Means i Love You (Top Banana)
Americano Commander Publ.
And Points Beyond   (already have photocopy)
Anne (Edward Albertson) Honor of West Point  
Angels Cried, the Commander Publ. (already have photocopy)  
Another Case of Blues Harms. (Richard Meyers) Tattle Tales (already have photocopy) 
Antonia     Commander Publ. (Howard Jackson)(already have photocopy)
Any Old Day (Mercer)
Any Similarity Is Just Coincidental (Carmichael) (already have photocopy of "Any Similarity")
Any Way the Wind Blows (Mike)
Apache Love Song
Are You Gonna Throw Me Down (Mercer)
Aren't You The Charming One (1952) Milton Samuels
Around The Bend Commander Publ. (already have photocopy)  
Art of Conversation,etc. Warner.
As Long As You Live Remick.
At Last    (have lyric only)
Autumn Twilight Commander Publ.
Aye, Lad    
Baby's Born. Chappel
Baby,Don't You Quit Now (already have photocopy) 
Bachelor Dinner Song Four Jays. (already have photocopy)  
Baiiao. Commander
Barrelhouse Beguine T.B. Harms.
Beautiful Forever MCA.
Bells of Honolulu Southern (already have photocopy)  
Biarn's Song
Big Daddy Commander Publ.
Bless Your Heart Commander Publ.
Blossom Commander Publ. (already have photocopy) 
Blues Improvisation
Blues Sneaked in Every Time Paramount.
Blues Theme 
Boit a Boit La
Bon Appetit (Menu Song)   (already have Lyric from script)
Bon Vivant Commander Publ. (have lyric only)
Bonne Nuit Jerome Music.
Bouquet Marpet Music.
Boy Meets Girl (already have photocopy)  
Brasilia Cromwell.
Break It Up Cinderella
Brides Wedding Day Song,a  (already have photocopy)  
Bumble Bee, Busy Little     (already have photocopy)  
Buona Fortuna Dena Music.
But They'd Better Not Wait So Long (already have photocopy)
By Way Commander Publ.
C 'est La Guerre. Emi
California's Melodyland Commander Publ.
Camaraderie   
Camino(el)
Cast Your Bread Upon Water Commander
Celia's Lament Commander Publ.
Certain Smile(cues)
C'est La Guerre Robbins.
Chez L Pere Nazaire(BMI)
Chin Up Stout Fellow .Commander
Chinquapin Bush     (already have photocopy)  
Cimarron Strip Cues. Aspenfair
Cinderella Waltz   (already have photocopy)  
Circus Is Coming to Town BVC-Commander.
Clink Your Glasses?(Cahn or Mercer?)
College November Commander Publ.
Come On, Li'l Augie  
Comes the Revolution Baby (already have photocopy)
Conjur Man. Chappell
Countin' Our Chickens Harwin. (already have photocopy)  
Country's in Very Best of Hands.Commander (already have photocopy)  
Crying Eyes and an Empty Heart. Feist
Cure (already have photocopy) 
Dance Of Life    (already have photocopy)  
Dark Is Night Feist.
Darkest Before Dawn  (already have photocopy)  
Darn Clever these Chinne
Day After Day After Day
Daybreak Blues (already have photocopy) 
Deaux Amoureux
Deirdre MCA.
Dig You Most
Do My Eyes Deceive Me? Bourne.
Dr. Watson and Mr. Jibe(Holmes?)
Dog Eat Dog Harwin. (already have photocopy)  
Dog Is a Man's Best Friend Chappell-Mercer.
Don't Ask Too Much of Love Harms. (already have photocopy)  
Don't Run Away From Rain Commander Publ. (already have photocopy)  
Don't That Take Rag Off'n Bush Commander
Down in Valley Chappell.
Down Through the Ages (already have photocopy)  
Drag Off  N Bush
Duffy's Tavern (Cues).Famous
Easy Street(Chappell)
Echo of a Dream Mansion Music. (already have photocopy)  
Echoes . Commander
Elevator Song Chappell-Mercer.
Even If I Say It Myself    
Everything Happens to Me Commander
Everything I Have Is Yours 1952
Exercise Your Prerogative Commander
Falling off the Wagon  (already have photocopy)  
Family Tree Chappel/Harwinl.
Fifi Robbins. (already have photocopy)  
Finders are Keepers .Careers BMG
First Last and Always
Fleur De Lys (already have photocopy)
Footloose  (already have photocopy)  
Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals
Free and easy.Chappel
Friend Of Family 
G.I. Joe ?
Gee I Wished I Listened To My Mother
General Bullmoose
Georgia-Georgia Commander Publ.
Gerfrunk
Get a Horse East Hill Music.
Gettin' a Man Harwin.
Ghost of Love
Girl of all Nations. Commander
Goodbye Dickey Doos   (already have photocopy)  
Got To Wear You Off My Weary Mind   (already have photocopy) 
Great North Road    (already have photocopy)  
Guardian Angel Commander Publ.
Guitar Country MCA  (already have photocopy)  
Hail To MacCrackens
Half-zies BVC.
Handy with Your Feet Harms
Hangin Loose
Hank Witmark.
Happy Bachelor .Twentieth Century
Happy Ever After   
Happy Times
Harlem to Hollywood Robbins.
Has Anybody Told You Bourne.
Have a Heart Kacy Music.
Have a Nice Day. Barnes
Have You Heard (Gossip Song)   (already have photocopy)  
Have You Written Any Good Books Lately
Having a Ball Commander
Hayride Four Jays. (already have photocopy)  
He Didn't Have Know How No How Goldsen. (already have photocopy)  
He Loved Me Till All Clear Came Famous. (already have handwritten manuscript photocopy)  
He Shouldn't-A, Hadn't-A, Oughtn'ta Swang on Me
Headless Horseman Palm Springs Music.
Heart of Mine Cry On
Her First Evening Dress Bourne.
Here Goes Nothing  
Higgledy Piggledy Commander Publ.
High Lou Jack and Game
History of Beat Commander Publ.
Hoping Joy Music.
How West Was Won
How Long Has This Been Going On? Bolton.
How Nice for Me E.H. Morris. (already have photocopy)
Howdy Friends and Neighbors Colgems. (already have photocopy)  
Howdy Stranger    
I Ain't Down Yet
I Can Spell Banana (already have photocopy)  
I Can't Believe My Eyes  (already have photocopy)  
I Did It For Red White And Blue    
I Don't Believe In Signs    (already have photocopy)  
I Don't Wanna Be Alone Again BVC.
I Feel My Luck Comin' Down (already have photocopy)
I Fought Every Step of Way
I Guess.... Ain't No Santa Claus
I Like Men Robbins.
I'll be Respectable
I'll Never Forgive Myself
I Love to Beat Big Bass Drum Four Jays. (already have photocopy)  
I'm Shadowing You (have lyric only)
I 'm With You
I Never Knew   .Commander  (already have photocopy)  
I Never Want to Look in these Eyes Again.Commander
I Pray Commander Publ. (already have photocopy)  
I Saw Her at Eight O'Clock Bourne (already have photocopy)  
I 've Gotta Be On My Way.Whitmark
I Wish I Had Someone Like You Bel Canto.
I Wish It Could Be Otherwise
I'd Rather Be Me  
If I Didn't Love You Commander Publ.
If It Can't Be You
I'll Be Respectable Harwin. (already have photocopy)  
I'll Tell the World  (already have photocopy)  
Illusion
I'm Worrying Kind .TNT Music-Commander.
I'm Headed For Big Things   (already have Lyric from script) 
I'm Shadowing You    
I'm the Worrying Kind. Commander
I'm With You Commander Publ. (already have photocopy)  
In the Late Afternoon
In Society Commander Publ. (already have photocopy)  
Indiscretion Commander Publ.
It Happened One Night .Commander
It's a Typical Day Commander Publ. (already have photocopy)  
It's a Woman's Prerogative A-M  (already have photocopy) 
It's Easy When You Know How
I've Gotta Be On My Way? Witmark.
I've Waited for a Waltz.Commander  (already have photocopy)  
Jack-O-Lantern (already have photocopy)
Je T' Aime -Commercial
JO JO The Cannibal Kid. Robbins   (already have photocopy)  
Joanna .Northridge. (already have photocopy)  
Johnny Tiger Cues
June Bride Robbins. (already have photocopy)  
Just Letter Q
Just Across Mountains. Commander
Just Like a Falling Star Bolton.
Just Like Taking Candy From a Baby
Keeper of My Heart Commander Publ.
Lake Saint Mary United Artists.
Lalita
Lament    
Larceny and Love Commander Publ. (already have photocopy)  
Last Dream Home
Least Thats My Opinion
Leavin' Time A-M (Chappell).
Legend of Old California Four Jays. (already have photocopy)  
Lessons In Love    (already have Lyric from script)
Let's Go Sailor (Shore Leave)  (already have photocopy- but missing page 5)
Like the Fella Once Said (already have photocopy) 
Li'l Augie Is a Natural Man A-M (Chappell). (already have photocopy)  
Limericks Chappell.
Liquapep .Robbins  
Little Acorns. Commander
Little Boats of Barcelona. Crestview.
Little Fraternity Pin Harms
Little Ingenue
Little Lost Dream    
Little Man With Hammer Commander Publ.
Little Ol Tune.Commander
Little Old House Harms.
Little Travelling Music   (already have photocopy)  
Loca Illusion
Longing  (already have photocopy)  
Look at You Something Tells Me
Lorna Commander Publ.
Lot in Common With you, a (already have photocopy)  
Love Me Love My Dog. Chappel
Love Me With Your Heart Palm Springs
Love Song
Love Woke Me Up This Morning BVC.
Lovers in Dark ?
Lullaby A-M (Chappell)
Lyrics on the Spot Melody
Ma Belle Cherie Commander Publ.
Magic Island Meridian Music.
Make Believe Ballroom Cues
Man of Year This Week Chappell-Mercer.
Man's Gotta Fight    
Many Ways to Skin a Cat.
Matrimonial Stomp    
Maybe You Know What I Mean Southern
Me and Ghost Upstairs Morris-Commander.
Me and Mom Cues. EH Morris
Meant to Tell Yuh Christopher.  (already have photocopy)  
Meddiants de Sourires Le
Medium Couldn't Get Through
MeetMiss America  (already have photocopy)  
Meet Miss Blendo Chappell-Mercer.
Memories Will Linger. EMI
Memory Song Goldsen.
Men Who Run Country Harwin.
Mercer's Melody .MPL
Mexican Moon Commander Publ.
Missouri Traveler  (already have photocopy)  
Money Isn't Everything Commander Publ.
Moon Dreams Mutual (Chappell).
Moon in Mulberry Tree Herbert Music. (already have photocopy)  
Moon Shines Down Harms.
Moonlig