Blues in the night : (my mama done tol' me) : from the Warner Bros. picture "Blues in the night" / lyric by Johnny Mercer ; music by Harold Arlen.
| Author/creator | Arlen, Harold composer. |
| Other author | Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976, lyricist. |
| Other author | IM-HO (Graphic artists), illustrator. |
| Other author | Remick Music Corporation, publisher. |
| Format | Musical Score |
| Publication | New York, NY : Remick Music Corporation, ©1941. |
| Description | 1 vocal score (5 pages, 1 unnumbered page) ; 31 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Blues in the night. Blues in the night. Vocal score |
| Portion of title | My mama done tol' me |
| Variant title | My mama done told me |
| Variant title | First line of text: My mama done tol' me when I was in kneepants |
| Variant title | First line of chorus: Now the rain's a-fallin', hear the train a-callin', whoo-ee |
| Series | Sheet Music Collection (Popular) Sheet Music Collection (Popular) |
| Local note | JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY--Outer folio detached. |
| General note | Originally for voice and orchestra; accompaniment arranged for piano, with chord diagrams for guitar and chord symbols; from the motion picture "Blues in the night." |
| General note | Caption title. |
| General note | "Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. presents 'Blues in the night' starring Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf with Lloyd Nolan, Jack Carson, Wally Ford, Elia Kazan, Peter Whitney, Billy Halop and Jimmy Lunceford and his band and Will Osborne and his band; a Warner Bros.-First National picture, executive producer Hal B. Wallis; associate producer Henry Blanke; screen play by Robert Rossen from a play by Edwin Gilbert; directed by Anatole Litvak"--List title page. |
| General note | Illustrated list title page: blue/brown/white; drawing of a crescent moon near a cloud in a star-filled sky / Im-Ho; photographs of Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, and 5 jazz musicians in a scene from the film; list of 4 songs from the film. |
| General note | Advertisement for "Songs of America" with 9 musical incipits on unnumbered page 6. |
| General note | Key: B-flat major. |
| Other title | Music for motion picture (work): Blues in the night (Motion picture) |
| Publisher number | 3217-4 Remick Music Corporation |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Item being cataloged | MRM A.6513 B.57 | Item being cataloged |