The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware 19735

Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Richardson, Paul Ralph, 1932-2006.

Title: Sheet music collection

Dates: ca. 1920-1931

Call No.: Col. 936

Acc. No.: 14x26

Quantity: 81 items

Location: 34 F 4

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Paul Richardson was the organist for the home games of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team from 1970-2005. Between 1978 and 1982, he also sometimes played the organ for home games of the New York Yankees. He died in Wilmington, Delaware, in October 2006. He was a graduate of Wilmington High School. He was the son of Hannah Kehnast and Ralph Richardson.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

A collection of popular sheet music, with illustrated covers. Many of the pieces were from movies or stage productions. All were copyrighted in 1931 or earlier, although some were printed later. Songs include “Give My Regards to Broadway,” “I’m Nobody’s Baby,” “Indian Love Call,” “Kitten on the Keys,” and others. Many of the pieces originally belonged to Ralph Richardson, the father of the Phillies organist Paul Richardson.

ORGANIZATION

Arranged in accession number order.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.

PROVENANCE

Gift of Diane Richardson.

RELATED MATERIALS

Other sheet music is in Collection 240 and Collection 785.

ACCESS POINTS

Topics: Dance music.

Music printing.

Musical films.

Musical theater - United States - History.

Sheet music.

Organists.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

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ACCESSION NUMBER	SHOW TITLE	SONG TITLE	PERFORMER	PRODUCER	DIRECTOR	LYRICIST	COMPOSER	PUBLISHER	PUBLISHER ADDRESS	DATE	ILLUSTRATOR/LITHOGRAPHER	DESCRIPTION
14x26.001		All That I'm Asking is Sympathy	Weems, Ted & Orchestra			Burke, Joe & Davis, Benny	Burke, Joe & Davis, Benny	Joe Morris Music Co. Music Publishers	1587 Broadway, New York, NY	1929	Earl	Illustration of couple; photo of Weems, bottom left
14x26.002		Bring Back Those Rock-A-Bye Baby Days	Cross, Wellington			Christy, Harold	Bernie, Saul & Silver, Abner	Leo. Feist Inc.	New York, NY	1924	J. V. R.	Illustration of baby girl in hammock; photo of Cross, bottom left
14x26.003		Carolina Moon	Austin, Gene			Burke, Joe & Davis, Benny	Burke, Joe & Davis, Benny	Joe Morris Music Co. Music Publishers	1587 Broadway, New York, NY	1928	Leff	Illustration of woman in ball gown; photo of Austin, bottom left
14x26.004	Untamed	Chant of the Jungle	Crawford, Joan	Metro-Goldwyn Meyer		Freed, Arthur	Brown, Nacio Herb	Robbins Music Corporation	799 Seventh Ave., New York, NY	1929		Illustration of couple dancing in jungle; photo of Crawford, left
14x26.005		Cottage for Sale, A				Conley, Larry	Robison, Willard	De Sylva Brown and Henderson Inc. Music Publishers	745 Seventh Ave., New York, NY	1930	Lane, Pud	Illustration of cottage in country
14x26.006		Dancing Doll					Poldini, Ed.	Century Music Publishing Co.	New York, NY	1914		Illustration of men and women dancing and with instruments
14x26.007		Dardanella				Fisher, Fred	Bernard, Felix & Black, Johnny S.	McCarthy & Fisher Inc. Music Publishers	224 West 46th St., New York, NY	1919	De Takacs, Andre C.	Illustration of woman lounging on pillows
14x26.008		Dinah	Vallee, Rudy			Lewis, Sam M. & Young, Joe	Akst, Harry	Mills Music Proprietors	148-250 W 46th St., New York, NY	1925		Photo of Vallee
14x26.009	Yankee Doodle Dandy	Give My Regards to Broadway	Cagney, James	Warner Bros.	Curtiz, Michael	Cohan, George M.	Cohan, George M.	Vogel Music Co. Inc.	112 West 44th St., New York, NY	1931		Photo of Cagney; photo of Cohan, top right
14x26.010		Happy Days and Lonely Nights	Meroff, Benny			Rose, Billy	Fisher, Fred	Ager. Yellen & Bornstein Inc.	745 Seventh Ave., New York, NY	1928	Barbelle, Al	Illustration of day and night; photo of Meroff
14x26.011		Hawaiian Nights					Grey, Frank H.	Theodore Presser Co.	Bryn Mawr, PA	1931		Illustration of beach
14x26.012		I Cried for You	Gray, Glen & Casa Loma Orchestra			Arnheim, Gus & Freed, Arthur & Lyman, Abe	Arnheim, Gus & Freed, Arthur & Lyman, Abe	Miller Music Inc.	1270 Sixth Ave., New York, NY	1923		Photo of Gray
14x26.013		I Love You - I Love You - I Love You, Sweetheart of All My Dreams	Grosso, Elmer			Fitch, Art & Fitch, Kay & Lowe, Bert	Fitch, Art & Fitch, Kay & Lowe, Bert	Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Music Publishers	Broadway & 47th St., New York, NY	1926		Illustration of couple by water; photo of Grosso, bottom left
14x26.014		I Wish I Had Died in My Cradle (Before I Grew Up to Love You)	Austin, Gene			Brown, Lew	Friedman, Max	Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Music Publishers	Broadway & 47th St., New York, NY	1926	Politzer	Illustration of woman in long gown; photo of Austin, bottom right
14x26.015		I Wonder What's Become of Sally	Jolson, Al			Yellen, Jack	Ager, Milton	Ager. Yellen & Bornstein Inc.	1595 Broadway, New York, NY	1924	Perret	Photo of Jolson
14x26.016		I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover	Mooney, Art			Dixon, Mort	Woods, Harry	Remick Music Corporation	New York, NY	1927		Photo of Mooney
14x26.017	Andy Hardy Meets Debutante	I'm Nobody's Baby	Garland, Judy	Metro-Goldwyn Meyer		Ager, Milton & Davis, Benny & Santly, Lester	Ager, Milton & Davis, Benny & Santly, Lester	Leo. Feist Inc.	1629 Broadway, New York, NY	1921		Photo of Garland and man
14x26.018	Syncopation	I'll Always be in Love With You	Downey, Morton			Green & Ruby, Herman & Stept	Green & Ruby, Herman & Stept	Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Music Publishers	Broadway & 47th St., New York, NY	1929		Photo of Downey, top left; photo of Waring's Pennsylvanians
14x26.019	Footlights and Fools	If I Can't Have You (If You Can't Have Me)	Moore, Colleen	First National & Vitaphone Picture		Bryan, Al	Meyer, George W.	Remick Music Corp.	219 West 46th St., New York, NY	1929		Photo of Moore layered over photo of cast
14x26.020		If I Could Be With You (One Hour To-Night)	Richardson, Florence			Creamer, Henry & Johnson, Jimmy	Creamer, Henry & Johnson, Jimmy	Remick Music Corp.	219 West 46th St., New York, NY	1926		Photo of Richardson
14x26.021	Sunny Side Up	If I Had a Talking Picture of You	Gaynor, Janet & Farrell, Charles	Fox, William	Butler, David	Brown, Lew & De Sylva, B. G. & Henderson, Ray	Brown, Lew & De Sylva, B. G. & Henderson, Ray	De Sylva, Brown & Henderson Inc. Music Publishers	745 Seventh Ave., New York, NY	1929		Photo of Gaynor; background of illustrated sun
14x26.022		In a Little Spanish Town ('Twas on a Night Like This)				Lewis & Young	Wayne, Mabel	Leo. Feist Inc.	New York, NY	1926		Photo of woman, bottom left; illustration of Spanish woman in front of house
14x26.023		In a Persian Market				Ketelbey, Albert W.	Ketelbey, Albert W.	Bosworth & Co.	New York, NY	1925	MAE	Illustration of Persian market
14x26.024		In My Heart - It's You	De Tiberge, Henri & Orchestra			Hoffman, Al & O'Flynn, Charles & Rich, Max	Hoffman, Al & O'Flynn, Charles & Rich, Max	Davis, Coots & Engel Inc. Music Publishers	719 Seventh Ave., New York, NY	1930		Photo of De Tiberge, right; illustration of woman wearing hat in heart
14x26.025		In the Garden of To-morrow				Graffe, George Jr.	Deppen, Jessie L.	Chappell & Co. LTD	New York, NY	1924		Green and pink text; pink floral frame
14x26.026	Rose Marie	Indian Love Call	Eddy, Nelson & MacDonald, Jeanette	Metro-Goldwyn Meyer		Hammerstein, Oscar II & Harbach, Otto	Friml, Rudolf	Harms Incorporated	New York, NY	1924		Photo of Eddy and MacDonald
14x26.027		It All Depends on You	Lentz, Al & Orchestra			Brown, Lew & De Sylva, B. G. & Henderson, Ray	Brown, Lew & De Sylva, B. G. & Henderson, Ray	De Sylva, Brown & Henderson Inc. Music Publishers	745 Seventh Ave., New York, NY	1926	J & S Studio	Photo of Lentz
14x26.028		It Must Be True (You Are Mine, All Mine)	Crosby, Bing			Arnheim, Gus & Clifford, Gordon	Barris, Harry	Mills Music Inc.	1619 Broadway, New York, NY	1930		Photo of Crosby
14x26.029		Kitten on the Keys	Confrey, Zez				Confrey, Zez	Mills Music Inc.	1619 Broadway, New York, NY	1921	Starmer & Adeda (photo)	Photo of Confrey; peach and black frame
14x26.030	Martha	Last Rose of Summer					Engelmann, H.	Morris Music Co.	1025 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA	1902		Illustrated rose
14x26.031	Mammy	Let Me Sing and I'm Happy	Jolson, Al	Warner Bros. & Vitaphone		Berlin, Irving	Berlin, Irving	Irving Berlin Inc.	1607 Broadway, New York, NY	1929		Photo of Jolson
14x26.032		Lonely Troubadour	Vallee, Rudy			Klenner, John	Klenner, John	Santly Bros. Inc.	755 Seventh Ave., New York, NY	1929	Phyfe, Hal	Photo of Vallee
14x26.033	Street Girl	Lovable and Sweet	Compson, Betty			Clare, Sidney	Levant, Oscar	Harms Incorporated	New York, NY	1929		Photo of Compson, left
14x26.034	New Moon, The	Lover Come Back to Me		Mandel, Frank & Schwab, Laurence		Hammerstein, Oscar II	Romberg, Sigmund	Harms Incorporated	New York, NY	1928		Illustration of pirate woman
14x26.035		Mississippi Mud	Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys			Barris, Harry	Barris, Harry	Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.	Broadway & 47th St., New York, NY	1927	Wohlmon	Photo of man with violin
14x26.036	Whoopee	My Baby Just Cares for Me	Cantor, Eddie			Kahn, Gus	Donaldson, Walter	Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble Inc.	1595 Broadway, New York, NY	1930	Manning	Photo of Cantor, top left; illustration of woman riding horse
14x26.037	My Man	My Man (Mon Homme)	Brice, Fannie	Warner Bros. & Vitaphone		Charles, Jacques & Willemetz, Albert	Yvain, Maurice	Leo. Feist Inc.	New York, NY	1920		Photo of Brice, left
14x26.038		My Melancholy Baby	Austin, Gene			Norton, George A.	Burnett, Ernie	Joe Morris Music Co.	1587 Broadway, New York, NY	1911		Photo of Austin, bottom right; illuatration of woman
14x26.039	Lucky Boy	My Mother's Eyes	Jessel, George	Stahl, Tiffany		Gilbert, L. Wolfe	Baer, Abel	Leo. Feist Inc.	New York, NY	1928		Photo of Jessel
14x26.040	Sweetie	My Sweeter than Sweet	Carroll, Nancy & Kane, Helen & Oakie, Jack	Paramount Picture		Marion, George Jr.	Whiting, Richard A.	Famous Music Corporation	New York, NY	1929		Photos of Carroll, Kane and Oakie; illustration of dancers
14x26.041		Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning				Berlin, Irving	Berlin, Irving	Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.	New York, NY	1918		Illustration of military bugler
14x26.042		Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!	Baker, Bonnie & Tucker, Orrin & Orchestra			Rose, Ed	Olman, A.	Forster Music Publisher Inc.	216 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL	1917	Toomie	Photo of Baker
14x26.043	Show Boat	Ol' Man River		Ziegfeld, Florenz		Hammerstein, Oscar II	Kern, Jerome	T. B. Harms Company	New York, NY	1927		Illustration of people on gangplank
14x26.044	Night and Day	Old Fashioned Garden	Grant, Cary & Smith, Alexis	Warner Bros.		Porter, Cole	Porter, Cole	Harms, Inc.	New York, NY	1919	Merritt	Photos of Grant and Smith
14x26.045		On the Road to Mandalay				Kipling, Rudyard	Speaks, Oley	G. Schirmer Inc.	New York, NY	1907 & 1935		Illustration of idol
14x26.046		Our Bungalow of Dreams	Miller, F. Donald			Malie, Tommie & Newman, Charlie	Verges, Joe	Ted Browne Music Co.	218 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL	1927		Photo of Miller, right; illustration of bungalow
14x26.047	Gold Diggers of Broadway, The	Painting the Clouds with Sunshine	Lightner, Winnie & Lucas, Nick & Pennington, Ann & Tashman, Lilyan & Terle, Conway & Welford, Nancy	Warner Bros. & Vitaphone		Dubin, Al	Burke, Joe	M. Whitmark & Sons	New York, NY	1929		Photos of performers; illustration of showgirl
14x26.048		Polly					Zamecnik, J. S.	Sam Fox Pub. Co.	New York, NY	1926		Illustration of woman
14x26.049	Ramona	Ramona	Del Rio, Dolores	Inspiration Pictures & Carewe Edwin		Gilbert, L. Wolfe	Wayne, Mabel	Johnson, Howard & McCarthy, Joe & Monaco, Jimmy V.	New York, NY	1927		Photo of Del Rio
14x26.050	Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic	Rose of Washington Square	Brice, Fanny	Ziegfeld, Florenz		MacDonald, Ballard	Hanley, James F.	Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.	Broadway & 47th St., New York, NY	1920		Photo of Brice
14x26.051	Mother Knows Best	Sally of My Dreams	Bellamy, Madge	Fox, William		Kernell, William	Kernell, William	De Sylva, Brown and Henderson Inc.	745 Seventh Ave., New York, NY	1928		Photo of Bellamy
14x26.052		She's a Gorgeous Thing	Little Jack Little			Davis, Benny	Coots, J. Fred	Davis, Coots & Engel Inc.	719 Seventh Ave., New York, NY	1930		Photo of Little, right; illustration of woman in boa, left
14x26.053	Rainbow Man, The	Sleepy Valley	Dowling, Eddie	Goebel, O. F. & Weels, George W.		Sterling, Andrew B.	Hanley, James F.	Harms, Inc.	New York, NY	1929		Photo of Dowling, left; illustration of house and rainbow
14x26.054	Smiling Irish Eyes	Smiling Irish Eyes	Moore, Colleen	First National Vitaphone		Ruby, Herman	Perkins, Ray	M. Whitmark & Sons	New York, NY	1929		Photo of Moore in shamrock frame
14x26.055	Paris	Somebody Mighty Like You	Bordoni, Irene	First National Vitaphone		Bryan, Al	Ward, Eddie	Harms, Inc.	New York, NY	1929		Photos of Bordoni
14x26.056		Sombody Stole My Gal	California Ramblers			Wood, Leo	Wood, Leo	Denton & Haskins Music Co.	1531 Broadway, New York, NY	1922		Photo of California Ramblers, bottom right; illustration of woman
14x26.057	Private Lives	Someday I'll Find You		Selwyn, Arch		Coward, Noel	Coward, Noel	Chappell & Co. LTD	New York, NY	1931	Wilding, Dorothy (photo)	Photo of man
14x26.058		Sometime	Golden, Ernie & Hotel McAlpine Orchestra			Kahn, Gus	Fiorito, Ted	Jerome H. Remick & Co.	New York, NY	1925		Photo of orchestra
14x26.059		Song Is Ended but the Melody Lingers On, The				Berlin, Irving	Berlin, Irving	Irving Berlin Inc.	1607 Broadway, New York, NY	1927		Illustration of flowers and bridge
14x26.060	Singing Fool, The	Sonny Boy	Jolson, Al	Warner Bros. & Vitaphone		Brown, Lew & De Sylva, B. G. & Henderson, Ray & Jolson, Al	Brown, Lew & De Sylva, B. G. & Henderson, Ray & Jolson, Al	De Sylva, Brown & Henderson Inc.	745 Seventh Ave., New York, NY	1928		Photo of Jolson and boy
14x26.061		Star Dust				Parish, Mitchell	Carmichael, Hoagy	Mills Music Inc.	New York, NY	1929		Illustration of stars and field with tree
14x26.062		Stein Song	Vallee, Rudy			Colcord, Lincoln	Fenstad, E. A.	Carl Fischer Inc.	Cooper Square, New York, NY	1910		Photo of Vallee
14x26.063		Sweetheart of Memories	Alexander, Joe			Coslow, Sam	Coslow, Sam	Spier & Coslow Inc.	745 Seventh Ave., New York, NY	1928	Leff	Photo of Alexander, bottom left; illustration of man by fireplace
14x26.064	Singing Fool, The	There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder	Jolson, Al	Warner Bros. & Vitaphone		Dreyer, Dave & Jolson, Al & Rose, Billy	Dreyer, Dave & Jolson, Al & Rose, Billy	Irving Berlin Inc.	1607 Broadway, New York, NY	1928	Leff	Photo of Jolson
14x26.065	Puttin' On the Ritz	There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie!	Richman, Harry	Schenck, Joseph M.		Meskill, Jack & Richman, Harry & Wendling, Pete	Meskill, Jack & Richman, Harry & Wendling, Pete	Irving Berlin Inc.	1607 Broadway, New York, NY	1929		Photo of Richman
14x26.066	Just Imagine	There's Something About and Old Fashioned Girl	Brandel, El	Fox Movietone	Butler, David	Brown, Lew & De Sylva, B. G. & Henderson, Ray	Brown, Lew & De Sylva, B. G. & Henderson, Ray	De Sylva, Brown & Henderson Inc.	745 Seventh Ave., New York, NY	1930		Photo of Brendel
14x26.067	Check and Double Check	Three Little Words	Amos 'n' Andy			Kalmar, Bert	Ruby, Harry	Harms, Inc.	New York, NY	1930		Illustration of Amos 'n' Andy
14x26.068	Nob Hill	What do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?	Bennett, Joan & Blaine, Vivian & Garner, Peggy Ann & Raft, George	20th Century Fox	Hathaway, Henry	Johnson, Howard & McCarthy, Joe & Monaco, Jimmy V.	Johnson, Howard & McCarthy, Joe & Monaco, Jimmy V.	Leo. Feist Inc.	New York, NY	1916		Photo of man and woman, background; photo of woman in costume, left; photo of child, background bottom left
14x26.069		What's the Use?	Jones, Isham & Orchestra			Jones, Isham & Newman, Charles	Jones, Isham & Newman, Charles	Leo. Feist Inc.	New York, NY	1930		Photo of Jones, bottom left; illustration of woman
14x26.070	Kassel's in the Air	When It's Springtime in the Rockies	Kassel, Art			Sauer, Robert & Taggart, Milt & Woolsey, Mary Hale	Sauer, Robert & Taggart, Milt & Woolsey, Mary Hale	Villa Moret Inc.	San Francisco, CA	1929		Photo of Kassel, right; illustration of log cabin in woods
14x26.071	Hold Everything	When the Little Red Roses Get the Blues for You	Brown, Joe E. & Lightner, Winnie	Warner Bros. & Vitaphone		Dubin, Al	Burke, Joe	De Sylva, Brown and Henderson Inc.	745 Seventh Ave., New York, NY	1930		Photos of actors, center; illustrated women in gym clothes
14x26.072		When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver (I Will Love You Just the Same)	Christian, Tommy & Orchestra			Tobias, Charlie	De Rose, Peter	Joe Morris Music Co.	1587 Broadway, New York, NY	1930	Miska, Cliff	Photo of Christian, top left; illustration of woman, bottom left; illustration of couple in moon, bottom right
14x26.073		Where Are You Dream Girl	Vallee, Rudy			Davis, Benny & Frisch, Billy & Motzan, Otto	Davis, Benny & Frisch, Billy & Motzan, Otto	Robbins Music Corporation	799 Seventh Ave., New York, NY	1929		Illustration of Vallee
14x26.074	Sunny	Who?	Miller, Marilyn	First National Pictures Inc.		Hammerstin, Oscar II & Harbach, Otto	Kern, Jerome	T. B. Harms Co.	New York, NY	1925	Jorj	Photo of Miller, left
14x26.075		Who's that Pretty Baby?	Hoffman, Earl & Chez Pierre Orchestra			Heath, Bobby & Marr, Alex	Heath, Bobby & Marr, Alex	Joe Morris Music Co.	1587 Broadway, New York, NY	1927	Leff & Bloom (photo)	Photo of Hoffman, bottom right; illustration of woman in red dress and hat, and whispering men
14x26.076		Why Do They Always Say "No"				Davis, Frankie & Glason, Billy & Pease, Harry	Nelson, Ed G.	Stasny Music Corp.	1619 Broadway, New York, NY	1920	Barbelle	Illustrations of records (LPs)
14x26.077	Broadway Babies	Wishing and Waiting for Love	White, Alice	First National's Vitaphone		Clarke, Grant	Akst, Harry	M. Whitmark & Sons	New York, NY	1929		Photo of White, center; photo of dancers, background
14x26.078	Words and Music	With a Song in My Heart	Allyson, June & Como, Perry & Garland, Judy & Horne, Lena & Kelly, Gene & Rooney, Mickey & Sothern, Ann	Metro-Goldwyn Meyer	Taurog, Norman	Hart, Lorenz	Rodgers, Richard	Harms, Inc.	New York, NY	1929		Photos of cast members, right; illustration of woman with music book
14x26.079		You Wanted Someone to Play With (I Wanted Someone to Love)	Adams, Irving & Orchestra			Capano, Frank & McConnell, George B. & Morris, Margie & Osborne, Nat	Capano, Frank & McConnell, George B. & Morris, Margie & Osborne, Nat	Empire Music Co.	1595 Broadway, New York, NY	1928	Barbelle	Photo of Adams, right; illustration of birds and flowers
14x26.080	You Were Meant for Me	You Were Meant for Me	Crain, Jeanne & Dailey, Dan	20th Century Fox & Kohlmar, Fred	Bacon, Lloyd	Freed, Arthur	Brown, Nacio Herb	Miller Music Corporation	1619 Broadway, New York, NY	1929		Photos of Crain and Dailey; illustrations of men and women
14x26.081	Hold Everything!	You're the Cream in My Coffee				Brown, Lew & De Sylva, B. G. & Henderson, Ray	Brown, Lew & De Sylva, B. G. & Henderson, Ray	Crawford Music Corporation	1619 Broadway, New York, NY	1928	Morgan, Helen Van Doorn	Illustration of woman in boxing ring with unconscious man