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  • 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
    Audio *LDC 7860 (F)Performing 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
    Moving image 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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  • Swing, swing, swing [sound recording] / Benny Goodman and his orchestra.

    • Audio
    • [New York] : RCA Camden, [1960]
    • 1960-1935
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *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
    Moving image 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
    Audio *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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  • Saratoga: typescript, 1959.

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

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  • Li'l Abner: typescript, 1959.

    • Text
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 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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  • Kiss the boys goodbye [sound recording] : songs of the 40's / performed by Diana Templeton.

    • Audio
    • [2004?]
    • 2004
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *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
    Audio *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
    Audio *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
    Audio *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
    Audio *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
    Audio *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
    Audio *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
    Audio *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
    Audio *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
    Audio *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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  • Jezebel / lyric by Johnny Mercer ; music by Harry Warren.

    • Notated music
    • New York : Remick Music, [1938]
    • 1938-1938
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Jezebel)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • Namely you : Li'l Abner / lyric by Johnny Mercer ; music by Gene De Paul.

    • Notated music
    • Hollywood, Calif. : Commander Publications, [1956]
    • 1956-1956
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Li'l Abner, 1956. Namely you)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • Love with the proper stranger / words by Johnny Mercer ; music by Elmer Bernstein.

    • Notated music
    • New York : Parmount Music, [1963]
    • 1963-1963
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Love with the proper stranger)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • Man's favorite sport / lyrics by Johnny Mercer ; music by Henry Mancini

    • Notated music
    • New York : Southdale Music & Northern Music, [1964]
    • 1964-1964
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Man's favorite sport)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • A big beautiful ball / lyric by Johnny Mercer ; music by Johnny Williams.

    • Notated music
    • New York : Harms, [1966]
    • 1966-1966
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Not with my wife)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • Pink Panther / Henry Mancini and his orchestra.

    • Audio
    • [Place of publication not identified] : RCA Victor, [1987]
    • 1987
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://nypl.naxosmusiclibrary.com/catalogue/item.asp?cid=078635593822
  • Li'l Abner : original Broadway cast recording / [book by Norman Panama & Melvin Frank ; based on the characters created by Al Capp ; lyrics by Johnny Mercer ; music by Gene De Paul].

    • Audio
    • New York, NY : Sony Classical, [2002]
    • 2002-1956
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://nypl.naxosmusiclibrary.com/catalogue/item.asp?cid=696998770027
  • Jumpin' like mad : cool cats & hip chicks non-stop dancin'.

    • Audio
    • Hollywood, Calif. : Capitol Records, ℗1996.
    • 1996-1942
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 55311Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 55311Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Johnny Mercer's music shop.

    • Notated music
    • New York, N.Y. : Edwin H. Morris & Company, [1944]
    • 1944-1944
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music JMG 22-724Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • One for my baby and one more for the road : from the picture The sky's the limit / lyric by Johnny Mercer ; music by Harold Arlen.

    • Notated music
    • New York : Harwin Music : E.H. Morris, [1966]
    • 1943-1943
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Sky's the limit)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • The belle of New York : original soundtrack recording / [music by Harry Warren ; lyrics by Johnny Mercer]. A rare side of Fred Astaire.

    • Audio
    • New York, N.Y. : Stet, [1978], ℗1978.
    • 1978-1956
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio SNK8810Off-site
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  • Havin\u0027 fun with Nat "King" Cole / Nat "King" Cole.

    • Audio
    • Copenhagen, Denmark : Official, [1988]
    • 1988-195
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio SNK10327Off-site
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