Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Bobby Tucker Papers
Tucker, Irma
Tucker, Bobby, 1923-2008
Eckstine, Billy
Jones, Quincy, 1933-
NMAH.AC.1141
Archival Resource Key
36 Cubic feet
88 boxes
1883-2007, undated
The collection documents the life and musical career of Robert "Bobby" Tucker. The collection particularly emphasizes Tucker's close collaboration with Billy Eckstine over a forty-year period from approximately 1949-1990, and includes original orchestrations of arrangements by Tucker and other arrangers, a complete set of commercial recordings by Eckstine for which Tucker served as arranger, and ephemeral material including photographs, concert programs and news clippings.
English
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Biographical / Historical
Robert Nathaniel "Bobby" Tucker Jr. was born in Morristown, New Jersey, January 8, 1923 and died there on April 12, 2007. He was an accomplished pianist, arranger, and accompanist. He began performing at the age of fourteen and later studied in New York at the Institute of Musical Art. In 1946, he became accompanist to jazz vocalist Mildred Bailey and later that year, to renowned jazz vocalist Billie Holiday, with whom he remained until 1949 and with whom he had a strong and enduring, platonic friendship. Tucker continued to make recordings with Holiday into the 1950s.
Beginning in 1949, Tucker embarked on a lifetime collaboration as accompanist and musical director for the great African American balladeer and recording artist Billy "Mr. B" Eckstine. After leading a highly-acclaimed band from 1944-1947, Eckstine returned to a career as a solo singer, becoming the country's most popular vocalist in 1949-1950 and signing a lucrative five-year contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Incorporated (MGM). Although his popularity waned after 1951, he continued to play in major nightclubs in the United States and abroad for the next several decades and to release several popular albums. As his piano accompanist for over forty years, Tucker helped build and sustain the singer's career, reinventing Eckstine as the nation's musical tastes changed, and the music industry evolved. During his stint with Eckstine, Tucker worked on concerts—planning, arranging music, transcribing, and transposing works for performances; on recordings—preparing written arrangements, working integrally with recording companies. Engagements included recordings and performances with the Count Basie Orchestra; recordings under the direction of Quincy Jones; performances in Las Vegas; and band tours of Europe, Australia, and Japan.
Tucker was a renowned piano accompanist, and while working for Eckstine he was eagerly sought out by other singers, including Johnny Hartman, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, and Sarah Vaughan. He also collaborated with other jazz accompanists such as Jimmy Jones, Jimmy Rowles, and John Malachi. In his autobiography, Quincy Jones says that Tucker inspired him to begin studying music after they met in Seattle, while Jones was touring with Billie Holiday. Jones attributed all of the success he garnered in his career to the core skills he developed as a result of Tucker's inspiration. Tucker worked with Jones to arrange and conduct the music for the 1978 film The Wiz, which received an Academy Award nomination for best original music score.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series.
Series 1: Professional Materials, 1883-1992, undated
Subseries 1.1: Music Scores, undated
Subseries 1.2: Published Sheet Music, 1883-1992
Series 2: Other Materials, 1940-2007, undated
Series 3: Audiovisual Materials, undated
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily documents the close collaboration between Tucker and Billy Eckstine over a forty-year period, circa 1949-1990. It articulates the growth and development of a working jazz master—Eckstine—and the diversity of the musical repertoire he performed as he cultivated new audiences throughout his career. The collection includes original orchestrations of arrangements by Tucker and other well regarded arrangers such as Billy Beyers, Quincy Jones, Bob Enevoldsen, Marty Paich, Sammy Nestico, and Artie Butler. All of these materials found their way into Eckstine's recording and concert repertoire, which is evidenced by the approximately twenty cubic feet of sheet music arrangements that form the bulk of the collection. They illustrate the pivotal role Tucker played as the arranger, who interpreted and adapted original compositions to suit Eckstine's vocal style and capabilities, resulting in one of the longest-running successful collaborations in modern American musical history.
In addition, the sheet music contains Tucker's arrangements for Quincy Jones's music score for the 1978 film The Wiz.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to the Archives Center in 2008 by Tucker's widow, Irma J. Tucker.
Related Materials
Materials in the Archives Center
Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program Collection (AC0808)
Contains an oral history interview with Bobby Tucker, February 27-28, 2004
Other Finding Aids
An inventory of the music manuscripts (Subseries 1.1) that was created by James Zimmerman, public program specialist; Malcolm Stokes, intern; and Zack Greenwald, intern. See repository for details.
Preferred Citation
Bobby Tucker Papers, 1883-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Processing Information
Processed by Rebekah Keel, intern and Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, 2015.
Musical arrangers
Orchestrations
Programs -- Concerts
Sheet music
Clippings
Photographs -- 20th century
Music -- 20th century -- United States
Pianists
Musicians -- 20th century
Tucker, Irma
Professional Materials
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
1883-2007
undated
Scope and Contents
Materials document Bobby Tucker's creativity as pianist, arranger, and accompanist for various artists. Tucker played a significant role in the musical careers of three renowned jazz vocalists in particular: Mildred Bailey, Billie Holiday, and Billy Eckstine. Materials are included from all three of these professional collaborations. The materials are divided into two subseries. Subseries one is the largest group of materials and consists of music manuscripts. Subseries two is published sheet music.
Music Scores
1.1
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undated
Scope and Contents
Subseries 1.1 forms the largest portion of the collection and consists of music scores. Consists of written arrangements created primarily by Bobby Tucker for Billy Eckstine but includes material for other artists that he accompanied for live performances and recordings. The name of the performer is generally stamped or written on the scores. The arranger, while not always Bobby Tucker, is identified on the music manuscripts. Short scores for each instrument are also identified on the music. The materials are arranged as complete orchestrations in alphabetical order by the title of the music.
"3 Coins"
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59
1
"Abe" and "Billy Bows"
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1
1
"Again"
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1
2
"Aime Moi"
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1
3
"Ain't Misbehavin"
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1
4
"All is Fair in Love"
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1
5
59
2
"All of Me"
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1
6
"All of My Life"
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1
7
"All the Way"
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59
3
1
8
"All of You"
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2
1
"Almost Like Being In Love"
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2
2
"Alone Together" and "My Heart Stood Still"
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2
3
"Always on My Mind"
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2
4
59
4
"Another Song"
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2
5
"Anywhere I Wander"
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2
6
59
5
"Around the World"
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2
7
"As Long As She Needs Me"
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2
8
59
6
"As Time Goes By"
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2
9
59
7
"Autumn in Rome"
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2
10
"Autumn Leaves" and "Indian Summer"
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2
11
"Avec ces yeux la!"
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59
8
3
1
"Azure"
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59
9
3
2
"Ba-Ba-Lu"
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3
3
78
1
"Baby, Come Out of the Clouds"
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3
4
"Baby Medley"
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3
5
"Baia"
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3
6
"Ballad Medley"
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3
7
"Band of Gold"
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59
10
3
8
"Be My Love"
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3
9
"Be Your Man"
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3
10
"A Beautiful Friendship"
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3
11
"Beautiful People"
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59
11
4
1-2
"Beautiful People Reprise"
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4
3
"Because of You" and "Gypsy in My Soul"
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4
4
"Because You're Mine"
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59
12
4
5
"Bedroom Eyes"
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4
6
"Bee Hive"
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4
7
"Begin the Beguine"
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5
1
"Beginning to See the Light"
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59
13
5
2
"Believe in Music"
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5
3
"Believing in You"
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5
4
"Beloved"
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59
14
"Best Thing,The"
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59
15
5
5
"Better than Anything"
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60
1
"Bewildered"
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5
6
"Billy Bows"
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5
7
"Billy Play Off"
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5
8
"Bitter with the Sweet,The"
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6
1
60
2
"Blood Count"
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6
2
"Blue Moon"
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6
3
"Blue Prelude"
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6
4
"Blues"
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6
5
"Blues in the Night"
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60
3
"Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gave to Me"
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6
6
"Blues You're the Mother of Sin"
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6
7
"Boat that's Leaving"
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6
8
"Body and Soul"
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6
9
"Both of Us,The"
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6
10
"Boulevard"
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6
11
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
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6
12
"Bow Music"
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60
4
"Bows"
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60
5
6
13
"Brazilian Orchid"
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6
14
"Bring Back the Thrill"
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7
1
"Broadway"
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7
2
"Broken Dreams"
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60
6
"But Not For Me"
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7
3
"By the River St. Marie"
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7
4
"Call Me"
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60
7
7
5
"Can I Go On?"
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78
2
"Canadian Sunset"
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7
6
"Can't Buy Me Love"
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60
8
7
7
"Can't Take That Away"
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7
8
"Caravan"
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7
9
"Careless Lips"
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60
9
7
10
"Carnival"
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60
10
7
11
"Cee Cee"
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8
1
"C'est Lui L'amour"
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8
2
"Chance Again"
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8
3
"Changed"
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60
11
"Chaser"
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8
4
"Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)"
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8
5
"Chelsea Bridge"
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8
6
"Chez Moi"
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8
7
60
12
"Chicks"
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8
8
"Cidade Maravilhosa"
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8
9
"Cindy and Alberto"
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8
10
"Climb Every Mountain"
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60
13
8
11
"Cold Cold Heart"
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8
12
"Come In From the Rain"
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60
14
8
13
"Come Rain or Come Shine"
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8
14
"Come Sunday"
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8
15
"Comes Once in a Lifetime"
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8
16
"Confessing"
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8
17
61
1
"Coquette"
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8
18
"Cottage For Sale, A"
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61
2
8
19
"Could It Be Magic"
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61
3
8
19
"Couldn't Love Couldn't Cry"
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8
20
"Courtship, The"
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9
1
"Crazy"
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61
4
9
2
"Cry Me a River"
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61
5
9
3
"Crying"
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9
4
"C.T. Express"
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9
5
"A Day in the Life of a Fool"
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9
6
"Dedicated to You"
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9
7
"Detour Ahead"
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9
8
"Didn't We"
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9
9
61
6
"Do I Love You"
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61
7
10
1
"Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me"
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10
2
"Don't Explain"
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10
3
"Don't Get Around Much"
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10
4
78
3
"Don't Get Down On Your Knees"
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10
5
"Don't Get Hooked"
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10
6
"Don't Get Much of It!"
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10
7
"Don't Leave Me"
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10
8
"Don't Mean a Thing"
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10
9
"Don't Misunderstand"
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78
4
9
10
"Don't Tell Me"
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61
8
10
11
"Dora"
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10
12
"Down to Earth"
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78
5
"Dreams Come True"
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10
13
"Driving Me Crazy"
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61
9
11
1
"Early Autumn"
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61
10
11
2
"Easy"
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11
3
"Ebb and Tide"
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11
4
61
11
"Ellington Medley"
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12
1
11
5-6
"Emily"
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12
2
"Embraceable You"
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61
12
12
3
"Evergreen"
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78
6
12
4
61
13
"Every Breath"
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62
1
"Everything Must Change"
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62
2
12
5
"Every Time I Sing"
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12
6
"Every Time I Sing a Love Song"
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78
7
"Everything I Have Is Yours"
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12
7
13
1-2
"Everything I Have Is Yours"
"Exactly"
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13
3
"Exactly Like You"
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62
3
"Exodus"
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13
4
"Exodus Revisited"
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1961 - 1961
62
4
"Face the Music"
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13
5
"Fairweather (Like Brothers)"
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13
6
"Falling for You"
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13
7
62
5
"Fan Fare"
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14
1
"Far In Another World"
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14
2
"Feel the Warm"
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14
3
"Feeling Good"
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14
4
"Feelings"
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62
6
14
5
"Finale"
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14
6
62
7
"Fine and Dandy"
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14
7
"Fly Me To The Moon"
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14
8
"Foggy Day"
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15
1
"Fool in Love, A"
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15
2
"Fool That I Am"
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15
3
"Foolish Things"
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15
4
"Fool's Paradise"
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15
5
"Fools Rush In"
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15
6
"Fools Rush In"
"For Love of Ivy"
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62
8
15
7
"Forgive This Fool"
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15
8
"Fragile Eyes"
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15
9
"From This Moment On"
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15
10
"Funny"
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15
11
78
8
"Funny Valentine"
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15
12
"Garden In The Rain"
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15
13
62
9
"Gather Your Dreams"
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15
14
"Georgia"
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15
15
"Georgia Brown"
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15
16
"Gershwin Medley"
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62
10
15
17
"Gigi"
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62
11
16
1
"Girl I Love, The"
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16
2
"Give Me the Simple Life"
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16
3
"God Bless the Child"
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16
4
"Gonna Build a Mountain"
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1962 - 1962
62
12
"Good Life, Wanna Be Around, The"
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16
5
"Good Morning Heartache"
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62
13
16
6
"Goodbye"
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16
7
"Goodnight Kiss is a Good Night's Work, A"
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16
8
"Grapevine"
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16
9
62
14
"Green"
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17
1
"Green Dolphin Street"
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1962 - 1962
62
15
"Groovy People"
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17
2
"Guilty"
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1962 - 1962
63
1
"Hackett Opener"
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17
3
"Had You Been Around"
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63
2
"Hatikvah"
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17
4
"Have a Good Time"
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63
3
"Hello"
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63
4
17
5
"Here Come the Blues"
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63
5
"Hey There"
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17
6
"High and Mighty, The"
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63
6
17
7
"Hold Me Close To You"
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17
8
"Hold Me, Thrill Me"
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63
7
"Hot Diggity"
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17
9
"House Is Not a Home, A"
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17
10
63
8
"I Am a Singer"
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17
11
"I am Yours"
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63
9
"I Apologize"
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63
10
18
1
"I Believe In Love"
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18
2
"I Believe in Music"
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63
11
18
3
"I Believe in You"
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63
12
18
4
"I Concentrate on You"
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63
13
18
5
"I Cover the Waterfront"
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18
6
"I Didn't Mean to Love You"
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63
14
18
7
78
9
"I Don't Know"
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19
1
"I Fall in Love Too Easily"
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19
2
"I Got Lost in Her Arms"
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19
3
"I Hadn't Anyone"
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19
4
"I Hear a Rhapsody"
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1960 - 1960
63
15
"I Honestly Love You"
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19
5
64
1
"I Laugh to Keep from Crying"
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64
2
19
6
"I Left My Hat In Haiti"
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19
7
"I Let a Song," "Got it Bad," and "Do Nothing" (Medley)
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19
8
"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"
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1952 - 1952
64
3
"I Like it Here"
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20
1
"I Love Paris"
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20
2
64
4
"I Love You"
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20
3
"I Love You Says it Very Well"
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20
4
"I Love You So, And"
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20
5
78
10
"I Thought About You"
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20
6
"I Wanna be Around"
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1965 - 1965
64
5
"I Wanna Be Loved"
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20
7
"I Want A Little Girl"
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21
1
"I Want To Be Around"
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21
2
"I Was Wrong"
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21
3
"I Will Wait For You"
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21
4
"I Wonder Why"
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1968 - 1968
64
6
"I Won't Last A Day Without You"
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21
5
"Idaho"
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21
6
"If"
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21
7
64
7
"If Ever I Would Leave You"
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21
8
"If I Can Help Somebody"
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21
9
"If I Never Sing Another Song"
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64
8
"If I Should Lose You," "Don't Worry 'Bout Me," and "They Say It's Wonderful" (Medley)
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64
9
21
10
"If She Walked Into My Life"
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64
10
21
11
"If That's the Way You Feel"
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64
11
"If You Believe"
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1979 - 1979
64
12
"If You Could See Me Now"
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21
12
"If You Ever Leave Me"
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64
13
21
13
"If You Feel Like Singing, Sing"
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22
1
"I'll Be Seeing You"
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22
2
"I'll Know"
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22
3
"I'll Never Love This Way Again"
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64
14
22
4
"I'm a Fool to Want You"
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22
5
64
15
"I'm Confessing"
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64
16
22
6
"I'm Falling for You"
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64
17
22
7
"I'm Glad for Your Sake"
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23
1
64
18
"I'm in a Mood"
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23
2
"I'm in the Mood For Love"
Archival Resource Key
undated
23
3
"I'm Out to Forget To-Nite"
Archival Resource Key
undated
23
4
"I'm Singing This Song to You"
Archival Resource Key
undated
23
5
"I'm The One"
Archival Resource Key
undated
23
6
65
1
"I'm Walking Behind You"
Archival Resource Key
undated
23
7
65
2
"I'm Yours To Command"
Archival Resource Key
undated
24
1
65
3
"Imagination"
Archival Resource Key
undated
24
2
"Impossible"
Archival Resource Key
undated
24
3
65
4
"In A Sentimental Mood"
Archival Resource Key
undated
24
4
"In the City"
Archival Resource Key
undated
24
6
"In the Still of The Night"
Archival Resource Key
undated
24
7
"In My Solitude"
Archival Resource Key
undated
24
5
"Inch Worm"
Archival Resource Key
undated
24
8
"Indian Summer"
Archival Resource Key
undated
65
5
"Indiana"
Archival Resource Key
undated
65
6
"Ireland Ending"
Archival Resource Key
undated
65
7
24
9
"Is This What Feeling Gets"
Archival Resource Key
undated
65
8
"Isfahan"
Archival Resource Key
undated
24
10
"It Could Happen to You"
Archival Resource Key
undated
24
11
"It Had to be You"
Archival Resource Key
undated
24
12
"It Might as Well be Spring"
Archival Resource Key
undated
24
13
"It Was Lovely While it Lasted"
Archival Resource Key
undated
25
1
"It Was So Beautiful"
Archival Resource Key
undated
25
2
"It's Easy"
Archival Resource Key
undated
25
3
"It's the Hully-Gully"
Archival Resource Key
undated
25
4
"I've Got it Bad"
Archival Resource Key
undated
25
5
"I've Never Been In Love"
Archival Resource Key
undated
25
6
"Jalousie"
Archival Resource Key
undated
25
7
"Jamais Dimanche (Never on Sunday)"
Archival Resource Key
1962 - 1962
65
9
"Je Sais Que Vous Etes Jolie"
Archival Resource Key
undated
65
10
25
8
"Jealousy"
Archival Resource Key
undated
65
11
25
9
"Jelly Jelly"
Archival Resource Key
undated
26
1
65
12
25
10
"Jelly Jelly"
"Jenny"
Archival Resource Key
undated
26
2
"Joanna"
Archival Resource Key
undated
26
3
"Joey"
Archival Resource Key
undated
65
13
26
4
"Johnny Get Your Girl"
Archival Resource Key
undated
26
5
"Just a Little Street"
Archival Resource Key
undated
26
6
"Just Around the Corner"
Archival Resource Key
undated
26
7
"Just in Time"
Archival Resource Key
undated
26
8
"Just the Way You Are"
Archival Resource Key
undated
65
14
26
9
"Just Want to Be Your Man"
Archival Resource Key
undated
78
11
"Kenny's Stuff"
Archival Resource Key
undated
65
15
"A Kiss from You"
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
1
"Kiss Me in the Rain"
Archival Resource Key
undated
65
16
"Kiss of Fire, The"
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
2
"Know One But You"
Archival Resource Key
undated
66
1
"Ko Ko Mo"
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
3
66
2
"La De Do De Do"
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
4
"La Valse des Lilas"
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
5
"Lady"
Archival Resource Key
undated
66
3
27
6
"Lady Day Medley"
Archival Resource Key
undated
28
1
"Lady is a Tramp"
Archival Resource Key
undated
28
2
"Lament"
Archival Resource Key
undated
28
3
"Lamont Cranston of Your Smile"
Archival Resource Key
undated
66
4
"Lately"
Archival Resource Key
undated
28
4
"Laugh Clown Laugh"
Archival Resource Key
undated
66
5
28
5
"Learning Tree, The"
Archival Resource Key
undated
28
6
"Leroy Brown"
Archival Resource Key
undated
66
6
28
7
"Les Feuilles Mortes"
Archival Resource Key
undated
28
8
"Lift Every Voice"
Archival Resource Key
undated
28
9
"Like Being in Love"
Archival Resource Key
1950 - 1950
66
7
"Little Bit of Love, A"
Archival Resource Key
undated
29
1
"Little Girl"
Archival Resource Key
undated
29
2
"Little Mama"
Archival Resource Key
undated
66
8
29
3
"Livin' Like A Gypsy"
Archival Resource Key
undated
66
9
29
4
"Lonely Love"
Archival Resource Key
undated
29
5
"Lonesome Lover"
Archival Resource Key
undated
29
6
"Lonesome Lover Blues"
Archival Resource Key
undated
66
10
29
7
"Lonesome Lover Blues"
"Long Ago and Far Away"
Archival Resource Key
undated
29
8
"Looks Like We Made It"
Archival Resource Key
undated
29
9
66
11
"Lost in the Loveliness"
Archival Resource Key
undated
29
10
"Lost in the Stars"
Archival Resource Key
undated
66
12
30
1
"Love"
Archival Resource Key
undated
30
2
"Love Has Passed Me By Again"
Archival Resource Key
undated
30
3
"Love is a Ball"
Archival Resource Key
undated
30
4
"Love is a Many-Splendored Thing"
Archival Resource Key
undated
66
13
30
5
"Love Is Where You Find It"
Archival Resource Key
undated
30
6
"Love Me"
Archival Resource Key
undated
30
7
"Love Me or Leave Me"
Archival Resource Key
undated
30
8
"Love of Ivy"
Archival Resource Key
undated
30
9
"Love Story"
Archival Resource Key
undated
30
10
66
14
"Love the One You're With"
Archival Resource Key
undated
31
1
"Love Will Find a Way"
Archival Resource Key
undated
31
2
66
15
"Love You So"
Archival Resource Key
undated
31
3
"Lovely Way, A"
Archival Resource Key
undated
67
1
"Lovely Way to Spend An Evening, A"
Archival Resource Key
undated
31
4
"Lover Come Back"
Archival Resource Key
undated
67
2
"Lover Has Gone"
Archival Resource Key
undated
31
5
"Lover Man"
Archival Resource Key
undated
67
3
"Loving You"
Archival Resource Key
undated
31
6
"Lucky So and So"
Archival Resource Key
undated
31
7
"Lush Life"
Archival Resource Key
undated
31
8
67
4
"Ma"
Archival Resource Key
undated
31
9
"MacArthur Park"
Archival Resource Key
undated
31
10
67
5
"Make it With You"
Archival Resource Key
undated
31
11
67
6
"Make Someone Happy"
Archival Resource Key
undated
32
1
"Make Yourself at Home"
Archival Resource Key
undated
67
7
32
2
"Making that Love Scene"
Archival Resource Key
undated
32
3
"Man I Love, The"
Archival Resource Key
undated
32
4
"Man Who Sings, A"
Archival Resource Key
undated
32
5
"Man with a Horn"
Archival Resource Key
undated
67
8
32
6
"Mardi Gras"
Archival Resource Key
undated
67
9
32
7
"Maria"
Archival Resource Key
undated
67
10
"Maria Rewrite"
Archival Resource Key
undated
32
8
"May You Always"
Archival Resource Key
undated
32
9
"Maybe This Time"
Archival Resource Key
undated
67
11
32
10
33
1
"Medley"
Archival Resource Key
undated
33
2
"Mellow Tone"
Archival Resource Key
undated
33
3
"Memories of You"
Archival Resource Key
undated
33
4
"Mercer Medley"
Archival Resource Key
undated
67
12
"Midnight" and "You Don't Know What Love Is"
Archival Resource Key
undated
33
5
"Midnight Special"
Archival Resource Key
undated
67
13
"Midnight Sun"
Archival Resource Key
undated
33
6
"Mr. (Mister)"
Archival Resource Key
undated
33
7
"Mister Kicks"
Archival Resource Key
undated
68
1
33
8
"Mr. (Mister) You've Gone and Got the Blues"
Archival Resource Key
undated
68
2
33
9
"Misty"
Archival Resource Key
undated
33
10
"Mixed Up Girl"
Archival Resource Key
undated
68
3
33
11
"Monk's Mood"
Archival Resource Key
undated
34
1
"Mood for Love"
Archival Resource Key
undated
68
4
34
2
"Mood Indigo"
Archival Resource Key
undated
34
3
"Moon, The"
Archival Resource Key
undated
34
4
"Moon Mist"
Archival Resource Key
undated
34
5
"Moon River"
Archival Resource Key
1962 - 1962
68
5
"Moonlight Love"
Archival Resource Key
undated
34
6
"More Than You Know"
Archival Resource Key
undated
68
6
34
7
"Morning Star"
Archival Resource Key
undated
34
8
"My Cellar"
Archival Resource Key
undated
34
9
"My Destiny"
Archival Resource Key
undated
34
10
"My Fickle Heart"
Archival Resource Key
undated
68
7
34
11
"My Foolish Heart"
Archival Resource Key
undated
35
1
68
8
"My Funny Valentine"
Archival Resource Key
undated
68
9
35
2
"My Heart Stood Still"
Archival Resource Key
undated
35
3
"My Love"
Archival Resource Key
undated
35
4
"My Music"
Archival Resource Key
undated
35
5
"My Own True Love"
Archival Resource Key
1962 - 1962
68
10
"My Way"
Archival Resource Key
undated
68
11
35
6-7
"Name of My Sorrow, The"
Archival Resource Key
undated
36
1
69
1
"Nana's Theme"
Archival Resource Key
undated
36
2
"Nat Cole Medley"
Archival Resource Key
undated
36
3-4
78
12
"Need to Be, The"
Archival Resource Key
undated
36
5
69
2
"Never Leave Me"
Archival Resource Key
undated
37
1
"New Arrivals" and "Blues for Philly"
Archival Resource Key
undated
37
2
"No Moon at All"
Archival Resource Key
undated
37
3
"No One But You"
Archival Resource Key
undated
37
4
69
3
"No One Else But You"
Archival Resource Key
undated
37
5
"No Orchids for My Lady"
Archival Resource Key
undated
37
6
"No Other Love"
Archival Resource Key
undated
69
4
37
7
"Nobody Knows the Trouble"
Archival Resource Key
undated
69
5
37
8
"Nothing But Trouble (Troubling Me)"
Archival Resource Key
undated
37
9
"Nothing Like the Blues"
Archival Resource Key
undated
37
10
"Now That I Need You (Where Are You)"
Archival Resource Key
undated
37
11
"Nuages"
Archival Resource Key
undated
37
12
"Oh a Wonderful Day"
Archival Resource Key
1966 - 1966
69
6
"Oh What a Beautiful Morning"
Archival Resource Key
undated
69
7
38
1
"Old Black Magic"
Archival Resource Key
1960 - 1960
69
8
"Old Devil Called Love"
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
2
"Old Devil Moon"
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
3
"Old Folks"
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
4
"Old Man River"
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
5
"Old Songs, The"
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
6
"On the Street Where You Live"
Archival Resource Key
undated
69
9
38
7
"Once In A While"
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
8
"Once More with Feeling"
Archival Resource Key
undated
69
10
"Once Upon a Time"
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1965
69
11
"One For My Baby"
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
9
"One for the Road"
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
10
"One Little Kiss, A Moment of Bliss"
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
11
"One Note Samba"
Archival Resource Key
undated
69
12
"One Sweet Kiss"
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
12
"One-Two-Three"
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
13
"Only A Moment Ago"
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
14
"Only Just Begun"
Archival Resource Key
undated
38
15
"Opus One"
Archival Resource Key
undated
39
1
69
13
"Our Happy Love"
Archival Resource Key
undated
69
14
39
2
"Our Love is Here to Stay"
Archival Resource Key
undated
39
3
"Over the Rainbow"
Archival Resource Key
undated
39
4
"Overture"
Archival Resource Key
1978 - 1978
69
15
"Pandora"
Archival Resource Key
undated
39
5
69
16
"Pardonnez Moi Cha-Cha"
Archival Resource Key
undated
39
6
69
17
"Passing Strangers"
Archival Resource Key
undated
39
7
"People"
Archival Resource Key
undated
39
8
70
1
"People Will Say We're in Love"
Archival Resource Key
undated
39
9
"Performers of America"
Archival Resource Key
undated
70
2
"Philadelphia Freedom"
Archival Resource Key
undated
39
10
"Pieces of Eight"
Archival Resource Key
undated
70
3
"Place Blanche"
Archival Resource Key
undated
70
4
40
1
"Play On"
Archival Resource Key
undated
70
5
40
2
"Please Be Kind"
Archival Resource Key
undated
40
3
"Please Come Back"
Archival Resource Key
undated
40
4
"Please Send Me Someone to Love"
Archival Resource Key
undated
40
5
"Poinciana (The Free)"
Archival Resource Key
undated
40
6
"Poor Fool"
Archival Resource Key
undated
40
7
"Poor Little Heart"
Archival Resource Key
undated
70
6
40
8
"Poor People of Paris, The"
Archival Resource Key
undated
70
7
40
9
"Por Que"
Archival Resource Key
undated
40
10
"Portrait of My Love"
Archival Resource Key
undated
40
11
"Prelude To A Kiss"
Archival Resource Key
undated
70
8
41
1
"Pretty Girl"
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
2
"Pretty One"
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
3
"Pretty Woman"
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
4
"Prisoner of Love"
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
5
78
13
"Put On A Happy Face"
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
6
"Quand Je Pense"
Archival Resource Key
undated
79
1
41
7
"Rags to Riches"
Archival Resource Key
undated
42
1
"Rainy Day"
Archival Resource Key
undated
42
2
"Record Medley"
Archival Resource Key
undated
70
9
42
3-4
"Records Insert (Hot Diggity)"
Archival Resource Key
undated
70
10
"Records, Records"
Archival Resource Key
undated
70
11
42
5
43
1-2
"Remember"
Archival Resource Key
undated
43
3
"Rendezvous"
Archival Resource Key
undated
43
4
"Rhythm in a Riff"
Archival Resource Key
undated
43
5
"Richard Rodgers, Medley"
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
1
"Right To Sing The Blues"
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
2
"Rock Bows"
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
3
"Rock with You"
Archival Resource Key
undated
70
12
"Rockin' in Rhythm"
Archival Resource Key
undated
71
1
"Roll Out the Barrel"
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
4
"Round Midnite"
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
5
"Rose Room"
Archival Resource Key
1994 - 1994
71
2
"Run With The Wind"
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
6
"St. (Saint) Louis Blues"
Archival Resource Key
undated
70
3
44
7
"Salt Lake City Blues"
Archival Resource Key
undated
71
4
"Salt Peter"
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
8
"San Francisco, Around"
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
9
"Satin Doll"
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
10
71
5
"Second Time Around"
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
11
"Secret Love"
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
12
71
6
"See the Light"
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
13
"Send My Baby Back to Me"
Archival Resource Key
undated
44
14
45
1
71
7
"Senor Blues"
Archival Resource Key
undated
45
2
"September Song"
Archival Resource Key
undated
45
3
"Shadow of a Smile"
Archival Resource Key
undated
45
4
"Shadow of Your Smile"
Archival Resource Key
undated
79
2
"Shake It, But Don't Break It"
Archival Resource Key
undated
45
5
"Shanghai"
Archival Resource Key
undated
71
8
45
6
"She's a Lady"
Archival Resource Key
undated
45
7
"Show Me"
Archival Resource Key
undated
45
8
"Show Must Go On, The"
Archival Resource Key
undated
46
1
"Simple Life"
Archival Resource Key
undated
71
9
46
2
"Sincerely"
Archival Resource Key
undated
46
3
"Sing Baby Sing"
Archival Resource Key
undated
46
4
71
10
"Sing the Songs"
Archival Resource Key
undated
46
5
"Sitting By the Window"
Archival Resource Key
undated
71
11
46
6
"Smile"
Archival Resource Key
1962 - 1962
71
12
"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"
Archival Resource Key
undated
46
7
"Soft Shoe"
Archival Resource Key
undated
71
13
46
8
"Soliloquy"
Archival Resource Key
undated
46
9
"Solitude"
Archival Resource Key
undated
46
10
71
14
"Somebody Loves Me"
Archival Resource Key
undated
46
11
"Somehow"
Archival Resource Key
undated
47
1
"Someone To Watch"
Archival Resource Key
undated
47
2
"Something"
Archival Resource Key
undated
71
15
47
3
"Something More"
Archival Resource Key
undated
47
4
"Something's Wrong"
Archival Resource Key
undated
47
5
"Somewhere"
Archival Resource Key
undated
47
6
71
16
"Song is You, The"
Archival Resource Key
undated
47
7
"Song of India"
Archival Resource Key
undated
47
8
72
1
"Soon As I Get Home"
Archival Resource Key
undated
72
2
"Sophisticated Lady"
Archival Resource Key
undated
47
9
72
3
"Spanish Flea"
Archival Resource Key
undated
72
4
"Speak Low"
Archival Resource Key
undated
47
10
"Squeeze Me"
Archival Resource Key
undated
47
11
"Stadium Chase"
Archival Resource Key
undated
72
5
"Star Dust"
Archival Resource Key
undated
47
12
72
6
"Star Eyes"
Archival Resource Key
undated
47
13
72
7
"Stella"
Archival Resource Key
undated
72
8
48
1
"Steve Allen Medley"
Archival Resource Key
undated
48
2
"Still"
Archival Resource Key
undated
48
3
72
9
"Still of the Night"
Archival Resource Key
undated
48
4
"Stone Flower"
Archival Resource Key
undated
48
5
"Stormy Monday Blues"
Archival Resource Key
undated
48
6
"Stormy Weather"
Archival Resource Key
undated
72
10
"Strange Sensation"
Archival Resource Key
undated
48
7
72
11
"Stranger in Paradise"
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
1
72
12
"The Summer Knows"
Archival Resource Key
undated
72
13
49
2
"Sunshine Street"
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
3
"Sweetie"
Archival Resource Key
undated
72
14
49
4
"Swing High"
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
5
"Swingin' The Blues"
Archival Resource Key
undated
72
15
49
6
"So Wonderful"
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
7
72
16
"Talk to Me"
Archival Resource Key
undated
72
17
"Take Your Brother"
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
8
"Take Your Brother By the Hand"
Archival Resource Key
undated
79
3
"Teach Me Tonight"
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
9
72
18
"Tender is the Night"
Archival Resource Key
1962 - 1962
72
19
"Tender Trap"
Archival Resource Key
1962 - 1962
73
1
"Tenderly"
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
10
"That Kind of Woman"
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
11
"That's All"
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
12
"That's Life"
Archival Resource Key
undated
73
2
"Them There Eyes"
Archival Resource Key
undated
50
1
"There's a Boat Dats Leavin'"
Archival Resource Key
undated
50
2
"There's a Boat's That's Leavin'"
Archival Resource Key
undated
73
3
"There's No You"
Archival Resource Key
undated
50
3
"Think About Things"
Archival Resource Key
undated
50
4
"Thinking of Lady"
Archival Resource Key
undated
50
5
73
4
"Third Child"
Archival Resource Key
undated
73
5
50
6
"This Is All I Ask"
Archival Resource Key
undated
73
6
50
7
"This One's For You"
Archival Resource Key
undated
73
7
50
8
"Those Were the Days" and "Little Things"
Archival Resource Key
undated
50
9
"Thought About You"
Archival Resource Key
undated
50
10
"Time After Time"
Archival Resource Key
undated
50
11
"To Be or Not to Be in Love"
Archival Resource Key
undated
50
12
"To the Ends of the Earth"
Archival Resource Key
undated
50
13
73
8
"To Spend an Evening"
Archival Resource Key
undated
51
1
"Together"
Archival Resource Key
undated
51
2
"Too Marvelous"
Archival Resource Key
undated
73
9
51
3
"Tout Doucement"
Archival Resource Key
undated
73
10
51
4
"Trust in Me"
Archival Resource Key
undated
73
11
"Truly"
Archival Resource Key
undated
51
5
"Try a Little Tenderness"
Archival Resource Key
undated
51
6
"Tryin' To Get the Feeling (Again)"
Archival Resource Key
undated
51
7
79
4
"Uncle Sam"
Archival Resource Key
undated
51
8
"Unforgettable"
Archival Resource Key
undated
51
9
"Until Eternity"
Archival Resource Key
undated
51
10
"Up, Up, and Away"
Archival Resource Key
undated
73
12
"Verse"
Archival Resource Key
undated
51
11
"Very Thought of You, The"
Archival Resource Key
undated
52
1
73
13
51
12
"Walk A Mile In My Shoes"
Archival Resource Key
undated
52
2
73
14
"Walking Stick"
Archival Resource Key
undated
52
3
"Wanted"
Archival Resource Key
undated
52
4
73
15
"Warm Valley"
Archival Resource Key
undated
52
5
"Watch What Happens"
Archival Resource Key
undated
52
6
73
16
"Waterfront"
Archival Resource Key
undated
74
1
"Way I Am, The"
Archival Resource Key
1975
74
2
"We Never Kissed"
Archival Resource Key
undated
52
7
"Weaver of Dreams"
Archival Resource Key
undated
53
1
74
3
"Well All Right"
Archival Resource Key
undated
53
2
"We've Only Just Begun"
Archival Resource Key
undated
53
3
"What Are You Afraid Of"
Archival Resource Key
undated
53
4
74
4
"What Are You Doing for the Rest of My Life"
Archival Resource Key
undated
74
5
"What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life"
Archival Resource Key
undated
53
5
79
5
"What Kind Of Fool Am I"
Archival Resource Key
undated
74
6
53
6
"What I Did For Love"
Archival Resource Key
undated
74
7
54
1
"What More is There to Say"
Archival Resource Key
undated
54
2
"What Will I Tell My Heart"
Archival Resource Key
undated
74
8
54
3
"Whatever Possessed Me"
Archival Resource Key
undated
54
4
"What's My Name"
Archival Resource Key
undated
54
5
"What's New"
Archival Resource Key
undated
54
6
"When Do the Bells Ring for Me"
Archival Resource Key
undated
54
7
"When I Look in Your Eyes"
Archival Resource Key
undated
74
9
54
8
"When Summer Comes"
Archival Resource Key
undated
74
10
"When the World Was Young"
Archival Resource Key
undated
54
9
"Where Can I Go Without You?"
Archival Resource Key
undated
54
10
"Who Can I Turn To?"
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1965
74
11
"Why Don't You Believe Me?"
Archival Resource Key
undated
74
12
54
11
"Wildest Gal in Town, The"
Archival Resource Key
undated
54
12
"Wind Beneath My Wings"
Archival Resource Key
undated
74
13
54
12
"Windmills of Your Mind, The"
Archival Resource Key
undated
55
1
79
6
"Windy"
Archival Resource Key
undated
55
2
"With a Song in My Heart"
Archival Resource Key
undated
55
3
"Without A Song"
Archival Resource Key
undated
55
4
"Wives and Lovers"
Archival Resource Key
undated
55
5
74
14
"Wiz, The"
Archival Resource Key
undated
79
7
56
1-4
55
6
75
1-4
74
15
76
1-2
"Woman, A"
Archival Resource Key
1968 - 1968
76
3
"Work Song"
Archival Resource Key
undated
57
1
"World On A String"
Archival Resource Key
undated
57
2
76
4
"Wouldn't It Be Loverly"
Archival Resource Key
undated
57
3
"Yellow, Blue, and Red"
Archival Resource Key
undated
57
4
"Yes, I Can"
Archival Resource Key
undated
57
5
76
5
"Yesterdays"
Archival Resource Key
1966 - 1966
76
6
"You"
Archival Resource Key
undated
57
6
"You and Me Against the World"
Archival Resource Key
undated
57
7
74
7
"You Came a Long Way from St. (Saint) Louis"
Archival Resource Key
undated
57
8
"You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
Archival Resource Key
undated
76
8
"You Don't Have To Be A Star"
Archival Resource Key
undated
76
9
58
1
"You Go to My Head"
Archival Resource Key
undated
58
2
"You Light Up My Life"
Archival Resource Key
undated
58
3
76
10
"You Needed Me"
Archival Resource Key
undated
58
4
76
11
"You Will Be My Song"
Archival Resource Key
1976 - 1976
76
12
"You'd Be So Nice"
Archival Resource Key
undated
58
5
"You'd Better Go Now"
Archival Resource Key
undated
58
6
"Young and Foolish"
Archival Resource Key
undated
77
1
58
7
"Young at Heart"
Archival Resource Key
undated
58
8
77
2
"You're All I Need"
Archival Resource Key
undated
58
9
77
3
"You're Easy on the Eyes (But Hard on the Heart)"
Archival Resource Key
undated
58
10
"You're Gonna Hear"
Archival Resource Key
undated
58
11
"You're The First, The Last, My Everything"
Archival Resource Key
undated
58
12
79
8
"You've Changed"
Archival Resource Key
undated
58
13
"You've Got Me Crying Again"
Archival Resource Key
undated
58
14
"You've Made Me So Very Happy"
Archival Resource Key
undated
77
4
"Zing"
Archival Resource Key
undated
79
9
58
15
Unidentified music manuscripts
Archival Resource Key
undated
80
1-2
Unidentified music manuscripts
Archival Resource Key
undated
80
1-2
77
5
Published Sheet Music
1.2
Archival Resource Key
1883-1992
Scope and Contents
Includes some of the same titles as in Subseries 1.1 of popular songs with lyrics, musical scores and copyrighted information. Tucker possibly used these as reference materials. The materials are arranged in alphabetical order by title.
Copyrighted music, A
Archival Resource Key
1908 - 1978
80
3
Copyrighted music, B
Archival Resource Key
1927 - 1992
80
4
Copyrighted music, C
Archival Resource Key
1935 - 1970
80
5
Copyrighted music, D
Archival Resource Key
1931 - 1983
81
1
Copyrighted music, E
Archival Resource Key
1928 - 1965
81
2
Copyrighted music, F
Archival Resource Key
1883 - 1983
81
3
Copyrighted music, G
Archival Resource Key
1928 - 1981
81
4
Copyrighted music, H
Archival Resource Key
1937 - 1965
81
5
Copyrighted music, I
Archival Resource Key
1924 - 1983
82
1
Copyrighted music, J
Archival Resource Key
1926 - 1950
82
2
Copyrighted music, K
Archival Resource Key
1958
82
3
Copyrighted music, L
Archival Resource Key
1926 - 1983
82
4
Copyrighted music, M
Archival Resource Key
1928 - 1991
82
5
Copyrighted music, N
Archival Resource Key
1934 - 1979
82
6
Copyrighted music, O
Archival Resource Key
1890 - 1978
83
1
Copyrighted music, P
Archival Resource Key
1938 - 1980
83
2
Copyrighted music, Q
Archival Resource Key
1957
83
3
Copyrighted music, R
Archival Resource Key
1927 - 1979
83
4
Copyrighted music, S
Archival Resource Key
1936 - 1972
83
5
Copyrighted music, T
Archival Resource Key
1932 - 1982
83
6
Copyrighted music, V
Archival Resource Key
1919
83
7
Copyrighted music, W
Archival Resource Key
1933 - 1989
84
1
Copyrighted music, Y
Archival Resource Key
1943 - 1986
84
2
Copyrighted music, unidentified
Archival Resource Key
1933 - 1986
84
3
Copyrighted music, unidentified music books
Archival Resource Key
1946 - 1948
84
4
Other Materials
2
Archival Resource Key
undated
1940-2007
Scope and Contents
Material collected by Tucker relating primarily to jazz including files that he maintained on artists such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Earl Hines, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughn and Quincy Jones. In addition, biographical information about Bobby Tucker is included in this series.
The photographs document primarily Tucker's professional association with various artists including Art Tatum, Sarah Vaughn, Billie Holliday, Billy Eckstine, Louis Armstrong, Count Bassie and Quincy Jones. Most of the images are of Tucker during performances and but also include him in social settings with artists and acquaintances. There are a few images of Tucker in his private life including his marriage to Irma J. Tucker, his home and memorial materials. An attempt was made to arrange the photographs in chronological order with very few of the images being dated.
Photographs of Bobby Tucker
Archival Resource Key
1940s-2007
85
Photographs of Bobby Tucker
Instruction Manual, Naval School of Photography
Archival Resource Key
1943
86
1
Photographs of Bobby Tucker performing
Archival Resource Key
1948 - 1948
84
5
Photographs of Bobby Tucker performing
Billie Holiday
Archival Resource Key
1948
86
2
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1950 - 1950
77
6
Magazine clippings
Archival Resource Key
1955 - 1976
79
10
Caricature of Bobby Tucker
Archival Resource Key
1956 - 1956
84
6
Caricature of Bobby Tucker
Billy Eckstine
Archival Resource Key
1958 - 1990
86
3
Schlitz Radio, Celebrity Series
Archival Resource Key
1959
86
4
Pastel drawing of Bobby Tucker by Tom Morris
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1965
88
Instruction manuals
Archival Resource Key
1971 - 1985
86
5
Ebony Magazine, 1972 April
Archival Resource Key
84
7
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1976 - 1976
84
8
Flyers and advertising materials relating to 40s and 80s concerts in New Jersey
Archival Resource Key
1982 - 1983
86
6
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1982
86
7
Jazzletter
Archival Resource Key
1983 - 1995
86
8
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1984 - 1984
77
7
Long rundown of songs
Archival Resource Key
1984
86
9
Jim Vance
Archival Resource Key
1985
86
10
Magazine Clipping
Archival Resource Key
1984 - 1984
79
11
Leola Jiles
Archival Resource Key
1986 - 1987
86
11
Concert flyers
Archival Resource Key
1986 - 1992
86
12
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1987 - 2001
86
13
Publications relating to jazz
Archival Resource Key
1988 - 1988
77
8
Intermission, 1989 August
Archival Resource Key
86
14
Delores Harris
Archival Resource Key
1990
86
15
Lightnin' Hopkins
Archival Resource Key
1991
86
16
Miles Davis
Archival Resource Key
1992
86
17
Sarah Vaughan
Archival Resource Key
1992
86
18
Quincy Jones
Archival Resource Key
1997
86
19
The Instrumental, 2004 October
Archival Resource Key
86
20
Tony Bennett
Archival Resource Key
undated
86
21
Billy Eckstine program
Archival Resource Key
undated
84
9
Biographical materials
Archival Resource Key
undated
86
22
Business cards
Archival Resource Key
undated
86
23
Cartoons
Archival Resource Key
undated
86
24
Catalogues
Archival Resource Key
undated
77
9
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
undated
84
10
Envelopes
Archival Resource Key
undated
77
10
Earl Hines
Archival Resource Key
undated
86
25
Hotel letterhead stationery
Archival Resource Key
undated
86
26
List of song order for a performance
Archival Resource Key
undated
84
11
Lists of song orders for performances
Archival Resource Key
undated
86
27
Magazine clippings
Archival Resource Key
undated
84
12
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
undated
86
28
Music folder
Archival Resource Key
undated
87
1
Music folders
Archival Resource Key
undated
77
11
"New Adventures in Harmony: The Scale System" by Howard Anderson and George Johnson
Archival Resource Key
undated
86
29
Presentation folder for photographs
Archival Resource Key
undated
84
13
Photograph of Quincy Jones performing for The Wiz
Archival Resource Key
undated
84
14
Photograph of Quincy Jones performing for The Wiz
Photographs of Art Tatum
Archival Resource Key
undated
84
15
Photographs of Art Tatum
"Uncle Sam Could Use Some Ham"
Archival Resource Key
undated
86
30
Photograph of Sarah Vaughan performing
Archival Resource Key
undated
84
16
Photograph of Sarah Vaughan performing
Writings
Archival Resource Key
undated
86
31
Audiovisual Materials
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
Undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains a complete set of commercial recordings by Billy Eckstine, for which Tucker served as arranger, as well as the few recordings done solely by Tucker. Audiovisual materials are unprocessed.