Collection Summary
Music from the Bob Hope Collection
1932-1997
1979-1990
1932-1997
1979-1990
ML31.H67
Hope, Bob, 1903-2003
approximately 18,600 items
204 containers
58 linear feet
English
Collection material in English
Music Division, Library ofCongress
Washington, D.C.
In a career that spanned nearly seventy years, American comedian and entertainer Bob Hope performed in theater, radio, film, television, and numerous public appearances, including his tours in support of the U.S. military. Music from the Bob Hope Collection contains manuscript scores, instrumental parts, and lyrics for nearly 500 works used in Hope's films, television programs, and personal appearances. These materials are part of the Bob Hope Collection held by the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Alberti, Bob (Pianist)
Comstock, Frank.
Harmon, Manny.
Hill, J. (James L.), 1928-2012.
Hope, Bob, 1903-2003.
Hope, Bob, 1903-2003.
Myers, Pete.
Perito, Nick.
Rogers, Shorty, 1924-1994.
Wolpe, Dave.
Organizations
Hope (Bob) Collection (Library of Congress)
Subjects
Motion picture music, Arranged.
Motion picture music--Scores.
Music--Manuscripts--United States.
Popular instrumental music.
Popular music.
Popular music.
Songs--Texts.
Television music, Arranged.
Television music--Scores.
Titles
EAD sort title: Bob Hope collection, music from the collection, 1932-1997
Form/Genre
Arrangements (Music)
Autographs (Manuscripts)
Lead sheets.
Motion picture music.
Poetry.
Popular music.
Scores.
Songs.
Television music.
Provenance
Transferred from the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, 2002-2010.
Accruals
No further music accruals are expected.
Processing History
Thomas Barrick processed the Music from the Bob Hope Collection between 2008 and 2012 and coded the finding aid in 2012. He updated the finding aid in 2013 to include additional materials. Melissa Capozio Jones processed additional materials and updated the finding aid in 2022.
Related Material
The Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division holds the bulk of the Bob Hope Collection. These materials include sound recordings and moving images, a selection of which have been cataloged and can be found in the Library of Congress online catalog where they are identified as part of the "Hope (Bob) Collection (Library of Congress)." In addition, the collection contains correspondence, photographs, scripts, notes, scrapbooks, clippings, realia, and other materials. For information about the manuscript material and sound recordings, contact a reference librarian in the [Recorded Sound Reference Center]. For information about the film and television materials, contact a reference librarian in the [Motion Picture and Television Reading Room].
Copyright Status
Music from the Bob Hope Collection is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright laws.
Access and Restrictions
Music from the Bob Hope Collection is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Music Division prior to visiting in order to determine whether the desired materials will be available at that time.
Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
Online Content
Portions of the Bob Hope Collection have been digitized and are available in the Library of Congress online exhibitions [
Bob Hope and American Variety
] and [
Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture.
]
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], Music from the Bob Hope Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Biographical information on Bob Hope is available in the Library of Congress online exhibition [
Bob Hope and American Variety
].
Scope and Content Note
Music from the Bob Hope Collection consists of manuscript and photocopied full scores, conductor's scores, parts, lead sheets, and lyric sheets for nearly 500 titles used in Hope's films, television programs, and personal appearances. Many of the arrangements were written for short play-ons and play-offs, interludes, and cues for Hope's television specials and USO tour appearances. The collection also includes fully arranged songs written for solo or duet performances by notable guests on the
Bob Hope Show
. Most of the arrangements were written by Bob Alberti, Nick Perito, and J. Hill. Additional arrangers represented in the collection include Frank Comstock, Manny Harmon, Pete Myers, Shorty Rogers, and Dave Wolpe. The first series, [Music from Identified Films, Television Programs and Public Appearances](BH01), contains works identified from information included on the music or original accompanying folders. The series is arranged chronologically by date of film, television program, or event. Individual songs are listed therein. The second series, [Music from Unidentified Sources](BH02), contains works whose sources were not able to be identified. This series is arranged alphabetically by work title. Qualifying information (e.g. "play-on") and date of the arrangement are provided wherever possible.
The [Miscellaneous Music](BH03) series includes manuscript scores and printed piano-vocal scores that Bob and Dolores Hope received as gifts, as well as a manuscript lead sheet for "The Star Beyond That Star." Two notebooks listing dates and songs for episodes of The Bob Hope Show and a ceremony program comprise the [Miscellany](BH04) series.
Organization of Music from the Bob Hope Collection
The collection is arranged in four series:
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[
Music from Identified Films, Television Programs, and Public Appearances, 1953-1997
](BH01)
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[
Music from Unidentified Sources, 1932-1992
](BH02)
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[Miscellaneous Music, 1941-1992](BH03)
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[Miscellany, 1964-1992](BH04)
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/2006560672]
Container List
Container
Contents
1-54, 82-90, 95-112, 117-121, 123-126, 128, 130-132, 141-148, 156, 158-180, 188, 198-200
Music from Identified Films, Television Programs, and Public Appearances, 1953-1997
1953-1997
Manuscript scores, parts, lead sheets, and lyric sheets for works from identified films, television programs, and public appearances. Lists of titles are provided when there is corresponding music. Part sets are assumed to be complete unless otherwise noted.
Arranged chronologically by date of film, television program, or event.
1/1
1953 : Off limits (film)
1953
Scores and parts
Titles: All about love (Marilyn Maxwell, Bob Hope)
1/2
1953 December 15 : The Bob Hope TV Christmas show
1953 December 15
Scores and parts
Titles: Silver bells
1/3
1955 : The seven little foys (film)
1955
Bound libretto/music score
Inscribed: Dear Bob, A merry, merry Christmas! from Joseph J. Lilley, 1954
2/1-7; 3/1-9; 4/1-5; 5/1-9; 82/1-3; 123/5; 145/5; 160/12; 171/3
1958 : Paris holiday (film)
1958
Scores, parts, lyric sheets
Titles: April in Paris; Nothing in common; Paris holiday; miscellaneous cues; Turecek's yellow carousel; Ursula's theme; Victory parade
141/5; 180/1; 198/1-19; 199/1-19
1959 : Alias Jesse James (film)
1959
Scores; lead sheets; lyric sheets; recording schedules
Titles: Ain't a Hankerin'; Alternate Ending; Angel's Rest; The Chase; Cora's Hero; Country Music No. 1; Country Music No. 2; Country Romance; Dirty Poker; The Duchess; Eastern Saloon Piano; The Finale; Gila-monster; Go, Milford, Go; The Gunfight; Headin' West; Insurance Forward; Jesse Detrains Milford; Jesse James; Milford Takes Over; Mourning for Milford; New Finale; The Newspaper; Prelude; Protection; Protection-tag; Puzzled Rhonda; Replacement for Protection; Rhonda on Horse; Saved by an Indian; Slow-motion Fight; So Happy Your Heart; The Wacky Horse; Wagner Wedding March; The Waltz, Western Saloon Piano No. 1; Western Saloon Piano No. 2; You and the Night and the Music
171/1; 172/1
1958 March 28 : Bob Hope Show
1958 March 28
Scores; lyric sheets
Titles: Nothing in common (Bing Crosby / Bob Hope); Paris Holiday
6/1
1959 May 15 : The Bob Hope show
1959 May 15
Scores, parts, lyric sheets
Titles: Ain't a-hankerin' (Rosemary Clooney)
173/5
1962 December 13 : Royal Command Show
1962 December 13
Score
Titles: A foggy day / Damned Americans (Bob Hope / Edie Adams)
141/3; 146/4; 156/3; 161/1
1966 October 22 : Bob Hope Buick Special
1966 October 22
Lead sheet
Title: The blue-eyed horse; I've got charm (Ginger Rogers); Playing politics; Where else?
6/2
1961 : Bachelor in paradise (movie theme)
1961
Lead sheet
200/3-4
1963 November 15 : The House Next Door (Bob Hope presents the Chrysler Theater)
1963 November 15
Scores
6/3
1964 December 13 : Bob Hope Christmas in Vinh Long, Vietnam
1964 December 13
Scores and parts
Titles: Flattery (Janis Paige)
6/4-7
1967 (air date, 1968 January 18) : The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas show
1967 (air date, 1968 January 18)
Scores and parts
Titles: Buckle down, Winsocki; Football playoff - Winsocki; The most beautiful girl; Prisoner of love
175/1-6
1968 : The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (film)
1968
Scores and parts
188/3
1969 January 11 : Linda Hope's wedding
1969 January 11
Score
Titles: Linda Hope's Wedding Medley
188/4
1969 August : Nora Hope's wedding
1969 August
Score
Titles: Nora's Wedding
7/1-2
1970 : The Bob Hope benefit for the Eisenhower Medical Center
1970
Scores and parts
Titles: Hope/Crosby medley; Put it there, pal
8/1-2; 164/2
1971 January 14 : The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas show
1971 January 14
Scores and parts
Titles: Fly me to the moon (Alan Shepard); Silver bells
8/3; 164/1
1971 November 7 : The Bob Hope special
1971 November 7
Scores and parts
Titles: America (play-off) (John Wayne); Everything's coming up roses
8/4; 9/1; 122/1
1972 February 27 : Bing Crosby and friends (NBC)
1972 February 27
Scores and parts
Titles: Saturday morning confusion
82/4
1975 October : A quarter century of Bob Hope on television
1975 October
Scores and parts
Titles: Crosby (play-on)
82/5
1975 December : Bob Hope Christmas
1975 December
Scores and parts
Titles: Thanks for the memories
82/6; 160/8; 163/1; 165/8; 174/7
1976 June ? : Bob Hope TV
1976 June ?
Scores and parts
Titles: America (play-off, John Wayne); Dancing nightly; Hartford (play-on/off); Have it your way; Thanks for the memories
188/5
1976 October 14 : Mr. Nathan Cummings is 80 at the Waldorf/Astoria Hotel
1976 October 14
Lyric sheet
Titles: Mr. Hope and Mr. Cahn
9/2; 82/7-9; 162/4; 168/4; 169/9
1976 December 12 : The Bob Hope comedy Christmas special
1976 December 12
Scores and parts
Titles: Christmas medley (Lola Falana); Go-go dance; Jesse - medley (Dyan Cannon); Jingle bells (segue); Thanks / Christmas; Toyland ethereal; We wish you a merry Christmas (play-off)
9/3-4; 10/1-2
1977 January 21 : Bob Hope's all-star comedy spectacular from Lake Tahoe
1977 January 21
Scores and parts
Titles: Lullaby to King King; One; Rocky theme; Tahoe cues
10/3-8; 83/1-6; 95/1-2; 158/4; 158/7; 159/6; 162/1; 177/4
1977 March 25 : Bob Hope's all-star comedy tribute to Vaudeville
1977 March 25
Scores and parts
Titles: Button up your overcoat; Camelot fanfare; The curtain falls; Harlem nocturne; I know that you know; King Arthur's Court; Love nest; Love will keep us together; Salute to Sophie (Lucille Ball); Thanks for the memories; There's no business like show business (underscore); Vaudeville come-on; Vaudeville ladies; Vivian Reed medley; We're in the money
84/1-4; 174/1
1977 December 19 : Bob Hope's all-star Christmas comedy special
1977 December 19
Scores and parts, sheet music
Titles: Luke Skywalker; Muppets movie; Scar wars: Silver bells '77; Son of Star Wars
11/1; 158/10; 174/3
1978 February 13 : The Bob Hope special from Palm Springs
1978 February 13
Scores and parts
Titles: Palm Springs tour; Stayin' alive (Bob Hope / Raquel Welch
11/2; 85/1-3; 95/3; 158/3; 159/5
1978 April 15 : Bob Hope's all-star comedy special from Australia
1978 April 15
Scores and parts
Titles: Cruising down the river; Koala kaper; Waltzing Matilda; Tie me kangaroo down, sport; What would I do without my music? (Kamahl)
95/4-5; 96/1-2
1978 October 18 : Bob Hope's salute to the 75th anniversary of the World Series
1978 October 18
Scores and parts
Titles: Ball game swing; Baseball around the World; Baseball number; Moider the ump!; Take me out to the ballgame
11/3; 85/4-5; 169/7
1978 December 3 : Bob Hope's salute to Ohio theatre jubilee
1978 December 3
Scores and parts
Titles: Happiness boys (with Vic Damone); Jingle bells; Me and my shadow (Sammy Davis Jr.); Thanks for the memories
11/4-6; 173/9
1978 December 22 : The Bob Hope Christmas show
1978 December 22
Scores and parts
Titles: Jingle bells; Silent night; Silver bells (underscore)
86/1-2; 170/7; 176/5
1979 January 28 : The Bob Hope cavalcade of comedy special
1979 January 28
Scores and parts
Titles: H-O-P-E opening; Nothing ever changes; To be a performer
12/1-2; 86/3-4; 123/4; 166/9; 170/5
1979 May 30 : Bob Hope's birthday party at sea (U.S.S. Iwo Jima, N.Y.C. Harbour)
1979 May 30
Scores and parts
Titles: Another opening; Good sports; I don't need anything but you (Sara Jessica Parker); New York medley (Diahann Carroll)
12/3; 13/1-6; 86/5-6; 97/1-4; 98/1-4; 122/3; 163/9; 167/4; 174/5; 177/1; 178/2
1979 September 16 : Bob Hope on the road to China
1979 September 16
Scores and parts
Titles: Acrobat hoopla; Acrobats; Big Bird walk; Circus floppus; Colgate fight song; Do-re-mi; Golf stroke; Great wall (opening); I left my heart in San Francisco (parody); If my friends could see me now; New York medley (revised); Peking Hotel; Ping pong song; Road to China; T'ai chee; Tea for two; Tien-a-men square; Together, wherever we go; When I was a lad
14/1-5; 86/7; 123/1; 123/8; 158/5; 160/5; 165/7; 167/7
1979 November 19 : Hope on campus
1979 November 19
Scores and parts
Titles: Alabama victory; Auburn Univeristy: War Eagle; Colgate fight song; Florida University; Harvard; Indiana fight song
14/6; 15/1-3; 16/1-5; 99/1-3; 148/4; 161/2; 163/7; 163/10; 164/4; 166/1; 168/8; 170/6; 176/11
1980 January 21 : Bob Hope special: Hope, women, and song
1980 January 21
Scores and parts
Titles: Buttons and bows; Don't bring Lulu; Down in the depths; A foggy day; Have tux, will travel; It's delovely; The lady's in love with you; miscellaneous scores; Nobody; Opening billboard; Smoke gets in your eyes (Diahann Carroll); Thanks for the memories; Two sleepy people (Shirley Jones)
99/4
17; 124-125
1980 February 3 and 10 : Bob Hope's overseas Christmas tours: around the world with the troops, 1941-1972
1980 February 3 and 10
Scores and parts
Titles: show 1-2: cues, scores, invoices for arrangements
168/1; 174/2
1980 March 17 : Bob Hope special: Bob Hope in the Star-makers
1980 March 17
Score
Titles: It's worth a try (Bob Hope, Robert Urich, Linda Gray); Star-makers opening
180/2-21
1980 March 17 : Bob Hope special: Bob Hope in the Star-makers
1980 March 17
Piano-conductor scores and parts
Titles: Disco Darlings; Hooray for Hollywood; Love Arrives; M12; M14/16; M15; M21; M22/24; M23; M25; M26-27; M28/28A/28B; M31; M33; M34; M45; Mr. Leer; Put on Happy Face; Star-makers Opening
18/1-2; 164/3
1980 May 28 : Bob Hope Air Force Academy special
1980 May 28
Scores and parts
Titles: Flying medley; Reach out and touch (Diana Ross)
18/3-6; 87/1-2; 117/1-4; 158/6; 160/10; 169/11
1980 September 6 : Bob Hope's look at the new TV season
1980 September 6
Scores and parts
Titles: Another opening, another show; The Carioca; The Continental; Everything happens to us; How are things in Glocca Morra (parody); Isle of Capri; Love boat theme; Moon over Miami; Tomorrow
19/1-4; 87/3-4; 99/5; 117/5; 160/1; 162/2; 165/5; 166/4; 168/5; 172/5; 173/8
130-132
1980 November 1 : Bob Hope for president
1980 November 1
Scores and parts
Titles: Candidate's lament; Hail to Hope; Hail to the Hope-ful; Happy days - Memories; Hope for America; Hope for president (end credits); Johnny Carson march; miscellaneous cues; miscellaneous scores; Opening insert; A real song and dance man (with Sammy Davis Jr.); Sassoon; Thanks for the memories
87/5
1980 December 16 : Bob Hope Christmas show and all-star comedy special
1980 December 16
Scores and parts
Titles: Joy to the world
19/5; 100/1-2
1981 January 18 : The Bob Hope 30th anniversary TV special
1981 January 18
Scores and parts
Titles: Shogun; Take this job and shove it; Thirty years of Hope (show theme)
20/1; 164/5; 177/3
1981 February 11 : Bob Hope's funny valentine special
1981 February 11
Scores and parts
Titles: Fort Worth; Valentine medley
100/3
1981 April 13 : Bob Hope's spring fling of glamour and comedy
1981 April 13
Scores and parts
Titles: The girl next door (Melissa Manchester)
21/1-3; 101/1-2
1981 May 25 : Bob Hope at West Point
1981 May 25
Scores and parts
Titles: 45 minutes from Broadway; Happy/sad medley; Honey bun; Hum-bug; Rhinestone cowboy
101/3; 102/1-2
1981 September 27 : Bob Hope's all-star comedy look at the fall season: it's still free and worth it!
1981 September 27
Scores and parts
Titles: Barney Miller theme; Dukes of Hazzard; M.A.S.H.;
22/1-2; 164/6; 171/2
1981 October 22 : Bob Hope's all-star celebration opening the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
1981 October 22
Scores and parts
Titles: Four of a kind; Once in love with Betty
23/1-5; 156/1
1981 November 22 : Bob Hope's stand up and cheer for the National Football League's sixtieth year
1981 November 22
Scores and parts
Titles: All-American wreck; Hot lunch jam; Nine to five (lineman's lament); When Winter comes (Susan Anton); You don't have to know the language
24/1-4
1981 December 20 : The Bob Hope Christmas special
1981 December 20
Scores and parts
Titles: Happy holidays; Me and my shadow; Silver bells; Small fry
25/1-2; 145/3
1982 February 28 : Bob Hope's women I love: beautiful but funny
1982 February 28
Scores and parts
Titles: How to handle a woman; Oscar ladies; Thanks for the memories (dame opening)
25/3-6; 26/1; 102/3
1982 May 3 : Bob Hope's stars over Texas special
1982 May 3
Scores and parts
Titles: Anyone who isn't me (Dottie West); Caddy; Doorbells; The eyes of Texas; Golf stroke; Texas golf
26/2-4
1982 May 25 : Bob Hope's all-star birthday party in Annapolis
1982 May 25
Scores and parts
Titles: Air Force theme; Anchors aweigh; Naval medley
27/1-2
1982 October 3 : Bob Hope's star-studded spoof of the new TV season: G-rated, with glamour, glitter and gags
1982 October 3
Scores and parts
Titles: Crappy days; General horse-pistol
27/3-5; 102/4
1982 November 21 : Bob Hope's Pink Panther Thanksgiving special
1982 November 21
Scores and parts
Titles: Getting to know you (play-on); Lady spies; Thanks for the memories (opening); Waiting in the wings
28/1-5; 126/3
1983 January 29 : Bob Hope's all-star Superbowl party
1983 January 29
Scores and parts
Titles: Believe it or not; Football hero; Love is in the air; Shirley Temple medley; The strapper (Don Rickles); Superbowl opening
29/1-4; 166/6
1983 March 2 : Bob Hope's road to Hollywood
1983 March 2
Scores and parts
Titles: Guzzle; Hooray to Hollywood (play-on, play-off); Road to Hollywood; Shower intruder (William Bendix)
29/5
1983 April 20 : Bob Hope in
Who makes the world laugh?
1983 April 20
Scores and parts
Titles: The Twain never meets
29/6-7; 30/1-5; 31/1-2; 87/6-7; 122/4
1983 May 23 : Happy birthday, Bob!: Kennedy Center Tribute
1983 May 23
Scores and parts
Titles: Arthur (play on); Fashion show; Gym dance; Hey, look me over; Hey, look me over (transposed, key of G); Just the way you are; Kermit (play-on); Love is the foundation; Magnum P.I.; Secret love; You made me love you; You must have been a beautiful baby
31/3-6; 143/15
1983 September 19 : Bob Hope's salute to NASA: 25 years of reaching for the stars
1983 September 19
Scores and parts
Titles: Flight (John Denver); Floating in space; Moon medley; Road to Morocco (parody with Perry Como)
32/1-2; 87/8-11; 103/1
1983 November 23 : Bob Hope goes to college
1983 November 23
Scores and parts
Titles: Clemson: Tiger rag; Notre Dame: Victory march; S.M.U. Peruna; Syracuse: Down the field; UCLA: Sons of Westwood; Utah State: Aggies all the way
32/3-4
1983 December 19 : Bob Hope's merry Christmas show
1983 December 19
Scores and parts
Titles: Cabbage-patch dolls; Christmas cues; You're all I want for Christmas
32/5-6; 33/1-2
1984 January 15 : The Bob Hope U.S.O. Christmas in Beirut
1984 January 15
Scores and parts
Titles: I've got a crush on you; Standin' on the corner; The two of us (Ann Jillian); We love working together (Brooke Shields)
33/3-6; 34/1-5
1984 February 27 : Bob Hope's wicki-wacky special from Waikiki
1984 February 27
Scores and parts
Titles: Aloha, oe; Hawaii; Hawaii Five-O; Hawaii opening; It's a lovely day today (Loni Anderson); Little grass shack; Lovely hula hands; Thanks for the memories; Would you like to take a walk?
35/1
1984 April 4 : Bob Hope in
Who makes the world laugh? Part 2
1984 April 4
Scores and parts
Titles: Tea for two
35/2-4; 36/1-6; 87/12; 173/3
1984 May 28 : Bob Hope's super birthday special at the World's Fair, New Orleans
1984 May 28
Scores and parts
Titles: A-team; David Letterman (play-on, play-off); Flying medley; How long has this been going on? (Twiggy); I can't get started with you; Johnny Cash (play on); Make believe; Riverboat ramble; Road to New Orleans; Way down yonder in New Orleans
37/1-2; 160/9
1984 May 31 : The Criss awards
1984 May 31
Scores and parts
Titles: America the beautiful (Florence Henderson); Globelus (play-on) (George Gobel); Wild Kingdom (play-on)
37/3-4; 103/2
1984 December 16 : The Bob Hope show: it's a ho ho Hope's jolly Christmas hour
1984 December 16
Scores and parts
Titles: Anything you can do (Mary Lou Retton); Give my regards to Broadway (Joey Lawrence); Tea for two
37/5
1985 February : Bob Hope show
1985 February
Scores and parts
Titles: We're hucksters
38/1
1985 April 15 : Bob Hope show: comedy salute to the soaps
1985 April 15
Scores and parts
Titles: I never miss my soaps (Diahann Carroll)
39/1-3
1985 May 28 : Bob Hope happy birthday homecoming (London Royal Gala)
1985 May 28
Scores and parts
Titles: Gandhi (Ben Kingsley); London medley; Rule Brittania
39/4-6; 144/5
1985 September 17 : Bob Hope buys NBC?
1985 September 17
Scores and parts
Titles: Buy bonds for Bob; God save NBC; NBC basement; Young-smoothie medley
40/1-2
1985 : The Bob Hope Christmas show
1985
Scores and parts
Titles: Sad jingle bells (play on); Side by side;
40/3; 41/1
1986 January : The Bob Hope Superbowl party
1986 January
Scores and parts
Titles: Football widow; N.F.L. clips medley
41/2-4; 42/1
1986 March : Bob Hope's royal command performance from Sweden
1986 March
Scores and parts
Titles: Cold medley (Shirley Jones); Over the rainbow; Sunny side of the street; Tumbling tumbleweeds (Glen Campbell)
65/6; 88/1; 165/3; 173/7
1986 May : Bob Hope's high-flying birthday party (aboard the U.S.S. Lexington)
1986 May
Scores and parts
Titles: Habit/Crush medley (Brooke Sheilds/Bob Hope); I can do that (Sammy Davis Jr.); Sailor beware
42/2-3
1986 September 15 : Bob Hope's new TV season
1986 September 15
Scores and parts
Titles: The media; Moonlighting
42/4
1986 November : Bob Hope's tropical comedy special from Tahiti
1986 November
Scores and parts
Titles: Tahiti medley
103/3-4
1986 December : Bob Hope Christmas show
1986 December
Scores and parts
Titles: Music hall; Rocka-Getty Christmas
44/3; 104/1
1987 April 19 : The Bob Hope show: Easter bunnies and friends
1987 April 19
Scores and parts
Titles: Easter medley; Peter Cottontail (play-on)
43/1-5; 44/1-2
1987 May : Bob Hope's high-flying birthday at Pope Air Force Base
1987 May
Scores and parts
Titles: Carolina in the morning; Flight (Glen Campbell); I remember it well; Lucy theme; Whirling spinners; Wings; Wings 2; Wings 3
44/4
1987 September : The Bob Hope show
1987 September
Scores and parts
Titles: A man is innocent
45/1; 88/2; 147/4
1987 December : The Bob Hope Winterfest Christmas show
1987 December
Scores and parts
Titles: Appalachicola (Tony Randall); Rock-a-bye baby (play-on)
45/2; 70/4; 142/2; 168/7
1988 January 8 : Bob Hope's U.S.O. Christmas from the Persian Gulf: Around the world in eight days
1988 January 8
Scores and parts
Titles: Ladies of the musical world (Gold Diggers); One
46/1-4; 47/1-4; 48/1-2; 179/2
1988 May : The Bob Hope 85th birthday show / 50 years with NBC
1988 May
Scores and parts
Titles: Comedy ain't no joke; Comedy (play-off and reprise); Doin' the Bob Hope show; Lucy (comedy play-off); Oscar and me; Personality; Sentimental 976; Travelin' man; Vaudeville; You're invited to a party
49/1
1988 September : HNN Hope News Network
1988 September
Scores and parts
Titles: That's the news
49/2-4
1988 : Bob Hope’s royal Viking Christmas show
1988
Scores and parts
Titles: Christmas bridge; It's not where you start;
50/1
1989 : Bob Hope’s Easter vacation in the Bahamas
1989
Scores and parts
Titles: Customs sktech (play on)
50/2-7; 51/1-2; 146/1
1989 : Ooh-la-la: it's Bob Hope's fun birthday spectacular from Paris
1989
Scores and parts
Titles: American in Paris; C'est magnifique; I love Paris; I'm glad I'm not young anymore; Love is here to stay; Parisienne - can't can't; Thank Heaven for little girls (Louis Jourdan); Thanks for the memories/French closing; Valse du Paree
51/3
1990 February 17 : Bob Hope spoofs show business
1990 February 17
Scores and parts
Titles: Should we go see a movie?
52/1-3
1990 April : Bob Hope’s spring in Acapulco
1990 April
Scores and parts
Titles: Acapulco (play-off); One hot tamale; They say it's wonderful (Ann Jillian)
52/4; 88/3
1990 May 19 : Bob Hope’s U.S.O. road to the Berlin Wall and Moscow
1990 May 19
Scores and parts
Titles: Old friends; Russian fly over
52/5-7; 188/6
1990 September 15 : Bob Hope’s
Don't shoot, it's only me
1990 September 15
Scores; parts; script
Titles: I could write a book; Queen Miltie's tango; That's the way it was in vaudeville; Uncle Milltown
53/1-2; 126/5
1990 : Bob Hope's 1990 Christmas show from Bermuda
1990
Scores and parts
Titles: Bermudiana; Christmas medley; White Christmas
53/3-4; 177/5; 178/1
1991 : Bob Hope and friends: making new memories
1991
Scores and parts
Titles: Voices that care; Well, did you evah?
54/1-3; 126/6
1991 : The Bob Hope Christmas show
1991
Scores and parts
Titles: Brazillian roses; Jingle bells (underscore); Joy to the world (play-off); Silver snowflakes
54/4; 160/6
1992 May 16 : Bob Hope’s America: red, white and blue – the swimsuit edition
1992 May 16
Scores and parts
Titles: Alexander's ragtime band
88/4
1992 December 19 : Bob Hope’s Christmas show (San Antonio, Texas)
1992 December 19
Scores and parts
Titles: Silver bells "mariachi"
54/5-6; 88/5-6; 104/2-4; 105-109; 123/3
1993 May 14 : Bob Hope: The first 90 years
1993 May 14
Scores and parts
Titles: Always; America the beautiful; Bob's soft shoe; Boogie woogie bugle boy; Bumpers 1-6 (with lyric sheets); Buttons and bows; Cagney/Hope 3; Christmas cues; Color Guard medley; Come fly with me; Fanfare; Dance intro; Dancer's playoff; Fine and dandy; Happy birthday; I can't get started with you/Delovely; I'll be home for Christmas (Ann Jillian); The lady's in love; Love nest (George Burns play-on); Moon of Manakoora; Opening 1; Opening (2-6); Radio: In the mood; Roseanne theme song; Silver bells; Thanks for the memories; Vaudeville
54/7; 89/1; 110; 118/1-2
1993 December : A Bob Hope Christmas
1993 December
Scores and parts
Titles: Christmas cues; Christmas opening; Christmas party medley; Dolores Christmas medley (oversize); Football medley; I wish it could be Christmas forever; Mr. Touchdown USA; Rah-rah cheerleaders
54/8-9; 89/2-4; 111; 112/1-4; 128/1
1994 May 14 : Happy 91st birthday, Bob
1994 May 14
Scores and parts
Titles: Boxing (dream cues); Coffee for one; Everything's coming up roses; Happy birthday (soft shoe); Happy Hope day; High flying Hope; How high the moon; I can do that (score in May 1986 birthday folder); I can't get started; Kissing; Peter Gunn (paraphrase); Rocky
54/10
1994 June : Bob Hope in England
1994 June
Scores and parts
Titles: Hope play-off; Memories
54/11; 89/5; 112/5; 119/1; 180/22
1994 December : Bob Hope's Christmas show: Hopes for the holidays
1994 December
Scores and parts
Titles: Christmas opening; Do you hear what I hear?; Happy holiday/let's have a party
54/12; 88/5; 120/1-9; 180/23-24
1994 : Bob and Dolores Hope: Hope's for the holidays (recording)
1994
Scores and parts
Titles: Christmas eve; Christmas time is here; Deck the halls/jingle bells; Do you hear what I hear?; Have yourself a merry little Christmas; Home; I'll be home for Christmas; Jesus was born today; Snowbound; A time to be jolly
89/6-8; 90/1-4
1995 : Now and then (Dolores Hope recording)
1995
Scores and parts
Titles: But beautiful; Come in from the rain; Here's that rainy day/I'm always chasing rainbows; It amazes me; It could happen to you; Just the way you are; You do something/I've got you under my skin
90/5-11; 121/1-5; 142/5; 168/9
1995 : Somewhere in time: the songs and spirit of World War II (Dolores Hope recording)
1995
Scores and parts
Titles: Craziest dream; I'll walk alone; I'm beginning to see the light; I've heard that song before; It had to be you; The last time I saw Paris; No love, no lovin'; Taking a chance on love; Waiting for the train to come in; We'll meet again; You'd be so nice to come home to
90/12; 121/6-7
1997 : That's love (Dolores Hope recording)
1997
Scores and parts
Titles: I only have eyes for you; That's love; Why can't you behave
55-81, 91-94, 113-116, 122, 123, 126-129, 133-170, 172-174, 176-179, 181-184, 189-197, 200-203
Music from Unidentified Sources, 1932-1992
1932-1992
Manuscript scores, parts, lead sheets, and lyric sheets for unidentified films, television programs, and public appearances. Part sets are assumed to be complete unless otherwise noted.
Arranged alphabetically by title of work.
189/1
16 Tons (play on) / Boo Hoo (play on)
(undated)
(undated)
Brass parts
91/1
1980 Hope opening montage
(1980)
(1980)
Scores and parts
55/1
Abdul
(1985 February 1)
(1985 February 1)
Scores and parts
160/2
Ach du leiber Augustine
(undated)
(undated)
Score
55/2
Aerobics
(1985 February 1)
(1985 February 1)
Scores and parts
160/3
Ain't a hankerin'
(undated)
(undated)
Score
For RCA recording with Bob Hope and Rosemary Clooney
55/3
Ain't misbehavin' (play-on, play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
55/4; 160/4
Air Force (play-on, play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
55/5
Alcatraz scene
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
160/7
Ali-Ben-hope
(undated)
(undated)
Score
55/6
All I need is the girl
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
For Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
55/7
All the way
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
55/8
All of me
(undated)
(undated)
Published arrangements
Arranged by Joe Leahy and Johnny Warrington
56/1
Am I in love?
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet
160/11
Anything you can do
(1970)
(1970)
Score
56/2
Applause
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
56/3; 181/1-2
Are you havin' any fun?
(undated)
(undated)
Score, parts, and published arrangement
56/4
The Army Air Corps
(undated)
(undated)
Published arrangement
123/6
Arrivaderci Roma
(undated)
(undated)
Eight measures
56/5
As time goes by (stingers and play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
123/7
Atlantic City - bridge
(undated)
(undated)
123/9
Auld lang syne
(undated)
(undated)
Parts: saxophone 1-3, double bass
56/6
Baby, I need you
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheets, lyric sheets
56/7
Baby, that's me without you
(undated)
(undated)
Piano-vocal score
56/8
Bad, bad Leroy Brown
(undated)
(undated)
Published score and parts
126/1
Barnaby Jones theme
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheets
126/2
Battle hymn
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
56/9
Be anything
(undated)
(undated)
Piano-vocal score
126/4
Bell bottom trousers
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
56/10
Best friend
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheets; guitar parts
Inscribed: Dolores Hope
91/2
Bing's spin (transition music)
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheets; guitar parts
91/3-4; 113/1; 158/1
Blue of the night (play-on, play-off, underscore)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
57/1
Blues
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
57/2
Bob and Sammy (duet)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Titles: Side by side; Me and my shadow
189/2-5; 201/1-2
Bob Hope Overture
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
190/1; 201/3
Bob Hope Overture (British Classic)
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
190/2-5; 191/1-2
Bob Hope Road Book
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Titles: Bob Hope Overture; I'm Available; Memory / Closing
91/5; 113/2
Bonanza
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
57/3
Boxer's rebellion
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
57/4
Breaker-breaker of my heart
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
57/5
Brenda and Cobina
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
57/6
Bumpkin (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
158/2
Bumpkin theme
(undated)
(undated)
Score
57/7
Button up your overcoat
(1991)
(1991)
Scores and parts
58/1; 181/3-5; 182/1-2
Buttons and bows
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Various arrangements
58/2; 161/3-4
By the light of the silvery moon
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
91/6
Captain Custard (play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
58/3
Carioca
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
58/4
The challenge
(undated)
(undated)
Conductor's score
Inscribed: Jayne Mansfield
58/5
Charo (play-on, play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
59/1
Cheers (play-on, play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
59/2
Chinese overcoat (play-on, play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
59/3; 162/3
Choir medley
(1987)
(1987)
Scores and parts
Titles: Battle hymn of the Republic; Smile
59/4; 162/5
Christmas theme button
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
162/6
Chromatic strings
(undated)
(undated)
Score
126/1
Chrysler symphony (commercial)
(August, 1964)
(August, 1964)
Score
59/5
Circus extravaganza
(undated)
(undated)
Published parts
59/6
Circus Maximus
(undated)
(undated)
Published parts
59/7
City lady country girl
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet
60/1
Clock effect
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
60/2
Colonial (play-on, play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Conductor's score
Inscribed: Jayne Mansfield
113/3
Colonel Bogey march
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
60/3
Colossus of Columbia march
(undated)
(undated)
Published parts
162/7
Come rain or shine
(1970)
(1970)
Score
60/4
Connections
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
60/5
The Continental (parody)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
91/7
Copter tour
(1979, 1990)
(1979, 1990)
Score and parts
60/6
Cottonfields
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
Arranged by Shorty Rogers
61/1; 162/8
A couple of swells
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
Duet: Bernadette Peters and Bob Hope
61/2
The cowboys and the singers
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet
61/3
Cowpokes
(1990)
(1990)
Scores and parts
61/4; 126/8
Danny boy (Danny Thomas play on)
(1985)
(1985)
Scores and parts
61/5
Darn it, baby
(1964)
(1964)
Scores and parts
Duet: multiple arrangements
62/1
Dean Martin (play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
Inscribed: Dean Martin show
126/9; 163/2
Dear hearts and gentle people
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
62/2; 163/3-4
Deb-stars '91
(1991)
(1991)
Scores and parts
Various titles
126/10
Dinah Shore (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
62/3; 163/5
Disco bells
(1979)
(1979)
Scores and parts
Inscribed: special material - Ray Charles
62/4
Dixie / Swanee medley
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
For Red Buttons
127/1
Do I need you?
(undated)
(undated)
Piano-vocal score
127/2; 163/6
Do me a favor...don't do me a favor
(undated)
(undated)
Score; lead sheet; typed script; parts
92/1
Doctor "K"
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Inscribed: Astronaut underscore
62/5
Doggie Bowser
(1990)
(1990)
Scores and parts
Paraphrase of "Doogie Howser" theme
62/6
Domestic ladies
(1982)
(1982)
Scores and parts
127/3
Don Rickles (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
191/3-5; 201/4; 203/1
Don't Ever Leave Me
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
127/4; 163/8
Don't let the stars get in your eyes
(undated)
(undated)
Piano-vocal score
For Betsy Duncan
127/5
Don't marry that girl
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet
62/7; 127/6
Don't sit under the apple tree
(1990)
(1990)
Scores and parts
Bob Alberti arrangement
191/6
Don't sit under the apple tree
(undated)
(undated)
Scores
Nick Perito arrangement
62/8
Don't worry, be happy
(1989)
(1989)
Scores and parts
Inscribed: Never used
63/1
Dynasty (play-on, play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
63/2
Easter parade (play-on)
(1991)
(1991)
Scores and parts
63/3
Easy to love
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Jimmy Stewart (play-on)
113/4
Eight to four (parody on "Working 9 to 5")
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
191/7
Elect Me President
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet
63/4
Elegance
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
92/2
Ernie Kovacs (play-on)
(1976)
(1976)
Scores and parts
Inscribed: Bob Hope T.V.
127/7
Everything happens to me
(undated)
(undated)
Stock arrangement
128/2
The facts of life
(undated)
(undated)
Vocal lead sheet; lyric sheets
One lyric sheet autographed by Bob Hope
63/5
Fight montage theme
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
63/6
Finale
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Titles: This is only the beginning; On a wonderful day like today
64/1
Flossie, the three faces of Bob
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
64/2
Fly me to the moon (Moon hustle)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
191/8
Flying
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheets
128/3
A foggy day
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
191/9
For What (Crosby and Hope vocal)
(undated)
(undated)
Score
64/3
Friends
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
From the television show "Sesame Street"
64/4
Frog legs (play-on, play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
128/4; 164/7
Funky Hope
(1973 November)
(1973 November)
Parts
64/5
The game
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
For the Dean Martin Show (Dean, Zero, Shecky, Buddy and choir)
114/1
Gentle on my mind
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Glen Campbell
192/1
George Burns conducting book
(undated)
(undated)
Scores
Titles: Ain't Misbehavin' bows; Fron Kissin'; Good Night, Little Girl Good Night; Good Old Bad Old Days; Good Old bows; I Wish I Was 18 Again; Monkey Rag; Please Don't Take Me Home; Train Back Home; Young at Heart; The Baby Song;
64/6; 123/10
Gillette theme
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts; parts (aka The axe march)
192/2
Girls!
(undated)
(undated)
Score
128/5; 165/1
Give it a chance
(1975)
(1975)
Score and parts
64/7
Global news cues
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Titles: Hooray for Hollywood; Volga boatmen; La Marseilles; Peking duck; Hamachi
65/1
Go get 'em
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
65/2
God bless America
(undated)
(undated)
Published parts
65/3
Golden girls (play-on, play-off)
(1987)
(1987)
Scores and parts
65/4
Goldfinger
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
165/2
Golf course
(1980)
(1980)
Score
65/5
Gorby's greatest hits
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
65/7
Hail, Columbia
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
65/8
Hail to the Chief
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
Arranged by Manny Harmon
65/9
Happy birthday
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
65/10
Happy birthday (rock version)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
128/6; 165/4
Happy birthday, my country
(1976 September)
(1976 September)
Parts
92/3
Happy days are here again
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
129/1; 165/6; 172/3
Happy medley
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
Titles: Happy talk; Make someone happy; Put on a happy face
192/3
Happy Sad Medley
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet
66/1
Hard to handle (tag)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
66/2
Harpies
(1983)
(1983)
Score and parts
66/3
Hart to Hart
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
129/2
Headlines
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
129/3; 182/3-4; 183/1; 200/1
Hear that beat!
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
129/4
Hello Dolly (parody)
(undated)
(undated)
Sketch
129/5
Hello, young lovers
(undated)
(undated)
Piano part from stock arrangement
66/4
He's funny that way
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheets
Inscribed: Dolores Hope
66/5; 166/2
He's gone away
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
For John Davidson
66/6
Here's Lucy [Lucille Ball theme]
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
66/7
Hey there (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
66/8
Highway to Heaven (play-on, play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
66/9
Hill Street blues (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
92/4
Hip noses
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
66/10
H.N.N. Signature
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
129/6
Hollywood's like any old home town
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet; lyric sheet
129/7
Home cookin' (from the movie Fancy Pants)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
66/11; 166/3
Hometown
(undated, 1976)
(undated, 1976)
Score and parts
129/8
Honey
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
166/5
Hope / Franklin medley
(August, 1964)
(August, 1964)
Score
For Bob Hope and Aretha Franlkin
192/4-5
Hope and Spanos
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
133/1; 183/2-3; 201/5
Hope and Spanos-2
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
67/1
Hope / Franklin medley
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
Duet: Aretha Franklin and Bob Hope
192/6
Hope / Manchester Duet
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheets
192/7-8
Hope - Memory Theme
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
67/2-5
Hope play-offs
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
Duet: Aretha Franklin and Bob Hope
68/1
Hoppone tarantella
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
68/2
How much is that doggie in the window (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
133/2
Howdy Doody
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
166/7
Hurry up
(August, 1964)
(August, 1964)
Score
133/3
I ain't gonna change
(undated)
(undated)
Score; parts; lyric sheets
133/4
I believe
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
For Betsy Duncan
68/3
I can't get started
(1984)
(1984)
Score and parts
134/1; 166/8
I can't get started
(undated, 1979)
(undated, 1979)
Parts
134/2; 135; 183/4-5; 184/1-2
I don't have an opening song
(1988)
(1988)
Score; parts; lead sheets
134/3
I love being here with you
(1960)
(1960)
Lead sheet
134/4
I love you (cues)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
Inscribed: Jerry Colonna
136/1
I refuse to rock and roll
(undated)
(undated)
Piano-vocal score
136/2; 167/1
I surrender dear
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
Van Alexander arrangement
193/1-2; 202/1
I surrender dear
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Pete Rugolo arrangement
68/4
I thought about you
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet
Inscribed: Dolores Hope
136/3
I wanna go home
(undated)
(undated)
Conductor's score and parts
For Jane Russel / Bob Hope
68/5
I wish I was eighteen again
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Inscribed: George Burns
193/3
I Wonder Where I'll be Next Christmas
(undated)
(undated)
Score
167/2
I won't last a day without you
(undated)
(undated)
Score
69/1; 167/3
If I could be with you
(1978)
(1978)
Score and parts
136/4
If I didn't care
(undated)
(undated)
Piano-vocal score
136/5
If I had my way
(undated)
(undated)
Vocal score (trio)
69/2; 167/5
If my friends could see me now (parody for Holley Systems)
(1978)
(1978)
Parts; sheet music; lyric sheets
Les Brown arrangement for Holley Distributors Awards Breakfast
136/6
If my friends could see me now (parody for Holley Systems)
(1978)
(1978)
Parts
136/7; 167/6
If we only have love
(undated, 1969)
(undated, 1969)
Parts
137/1
I'll string along with you
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
193/4-6; 194/1; 202/2
I'm Available (low key version)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
137/2; 138
I'm here
(undated)
(undated)
Score; parts; lyric sheets
139/1
In the little town of Ha
(undated)
(undated)
Piano-vocal score; lyric sheets
69/3
International ladies
(1982)
(1982)
Score and parts
139/2
Invitation to a dance
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts (3 sets)
69/4
Irish fling
(1988)
(1988)
Score and parts
139/3
It all depends on you
(undated)
(undated)
Stock arrangement; ms. intro (4 measures)
139/4
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
(undated)
(undated)
Parts (arranged by Al Cohn)
140/1
It happens every Spring
(undated)
(undated)
Piano-vocal score
140/2
It was a very good year
(undated)
(undated)
Piano-vocal score
69/5
Italian village
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
69/6
It's a lovely day today
(1992)
(1992)
Score and parts
Dolores Hope
69/7
It's a small world after all (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
70/1; 114/2; 184/3-4
It's delovely
(1989)
(1989)
Score and parts
140/3
It's delovely
(1989)
(1989)
Score and parts
Two arrangements
194/2-3
It's delovely (gimmick version)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores
140/4
It's good to be back in the U.S.A.
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
Inscribed: Bob Hope - Washington, D.C.
70/2; 141/1; 167/8-9
It's impossible
(1980; undated; 1972)
(1980; undated; 1972)
Score and parts
141/2; 167/10-11
It's not where you start
(1975; 1977; 1978)
(1975; 1977; 1978)
Score and parts (two sets)
70/3
It's today
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
194/4
I've Grown Accustomed to His Face
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
70/4
I've seen that step before
(1990)
(1990)
Score and parts
194/5
Jack Frost
(undated)
(undated)
Vocal part
168/2
James Bond theme
(undated)
(undated)
Score
141/4; 168/3
Japanese (knife, on, off)
(1959 December 19)
(1959 December 19)
Score and parts
141/6
Jim
(1941)
(1941)
Stock arrangement
141/7
Jimmy Walker
(undated)
(undated)
Sketch; score; parts
92/5
Jingle bells
(1960)
(1960)
Score and parts
For Peggy Lee's recording "Christmas carousel"
92/6
Jingle bells
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
For the Mel Tormé television show
70/5
Jowls
(1984)
(1984)
Scores and parts
Paraphrase of "Jaws"
70/6
Juke-box boob-tube
(1990)
(1990)
Scores and parts
70/7
Jungle sketch
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
70/8
Just in time
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet
Inscribed: Dolores Hope
70/9
The kiss
(1982)
(1982)
Scores and parts
142/1; 168/6
La vie en rose
(1960)
(1960)
Score; parts; scripts; lyrics sheets
142/3
The lady's in love with you
(undated)
(undated)
Stock arrangement
142/4
Last one's a sissy
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
142/6
Laugh opening
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
143/1; 160/10
Laughs
(undated)
(undated)
Score; parts; piano-vocal score
194/6; 195/1-4
Lazy
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
195/5-6
Lazy
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Joseph J. Lilley arrangement
114/3
Lese Majesty
(1981)
(1981)
Scores and parts
92/7
Let a smile be your umbrella
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
143/2; 169/1
Let there be love
(undated)
(undated)
Sheet music; parts; lyric sheets
143/3
Listen, listen, listen, Mr. Truman
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheets
143/4; 169/2
Little green apples
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
143/5
Livin' the same rhythm
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet; lyric sheets
169/3
Lombard
(undated)
(undated)
Score
70/10
Look for the silver lining
(1980)
(1980)
Scores and parts
70/11
Louis et Marie
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
143/6; 169/4
Love and marriage
(undated)
(undated)
Score; parts; lyric sheets
71/1
Love concoction
(1990)
(1990)
Scores and parts
71/2; 169/5
Love nest / Christmas
(1976)
(1976)
Scores and parts
143/7
Love somebody
(undated)
(undated)
Vocal score for duet
71/3
Lovely to look at (play-on, play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Inscribed: Jill St. John
71/4
Lucille Ball theme
(1982, 1984)
(1982, 1984)
Scores and parts
71/5
Lucky McGee
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
143/7
Lucky us
(undated)
(undated)
Sketch for score; piano-vocal score
For Rhonda Fleming / Bob Hope
71/6; 92/8
Lydia, the tattooed lady (parody: Lybia)
(1980)
(1980)
Scores and parts
71/7; 179/6
Make up
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
143/8
Make yourself comfortable
(undated)
(undated)
Score
143/9
Mama Inez
(undated)
(undated)
Stock arrangement
143/10
A man is innocent
(undated)
(undated)
Piano-vocal score
71/8; 169/6
Manhattan (play-on, play-off)
(1974)
(1974)
Score and parts
72/1
La Marseilles sketch (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
72/2
Melancholy baby
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
72/3
Melancholy serenade
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
143/11
The melting pot
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet; lyric sheets
143/12
A mind reader story
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet
72/4; 93/1-2; 115/1-2
Miscellaneous cues
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
157/7
Miscellaneous parts
(undated)
(undated)
Score (incomplete) and parts
Birth of the blues (1st tpt part); Black magic (drum part); I hear music (3rd tpt part); Hometown (piano ? part); The language (2-3 tpt parts); Zing (2nd tpt part); unidentified score; cue sheet (Danny Martyn)
72/5
Miss America (play-on, play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
143/13
Mister Sears and Roebuck
(undated)
(undated)
Vocal score for duet; lyric sheets; sheet music
For Doris Day / Bob Hope
143/14
Money in the bank
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
169/10
Moon medley
(1969)
(1969)
Score
93/3
Moonlight becomes you (underscore)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
196/1
The more I see you
(undated)
(undated)
Score
72/6
Mountie sketch
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Inscribed: Bob Hope Show
72/7
Mr. Touchdown U.S.A.
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
72/8
Mr. Wonderful (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
170/1
Murder she wrote
(undated)
(undated)
Score
158/8
Music and the night
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
93/4
Musical milestones
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
For Sammy Davis Jr.
72/9
Mutineers
(1986 November)
(1986 November)
Scores and parts
143/8
Make yourself comfortable
(undated)
(undated)
Score
170/2
My buddy
(undated)
(undated)
Score
For Ann Jillian
144/1/ 170/3
My favorite city
(1978)
(1978)
Parts
144/2
My kind of town
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
73/1; 170/4
My way
(1970, undated)
(1970, undated)
Score and parts
144/3
My way
(1970, undated)
(1970, undated)
Scores and parts
144/4
Mysterioso (bridge)
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
73/2
Near you (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
73/3
Nicky and Alex fanfare
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
145/1
Nothing in common
(undated)
(undated)
Parts (two arrangements)
93/5
Odd couple theme
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
158/9
Off the road
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
73/4
Oh, you beautiful doll (play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
73/5
Olympic documentary
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
73/6
One Bob play-off
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
145/2
Opera sketch
(1953)
(1953)
Conductor score and parts
73/7
Our love / Romeo and Juliet
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
73/8
Outer space
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
145/4
A parent's lament
(1970)
(1970)
Lead sheet; lyric sheets
146/2
Patton (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
74/1
Perry Como intro "Dream along with me"
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
146/3
Pimple's court
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
158/11
Please (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
74/2
Pompous entrance music
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Paraphrase of "Pomp and circumstance"
158/12
Presenting Debbie Boone (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
74/3
Pretty A.M.
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
172/2
Pretty stuff (neutral play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
146/5
The public is always right
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet; parts
146/6
Que sera
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
146/7
Q.T.
(1982)
(1982)
Score and parts
159/1
Radio spots (play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
74/4
Radio themes overture
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
74/5
Rah-rah cheerleaders
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
74/6; 146/8; 172/4
Raindrops keep falling
(1970, 1972)
(1970, 1972)
Score and parts
146/9
Reach out (play-on, play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
74/7
Ready, aim, fire (bridge)
(1989)
(1989)
Scores and parts
74/8
Red Buttons (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Published arrangement
146/10
The reluctant dragon
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet
For Bob Hope / Jerry Colonna and others
75/1; 173/1
Remembering
(1991)
(1991)
Scores and parts
147/1
Riders in the sky
(undated)
(undated)
Stock arrangement
147/2
The road to Hong Kong
(undatd)
(undatd)
Piano-vocal scores
Titles: It's the only way to travel; Let's not be sensible; The road to Hong Kong; Teamwork; Warmer than a whisper
75/2; 93/6; 122/5; 159/2
Road to Morocco
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
147/3
Road to nowhwere
(1949 January 3)
(1949 January 3)
Scores and parts
159/3
Rock button
(1976)
(1976)
Score and parts
147/5; 173/2
Rockin' memories
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
196/2-3;
Rockin' memories
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Jon Charles arrangement
196/4-5; 201/7
Rockin' memories
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Sammy Nestico arrangement
75/3
Rocky (underscore)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Note on folder: Not from the movie "Rocky"
147/6
Rocky / Olivia love theme
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
173/4
Rose Queen (play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Score
75/4; 173/6
Russian lullaby
(1980)
(1980)
Scores and parts
94/1
Salvation (play-off)
(1980)
(1980)
Scores and parts
147/7
Sammy Davis - Mr. wonderful (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
147/8
Sam's song (chorus break and ending)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
147/9
Sanford and son
(undated)
(undated)
Photocopied score and parts
Arranged by Quincy Jones
94/2
School daze (play-on, play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
75/5
Semper paratus (Coast Guard marching song)
(1992 April 28)
(1992 April 28)
Parts
94/3
Shadow (intro)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
147/10
Showmanship
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
116/1
Sidewalks of New York
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
75/6
Silent night
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
148/1
Silent night
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
For Frances Langford
75/7
Silver bells
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
For "Voices of Christmas" recording with Les Brown
75/8; 173/10
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
Arranged by Frank Comstock
148/2
Simple melody
(undated)
(undated)
Piano-vocal score
76/1
Small fry
(1972)
(1972)
Scores and parts
148/3
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
148/5
So?
(1972)
(1972)
Vocal lead sheet
148/6
So long m'darlin'
(1968 February 19)
(1968 February 19)
Piano-vocal score
148/7
The square deal party
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet; lyric sheets
148/8
Stairway to the stars
(undated)
(undated)
Stock arrangement; violoncello part
148/9
A star is torn
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
148/10
Stormy weather (underscore)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
148/11
Stout-hearted men
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
76/2
Straight down the middle
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
159/4
Superior man (play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
149/1; 174/4
Surfboard: his surfboard came back by itself
(undated)
(undated)
Parts; lyric sheets
149/1; 174/4
Surfboard: the ballad of Barefoot Seth
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
76/3
Sweet and lovely
(1982)
(1982)
Parts
148/12
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
149/3
Sweet adorable me
(undated)
(undated)
Piano-vocal score; lyric sheets
149/4
Sweet potato piper
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
116/2
Take me out to the ballgame
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
150/1
Take me out to the ballgame (play-on, play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
Inscribed: old one
76/5
Tartakoff fanfare
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
94/4
Teamwork (finish)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
150/2; 174/6
Tenement (play-on)
(undated, 1976)
(undated, 1976)
Score and parts
From "Sidewalks of New York"
76/6
Tension cue
(1984)
(1984)
Scores and parts
76/4
Terror music / Peanut (play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
77/1-6; 94/5; 116/3; 150/3-8; 169/8
Thanks for the memories
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
122/2
Thanks for the memories (1979)
(1979)
Scores and parts
196/6
Thanks for the memories
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
Mario Agnolucci arrangement
196/7-8; 201/6
Thanks for the memory - closing
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
196/10
Thanks for the memory: fox-trot
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
Jon Charles arrangement
196/11; 202/3
Thanks for the memory (heavy metal version)
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
151/1-2; 184/5; 185/1
Thanks for them country memories
(1977-1978)
(1977-1978)
Scores and parts
197/1
Thanks - Radio Days
(undated)
(undated)
Score
197/2
Thanks - Tribute '71
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
78/1
That's all that matters to me
(1932)
(1932)
Sheet music
Dolores (Reade) Hope featured on cover
152/1
That certain feeling
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
Arrangement used for recording with Bob Hope, Joe Lilly Orchestra, and the Skylarks
152/2
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
For Steve Allen
152/3
That's for me
(undated)
(undated)
Stock arrangement
78/2
Themes: Mannix; Gentle-goodnight; Star Trek; Gunsmoke
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
78/3
There will never be another you
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet
Inscribed: Dolores Hope
152/4
There's gold in them thar hills (The 3 gals)
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet
78/4
This is all I need
(1982)
(1982)
Parts
152/5; 176/2
This is the Army
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
78/5
This land is your land (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
Arranged by Dave Wolpe
78/6-7
Those were the days
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Duet: Dionne Warwick, Bob Hope; instrumental
176/3
(1979)
(1979)
Score
152/6; 185/2-4
Tie a yellow ribbon
(1977-1978)
(1977-1978)
Score and parts
176/4
(1973)
(1973)
Score
79/1
(1991)
(1991)
Scores and parts
For Clint Black
94/6
Time killer
(1979)
(1979)
Scores and parts
153/1
Tom, Huck and Becky
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
79/2
Tomorrow
(1980)
(1980)
Parts
79/3
Tonight show theme
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Also known as "Johnny's theme"
153/2
Tony's play-on
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
153/3
Too marvelous (play-on, play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
197/3
Toyland
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet
79/4
Tribute to teams
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Duet
79/5; 177/2
The two of us
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
Duet
153/4
Two sleepy people
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
80/1
Unchained melody
(1990)
(1990)
Score and parts
80/2
Up, up and away
(1983 September)
(1983 September)
Score and parts
153/5
U.S. medley
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
For "Alaska show"
80/3
Utility transition
(1985)
(1985)
Score and parts
154/1
Venus (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
179/5
The very thought of you (new ending)
(undated)
(undated)
Score
154/2
Volare
(undated)
(undated)
Parts; lyric sheets; sheet music
80/4
Vodka boatman
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
197/4
Waiting in the Wings
(undated)
(undated)
Score
80/5
Walk of fame
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
80/6
Walton's theme
(1974)
(1974)
Score and parts
1974 Emmy Awards
116/4
Watch the birdie
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
154/3; 155; 186/1-3; 187/1-3; 188/1-2; 200/2
We're gonna make it
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
80/7; 116/5
We're in the money
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
159/7
Western (play-on, play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
197/5-6
What I Did for Love
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
156/2
When you wish upon a star
(undated)
(undated)
Stock arrangement
156/4
Where would you be
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
80/8
Whispering / Charleston
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
94/7
Whatta martini
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts, (2 measure transition)
81/1; 178/3
Who taught us everything
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
Duet for Ben Vereen and Bob Hope
156/5; 178/4
Wild blue yonder (play-on)
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
156/6
The will to fail
(undated)
(undated)
Lead sheet; lyric sheets
156/7
Will you still be mine
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
156/8
Winter wonderland
(undated)
(undated)
Published violin/vocal part
157/1; 178/5
Yea, Alabama
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
116/6
Yesterdays (underscore)
(1990)
(1990)
Scores and parts
81/2
Yeth, thir!
(1990)
(1990)
Scores and parts
157/2; 178/6
Yich, yich, yich
(undated)
(undated)
Parts
Inscribed: Bob Hope Ohio
157/3
You brought a new kind of love
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
For Bob and Dolores Hope
81/3; 179/3
You gotta have heart
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
Vocal (Bob Hope / Danny Kaye) and instrumental versions
157/4; 179/1
You need my protection, my friend
(undated)
(undated)
Score; parts; lyric sheets
For Rosemary Clooney and Bob Hope
157/5
You never know where you're going till you get there
(undated)
(undated)
Piano-vocal score
94/8
You oughta be in pictures (play-on, play-off)
(undated)
(undated)
Score and parts
157/6
Young at heart
(undated)
(undated)
Score; and parts
81/4
You're the top
(1980)
(1980)
Scores and parts
94/9
You've brought a new kind of love
(undated)
(undated)
Scores and parts
179/4
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah
(undated)
(undated)
Score
197/7
Unidentified performance
(undated)
(undated)
Scores; lyric sheets; song list
Titles: Baby, It's Cold Outside; Button Up Your Overcoat; Buttons and Bows; Easy to Love; How About You?; If I Could Be With You; It's D'Lovely; I've Got You Under My Skin; Make Someone Happy; Me and My Shadow; Memories Medley; Nice Lady; Thanks for the Memory; That Old Feeling; They All Laughed; This is All I Ask; Town Drunk; The Town Gossip; The Town Tramp; Two Sleepy People; What is This Thing Called Love?; You; You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
197
Miscellaneous Music, 1941-1992
1941-1992
Contains inscribed manuscript scores and printed piano-vocal scores gifted to Bob and Dolores Hope. Also included is a manuscript lead sheet for "The Star Beyond That Star", written by Dolores Hope and lyricist John Guare. Items are manuscripts unless otherwise noted.
Arranged alphabetically by composer.
Alter, Louis
197/8
Dolores, 1941
1941
Printed piano-vocal score
Brown, Robert H.
197/9
Bob and Bing / The Children's Lullaby, undated
undated
Hornpipe part
197/10
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, undated
undated
Bagpipe part
197/11
The Children's Lullaby, undated
undated
Lead sheet
Cary, Robert
197/12
When God Gave Me You, 1949
1949
Printed piano-vocal score
Hale, Lee
197/13
Memories Melody, undated
undated
Lead sheet; lyric sheet
197/14
USA Medley, 1992
1992
Lead sheet; lyric sheet
Hope, Dolores
197/15
The Star Beyond That Star, 1964
1964
Lead sheet
Hope, Will J.
197/16
Take a Little Chance in Me, undated
undated
Piano-vocal score
197/17
Under the Willow Tree, undated
undated
Piano-vocal score
Mattson, Rolan S.
197/18
I Am Proud to Be an American, 1969
1969
Piano-vocal score
Stewart, Michael
197/19
Ev'rybody Today is Turning On, 1976
1976
Piano-vocal score
204
Miscellany, 1964-1992
1964-1992
Two notebooks listing dates and songs for episodes of The Bob Hope Show, and a program for the Southern Methodist University Medal of Distinction ceremony autographed by Hope.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
204/1
Songs from Shows Not in Songbook, 1967-1968
1967-1968
Notebook
204/2
Songs from Shows Not in Songbook, 1964-1980
1964-1980
Notebook
204/3
Southern Methodist University Medal of Distinction Ceremony, 1992
1992
Program