Nashville: Combine Music, 1970. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. 4pp, words and music, in part: "Take the ribbon from your hair, Shake it loose and let it fall, Layin' soft upon my skin Like the shadows on the wall...." 11" x 8.5" The cover features Sammi Smith (1943-2005), country music singer..... More
Nashville: Acuff-Rose, 1950. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. 4pp, words and music, in part: "A little girl prayed at the close of day 'Cause her Daddy had gone far away On her little face was a look of despair...." Prior owner's name on cover. 12" x 9" The cover features a...... More
Derby, CT: Charlton, 1949. First Edition. Original Wraps. 34pp; text illus from photographs. Contains lyrics to 78 songs as well as features on country music stars Gene Autry, Judy Canova, Patsy Montana, Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers, Smokey Rogers, and others. 11.75" x 8.75" The cover photo is of George Morgan..... More
European Economic Community: s.n., 1987. First edition thus. 12" lp, colored images embedded in both sides. Side A contains a portrait of Buddy Holly and a list of six songs and their composers. Side B contains a portrait of Buddy and a group portrait of Holly and The Crickets, with..... More
Chicago: M.M. Cole, 1945. First Edition. Softcover. 96 pages; four illustrations. Contains words and music to 82 songs performed by Doc Hopkins, some written by him, including: A Girl in Tennessee; Down in the Smoky Mountains; I Left My Heart in Nebraska; Little Old Shack on the Plains; On A...... More
Chicago: M.M. Cole, 1936. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. 64pages. Inside the cover is a page of text re Doc Hopkins, Karl Davis, Harty Taylor, the Red Bud School in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, etc. Contains words and music to 53 songs performed by Doc Hopkins, some written by him or..... More
Shreveport, LA: Tillman Franks, 1960s. Original edition. 10" x 8" color, head and shoulders portrait of Houston in a velour shirt, smiling at the camera. Singer-songwriter David Houston (1935-1993), born in Louisiana, had his first hit song in 1963. Other hits followed, including "Almost Persuaded" which spent nine weeks as..... More
Shreveport, LA: Tillman Franks, 1960s. Original edition. 10" x 8" black-and-white group portrait of the seven musicians in a pickup truck with no hood. Singer-songwriter David Houston (1935-1993), born in Louisiana, had his first hit song in 1963. Other hits followed, including "Almost Persuaded" which spent nine weeks as Billboard's..... More
Chicago: M.M. Cole, 1930. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. 64pp. A one-page biography precedes the words and music to 21 songs by various songwriters, including: When The Bloom Is On The Sage; Pretty Quadroon; Strawberry Roan; Old Black Mountain Trail; By The Dreamy Tennessee; and 16 more. In the original..... More
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NY: New Yorki Magyar Szinpad, 1922. First Editions. Softcover. Two booklets, 8pp + 16pp; occasional illustrations from photographs. Both productions featured Hegedus and Horvath Lajos. Each program includes a plot precis, cast list, and lyrics in Magyar to many songs. Bound in pictorial wrappers, 9" x 6" and 8.5" x...... More
Chicago: Chart Music, 1934. First Edition. Softcover. 50pages; old clear tape along spine. Contains lyrics, music and chords frames to 32 cowboy songs arranged by Dale Hunter, the yodeling cowboy, including: Birmingham Jail; Dear Evelina; Lonesome Road Blues; May Irwin's "Bully Song"; The Shiverin' Blues; and 27 more. In the..... More
Chicago: Chart Music, 1934. First Edition. Softcover. 50 pages. Contains words and music to 32 cowboy songs arranged by Dale Hunter, Detroit radio's "Yodeling Cowboy." In the original pictorial covers, 12.25" x 9.25". Name and few smudges on cover. More
s.l. s.n., (1953). First Edition. Softcover. 16pp; illustrated throughout from 32 photographs. Tells the story of Ferlin's past and present life, and contains lyrics to 16 songs that he wrote, including: Hank's Song; Eli, the Camel; Walkin' and Hummin'; A Dear John Letter; King of A Lonely Castle; I Wouldn't..... More
Beverly Hills, CA: Tim Spencer Music, 1951. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. 4pp, words and music, in part: "I'm hangin' all my teardrops out to dry For baby I ain't gonna cry no more. No more! I may be blue and lonely till I die...." 12" x 9" On the cover..... More
NY: Southern Music, 1942. Early edition. Pictorial Cover. 6pp, words and music, in part: "Ever since he (she) went away, I've been thinking night and day Of the day when he'll (she'll) come back to me...." 12" x 9" A.P. (Alvin Pleasant) Carter led the original Carter Family group from..... More
NY: Century Music, 1938. First edition thus. Pictorial Cover. 8pp, words and music, in part: "In the evening by the moonlight when the darkie's work was over, We would gather round the fire, til the hoecake it was done...." Includes two refrains, one for mixed voices. 12.25" x 9.25". Prior..... More
Chicago: Calumet Music, 1939. Early edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. 6pp, words and music, in part: "From the Rocky bound Atlantic to the wild Pacific shore From the sunny South bound to the Isle of Labrador...." Includes a tablature arrangement for high bass by Bill Burns. 12" x 9" Inset on..... More
Belen, New Mexico: R&J Advertising, 1970s. Original edition. 10" x 8" black-and-white close-up portrait of Johnson, looking into the camera. In addition to performing, Little Richie Johnson worked as a record producer and promoter. More
Belen, New Mexico: Little Richie Johnson, 1970s. Original edition. 10" x 8" black-and-white portrait of Johnson in an embroidered shirt and cowboy hat, seated, playing his highly decorative "Cherokee" guitar. In addition to performing, Little Richie Johnson worked as a record producer and promoter. More
Belen, New Mexico: R&J Advertising, 1970s. Original edition. 10" x 8" black-and-white full-length portrait of Johnson in a western-style leisure suit, arms in performance pose, looking at the camera. In addition to performing, Little Richie Johnson worked as a record producer and promoter. More
Nashville: Acuff-Rose, 1947. First Edition. 4pp, words and music, in part: "When I'm feelin' tired and weary and I don't know what to do I just go down on the corner and I play away my blues...." Pictorial cover with a large portrait of Pee Wee King. 12" x 9"..... More
s.l. s.n., 1960s. First Edition. 10" x 8" black-and-white photograph of the duo in matching tops and professional make-up. The Karroll Sisters appeared regularly on radio stations out of Pittsburgh, PA and Cincinnati, Ohio, as well as on WWVA-Wheeling, West Virginia. They cut at least one record for Decca: Hillbilly..... More
South Coventry, CT: Hank Keene, 1935. First Edition. Softcover. 32pp; text illus from photographs. Contains words and music to 35 of Keene's songs. In the original pictorial covers, 10" x 6.75" More
NY: Crawford Music, 1932. First Edition. Softcover. 52pages. Contains words and music to 35 of Keene's hits, some of the songs written by himself. 11.75" x 8.75" More
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South Coventry, CT: Hank Keene, 1935. First Edition. Softcover. 32 pages. Contains words and music to 35 western songs and yodels, written and sung on the radio by Hank Keene. Signed by Keene under his portrait. In the original pictorial covers with some wear, 9.75" x 6.75"... More