Ruth Etting Music Collection
Title: Ruth Etting Music
Collection
Collector: Moran, John
Collector: Music
Library, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries
Dates: 1886-2000 bulk 1920-1938, 1981-1984
Quantity: 18 boxes
Collection Number: MS 0553
Language: English
Formats: 16mm films, video tapes, cassettes, microfilm, vinyl recordings, reel-to-reel
tapes
Restrictions: No restrictions
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Preferred Citation: Ruth Etting Music Collection, (MS 0553). Archives & Special Collections,
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History:
Ruth Etting was one of the most popular singing stars of the late 1920s and early
1930s. On radio she established herself as America's pre-eminent popular singer,
repeatedly voted as the top female singer on the air in national listener polls.
While the radio and the recording industry were still in their early developing
years, Ruth Etting recorded over 200 songs by such composers as Irving Berlin,
Johnny Green, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. She was a regular performer on at
least eight network radio programs, was featured in six Broadway shows, was
highlighted in three major full-length movies, and starred in 35 movie short
subjects between 1928 and 1936.
Etting was born in David City, Nebraska on November 23, 1897. After graduation from
high school in 1916, she moved to Chicago to attend the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts
as a costume designer. From there she joined a chorus line and performed at the
Marigold Gardens. In time, she was given solo opportunities which developed into her
being billed as "Chicago's Sweetheart" and as a headliner in the Marigold Gardens,
the Rainbo Gardens and the Terrace room of the Hotel Morrison in Chicago. She
married Moe Snyder. She became a radio star, and her first recording was released by
Columbia in 1926.
Etting moved to New York City in 1927 and became a Ziegfeld girl in the Follies. She
made some movie shorts there, then moved to Hollywood in the early 1930s, where she
took part in three full-length movies.
In 1937 Snyder and Etting divorced and Snyder moved east. Snyder returned to
California in 1938 and in a jealous rage shot and wounded Ruth's pianist and
boyfriend Myrl Alderman. The subsequent sensationalized trial brought Etting's
career to a halt. Snyder was tried for kidnapping and attempted murder. The trial
was a scandal, lasting from October through December of 1938, after which Snyder was
found guilty and sentenced to prison. When he appealed the decision, Ruth and Myrl
Alderman, who had by that time married, declined to appear in court, and he was
released after a year in prison.
Ruth Etting returned to the limelight in 1955 when Doris Day and Jimmy Cagney played
Ruth and Moe in the movie, Love Me or Leave Me, also the title of the song that
seemed to epitomize Ruth's life. After the movie's release, Ruth turned down an
offer of a five-figure salary to come out of retirement. Etting retired in Colorado
Springs with Myrl Alderman, and lived there until her death in 1978.
Scope and Content:
The Ruth Etting Collection was compiled by John Moran, a former director of the UNL
School of Music, and contains the following: 1) 218 pieces of sheet music published
with Ruth Etting's picture on the cover; 2) 357 family pictures and professional
photographs of Ruth Etting donated by Etting's stepson, John Alderman. 3) 50 folders
of correspondence and documents related to the collection; 4) 127 sound recordings
(cassette, reel-to-reel, LP, 78, and 45), 12 videotapes, 3 films, commercially or
privately made; 5) three scrapbooks compiled by John Moran of newspaper clippings
and pictures; 6) one over-sized scrapbook compiled for Ruth Etting of clippings; 7)
1 small box of memorabilia.
Subjects:
Etting, Ruth, 1897-1978
Etting, Ruth, 1897-1978 -- Portraits
Etting, Ruth, 1897-1978 -- Career in
Entertainment
Etting, Ruth, 1897-1978 -- Miscellanea
Singers -- Nebraska
Actresses -- Nebraska
Series Description:
Series 1: Photographs The 357 photographs include 43 family photographs of Ruth Etting as a child
with her parents Alfred Etting and Winifred K. Etting, along with her aunt,
Rose Etting, and her grandparents. The bulk of the collection consists of
publicity photographs of Ruth from her Chicago period, through New York, and
to Hollywood. Included are stills from movie shorts and full-length movies,
some pictures of other stars and Ruth with other stars, and some commercial
pictures. Each photograph is numbered. The photographs have been described
online with a date or possible date range given. The photographs have been
digitized online in the Ruth Etting Collection Image Gallery. The majority of the
photographs were a gift to John Moran from John Alderman, Ruth Etting's
stepson.
Series 2: Sheet Music The sheet music was collected by John Moran and consists of 225 pieces. Ruth
Etting's photograph appears on the covers of most of the publications.
Series 3: Collected Papers, Scrapbooks, and Memorabilia The papers include correspondence, articles, and other documents associated
with the life and career of Ruth Etting. Some of these are copies of
materials created during Ruth Etting's lifetime, including legal documents.
Others were collected by John Moran, who created the Etting collection,
mostly between 1981 and 1984. The correspondence includes letters between
John Moran and Ruth Etting's stepson John Alderman and between members of
the David City Class of 1916, among others. Additional collected materials
are those produced about Etting by others, such as faculty and staff of the
Music Library and faculty from the School of Music. Highlights are three
scrapbooks created by John Moran and an over-sized scrapbook created for
Ruth Etting.
Series 4: Recordings and Audio Visual Materials This series consists of 127 sound recordings (cassette, reel-to-reel, 33
1/3rd, 78, and 45), 12 videotapes, and 3 films. The sound recordings are
commercially made or privately reproduced from commercial recordings of Ruth
singing. The videotapes are a combination of commercial publications and
private recordings and consist of Ruth Etting's short films, her Hollywood
movies, and other people's programs that related to Ruth Etting. The LP
recordings have been cataloged and can be found individually under the added
title "Ruth Etting Collection" in the UNL Libraries catalog.
Series 5: Online Display This display was created in 1998 by Music Library staff member, Laura Damuth,
and titled Ruth Etting,
Nebraska's Sweetheart 1897-1978
Container List:
Series 1: Photographs, 379 itemsThese items are reproduced digitally in the Image and Multimedia Collections. Please see Ruth Etting Collection Image Gallery
Box 1. Folder Binder 1. Photographs, 1-90Photos 1-9, Ruth Etting in childhood with parents, Alfred
Etting, Winifred Kleinhan Etting, 1897-circa 1902
Photos 10-13, Ruth Etting and her mother, Winifred Kleinhan
Etting, 1897-1899
Photos 14-17, Ruth Etting and her father Alfred
Etting, 1886-circa 1930
Photos 18-21, Ruth Etting and her aunt, Rose
Etting, 1897-circa 1930
Photos 22-32, Ruth Etting, with her parents, Alfred Etting,
Winifred Kleinhan Etting, her grandparents, George and Hannah
Etting, her aunt Rose Etting and Moe Snyder, 1897-1930
Photos 33-40, Ruth Etting, school, home, and early career
photographs and with Elmore Schueser, circa 1901-1935
Photos 41-90, Ruth Etting, early in career, circa 1915-circa 1935
Folder Binder 2. Photographs, 91-244Photos 91-115, mid-career publicity, circa 1925-circa 1935
Photos 116-165, later career, circa 1925-1949
Photos 166-183, marquee photos, circa 1927-circa 1937
Photos 184-244, movie stills, short subject
stills, 1928-1934
Folder Binder 3. Photographs, 245-298Photos 245-254, celebrities, 1919-circa 1936
Photos 255-284, Ruth Etting with celebrities, circa 1927-circa 1957
Photos 285-298, late photos, circa 1927-circa 1948
Photos 280-284 [incorrectly double numbered], Washington D.C.
display
Box 2. Folder 1. Photos 299-331, large photos, circa 1917-circa 1948
Box 2. Folder 2. Photos 332-335, show photos, tinted, 1918-circa 1935
Box 2. Folder 3. Photos 336-358, celebrities, autographed, 1921-circa 1940
Box 3. Folder 1. Photos 359-374, display copies of other photos
Box 3. Folder 2. Display items, gala items, including John Moran, circa 1980-1992
Box 3. Folder 3. Oversize photos 378-379, Winifred K. Etting, Ruth
Etting pre 1897, 1930s
Box 3. Folder 4. Oversize photos, Ruth Etting, autographed, gift of Marianne
Petersen, 1927
Box 3. Folder 5. Oversize photos, Marigold Gardens, Chicago, undated see oversize box ####
Series 2: Sheet Music, 172 items These items are cataloged in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
catalog and the covers are reproduced in the Image and Multimedia
Collections. In the catalog search by keyword "Ruth Etting Collection"
to see entries for the sheet music in the collection.
See the Ruth Etting Collection Image Gallery for digital
reproductions of the covers.
Box 4. Sheet music, arranged by title, A-L
Box 5. Sheet music, arranged by title, M-ZOversize sheet music
Item Pretty Little Almond Eyes
Item Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny! Oh! (in cellophane)
Series 3: Collected Papers, Scrapbooks, and MemorabiliaBox 6. Folder 1. Moran, addresses, various slips & notes, early 1980s
Box 6. Folder 2. Moran, correspondence with John Alderman, 1981-1984
Box 6. Folder 3. Moran, correspondence with David City Class of 1916, 1981-1984
Box 6. Folder 4. Moran, correspondence regarding newspaper announcement on Etting
memorabilia, 1983
Box 6. Folder 5. Moran, correspondence, 1980
Box 6. Folder 6. Moran, correspondence, 1981
Box 6. Folder 7. Moran, correspondence, 1982
Box 6. Folder 8. Moran, correspondence, 1983
Box 6. Folder 9. Moran, correspondence, 1984
Box 6. Folder 10. Moran, correspondence with Ed Hirsch, University of Nebraska
Foundation, 1982-1983
Box 6. Folder 11. Moran, correspondence with David Johnson, 1981-1984
Box 6. Folder 12. Moran, correspondence about recordings, 1981-1984
Box 7. Folder 1. Moran, correspondence with John Steiner, 1982-1984
Box 7. Folder 2. Moran, correspondence with Woody Varner, Sammy Cahn, Tom Ferris,
Dale Nichols. Arthur Godfrey, Jim Bedoian, Irving Berlin, George Burns
secretary, Gene Bunge, Rudy Vallée, John Green, James Cagney, and
unanswered letters, 1982-1984
Box 7. Folder 3. David City Celebration, 1984
Box 7. Folder 4. David City Celebration, programs, 1984
Box 7. Folder 5. David City lecture, 1983
Box 7. Folder 6. Moran, Madison, WI, Chicago, Illinois, trip, photocopy from 1965
Daily News about Moe
Snyder, 1982
Box 7. Folder 7. Magazine articles, about Ruth Etting and Bing Crosby, 1934, 1974
Box 7. Folder 8. Miscellaneous, College of Arts and Sciences, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, 1981-1984
Box 7. Folder 9. Movie Short Subjects and Movies, 1982
Box 7. Folder 10. Newspaper articles, David City Banner
Press, Nebraska alumnus
magazine, 1973, 1983, 1984
Box 7. Folder 11. Newspaper clippings, Nebraska Library
Association Quarterly Winter 1990, 1973-1992
Box 8. Folder 1. Newspaper, Daily Nebraskan, on
collection coming to Music Library, 1983, Mar. 9
Box 8. Folder 2. Newspaper, Magazine of the
Midlands, 1983, Feb. 20
Box 8. Folder 3. Photocopies, articles, 1930-1983
Box 8. Folder 4. Moran receipts, 1982-1984
Box 8. Folder 5. List of sheet music covers collected, compiled by John
Moran, 1983-1984
Box 8. Folder 6. Preservation and storage, 1983
Box 8. Folder 7. Sheet music and recordings lists, publishers sources, 1981-1984
Box 9. Folder 1. Sheet music, purchases, 1981-1982
Box 9. Folder 2. Special interest documents, 1951-1984Item 1. Letters, between Ruth Etting and John Moran, 1973
Item 2. Pencil, advertising Ruth Etting ice cream, 1984
Item 3. Correspondence, score, and parts of "Maybe-Who Knows," 1983
Item 4. Ruth Etting family tree, undated
Item 5. Ruth Etting anniversary card, photograph of Myrl Alderman and
Etting, 1951
Item 6. Ruth Etting funeral program, 1978
Box 9. Folder 3. Program, "Songs of Ruth Etting: Queen of All Torch Singers,"
Friends of the UNL Libraries, 1992, Feb. (see also videos in box 15)
Box 9. Folder 4. Premiere, 1992, Mar., Apr., May
Box 9. Folder 5. Article, "Ruth Etting: Singing on
Film" by Kenneth Irwin, Classic
Images, no. 213, pg. 20, 24, 26, 1993, Mar.
Box 9. Folder 6. Copies, from New Complete Book of the
American Musical Theater, by David Ewen, New York: Holt,
Reinhart, Winston, on Ziegfeld Follies and Whoopee
productions, 1970
Box 9. Folder 7. Music score, "Love in the
Afternoon" Etting and Myrl Alderman, gift of Valerie
Wycoff, circa 2003
Box 9. Folder 8. Recollections on Etting, by Johnny Green, 1983
Box 9. Folder 9. Published scoresItem 1. Vocal selections from Whoopee,
music by Walter Donaldson, NY, Macmillan Performing Arts
Music, 1928
Item 2. Robbins Hollywood Dance Folio,
NY, Robbins Music, circa 1936
Box 10. Folder 1. Etting display materials, Susan Messerli, 1989
Box 10. Folder 2. ProgramsItem 1. "An Evening with Ruth Etting"
by Donna Harler and the Nebraska Vocal Arts Ensemble, 1992, Feb. 1
Item 2. "Ten Cents a Dance: a Tribute to
Ruth Etting" starring Andrea Marcovicci, Thorpe Opera
House, David City, Nebraska, 1997, Oct. 11
Box 10. Folder 3. Letter, brochures, Larry Kass, Museum of Radio Broadcasting
HistoryItem 1. Copies, letters from Ruth Etting to Larry Kass, circa 1970s
Item 2. Brochure, from The John Milton Williams Museum of Radio
Broadcasting History, 2007
Box 10. Folder 4. Correspondence, articles, photographs, photocopies, 2000-2010
Box 10. Folder 5. Display on Etting, Love Library, 2000, May
Box 10. Folder 6. Poster session on Etting, Anita Breckbill, Laura Damuth, Music
Library Association, 2000
Box 10. Folder 7. Paper on Etting, presentation materials, Anita Breckbill, Laura
Damuth, 2000
Box 10. Folder 8. Paper on Etting, Laura Damuth, Anita Breckbill, 2000
Box 10. Folder 9. Correspondence, articles, David Johnson, 2010
Box 10. Folder 10. John Moran, In memoriam, 1984
Box 11. ScrapbooksItem 1. Scrapbook, with newspapers clippings, magazine articles,
compiled by John Moran, 1926-1978
Item 2. Scrapbook, with newspapers clippings, magazine articles,
compiled by John Moran, 1938
Item 3. Scrapbook, with book references, articles, discography,
photographs, compiled by John Moran, 1927-1983
4. Recordings list, compiled by John Moran (green file
box), circa 1981-1984
5. Sheet music list, compiled by John Moran (yellow file
box), circa 1981-1984
Box 12. Books, DVDs, artifactsItem 1. Eels, George, Ginger, Loretta & Irene Who? New York,
Putnam, 1976
Item 2. Dickens, Homer, The Films of James Cagney, Secaucus, NJ,
Citadel Press, 1972
Item 3. DVDs, tifs, jpegs
4. Artifacts, gift of Jim Bedoian, California, Brocade box with
Chinese stamp and ink pad, button with picture of Etting as a baby,
Lined notebook paper, scribbled handwriting, labeled "Ruth to Papa" 1972, undated
Box 13. Oversized scrapbook, with clippings compiled for
Etting, undated
Series 4: Recordings and Audio Visual MaterialsPlease see below for contents of cassettes and reel-to-reel tapes.
Box 14. Movies, 1934-1993Item 1. VHS video, movie, Hips, Hips, Hooray,
directed by Mark Sandrich, screen play by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby,
Edward Kaufman, performers, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth
Etting, Blackhawk Collection, 1934
Item 2. VHS video, movie, Roman Scandals, produced
by Samuel Goldwyn, screenplay by William Anthony McGuire, directed
by Frank Tuttle, performers: Eddie Cantor, Goldwyn Girls (Ruth
Etting, Gloria Stuart, Lucille Ball (film debut)), Edward Arnold,
Alan Mowbray, (privately made) 1933
Item 3. VHS video, Love Me or Leave Me,
directed by Charles Vidor, produced by Joe Pasternak, screenplay by
Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart, performers, Doris Day, James
Cagney, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Keith, Tom Tully, (privately made) 1955
Item 4. Beta video, movie, Love Me or Leave
Me, (privately made) 1955
Item 5. VHS video, Broadway plays, without Etting, (privately made) undated
Item 6. Scrapbook, created for Etting, reproduction by The Joseph
Regenstein Library, The University of Chicago, includes microfilm reel, master negative, and print master undated
Item 7. Film, movie clip, "Keep Romance
Alive" from Hips, Hips,
Hooray, 1934
Item 8. Film, movie clip, "No More Love"
from Roman Scandals, 1933
Item 9. VHS master copy, videorecording, "Ruth Etting, Queen
of All Torch Singers" program by Donna Harler and the
Nebraska Vocal Arts Ensemble, 1992, Feb 1
Item 10. Video lending copy, rideorecording, "Ruth Etting, Queen
of All Torch Singers" program by Donna Harler and the
Nebraska Vocal Arts Ensemble, 1993, Apr.
Item 11. Short subject movies, "Artistic
Temper""Favorite Melodies""Roseland""Melody in May""No Contest" Etting and additional
singers, 1928-1934 [VHS video (privately made)]
Item 12. Videorecording, "Queen of the Torch
Singers: A Tribute to Ruth Etting" Nebraska Educational
Television (NETV), 1993, Apr. [VHS video]
Item 13. Videorecording, "Queen of the Torch
Singers: A Tribute to Ruth Etting" Nebraska Educational
Television (NETV), 1993, Apr. [VHS video lending copy]
Item 14. Videorecording, "Ten Cents a
Dance" Andrea Marcovicci, Nebraska Educational Television
(NETV), 2 copies, undated
Item 15. Videorecording, "Radio
Rhythms" King Video, 1997
Box 14. Reel-to-Reel Tape Content List,Item 1. Ruth Etting, 1926, Apr.-1927, Feb.There's Nothing Sweeter Than a Sweet, Sweet Sweetie, 1926, Apr.; So,
Is Your Old Lady, 1926, Apr.; Lonesome and Sorry, 1926, Apr.; Could
I? I Certainly Could, 1926, Apr.; But I Do, You Know I Do, 1926,
Apr.; That's Why I Love You, 1926, July; I Ain't Got Nobody, 1926,
July; Stars, 1926, July; Hello, Baby, 1926, July; Wistful and Blue,
1926, Nov.; Just A Bird's Eye View of My Old Kentucky Home, 1926,
Nov.; Thinking of You, 1926, Nov.; Deed I Do, 1926, Dec.; On A
Dew-Dew-Dewey Day, 1927, Feb.; Wherever You Go-Whatever You Do,
1927, Feb.
Item 2. Ruth Etting, 1927, Feb.-1927, JulyHoosier Sweetheart, 1927, Feb.; It All Depends on You, 1927, Feb.; My
Man, 1927, Mar.; I'm Nobody's Baby, 1927, Mar.; After You've Gone,
1927, Mar.; Sam, The Old Accordion Man, 1927, Mar.; At Sundown,
1927, June; Sing Me a Baby Song, 1927, June; You Don't Like It-Not
Much!, 1927, July; Swanee Shore, 1927, July
Item 3. Ruth Etting, 1927, July-1927, Dec.Just Once Again, 1927, July; Shaking The Blues Away, 1927, Aug.; It
All Belongs To Me (excerpt), 1927, Aug.; Together, We Two, 1927,
Nov.; The Song Is Ended, 1927, Nov.; (Love Is) Just a Little Bit of
Heaven, 1927, Nov.; I Ain't Got Nobody, 1927, Nov.; Blue River,
1927, Nov.; Don't Leave Me, Daddy, 1927, Nov.; The Varsity Drag,
1927, Dec.
Item 4. Ruth Etting, 1927, Dec.-1928, Oct.Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs off the Moon, 1927, Dec.; Back in Your Own
Backyard, 1928, Jan.; When You're with Somebody Else, 1928, Jan.;
Ramona, 1928, Mar.; Bluebird Sing Me a Song, 1928, Mar.; I Must Be
Dreaming, 1928, Mar.; Say "Yes" Today, 1928, Mar.; Happy Days and
Lonely Nights, 1928, May; Because My Baby Don't Mean Maybe Now,
1928, May; Beloved, 1928, May; Lonely Little Bluebird, 1928, June; I
Still Keep Dreaming of You, 1928, Sept.; Sonny Boy, 1928, Sept.; My
Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now, 1928, Oct.; You're in Love and I'm in
Love, 1928, Oct.
Item 5. Ruth Etting, 1928, Dec.-1929, Sept.I'm Bringing a Red, Red Rose, 1928, Dec.; Love Me or Leave Me, 1928,
Dec.; You're the Cream In My Coffee, 1929, Jan.; To Know You Is to
Love You, 1929, Jan.; Glad Rag Doll, 1929, Jan.; I'll Get by, 1929,
Feb.; Button up Your Overcoat, 1929, Mar.; Mean to Me, 1929, Mar.;
Deep Night, 1929, Mar.; Maybe-Who Knows?, 1929, Mar.; The One in the
World, 1929, May; I'm Walkin' around in a Dream, 1929, May; I Want
to Meander in the Meadow, 1929, June; Now I'm in Love, 1929, June;
Ain't Misbehavin, 1929, Sept.
Item 6. Ruth Etting, 1929, Sept.-1930, JuneAt Twilight, 1929, Sept.; What Wouldn't I Do for That Man? 1929,
Oct.; The Right Kind of Man, 1929, Oct.; More Than You Know, 1929,
Nov.; A Place to Call Home, 1929, Nov.; If He Cared, 1929, Dec.;
Crying For the Carolines, 1929, Dec.; Ten Cents a Dance (Simple
Simon), 1930, Mar.; Funny, Dear, What Love Can Do, 1930, Mar.; Let
Me Sing and I'm Happy, 1930, Mar.; A Cottage for Sale, 1930, Mar.;
It Happened in Monterey, 1930, Mar.; Exactly Like You, 1930, Mar.;
Dancing with Tears in My Eyes, 1930, May; I Never Dreamt, 1930,
June
Item 7. Ruth Etting, 1930, Aug.-1931, MayDon't Tell Her What's Happened to Me, 1930, Aug.; The Kiss Waltz,
1930, Aug.; I'm Yours, 1930, Aug.; Just a Little Closer, 1930,
Sept.; I'll Be Blue Just Thinking of You, 1930, Sept.; If I Could Be
with You, 1930, Sept.; Body and Soul, 1930, Sept.; Laughing at Life,
1930, Sept.; Overnight, 1930, Jan.; Love Is Like That, 1930, Jan.;
You're the One I Care For, 1931, Jan.; Falling in Love Again, 1931,
Apr.; Out of Nowhere, 1931, Apr.; Say a Little Prayer for Me, 1931,
Apr.; Faithfully Yours, 1931, May
Box 15. Item 8. Ruth Etting, 1931, May-1931, Oct.Moonlight Saving Time, 1931, May; Without That Gal, 1931, June;
Nevertheless, 1931, June; I'm Good for Nothing but Love, 1931, July;
I'm Falling in Love, 1931, July; Just One More Chance, 1931, July;
Have You Forgotten? 1931, July; Cigarettes, Cigars, 1931, July;
Shine on, Harvest Moon, 1931, July; Guilty, 1931, Sept.; Now That
You've Gone, 1931, Sept.; Love Letters in the Sand, 1931, Sept.; Me!
1931, Sept.; If I Didn't Have You, 1931, Oct.; Let Me Call You
Sweetheart, 1931, Oct.
Item 9. Ruth Etting, 1931, Oct.-1932, Oct.A Faded Summer Love, 1931, Oct.; Goodnight Sweetheart, 1931, Oct.;
Too Late (excerpt), 1931, Dec.; Cuban Love Song, 1931, Dec.; All of
Me, 1931, Dec.; When We're Alone, 1932, Mar.; Can't We Talk It Over?
1932, Mar.; Happy-Go-Lucky You, 1932, May; That's What Heaven Means
to Me, 1932, May; That's Something to Be Thankful For, 1932, May;
The Voice in the Old Village Choir, 1932, May; Lazy Day, 1932, June;
Holding My Honey's Hand, 1932, June; It Was So Beautiful, 1932,
July; I'll Never Be the Same, 1932, July; I'll Follow You, 1932,
Oct.; I'll Never Have to Dream Again, 1932, Oct.
Item 10. Ruth Etting, 1932, Dec.-1935Take Me in Your Arms, 1932, Dec.; Try a Little Tenderness, 1933,
Feb.; How Can I Go on without You, 1933, Mar.; Linger a Little
Longer in the Twilight, 1933, Mar.; You've Got Me Crying Again
(excerpt), 1933, Mar.; Hold Me, 1933, Mar.; No More Love, 1933,
Sept.; Build a Little Home, 1933, Sept.; You're My Past, Present and
Future, 1933, Sept.; Dancing in The Moonlight, 1933, Sept.; What Is
Sweeter, 1933, Sept.; Summer Is Over, 1933, Sept.; Everything I Have
Is Yours, 1933, Sept.; Close Your Eyes, 1933, Sept.; Tired of It
All, 1933, Jan.; Keep Romance Alive, 1934, Jan.
Item 11. Ruth Etting, 1933, Feb.-1935, Mar.Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, 1933, Feb.; Riptide, 1933, May; Easy Come,
Easy Go, 1933, May; With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming, 1933, May;
Were Your Ears Burning, 1933, May; Talkin' to Myself, 1933, Aug.;
Tomorrow Who Cares, 1933, Aug.; What about Me? 1933, Aug.; Out in
the Cold Again, 1933, Aug.; Stay as Sweet as You Are, 1933, Nov.; A
Needle in a Haystack, 1933, Nov.; Am I to Blame? 1933, Nov.; I've
Got an Invitation to a Dance, 1933, Nov.; Things Might Have Been So
Diff'rent, 1935, Feb.; March Winds and April Showers, 1935, Feb.;
It's Easy to Remember, 1935, Mar.
Item 12. Ruth Etting, 1935, Mar.-1937, Mar.It's Easy to Remember, 1935, Mar.; Life Is a Song, 1935, Mar.; Why
Dream? 1935, July; Lost, 1936, Mar.; It's Been So Long, 1936, Mar.;
You, 1936, Aug.; It's Love Again (excerpt), 1936, Aug.; It's a Sin
to Tell a Lie, 1936, Aug.; Take My Heart (excerpt), 1936, Aug.;
Holiday Sweethearts (excerpt), 1936, Sept.; Who'll Buy My Song of
Love? (excerpt), 1936, Sept.; Goodnight My Love, 1936, Dec.; In the
Chapel in the Moonlight, 1936, Dec.; May I Have the Next Romance
with You? 1936, Dec.; It's Swell of You, 1937, Mar.; On a Little
Dream Ranch, 1937, Mar.; There's a Lull in My Life, 1937, Mar.
Item 13. Sent to John Moran by Ruth Etting, 1926-1936Side One: Hello Baby, 1926; Deed I Do, 1926; My Man, 1927; After
You've Gone, 1927; Together We Two, 1927; Don't Leave Me Daddy,
1928; Happy Days Lonely Nights, 1928; Love Me or Leave Me, 1928;
Glad Rag Doll, 1929; Mean to Me, 1929
Side Two: Maybe Who Knows, 1929; Deep Night, 1929; More Than You
Know, 1929; A Cottage for Sale, 1930; Ten Cents a Dance, 1930;
Nevertheless, 1931; All of Me, 1931; Summer Is Over, 1933; Out in
the Cold Again, 1934; You, 1936
Item 14. Ruth Etting, 1926-1937Side One: Lonesome and Sorry, 1926; It All Depends on You, 1927; I'm
Nobody's Baby, 1928; When You're with Somebody Else, 1928; I Ain't
Got Nobody, 1928; Dancing with Tears in My Eyes, 1930; If I Could Be
with You, 1930; Overnight (I Found You), 1931; Love Is Like That,
1931; Falling in Love Again, 1931
Side Two: Faithfully Yours, 1931; Goodnight Sweetheart, 1931; I'll
Never Be the Same, 1932; Take Me in Your Arms, 1932; Try a Little
Tenderness, 1933; Close Your Eyes, 1933; Shine on Harvest Moon,
1935; It's a Sin to Tell a Lie, 1936; There's a Lull in My Life,
1937; Goodnight My Love, 1936
Item 15. Ruth Etting compilation by Gary Williams, reel 1, motion
picture, television themes, 1973Side One: Exodus; Yesterday; Strangers In The Night; Smiles; Ebb
Tide; Exodus; Midnight In Moscow; MaLaguena; Exodus
Side Two: Mutiny on the Bounty; Exodus; The Great Escape; Caesar and
Cleopatra; Lawrence of Arabia; How the West Was Won; El Cid
Overture; The Sound of Music; Green Leaves of Summer;
Greensleeves
Item 16. Ruth Etting compilation by Gary Williams, reel 2, early
canaries (pioneer women recording artists), 1973Side One: Together We Two, Ruth Etting; Daddy, Won't You Please Come
Home, Annette Hanshaw; Body and Soul, Helen Morgan; I May Be Wrong,
Libby Holman; Sometimes I'm Happy, Vaughn DeLeath; I Ain't Got
Nobody to Love, Aileen Stanley; A Good Man Is Hard to Find, Marion
Harris; That's My Weakness Now, Helen Kane; Hard Hearted Hannah,
Belle Baker; Freckles, Nora Bayes; Stormy Weather, Ethel Waters;
Sharing, Kate Smith; I'm in the Mood for Love, Francis Langford
Side Two: If the Man in the Moon Was a Coon, Ada Jones; A Garden in
the Rain, Jane Froman; I'm Doing What I'm Doing for Love, Sophie
Tucker; When a Woman Loves a Man, Fannie Brice; Funeral Blues,
Blossom Seeley; How Sorry You'll Be, Esther Walker; Oh! By Jingo!
Margaret Young; When the Preacher Makes You Mine, Adele Rowland;
Mama Goes Where Papa Goes, Jane Green; I'm on My Way Home, Kitty
O'Connor; Am I Blue, Helen Richards; I'd Love to Call You My
Sweetheart, Greta Woodson; Looking at the World through Rose-Colored
Glasses, Jane Grey
Item 17. Ruth Etting compilation by Gary Williams, reel 3, very
favorite old-time popular recordings, 1924-1934, 1973Side One: Away From You, Roy Smeck; Back in Your Own Backyard, Al
Jolson; The King of Borneo, Frank Crumit; Love Me or Leave Me, Ruth
Etting; Ramona, Gene Austin; I'm Bringing a Red, Red Rose, George
Olson's Orch.; Me and My Shadow, Johnny Marvin; Going' Home, Nick
Lucas; I'm Waitin' for You, Liza Jane, Vernon Dalhart; Hello Baby,
Ruth Etting, Art Kahn's Orchestra
Side Two: Ol' Man River, Al Jolson; Mean to Me, Ruth Etting; My
Melancholy Baby, Gene Austin; Because My Baby Don't Mean Maybe,
George Olson's Orch.; I Get the Blues When It Rains, Johnny Marvin
& Ed Smalle; My Memory, Al Jolson; Out in the Cold Again, Ruth
Etting; Forgive Me, Gene Austin; Bye, Bye Blues, Johnny Marvin; I'll
Get by, Bing Crosby, IPANA Troubadours
Item 18. Ruth Etting compilation by Gary Williams, reel 4, bands of
the 1920s, 1971Side One: When You're Counting the Stars, Leo Reisman; Needin' You
Like I Do, Leo Reisman; Hello Swanee, Hello, Ben Bernie; Button up
Your Overcoat, Ben Bernie; Angry, Johnny Hamp; Bluegrass, Johnny
Hamp; Somebody's Lonely, Henry Burr & Roger Wolfe Kahn; Among My
Souvenirs, Henry Burr & Roger Wolfe Kahn; Why Should I Say I'm
Sorry, Nat Shilkret; Dusky Stevedore, Nat Shilkret
Side Two: Old Man Sunshine; George Olson; Varsity Drag, George Olson;
Rhythm Kings, Coon Sanders; Why Don't My Dreams Come True, Coon
Sanders; Don't Wake Me up, Let Me Dream, Howard Lanin; Melancholy
You, Howard Lanin; Coconut Trot, Abe Lyman; Dream House, Abe Lyman;
Me and My Shadow, Victor Arden and Phil Ohmam; Ro-Ro-Rollin' Along,
Victor Arden and Phil Ohmam
Item 19. Ruth Etting compilation by Gary Williams, reel 5, favorite
Ruth Etting recordings, 1972Side One: Hello Baby, with Art Kahn's Orchestra, 1926; Deed I Do,
1926; My Man, 1927; After You're Gone, 1927; Together We Two, 1927;
Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs off the Moon, 1927; Don't Leave Me Daddy,
1928; I Must Be Dreaming, 1928; Happy Days and Lonely Nights, 1928;
I Still Keep Dreaming of You, 1928; Sonny Boy, 1928
Side Two; A Cottage For Sale, 1930; Body And Soul, 1930; Ten Cents a
Dance, 1930; Nevertheless, 1931; All of Me, 1931; A Voice in the Old
Village Choir, 1932; Summer Is Over, 1933; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,
1934; Out in the Cold Again, 1934; You, 1936; In the Chapel in the
Moonlight, 1936
Item 20. Songs of the 20s and 40s; Duo-Art Piano Rolls, "Ruth Etting
bequest," undatedSide One; Donaldson Medley, Walter Donaldson; Little White House,
Rube Bloom; Side by Side, Pauline Alpert; Normandy, Rube Bloom;
Collegiate, Frank Banta; Yes Sir That's My Baby, Edythe Baker;
Where's My Sweetie Hiding? Edythe Baker; Valencia, Alan Moran and
Rube Bloom (duet); Doodle Doo Doo, Herbert Clair
Side Two: Painting the Clouds with Sunshine, Eddie Duchin; Carolina
in the Morning, Henry Lange; Bye Bye Blackbird, Tom Alter; Close
Your Eyes, Frank Milne; At Peace with the World, Phil Ohman; Pagan
Love Song, Robert Armbruster; Easy to Love, Bob Edgeworth; I've Got
You Under My Skin, Bob Edgeworth
Item 21. Bill Coffman plays Ruth Etting Favorites, undated, selected by Jim Bedoian, 1975Side One; After You've Gone; Love Me Or Leave Me; Maybe Who Knows;
Nevertheless; Shine On Harvest Moon; Home; Try A Little Tenderness;
Hold Me; With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming; You're My Everything;
Out In The Cold Again; The Song Is Ended
Item 22. Ruth Etting Time, radio broadcast, WHN, New York, with Myrl
Alderman, John Connelly (announcer), 1947, June 13Side One: By The Light Of The Silvery Moon; Do You Ever Think Of Me;
The Way You Look Tonight; All of Me
Side One-B: I Got It Bad; There'll Be Some Changes Made; Oh, You
Beautiful Doll; After You've Gone, recorded in Florida, 1958
Side Two: Auf Wiedersehn; Keep Romance Alive; No More Love; My
Mother's Eyes
Item 23. Ruth Etting compilation, by Gary Williams, reel 6, favorite
Ruth Etting recordings, 1926-1937Side One: Hello Baby, Etting with Art Kahn Orchestra, 1926; Deed I
Do, 1926; My Man, 1927; After You've Gone, 1927; Together We Two,
1927; Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs Off, 1927; Don't Leave Me Daddy,
1928; I Must Be Dreaming, 1928; Happy Days and Lonely Nights, 1928;
I Still Keep Dreaming of You, 1928; Sonny Boy, 1928; I'm Bringing a
Red, Red Rose, 1928; Love Me or Leave Me, 1928; Gladrag Doll, 1929;
Mean to Me, 1929
Side Two: Maybe, Who Knows; Deep Night, 1929; More Than You Know,
1929; If He Cared, 1929; A Cottage for Sale, 1930; Body and Soul,
1930; Ten Cents a Dance, 1935; Nevertheless, 1931; All of Me, 1931;
A Voice in the Old Village Choir, 1932; Summer is Over, 1933; Smoke
Gets in Your Eyes, 1934; Out in the Cold Again, 1934; You, 1936, In
the Chapel on the Moonlight, 1936
Item 24. Ruth Etting compilation, by Gary Williams, reel 7, Ruth
Etting ballads, 20 selected favorites, 1926-1937Side One: Lonesome and Sorry, 1926; It All Depends on You, 1927; I'm
Nobody's Baby, 1927; When You're with Someone Else, 1928; I Ain't
Got Nobody, 1928; Dancing with Tears in My Eyes, 1930; If I Could Be
with You, 1930; Overnight, 1931; Love Is Like That, 1931; Falling in
Love Again, 1931
Side Two: Faithfully Yours, 1931; Goodnight Sweetheart, 1931; I'll
Never Be the Same, 1932; Take Me in Your Arms, 1932; Try a Little
Tenderness, 1933; Close Your Eyes, 1933; Shine on Harvest Moon,
1935; It's a Sin to Tell a Lie, 1936; There's a Lull in My Life,
1937; Goodnight My Love, 1936
Item 25. Ruth Etting compilation, by Gary Williams, reel 8, for Ruth
EttingSide One: Interview with Joe Venuti by Gary Williams, July 26, 1972.
Side Two: My Very Favorite Al Jolson Recordings, selected by Gary
Williams in 1973 from 1924-1935 Brunswick period
Item 26. Movie Shorts, 1930-1931Let Me Sing and I'm Happy, from Roseland, Vitaphone, 1930; Dancing
with Tears in My Eyes, from Roseland, Vitaphone, 1930; You're Always
Sure of My Love for You, from Radio Salute (with Nat Shilkret's
orchestra), Paramount, 1931; Loveable, from Artistic Temper,
Paramount, 1931; What a Life, from Artistic Temper, Paramount, 1931;
That's What Heaven Means to Me, from Artistic Temper, 1931.
Item 27. Ruth Etting, Complete Discography, reel 1, 1926-1927Side One: Nothing Else To Do; Let's Talk About My Sweetie; So Is Your
Old Lady; Could I? I Certainly Could; Lonesome and Sorry; But I Do,
You Know I Do; What a Man; I Wanna Go Back Again Blues; That's Why I
Love You; I Ain't Got Nobody; Hello Baby; Precious; Her Beaus Are
Only Rainbows
Side Two: Stars; There's Nothing Sweeter; Thinking of You; Just a
Bird's-eye-view; Deed I Do; There ain't No Maybe in My Baby's Eyes;
It All Depends on You; Sam, the Old Accordion Man; Wistful and Blue;
Hoosier Sweetheart; Dew, Dew, Dewey Day; Wherever You Go; My Man;
After You've Gone
Item 28. Ruth Etting, Complete Discography, reel 2, 1927-1928Side One; At Sundown; Sing Me a Baby Song; Swanee Shore; Just Once
Again; I'm Nobody's Baby; You Don't Like it-Not Much; Shaking The
Blues Away; It All Belongs To Me; Together We Two; The Song Is
Ended; Blue River; Love is Just A Little Bit Of Heaven; Varsity
Drag; Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs Off The Moon
Side Two: Back In Your Own Backyard; When You're With Someone Else; I
Ain't Got Nobody; Don't Leave Me Daddy; Ramona; Say "Yes" Today;
Bluebird Sing Me A Song; I Must Be Dreaming; Because My Baby Don't
Mean Maybe; Beloved; Happy Days and Lonely Nights; Lonely Little
Bluebird; I Still Keep Dreaming; Sonny Boy
Item 29. Ruth Etting, Complete Discography, reel 3, 1929-1930Side One: My Blackbirds are Bluebirds Now; You're In Love And I'm In
Love; Love Me Or Leave Me; I'm Bringing A Red, Red Rose; You're The
Cream In My Coffee; To Know You Is To Love You; Gladrag Doll; I'll
Get By; Button Up Your Overcoat; Mean To Me; Deep Night; Maybe, Who
Knows; The One In The World; I'm Walking Around In A Dream
Side Two: I Want To Meander In The Meadow; Now I'm In Love; Ain't
Misbehavin'; At Twilight; What Wouldn't I Do For That Man; The Right
Kind Of Man; More Than You Know; A Place To Call Home; If He Cared;
Crying For The Carolines; Ten Cents A Dance, 1930; Funny Dear, What
Love Can Do, 1930; Let Me Sing And I'm Happy, 1930; A Cottage For
Sale
Item 30. Ruth Etting, Complete Discography, reel 4, 1930-1931Side One: It Happened In Monterey; Exactly Like You; I Remember You
From Somewhere; Dancing With Tears In My Eyes; Dancing With Tears In
My Eyes (solo); I Never Dreamt; Don't Tell Her; The Kiss Waltz; If I
Could Be With You; Body And Soul; Just A Little Closer; I'll Be
Blue, Just Thinking of You
Side Two: I'm Your's; Laughing At Life; Reaching For The Moon;
Overnight; Love Is Like That; You're The One I Care For; Falling In
Love Again; Were You Sincere?; Out of Nowhere; Say A Little Prayer
For Me; Faithfully Yours; There Ought To Be A Moonlight Saving Time;
Without That Gal (Man); Nevertheless
Item 31. Ruth Etting, Complete Discography, reel 5, 1931-1932Side One: Cigarettes, Cigars; Shine On Harvest Moon; I'm Good For
Nothing But Love; I'm Falling In Love; Just One More Chance; Have
You Forgotten?; Guilty; Now That You're Gone; Love Letters In The
Sand; Me; If I Didn't Have You; Let Me Call You Sweetheart; A Faded
Summer Love; Goodnight Sweetheart
Side Two: Too Late; Cuban Love Song; All of Me; Home; When We're
Alone; Kiss Me Goodnight; Love, You Funny Thing; Can't We Talk It
Over? Happy-Go-Lucky You; That's What Heaven Means To Me; That's
Something To Be Thankful For; The Voice In The Village Choir; Lazy
Day; With Summer Coming On
Item 32. Ruth Etting, Complete Discography, reel 6, 1932-1934Side One: Holding My Honey's Hand; The Night When Love Was Born; It
Was So Beautiful; I'll Never Be The Same; I'll Follow You; I'll
Never Have To Dream Again; Take Me In Your Arms; Someday We'll Meet
Again; Hey! Young Fella; Try A Little Tenderness; You've Got Me
Crying Again; Hold Me; Linger A Little Longer In the Twilight; How
Can I Go On Without You?
Side Two: Summer is Over; Close Your Eyes; You're My Past, Present
and Future; What Is Sweeter?; No More Love; Build A Little House;
Dancing In The Moonlight; Everything I Have Is Yours; Tired Of It
All, 1934; Keep Romance Alive; The Little Piggie; Smoke Gets In Your
Eyes; Riptide; Easy Come, Easy Go
Item 33. Ruth Etting, Complete Discography, reel 7, 1934-1936Side One: With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming; Were My Ears Burning
Baby? Talking To Myself; Tomorrow Who Cares; What About Me? Out In
The Cold Again; Stay As Sweet As You Are; A Needle In A Haystack; Am
I To Blame? I've Got An Invitation To A Dance; Things Might Have
Been So Different; March Winds And April Showers; It's Easy To
Remember; Life Is A Song
Side Two: I Wished On The Moon; Why Dream; Ten Cents A Dance; Shine
On Harvest Moon; Lost, 1936; It's Been So Long; It's Love Again;
You; Take My Heart; It's A Sin To Tell a Lie; Holiday Sweethearts;
Who'll Buy My Song Of Love?
Item 34. Top in Pops, includes selection sung by Ruth
Etting, 1930-1935Talking to Myself
Item 35. Tops in Pops, includes selections sung by Ruth
Etting, 1930-1934When We're Alone, 1930; I'll Follow You, 1930; I'll Never Have To
Dream Again, 1930
Item 36. Folk Arts Old Time Tapes #2748, with songs from RCA Magic
Key, July 28, 1936; Ruth Etting Show, WHN, June 13, 1947; Ruth
Etting and Al Lyons, 1935; Ruth Etting Dodge Show, about 1935; Rudy
Vallee shows 1947, Jan. 21, 28, and Feb. 4.Side One: Who's Honey Are You?; I'm Facing The Music; Shine On
Harvest Moon; For Sentimental Reasons; Shine On Harvest Moon
Side One-B: Somebody Loves Me; Out of The World; This Is The Night;
Funny That Way
Side Two: By The Light Of The Silvery Moon; Do You Ever Think Of Me;
All Of Me; Look In The Mirror; At Last; Dancing With Tears In My
Eyes; For Sentimental Reasons; Shine On Harvest Moon; Somebody Loves
Me; Out Of This World; This Is The Night; Funny That Way; Hawaiian
Paradise; You; Tormented
Item 37. First Ladies Of Radio, Jessica Dragonette, Peg Lynch,
produced at WKNH-FM, Lou and Phyllis Dumont and Carlotta
Dale, 1979
Item 38. First Ladies Of Radio, Ruth Etting, Vaughn De Leath, produced
at WKNH-FM, Lou and Phyllis Dumont and Carlotta Dale, 1979
Item 39. Messiah, University High Chorus, 1966And The Glory Of The Lord; O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings; For Unto
Us A Child Is Born; Glory To God In The Highest; Behold The Lamb Of
God; Since By Man Came Death; Hallelujah Chorus
Item 40. Spirit of '78, Harry Warren, National Public Radio Broadcast,
(non Etting), 1982, June 24
Box 16. 45 rpm, The Original Recordings of Ruth Etting, three 45 rpm
recordings. Shine on harvest moon; Mean to me; Shaking the blues away;
Out in the cold again; I'll never be the same; At sundown; Nevertheless;
Sam, the old accordion man; It all depends on you; Take me in your arms;
Ten cents a dance. Columbia A-1120. Recorded 1927-1934
Box 16. 78 rpm recordingsItem 1. "Lost; It's been so long"
Etting, Brunswick 7646, 1936
Item 2. "At sundown (when love is calling
me home); Sing me a baby song" Etting, Columbia
1052-D, 1927
Item 3. "Together we two; The song is ended
(but the melody lingers on)" Etting, Columbia
1196-D, 1927
Item 4. "I still keep dreaming of you;
Sonny boy" Etting, Columbia 1563-D, 1928
Item 5. "Ramona; Say "yes" to-day"
Etting, Columbia 1352-D, 1928
Item 6. "If he cared; Crying for the
Carolines" Etting, Columbia 2073-D, 1929
Item 7. "Glad rag doll; I'll get by (as
long as I have you" Etting, Columbia 1733-D, 1929
Item 8. "Keep sweeping the cobwebs off the
moon" Ted Lewis and His Band with Etting; "Away down south in heaven" Ted Lewis
and His Band, Columbia 1242-D, 1927
Item 9. "The one in the world; I'm walkin'
around in a dream " Etting, Columbia 1830-D, 1929
Item 10. "(What do we do on a) Dew - dew -
dewey day; Wherever you go - whatever you do I want you to know
I love you" Etting, Columbia 979-D, 1927
Item 11. "At sundown (when love is calling
me home); Sing me a baby song" Etting, Columbia
1052-D, 1927
Item 12. "My man; After you've gone"
Etting, Columbia 995-D, 1927
Item 13. "Together, we two; The song is
ended (but the melody lingers on)" Etting, Columbia
1196-D, 1927
Item 14. "Happy days and lonely nights;
Lonely little bluebird" Etting, Columbia
1454-D, 1928
Item 15. "Button up your overcoat; Mean to
me" Etting, Columbia 1762-D, 1929
Item 16. "I'm bringing a red, red rose; Love
me or leave me" Etting, Columbia 1680-D, 1928
Box 17. 78 rpm, thirteen 78 rpm recordings from various
donorsItem 1. "Ramona; Say "Yes" To-day"
Etting, Columbia 1352-D, 1928
Item 2. "My blackbirds are bluebirds now;
You're in love and I'm in love" Etting, Columbia
1595-D, 1928
Item 3. "It all depends on you; Sam the old
accordion man" Etting, Columbia 908-D, 1927
Item 4. "If I could be with you (one hour
to-night); Body and soul" Etting, Columbia
2300-D, 1930
Item 5. "Out of nowhere; Say a little
prayer for me" Etting, Columbia 2454-D, 1931
Item 6. "What wouldn't I do for that man!;
The right kind of man" Etting, Columbia
1998-D, 1929
Item 7. "Nothing else to do; Let's talk
about my sweetie" Etting, Columbia 580-D, 1926
Item 8. "Because my baby don't mean "maybe"
now!; Beloved," Etting, Columbia 1420-D, 1928
Item 9. "Precious; Her beaus are only
rainbows," Etting, Columbia 722-D, 1926
Item 10. "At sundown (when love is calling
me home); Sing me a baby song," Etting, Columbia
1052-D, 1927
Item 11. "Falling in love again; Were you
sincere?" Etting, Columbia 2445-D, 1931
Item 12. "Let me sing and I'm happy; A
cottage for sale," Etting, Columbia 2172-D, 1930
Item 13. "It happened in Monterey; Exactly
like you," Etting, Columbia 2199-D, 1930
Box 17. 78 rpm, ten 78 rpm recordings in a brown album, donated by Ralph
W. Becker, Ruth Etting's cousin in 1982Item 1. "What a man; You've got those
"Wanna go back again" blues, "Etting, Columbia
675-D, 1926
Item 2. "Because my baby don't mean "maybe"
now!; Beloved," Etting, Columbia 1420-D, 1928
Item 3. "That's why I love you; I ain't got
nobody," Etting, Columbia 692-D, 1926
Item 4. "Together, we two; The song is
ended (but the melody lingers on)," Etting, Columbia
1196-D, 1927
Item 5. "One alone; The desert song,"
Bar Harbor Society Orch, Desert Song Special Record
1001-P, 1928
Item 6. "Chin chin - medley fox
trot," Six Brown Brothers, Laverne-Waltz caprice, H. Benne
Henton with Conway's Band, Victor 18149, 1917
Item 7. "Without that gal!; You can't stop
me from lovin' you," Ethel Waters, Columbia
2481-D, 1931
Item 8. "Song of the Volga boatmen; Shining
moon," Kirilloff's Russian Balalaika Orchestra, Victor
19960, 1926
Item 9. "Sweet l'il ain't she sweet;
Mississippi mud: I left my sugar standing in the rain,"
Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys, Victor 20783, 1927
Item 10. "Kitten on the keys; Nola,"
Carl Fenton's Orchestra, Brunswick 2261, 1922
Box 17. 78 rpm, six 78 rpm recordings ordered from Nauck in
2005Item 1. "Bluebird sing me a song; I must be
dreaming," Etting, Columbia 4974. "Made in
England," 1928
Item 2 "There's nothing sweeter than a
sweet sweet sweetie; Stars," Etting, Columbia
764-D, 1926
Item 3. "With my eyes wide open I'm
dreaming; Were your ears burning," Etting, Brunswick
01829, 1934
Item 4. "Don't tell her what's happened to
me; The kiss waltz," Etting, Columbia DB 311, 1930
Item 5. "It's swell of you; There's a lull
in my life," Etting, Decca 1212, 1937
Item 6. "It's a sin to tell a lie; Take my
heart," Etting, Rex 8853, 1936
Box 18. Cassette Tapes (30), Item-Level ListItem 1. The Original Recordings of Ruth Etting, copied from Columbia
ML5050, 1955Side 1: Shine on Harvest Moon, 1931; Mean to Me, 1929; Shaking the
Blues Away, 1927; Out in the Cold Again, 1934; I'll Never Be the
Same, 1932; At Sundown, 1927
Side 2: Love Me or Leave Me, 1928; Nevertheless, 1931; Sam, the Old
Accordion Man, 1927; It All Depends on You, 1927; Take Me in Your
Arms, 1932; Ten Cents a Dance, 1930
Item 2. Ruth Etting Highlights, David City, Nebraska, 1983, Mar. 16
Item 3. Ten Cents a Dance, Ruth Etting, L.P. AJA 5008, 1981Side 1: Ten Cents a Dance; Button up Your Overcoat; Funny Dear What
Love Can Do; But I Do, You Know I Do!; Mean to Me; I'm Yours; If I
Could Be with You; Don't Tell Him What Happened; Body and Soul; Sam,
the Old Accordian Man
Side 2: Dancing with Tears in My Eyes; Hello, Baby; What Wouldn't I
Do; Could I? I Certainly Could; The Kiss Waltz; Shakin' the Blues
away; You're the Cream in My Coffee; Lonesome and Sorry; Laughing at
Life; Love Me or Leave Me
Item 4. First Ladies of Radio, Ruth Etting, Vaughn De Leath, produced
at WKNH-FM, Lou and Phyllis Dumont and Carlotta Dale 1979
Item 5. Ruth Etting, Nostalgia Shop, Denver, Colorado, tape
oneSide 1: After You've Gone, 1927; My Man, 1927; I'm Yours, 1930;
Laughing at Life, 1930; The Kiss Waltz, 1930; Don't Tell Her, 1930;
But I Do, 1926; Lonesome and Sorry, 1926; Sing Me a Baby Song, 1927;
At Sundown, 1927
Side 2: Just a Bird's Eye View, 1926; Thinking of You, 1926; Sunny
Boy, 1928; I Still Keep Dreaming of You, 1928; When You're with
Somebody, 1928; Back in Your Own Backyard, 1928; Hoosier Sweetheart,
1927; Wistful and Blue, 1927; I'm Good for Nothing, 1931; I'm
Falling in Love, 1931; Button up Your Overcoat, 1929
Item 6. Ruth Etting, Nostalgia Shop, Denver, Colorado, tape
twoSide 1: Dancing With Tears in My Eyes, 1930; Whose Honey Are You,
1935; I'm Facing the Music, 1935; Zing Went the Strings of My Heart,
1935; Shine on Harvest Moon, 1935; Tormented, 1936; You, 1936;
Somebody Loves Me, 1947; Out of This World, 1947; This Is the Night,
1947; Funny That Way, 1947
Side 2: By the Light of the Silvery Moon, 1947; Do You Ever Think of
Me, 1947; All of Me, 1947; Love Me or Leave Me, 1928; Nevertheless,
1931; Sam, the Old Accordion Man, 1927; It All Depends on You, 1927;
Take Me in Your Arms, 1932; Ten Cents a Dance, 1928
Item 7. Ruth Etting: Reflections, 1927-1935, copied from Take Two
Records, LP TT203, 1978Side 1: Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs, 1927; Varsity Drag, 1927; I'm
Falling in Love, 1931; All of Me, 1931; The Right Kind of Man, 1929;
Hold Me, 1933; Faded Summer Love, 1931
Side 2: With My Eyes Wide Open, 1923; Everything I Have Is Yours,
1933; Keep Romance Alive, 1934; A Needle in a Haystack, 1934; What
about Me; Why Dream, 1935; Good Night Sweetheart, 1931
Item 8. Ruth Etting: Encores, copied from Take Two Records, TT
211, 1981Side 1: Happy Days and Lonely Nights, 1928; Because My Baby Don't
Mean, 1928; Walkin' Around in a Dream, 1929; I'm Nobody's Baby,
1927; Now I'm in Love, 1929; More Than You Know, 1929; Maybe, Who
Knows, 1929
Side 2: Out of Nowhere, 1931; Cuban Love Song, 1931; Dancing in the
Moonlight, 1933; Build a Little Home, 1933; Holding My Honey's Hand,
1932; What Is Sweeter, 1933; March Winds and April Showers, 1935
Item 9. Ruth Etting, 1973
Item From Ruth Etting, tape one, 1973Side 1: Lonesome and Sorry, 1926; It All Depends on You, 1927; I'm
Nobody's Baby, 1928; When You're with Somebody Else, 1928; I Ain't
Got Nobody, 1928; Dancing with Tears in My Eyes, 1930; If I Could Be
with You, 1930; Overnight (I Found You), 1931; Love Is Like That,
1931; Falling in Love Again, 1931
Side 2: Faithfully Yours, 1931; Good Night Sweetheart, 1931; I'll
Never Be the Same, 1932; Take Me in Your Arms, 1932; Try a Little
Tenderness, 1933; Close Your Eyes, 1933; Shine on Harvest Moon,
1936; It's a Sin to Tell a Lie, 1936; There's a Lull in My Life,
1937; Good Night My Love, 1937
Item 10. From Ruth Etting, tape two, 1973Side 1: Hello Baby, 1926; Deed I Do, 1926; My Man, 1927; After You've
Gone, 1927; Together We Two, 1927; Don't Leave Me Daddy, 1928; Happy
Days, Lonely Nights, 1928; Glad Rag Doll, 1929; Love Me or Leave Me,
1928; Mean to Me, 1929
Side 2: Maybe, Who Knows, 1929; Deep Night, 1929; More Than You Know,
1929; A Cottage for Sale, 1930; Ten Cents a Dance, 1930;
Nevertheless, 1931; All of Me, 1931; Summer Is Over, 1933; Out in
the Cold Again, 1934; You, 1937
Item 11. Ruth Etting from Bill Kearney, tape twoSide 1: You're the One I Care for, 1931; Say a Little Prayer for Me,
1931; Moonlight Saving Time, 1931; Tomorrow Who Cares, 1934; Stay as
Sweet as You Are, 1934; I've Got an Invitation to a Dance, 1934; Am
I to Blame?, 1934; Things Might Have Been So Different, 1935; Life
Is a Song, 1935; It's Easy to Remember, 1935; Cigars, Cigarettes!,
1931; Have You Forgotten?, 1931; Love Letters in the Sand, 1931;
Me!, 1931
Side 2: If I Didn't Have You, 1931; Happy Go Lucky You, 1932; Lazy
Day, 1932; You're My Past, Present and Future, 1933; No More Love,
1933; Tired of It All, 1934; Were Your Ears Burning?, 1934; May I
Have the Next Romance with You?, 1936; It's Swell of You, 1936; On a
Little Dream Ranch, 1936
Item 12. Ruth Etting, from 78 r.p.m.s, John Moran
CollectionSide 1: I Still Keep Dreaming of You, 1928; Sonny Boy, 1928; Ramona,
1928; Say "Yes" Today, 1928; Crying for the Carolines, 1929; If He
Cared, 1929; I'm Walking around in a Dream, 1929; The One in the
World, 1929; I Ain't Got Nobody, 1926; That's Why I Love You, 1926
Side 2: Dew-Dew-Dewey Day, 1927; Wherever You Go, Whatever You Do,
1927; The Song Is Ended, 1927; Together We Two, 1927; You've Got
Those "Wanna Go Back Again" Blues, 1926; What a Man; Because My Baby
Don't Mean Maybe Now, 1928; Beloved, 1928; The Song Is Ended, 1927;
Together We Two, 1927
Item 13. Ruth Etting to Bill Kearney, tape oneBut I Do, You Know I Do; Lonesome and Sorry; I Ain't Got Nobody;
Hello, Baby,; Just a Bird's Eye View; Thinking of You; Deed I Do;
Sam, the Old Accordion Man; It All Depends on You; Hoosier
Sweetheart; Wistful and Blue; At Sundown; Sing Me A Baby Song; Keep
Dusting the Cobwebs off the Moon
Item 14. Ruth Etting from Bill Kearney, Kokomo, Indiana, 1982, JuneSide 1: So Is Your Old Lady, 1926; Could I? I Certainly Could, 1926;
Stars, 1926; There's Nothing Sweeter, 1926; Linger a Little Longer,
1933; How Can I Go on without You?, 1933; Lost, 1936; It's Been So
Long, 1936; There's Something in the Air, 1936; That's Why I Love
You, 1926; Just Once Again, 1927; Swanee Shore, 1927; You Don't Like
It, Not Much, 1927; Blue River, 1927
Side 2: Just A Little Bit of Heaven, 1927; I Must Be Dreaming, 1928;
Blue Bird Sing Me a Song, 1928; Beloved, 1928; Lonely Little
Bluebird, 1928; You're in Love & I'm in Love, 1928; To Know You
Is to Love You, 1929; At Twilight, 1929; A Place to Call Home, 1929;
Funny, Dear, What Love Can Do, 1930; It Happened in Monterrey, 1930;
Exactly Like You, 1930; I Never Dreamt, 1930; Just a Little Closer,
1930
Item 15. Ruth Etting Interview from Bill Kearney (not
available)Possibly a radio broadcast tape, host interviews Etting in Colorado
Springs, with intervening Etting song recordings
Item 16. Ruth Etting, Bud Comte, David City Centennial, 1973Side 1: The Voice in the Old Village Choir, 1932; Summer Is Over,
1933; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, 1934; Out in the Cold Again, 1934;
You, 1936; In the Chapel in the Moonlight, 1936; Faithfully Yours,
1931; Shine on Harvest Moon, 1935; Shaking the Blues Away, 1927;
I'll Never Be the Same, 1932; At Sundown, 1927; Sam, the Old
Accordion Man, 1927; It All Depends on You, 1927; Take Me in Your
Arms, 1932; Ten Cents a Dance, 1930
Side 2: The Original Torch Singers, copied from LP Take Two TT207,
1980; I'm Good for Nothing But Love, 1931; What I Wouldn't Do for
That Man, 1929; Easy Come, Easy Go, 1934; Riptide, 1934
Item 17. Ruth Etting, misc.Side 1: Button up Your Overcoat; What Wouldn't I Do for That Man;
Shine on Harvest Moon; Talking to Myself; When We're Alone; I'll
Follow You; I'll Never Have to Dream Again; It All Belongs to Me
(excerpt)
Side 2: Too Late (excerpt); Cuban Love Song (excerpt); If I Should;
You've Got Me Crying Again (excerpt); Take My Heart; Who'll Buy My
Song of Love; Holiday Sweethearts; It's Love Magic; I Want to Wander
in the Meadow; For Sentimental Reasons; Shine on Harvest Moon 1947;
Look in the Mirror; At Last
Item 18. Ruth Etting, Radio Programs, RCA Magic Key, Dodge Program, Al
Lyons, Rudy Vallee (not available)Side 1: You; Who's Honey Are You; I'm Facing the Music; Zing Went the
Strings of My Heart; Shine pn Harvest Moon; WHN Radio Show, June 13,
1947; By the Light of the Silvery Moon; Do You Ever Think of Me;
Sentimental; All of Me
Side 2: Look in the Mirror; At Last; Dancing with Tears in My Eyes;
For Sentimental Reasons; Shine on Harvest Moon; Somebody Loves Me;
Out of This World; This Is the Night; Funny That Way; Hawaiian
Paradise
Item 19. John and Vi Alderman, Northbrook, Chicago, IL, side 1 and
2, 1982, Mar. 26
Item 20. John and Vi Alderman, Northbrook, Chicago, IL, side
3, 1982, Mar. 26
Item 21. Ruth Etting, short subjects, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, 1982, Mar. 22Side 1: Roseland, 1930: Let Me Sing & I'm Happy; Dancing with
Tears in My Eyes; One Good Turn, 1930; If I Could Be with You; The
Kiss Waltz; Don't Tell Her What's Happened to Me; Words & Music,
1931: Now That You're Gone; Freshman Love, 1931: She's Funny That
Way
Side 2: Old Lace, 1931: Pretty Baby; Let Me Call You Sweetheart; A
Regular Trouper, 1932: Without That Man; Why Did It Have to Be Me; A
Mail Bride, 1932: Auf Wiedersehn; When We're Alone; Can't We Talk It
Over; Artistic Temper, 1932: That's What Heaven Means to Me;
Loveable; What a Life
Item 22. Ruth Etting, short subjects, 1982, Mar. 23Side 1: The Modern Cinderella, 1932: Pretty Cinderella; It Was So
Beautiful; Bye-Gones, 1931: Melancholy Baby; Smile for Me; I'll
Follow You; Along Came Ruth, 1933: Shine on Harvest Moon; Moonlight
on the River; I Don't Know Why; Crashing the Gate, 1933: Play,
Fiddle, Play; Sitting on a Rainbow; That's Something to Be Thankful
For; No Contest, 1934: Easy Come, Easy Go; A Thousand
Good-Nights
Side 2: Hips, Hips, Hooray, 1934: Keep Romance Alive
Item 23. Ruth Etting Movie Short Subjects Sound TracksSide 1: Bit from unknown short with R.E. song (runs slow); Artistic
Temper, 1932
Side 2: Mail Order Bride, 1932
Item 24. Ruth Etting, Hello Baby, copied from LP Biograph
BLP-C-11, 1973Side 1: Hello Baby, 1926; I'm Bringing a Red, Red Rose, 1928; You're
the Cream in My Coffee, 1929; Glad Rag Doll, 1929; I'll Get by as
Long as I Have You, 1929; Button up Your Overcoat, 1929; Ain't
Misbehavin', 1929; My Blackbirds are Bluebirds Now, 1928
Side 2: Deed I Do, 1926; I'll Be Blue Just Thinking of You, 1930; If
I Could Be with You, 1930; Body & Soul, 1930; Guilty, 1931; Now
That You've Gone, 1931; Just One More Chance, 1931
Item 25. Interview, Grace Griffin, David City, Nebraska (not
available), 1982, June 28
Item 26. Interview, Lydia Vernon Shrader, 1982, July 7
Item 27. InterviewsSide 1: Willa & Fred Stafford interview, 1982, July 7
Side 2: Dick Reid interview, 1982, July 7
Item 28. David Triis; Boulder, CO, from 78 r.p.m.sSide 1: I Want to Meander in the Meadow
Side 2: Now I'm in Love
Item 28. "Nebraska Nightly" segment, Ruth Etting, produced by Beth
Schenker, KUCV, 1992, Mar.Side 1: Interview, Donna Harler
Side 2: Interview, Bernie Mason
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