<I>As Long as I Live</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1934
name: label: Written by
content: Harold Arlen, American, 1905 - 1986
label: Written by
content: Ted L. Koehler, American, 1894 - 1973
label: Illustrated by
content: Sydney Lefkowitz, American
label: Published by
content: Mills Music Incorporated, 1919 - 1965
label: Produced by
content: Dan Healy, American, 1888 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Adelaide Hall, American, 1901 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Jimmie Lunceford, American, 1902 - 1947
label: Subject of
content: Elida Webb, American, born 1896
label: Subject of
content: William "Bobby" Harold Connolly, American, 1897 - 1944
label: Subject of
content: Gluck Sandor, American, 1899 - 1978
label: Subject of
content: National Recovery Administration, American, 1933 - 1935
label: Subject of
content: Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940
notes: label: Description
content: Sheet music for the song "As Long as I Live" from the production of the 24th Edition of the Cotton Club Parade. The cover is orange with a large graphic of a woman's head. Her features are simplified with only her eyes, lips, and PL ear are seen. Her face is white, lips red, and hair black. The woman is found in the upper right quadrant. In her mouth is a cigarette, pointed toward the center of the cover. Below her is the illustrator's signature "Leff." Along the top is a band of white that contains the song title in black text "AS LONG AS I LIVE." In the upper left quadrant is additional black and white text, to the left of the woman "THE COTTON CLUB/ PRESENTS/ DAN HEALY'S/ 24TH/ edition." In a curve around the chin of the woman is black and white text "COTTON CLUB/ starring ADELAIDE HALL/ with JIMMIE LUNCEFORD'S ORCHESTRA/ Parade." In the lower left quadrant is additional production information "book and lyrics by / TED KOEHLER/ music by/ HAROLD ARLEN/ DANCES BY/ BOBBY CONNOLLY - CLUCK SANDOR - ELIDA WEBB." Also in the lower left corner is a small rectangle with the music publisher company with a small illustration of a windmill "MILLS MUSIC/ INC/ Music Publishers/ 1619 Broadway - New York, N.Y." In the lower right corner is a song list "ILL WIND/ AS LONG AS I LIVE/ HERE GOES/ PRIMITIVE PRIMA DONNA/ BREAKFAST BALL."
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Sheet music from the Cotton Club Parade
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Musical Theatre
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Popular music
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Written Music
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vicki Gold Levi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.223.11
objectType: label: Type
content: sheet music
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 12 3/16 × 9 3/16 in. (31 × 23.3 cm)