<I>Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1931
name: label: Written by
content: Ted L. Koehler, American, 1894 - 1973
label: Written by
content: Harold Arlen, American, 1905 - 1986
label: Illustrated by
content: Sydney Lefkowitz, American
label: Published by
content: Mills Music Incorporated, 1919 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Dan Healy, American, 1888 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Clarence Robinson
label: Subject of
content: Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940
notes: label: Description
content: Sheet music for the song "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" from the production of "Rhythm-mania" from The Cotton Club. The cover is a red palate with brown. Along the top in a red band is the song title "BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA." In the upper third, below the song title is the production title, in large brown letters. The title curves in a shallow, diagonal "s" pattern with the club listed above in red "The COTTON CLUB/ presents/ RHYTH-MANIA." Below the production title are two columns, one on the left edge of the cover, and one on the right. The left column "STAGED BY DAN HEALY/ DANCES BY/ CLARENCE ROBINSON." The right column "LYRICS BY/ TED KOEHLER/ MUSIC BY/ HAROLD ARLE." In the lower half of the cover is an illustration of a dancing line of people. Alternating between male and female, the dancers' PR side faces the viewer. There are two men and two women. The men wear dark jackets and pants with red and white striped shirts. They also have bowler hats and hold canes in their PR hands, with their PR arms bent behind their backs. Their PR legs are bent upward with their PL arm bent upward. The women wear sleeveless red dresses that are low cut and revealing. On their wrists are red bangles and their high heels feature bows tied at the ankle. The women have hoop earrings in their PR ears. Their legs are bent walking forward, while their torsos lean back. Their PR arms are bent behind them with their PL arms bent with their PL hands in front of them. At the bottom right corner is the illustrator's signature "Leff." Along the bottom edge is a band of red. In the lower left corner in a white rectangle is a song list "GET UP, GET OUT, GET UNDER THE SUN/ BREAKFAST DANCE/ NEATH THE PALE CUBAN MOON/ WITHOUT RHYTHM/ BETWEEN THE DEVIL/ AND THE DEP BLUE SEA/ KICKIN' THE GONG AROUND." In the lower right corner in a small rectangle is the music publisher with an illustration of a windmill with the words "MILLS MUSIC/ INC/ Music Publishers/ Mills Building/148-150 West 46th St. New York."
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 Rhythm-Mania
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
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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: 2013.223.17
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 1/16 × 9 3/16 in. (30.6 × 23.3 cm)