“Sonny Boy”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1927
name: label: associated person
content: Jolson, Al
label: composer, lyricist
content: DeSylva, B. G.
label: publisher
content: DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “Sonny Boy” that was written and composed by Al Jolson, Ray Anderson, Bud DeSylva, and Lew Brown. The sheet music was published by DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson Inc in 1927. The song came from the film <i>The Singing Fool,</i> one of the first popular “talkies,” featuring Warner Brother’s revolutionary Vitaphone technology that synced sound with the film. The film featured Al Jolson as Al Stone and Davey Lee as his son, “Sonny Boy.” A photograph of them together is on the left of the pink cover that features a central white sun that is emitting rays.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0313.14
label: accession number
content: 1983.0313
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0313.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/4 in x 9 in; 29.845 cm x 22.86 cm