"Swinging on a Star"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1944
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Crosby, Bing
label: publisher
content: Burke and Van Heusen, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “Swinging on a Star,” with lyrics by Johnny Burke and music by Jimmy Van Heusen. It was published by Burke and Van Heusen, Inc. in New York, New York, in 1944. The song was featured in the 1944 Paramount Pictures musical comedy-drama <i>Going My Way,</i> directed by Leo McCarey and starred Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, and Risë Stevens. The cover features an image of Bing Crosby, who performed this song in the film.
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: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0830.21
label: accession number
content: 1983.0830
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0830.21
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: 12 in x 9 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 24.13 cm