Music from the Bob Hope Collection
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Music from the Bob Hope Collection 1932-1997 (bulk 1979-1990)
Hope, Bob, 1903-2003
Biographical History for: Music from the Bob Hope Collection 1932-1997 (bulk 1979-1990)
Biographical Note Biographical information on Bob Hope is available in the Library of Congress online exhibition Bob Hope and American Variety .
Scope and Content Note Music from the Bob Hope Collection consists of manuscript and photocopied full scores, conductor's scores, parts, lead sheets, and lyric sheets for nearly 500 titles used in Hope's films, television programs and personal appearances. Many of the arrangements were written for short play-on and play-offs, interludes, and cues for Hope's television specials and USO tour appearances. The collection also includes fully arranged songs written for solo or duet performances by notable guests on the Bob Hope Show. Most of the arrangements were written by Bob Alberti, Nick Perito and J. Hill. Additional arrangers represented in the collection include Frank Comstock, Manny Harmon, Pete Myers, Shorty Rogers and Dave Wolpe. The first series, Music from Identified Films, Television Programs and Public Appearances, contains works identified from information included on the music or original accompanying folders. The series is arranged chronologically by date of film, television program or event. Individual songs are listed therein. The second series, Music from Unidentified Sources, contains works whose sources were not able to be identified. This series is arranged alphabetically by work title. Qualifying information (e.g. "play-on") and date of the arrangement are provided wherever possible.
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Music from Identified Films, Television Programs and Public Appearances, 1953-1997
Manuscript scores, parts, lead sheets, and lyric sheets for works from identified films, television programs, and public appearances. Lists of titles are provided when there is corresponding music. Part sets are assumed to be complete unless otherwise noted.
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1953: Off limits (film)
1953 December 15: The Bob Hope TV Christmas show
1955: The seven little foys (film)
1958: Paris holiday (film)
1958 March 28: Bob Hope Show
1959 May 15: The Bob Hope show
1962 December 13: Royal Command Show
1966 October 22: Bob Hope Buick Special
1961: Bachelor in paradise (movie theme)
1964 December 13: Bob Hope Christmas in Vinh Long, Vietnam
1967 (air date, 1968 January 18): The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas show
1968: The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (film)
1970: The Bob Hope benefit for the Eisenhower Medical Center
1971 January 14: The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas show
1971 November 7: The Bob Hope special
1972 February 27: Bing Crosby and friends (NBC)
1975 October: A quarter century of Bob Hope on television
1975 December: Bob Hope Christmas
1976 June ?: Bob Hope TV
1976 December 12: The Bob Hope comedy Christmas special
1977 January 21: Bob Hope's all-star comedy spectacular from Lake Tahoe
1977 March 25: Bob Hope's all-star comedy tribute to Vaudeville
1977 December 19: Bob Hope's all-star Christmas comedy special
1978 February 13: The Bob Hope special from Palm Springs
1978 April 15: Bob Hope's all-star comedy special from Australia
1978 October 18: Bob Hope's salute to the 75th anniversary of the World Series
1978 December 3: Bob Hope's salute to Ohio theatre jubilee
1978 December 22: The Bob Hope Christmas show
1979 January 28: The Bob Hope cavalcade of comedy special
1979 May 30: Bob Hope's birthday party at sea (U.S.S. Iwo Jima, N.Y.C. Harbour)
1979 September 16: Bob Hope on the road to China
1979 November 19: Hope on campus
1980 January 21: Bob Hope special: Hope, women, and song
1980 February 3 and 10: Bob Hope's overseas Christmas tours: around the world with the troops, 1941-1972
1980 March 17: Bob Hope special: Bob Hope in the star-makers
1980 May 28: Bob Hope Air Force Academy special
1980 September 6: Bob Hope's look at the new TV season
1980 November 1: Bob Hope for president
1980 December 16: Bob Hope Christmas show and all-star comedy special
1981 January 18: The Bob Hope 30th anniversary TV special
1981 February 11: Bob Hope's funny valentine special
1981 April 13: Bob Hope's spring fling of glamour and comedy
1981 May 25: Bob Hope at West Point
1981 September 27: Bob Hope's all-star comedy look at the fall season: it's still free and worth it!
1981 October 22: Bob Hope's all-star celebration opening the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
1981 November 22: Bob Hope's stand up and cheer for the National Football League's sixtieth year
1981 December 20: The Bob Hope Christmas special
1982 February 28: Bob Hope's women I love: beautiful but funny
1982 May 3: Bob Hope's stars over Texas special
1982 May 25: Bob Hope's all-star birthday party in Annapolis
1982 October 3: Bob Hope's star-studded spoof of the new TV season: G-rated, with glamour, glitter and gags
1982 November 21: Bob Hope's Pink Panther Thanksgiving special
1983 January 29: Bob Hope's all-star Superbowl party
1983 March 2: Bob Hope's road to Hollywood
1983 April 20: Bob Hope in Who makes the world laugh?
1983 May 23: Happy birthday, Bob!: Kennedy Center Tribute
1983 September 19: Bob Hope's salute to NASA: 25 years of reaching for the stars
1983 November 23: Bob Hope goes to college
1983 December 19: Bob Hope's merry Christmas show
1984 January 15: The Bob Hope U.S.O. Christmas in Beirut
1984 February 27: Bob Hope's wicki-wacky special from Waikiki
1984 April 4: Bob Hope in Who makes the world laugh? Part 2
1984 May 28: Bob Hope's super birthday special at the World's Fair, New Orleans
1984 May 31: The Criss awards
1984 December 16: The Bob Hope show: it's a ho ho Hope's jolly Christmas hour
1985 February: Bob Hope show
1985 April 15: Bob Hope show: comedy salute to the soaps
1985 May 28: Bob Hope happy birthday homecoming (London Royal Gala)
1985 September 17: Bob Hope buys NBC?
1985: The Bob Hope Christmas show
1986 January: The Bob Hope Superbowl party
1986 March: Bob Hope's royal command performance from Sweden
1986 May: Bob Hope's high-flying birthday party (aboard the U.S.S. Lexington)
1986 September 15: Bob Hope's new TV season
1986 November: Bob Hope's tropical comedy special from Tahiti
1986 December: Bob Hope Christmas show
1987 April 19: The Bob Hope show: Easter bunnies and friends
1987 May: Bob Hope's high-flying birthday at Pope Air Force Base
1987 September: The Bob Hope show
1987 December: The Bob Hope Winterfest Christmas show
1988 January 8: Bob Hope's U.S.O. Christmas from the Persian Gulf: Around the world in eight days
1988 May: The Bob Hope 85th birthday show / 50 years with NBC
1988 September: HNN Hope News Network
1988: Bob Hope’s royal Viking Christmas show
1989: Bob Hope’s Easter vacation in the Bahamas
1989: Ooh-la-la: it's Bob Hope's fun birthday spectacular from Paris
1990 February 17: Bob Hope spoofs show business
1990 April: Bob Hope’s spring in Acapulco
1990 May 19: Bob Hope’s U.S.O. road to the Berlin Wall and Moscow
1990 September 15: Bob Hope’s Don't shoot, it's only me
1990: Bob Hope's 1990 Christmas show from Bermuda
1991: Bob Hope and friends: making new memories
1991: The Bob Hope Christmas show
1992 May 16: Bob Hope’s America: red, white and blue – the swimsuit edition
1992 December 19: Bob Hope’s Christmas show (San Antonio, Texas)
1993 May 14: Bob Hope: The first 90 years
1993 December: A Bob Hope Christmas
1994 May 14: Happy 91st birthday, Bob
1994 June: Bob Hope in England
1994 December: Bob Hope's Christmas show: Hopes for the holidays
1994: Bob and Dolores Hope: Hope's for the holidays (recording)
1995: Now and then (Dolores Hope recording)
1995: Somewhere in time: the songs and spirit of World War II (Dolores Hope recording)
1997: That's love (Dolores Hope recording)
Music from Unidentified Sources, 1932-1992
Manuscript scores, parts, lead sheets, and lyric sheets for unidentified films, television programs, and public appearances. Part sets are assumed to be complete unless otherwise noted.
1980 Hope opening montage (1980)
Abdul (1985 February 1)
Ach du leiber Augustine (undated)
Aerobics (1985 February 1)
Ain't a hankerin' (undated)
Ain't misbehavin' (play-on, play-off) (undated)
Air Force (play-on, play-off) (undated)
Alcatraz scene (undated)
Ali-Ben-hope (undated)
All I need is the girl (undated)
All the way (undated)
All of me (undated)
Am I in love? (undated)
Anything you can do (1970)
Applause (undated)
Are you havin' any fun? (undated)
The Army Air Corps (undated)
Arrivaderci Roma (undated)
As time goes by (stingers and play-off) (undated)
Atlantic City - bridge (undated)
Auld lang syne (undated)
Baby, I need you (undated)
Baby, that's me without you (undated)
Bad, bad Leroy Brown (undated)
Barnaby Jones theme (undated)
Battle hymn (undated)
Be anything (undated)
Bell bottom trousers (undated)
Best friend (undated)
Bing's spin (transition music) (undated)
Blue of the night (play-on, play-off, underscore) (undated)
Blues (undated)
Bob and Sammy (duet) (undated)
Bonanza (undated)
Boxer's rebellion (undated)
Breaker-breaker of my heart (undated)
Brenda and Cobina (undated)
Bumpkin (play-on) (undated)
Bumpkin theme (undated)
Button up your overcoat (1991)
Buttons and bows (undated)
By the light of the silvery moon (undated)
Captain Custard (play-off) (undated)
Carioca (undated)
The challenge (undated)
Charo (play-on, play-off) (undated)
Cheers (play-on, play-off) (undated)
Chinese overcoat (play-on, play-off) (undated)
Choir medley (1987)
Christmas theme button (undated)
Chromatic strings (undated)
Chrysler symphony (commercial) (August, 1964)
Circus extravaganza (undated)
Circus Maximus (undated)
City lady country girl (undated)
Clock effect (undated)
Colonial (play-on, play-off) (undated)
Colonel Bogey march (undated)
Colossus of Columbia march (undated)
Come rain or shine (1970)
Connections (undated)
The Continental (parody) (undated)
Copter tour (1979, 1990)
Cottonfields (undated)
A couple of swells (undated)
The cowboys and the singers (undated)
Cowpokes (1990)
Danny boy (Danny Thomas play on) (1985)
Darn it, baby (1964)
Dean Martin (play-off) (undated)
Dear hearts and gentle people (undated)
Deb-stars '91 (1991)
Dinah Shore (play-on) (undated)
Disco bells (1979)
Dixie / Swanee medley (undated)
Do I need you? (undated)
Do me a favor...don't do me a favor (undated)
Doctor "K" (undated)
Doggie Bowser (1990)
Domestic ladies (1982)
Don Rickles (play-on) (undated)
Don't let the stars get in your eyes (undated)
Don't marry that girl (undated)
Don't sit under the apple tree (1990)
Don't worry, be happy (1989)
Dynasty (play-on, play-off) (undated)
Easter parade (play-on) (1991)
Easy to love (undated)
Eight to four (parody on "Working 9 to 5") (undated)
Elegance (undated)
Ernie Kovacs (play-on) (1976)
Everything happens to me (undated)
The facts of life (undated)
Fight montage theme (undated)
Finale (undated)
Flossie, the three faces of Bob (undated)
Fly me to the moon (Moon hustle) (undated)
A foggy day (undated)
Friends (undated)
Frog legs (play-on, play-off) (undated)
Funky Hope (1973 November)
The game (undated)
Gentle on my mind (undated)
Gillette theme (undated)
Scores and parts; parts (aka The axe march)
Give it a chance (1975)
Global news cues (undated)
Go get 'em (undated)
God bless America (undated)
Golden girls (play-on, play-off) (1987)
Goldfinger (undated)
Golf course (1980)
Gorby's greatest hits (undated)
Hail, Columbia (undated)
Hail to the Chief (undated)
Happy birthday (undated)
Happy birthday (rock version) (undated)
Happy birthday, my country (1976 September)
Happy days are here again (undated)
Happy medley (undated)
Hard to handle (tag) (undated)
Harpies (1983)
Hart to Hart (undated)
Headlines (undated)
Hear that beat! (undated)
Hello Dolly (parody) (undated)
Hello, young lovers (undated)
He's funny that way (undated)
He's gone away (undated)
Here's Lucy [Lucille Ball theme] (undated)
Hey there (play-on) (undated)
Highway to Heaven (play-on, play-off) (undated)
Hill Street blues (play-on) (undated)
Hip noses (undated)
H.N.N. Signature (undated)
Hollywood's like any old home town (undated)
Home cookin' (from the movie Fancy Pants) (undated)
Hometown (undated, 1976)
Honey (undated)
Hope / Franklin medley (August, 1964)
Hope and Spanos (undated)
Hope / Franklin medley (undated)
Hope play-offs (undated)
Hoppone tarantella (undated)
How much is that doggie in the window (play-on) (undated)
Howdy Doody (undated)
Hurry up (August, 1964)
I ain't gonna change (undated)
I believe (undated)
I can't get started (1984)
I can't get started (undated, 1979)
I don't have an opening song (1988)
I love being here with you (1960)
I love you (cues) (undated)
I refuse to rock and roll (undated)
I surrender dear (undated)
I thought about you (undated)
I wanna go home (undated)
I wish I was eighteen again (undated)
I won't last a day without you (undated)
If I could be with you (1978)
If I didn't care (undated)
If I had my way (undated)
If my friends could see me now (parody for Holley Systems) (1978)
If we only have love (undated, 1969)
I'll string along with you (undated)
I'm here (undated)
In the little town of Ha (undated)
International ladies (1982)
Invitation to a dance (undated)
Irish fling (1988)
It all depends on you (undated)
Stock arrangement; ms. intro (4 measures)
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing (undated)
It happens every Spring (undated)
It was a very good year (undated)
Italian village (undated)
It's a lovely day today (1992)
It's a small world after all (play-on) (undated)
It's delovely (1989)
It's good to be back in the U.S.A. (undated)
It's impossible (1980; undated; 1972)
It's not where you start (1975; 1977; 1978)
It's today (undated)
I've seen that step before (1990)
James Bond theme (undated)
Japanese (knife, on, off) (1959 December 19)
Jesse James (1959)
Jim (1941)
Jimmy Walker (undated)
Jingle bells (1960)
Jingle bells (undated)
Jowls (1984)
Juke-box boob-tube (1990)
Jungle sketch (undated)
Just in time (undated)
The kiss (1982)
La vie en rose (1960)
The lady's in love with you (undated)
Last one's a sissy (undated)
Laugh opening (undated)
Laughs (undated)
Lese Majesty (1981)
Let a smile be your umbrella (undated)
Let there be love (undated)
Listen, listen, listen, Mr. Truman (undated)
Little green apples (undated)
Livin' the same rhythm (undated)
Lombard (undated)
Look for the silver lining (1980)
Louis et Marie (undated)
Love and marriage (undated)
Love concoction (1990)
Love nest / Christmas (1976)
Love somebody (undated)
Lovely to look at (play-on, play-off) (undated)
Lucille Ball theme (1982, 1984)
Lucky McGee (undated)
Lucky us (undated)
Lydia, the tattooed lady (parody: Lybia) (1980)
Make up (undated)
Make yourself comfortable (undated)
Mama Inez (undated)
A man is innocent (undated)
Manhattan (play-on, play-off) (1974)
La Marseilles sketch (play-on) (undated)
Melancholy baby (undated)
Melancholy serenade (undated)
The melting pot (undated)
A mind reader story (undated)
Miscellaneous cues (undated)
Miscellaneous parts (undated)
Miss America (play-on, play-off) (undated)
Mister Sears and Roebuck (undated)
Vocal score for duet; lyric sheets; sheet music
Money in the bank (undated)
Moon medley (1969)
Moonlight becomes you (underscore) (undated)
Mountie sketch (undated)
Mr. Touchdown U.S.A. (undated)
Mr. Wonderful (play-on) (undated)
Murder she wrote (undated)
Music and the night (undated)
Musical milestones (undated)
Mutineers (1986 November)
My buddy (undated)
My favorite city (1978)
My kind of town (undated)
My way (1970, undated)
Mysterioso (bridge) (undated)
Near you (play-on) (undated)
Nicky and Alex fanfare (undated)
Nothing in common (undated)
Odd couple theme (undated)
Off the road (undated)
Oh, you beautiful doll (play-off) (undated)
Olympic documentary (undated)
One Bob play-off (undated)
Opera sketch (1953)
Our love / Romeo and Juliet (undated)
Outer space (undated)
A parent's lament (1970)
Patton (play-on) (undated)
Perry Como intro "Dream along with me" (undated)
Pimple's court (undated)
Please (play-on) (undated)
Pompous entrance music (undated)
Presenting Debbie Boone (play-on) (undated)
Pretty A.M. (undated)
Pretty stuff (neutral play-on) (undated)
The public is always right (undated)
Que sera (undated)
Radio spots (play-off) (undated)
Radio themes overture (undated)
Rah-rah cheerleaders (undated)
Raindrops keep falling (1970, 1972)
Reach out (play-on, play-off) (undated)
Ready, aim, fire (bridge) (1989)
Red Buttons (play-on) (undated)
The reluctant dragon (undated)
Remembering (1991)
Riders in the sky (undated)
The road to Hong Kong (undatd)
Road to Morocco (undated)
Road to nowhwere (1949 January 3)
Rock button (1976)
Rockin' memories (undated)
Rocky (underscore) (undated)
Rocky / Olivia love theme (undated)
Rose Queen (play-off) (undated)
Russian lullaby (1980)
Salvation (play-off) (1980)
Sammy Davis - Mr. wonderful (play-on) (undated)
Sam's song (chorus break and ending) (undated)
Sanford and son (undated)
School daze (play-on, play-off) (undated)
Semper paratus (Coast Guard marching song) (1992 April 28)
Shadow (intro) (undated)
Showmanship (undated)
Sidewalks of New York (undated)
Silent night (undated)
Silver bells (undated)
(undated)
Simple melody (undated)
Small fry (1972)
So long m'darlin' (1968 February 19)
The square deal party (undated)
Stairway to the stars (undated)
A star is torn (undated)
Stormy weather (underscore) (undated)
Stout-hearted men (undated)
Straight down the middle (undated)
Superior man (play-off) (undated)
Surfboard: his surfboard came back by itself (undated)
Surfboard: the ballad of Barefoot Seth (undated)
Sweet and lovely (1982)
Sweet adorable me (undated)
Sweet potato piper (undated)
Take me out to the ballgame (undated)
Take me out to the ballgame (play-on, play-off) (undated)
Tartakoff fanfare (undated)
Teamwork (finish) (undated)
Tenement (play-on) (undated, 1976)
Tension cue (1984)
Terror music / Peanut (play-off) (undated)
Thanks for the memories (undated)
Thanks for them country memories (1977-1978)
That's all that matters to me (1932)
That certain feeling (undated)
That's for me (undated)
Themes: Mannix; Gentle-goodnight; Star Trek; Gunsmoke (undated)
There will never be another you (undated)
There's gold in them thar hills (The 3 gals) (undated)
This is all I need (1982)
This is the Army (undated)
This land is your land (play-on) (undated)
Those were the days (undated)
Tie a yellow ribbon (1977-1978)
Time killer (1979)
Tom, Huck and Becky (undated)
Tomorrow (1980)
Tonight show theme (undated)
Tony's play-on (undated)
Too marvelous (play-on, play-off) (undated)
Tribute to teams (undated)
The two of us (undated)
Two sleepy people (undated)
Unchained melody (1990)
Up, up and away (1983 September)
U.S. medley (undated)
Utility transition (1985)
Venus (play-on) (undated)
The very thought of you (new ending) (undated)
Volare (undated)
Vodka boatman (undated)
Walk of fame (undated)
Walton's theme (1974)
Watch the birdie (undated)
We're gonna make it (undated)
We're in the money (undated)
Western (play-on, play-off) (undated)
When you wish upon a star (undated)
Where would you be (undated)
Whispering / Charleston (undated)
Whatta martini (undated)
Scores and parts, (2 measure transition)
Who taught us everything (undated)
Wild blue yonder (play-on) (undated)
The will to fail (undated)
Will you still be mine (undated)
Winter wonderland (undated)
Yea, Alabama (undated)
Yesterdays (underscore) (1990)
Yeth, thir! (1990)
Yich, yich, yich (undated)
You brought a new kind of love (undated)
You gotta have heart (undated)
You need my protection, my friend (undated)
You never know where you're going till you get there (undated)
You oughta be in pictures (play-on, play-off) (undated)
Young at heart (undated)
You're the top (1980)
You've brought a new kind of love (undated)
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah (undated)