Original score for song "It's You I Like" by Fred Rogers: Museum Object and Cultural History
Original score for song "It's You I Like" by Fred Rogers: date made: 1971. maker: Rogers, Fred M.. Object Name: score.
The object in the museum catalogue
Handwritten original musical score for the song "It's You I Like" by Fred Rogers. The song was featured in several episodes of the children's television program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was produced by WQED-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and aired on public television across the nation from 1968 to 2001. Host Fred Rogers began each episode by changing into a sweater and tennis shoes and singing, "Won't you be my neighbor?" An ordained Presbyterian minister and student of children's development and education, Rogers dedicated his television career to promoting children's emotional and moral well-being. His show, with its friendly conversational style and trips to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, encouraged young viewers to feel loved, respected, and special.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1971
- maker: Rogers, Fred M.
- Object Name: score
- Object Name: musical score
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 9 1/4 in x 8 1/4 in; 23.495 cm x 20.955 cm
- place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
- Subject: Television
- Subject: Children's television programs
- ID Number: 2019.0101.05
- catalog number: 2019.0101.05
- accession number: 2019.0101
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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