"You Say the Sweetest Things (Baby)": Museum Object and Cultural History
"You Say the Sweetest Things (Baby)": publishing date: 1940. publisher: Leo Feist Inc.. Object Name: sheet music.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song “You Say the Sweetest Things (Baby),” with lyrics by Mack Gordon and music by Harry Warren. It was published by Leo feist, Inc. in New York, New York in 1940.
”You Say the Sweetest Things (Baby)” was featured in the 1940 Twentieth Century Fox musical film, Tin Pan Alley, directed by Walter Lang and starred Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Jack Oakie, and John Payne.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1940
- publisher: Leo Feist Inc.
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- general subject association: Music
- ID Number: 1985.0506.17
- accession number: 1985.0506
- catalog number: 1985.0506.17
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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