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Published popular music

• "Ain't It A Shame About Mame" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco
• "All Over The Place" w.m. Noel Gay
• "All This And Heaven Too" w. Eddie De Lange m. James Van Heusen
• "Along The Santa Fe Trail" w. Al Dubin & Edwina Coolidge m. Will Grosz
• "April Played The Fiddle" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco
• "Arm In Arm" Church, Bradbury
• "The Bad Humour Man" w. Johnny Mercer m. Jimmy McHugh
• "Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar" w.m. Don Raye, Hugie Prince & Eleanore Sheehy
• "Because Of You" w. Arthur Hammerstein m. Dudley Wilkinson
• "Beneath The Lights Of Home" Grossman, Jurmann
• "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Bless 'Em All" w.m. Jimmie Hughes & Frank Lake
• "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" Arthur Young, William Shakespeare, Evans
• "Blueberry Hill" w.m. Al Lewis, Larry Stock & Vincent Rose
• "Boog It" w.m. Jack Palmer, Cab Calloway & R. "Buck" Ram
• "The Breeze And I" w. Al Stillman m. Ernesto Lecuona
• "Buds Won't Bud" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen
• "Cabin In The Sky" w. John Latouche m. Vernon Duke
• "The Call Of The Canyon" w.m. Billy Hill
• "Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind" w. Robert De Leon m. Hoagy Carmichael
• "Celery Stalks At Midnight" m. Will Bradley & George Harris
• "Concerto For Cootie" m. Duke Ellington
• "Contrasts" m. Jimmy Dorsey
• "Cotton Tail" m. Duke Ellington
• "Den Of Iniquity" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Devil May Care" w. Johnny Burke m. Harry Warren
• "Do I Worry?" w.m. Stanley Cowan & Bobby Worth
• "Dolores" w. Frank Loesser m. Louis Alter
• "Down The Road Apiece" w.m. Don Raye
• "Falling Leaves" w. Mack David m. Frankie Carle
• "Ferry Boat Serenade" w. (Eng) Harold Adamson (Ital) Mario Panzeri m. Eldo di Lazzaro
• "The Five O'Clock Whistle" w.m. Josef Myrow, Kim Gannon & Gene Irwin
• "Flamingo" w. Edmund Anderson m. Ted Grouya
• "Fools Rush In" w. Johnny Mercer m. Rube Bloom
• "Friendship" w.m. Cole Porter
• "Give a Little Whistle" w.m. Ned Washington & Leigh Harline, from the film Pinocchio
• "Good For Nothin' Joe" Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom
• "Harlem Nocturne" w. Dick Rogers m. Earle Hagen
• "Hear My Song, Violetta" w. (Ger) Ermenegildo Carosio & Othmar Klose (Eng) Buddy Bernier & Bob Emmerich m. Rudolf Luckesch & Othmar Klose
• "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee" w.m. Ned Washington & Leigh Harline, from the film Pinocchio
• "High On A Windy Hill" w.m. Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer
• "How High The Moon" w. Nancy Hamilton m. Morgan Lewis
• "I Haven't Time To Be A Millionaire" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco
• "I Hear A Rhapsody" w.m. George Fragos, Jack Baker & Dick Gasparre
• "I Hear Music" w. Frank Loesser m. Burton Lane
• "I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town" w.m. William Weldon & Andy Razaf
• "I'm Looking For A Guy Who Plays Alto And Baritone And Doubles On A Clarinet And Wears A Size 37 Suit" w.m. Ozzie Nelson
• "I'm Stepping Out With A Memory Tonight" w. Herb Magidson m. Allie Wrubel
• "Imagination" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
• "Intermezzo" w. Robert Henning m. Heinz Provost
• "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?" w.m. Billy Austin & Louis Jordan
• "It Never Entered My Mind" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "It Was A Lover And His Lass" w. William Shakespeare m. Arthur Young
• "It's A Big, Wide, Wonderful World" w.m. John Rox
• "It's A Great Day For The Irish" w.m. Roger Edens
• "It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "It's Always You" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
• "It's The Same Old Shillelagh" w.m. Pat White
• "I've Got No Strings" "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee" w.m. Ned Washington & Leigh Harline, from the film Pinocchio
• "Java Jive" w. Milton Drake m. Ben Oakland
• "Just A Little Bit South Of North Carolina" w.m. Sunny Skylar, Bette Cannon & Arthur Shaftel
• "The Last Time I Saw Paris" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
• "Let The People Sing" w.m. Noel Gay, Ian Grant & Frank Eyton
• "Let There Be Love" w. Ian Grant m. Lionel Rand
• "Let's Be Buddies" w.m. Cole Porter
• "Louisiana Purchase" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Ethel Merman in the musical Panama Hattie
• "Make-Believe Island" w. Charles Kenny & Nick Kenny m. Will Grosz & Sam Coslow
• "Mamma" w. B. Cherubini m. C. A. Bixio
• "Mister Meadowlark" w. Johnny Mercer m. Walter Donaldson
• "Never No Lament" m. Duke Ellington
• "New San Antonio Rose" w.m. Bob Wills
• "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" w. Eric Maschwitz m. Manning Sherwin
• "On Behalf Of The Visiting Firemen" w. Johnny Mercer m. Walter Donaldson
• "Only Forever" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco
• "Our Love Affair" w. Arthur Freed m. Roger Edens
• "Outside Of That, I Love You" Irving Berlin
• "The Pessimistic Character" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco
• "Playmates" w.m. Saxie Dowell
• "Polka Dots And Moonbeams" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
• "Pompton Turnpike" w.m. Will Osborne & Dick Rogers
• "Practice Makes Perfect" w.m. Don Roberts & Ernest Gold
• "Rhumboogie" w.m. Don Raye & Hughie Prince
• "Room 504" Posford, Maschwitz
• "Say It (Over And Over Again)" w. Frank Loesser m. Jimmy McHugh
• "Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat" w.m. Don Raye
• "The Singing Hills" w.m. Mack David, Sammy Mysels & Dick Sanford
• "Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga" w. Charles Newman m. James V. Monaco
• "Summit Ridge Drive" m. Artie Shaw
• "Taking A Chance On Love" w. John Latouche & Ted Fetter m. Vernon Duke
• "There I Go" w. Hy Zaret m. Irving Weiser
• "There's A Boy Coming Home On Leave" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy
• "Trade Winds" w. Charles Tobias m. Cliff Friend
• "Two Dreams Met" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren
• "Wabash Cannon Ball" w.m. A. P. Carter
• "Walkin' Through Mockin' Bird Lane" Lowell Peters, Clarence Jones, John Turner
• "Waltzing In The Clouds" w. Gus Kahn m. Robert Stolz
• "We Could Make Such Beautiful Music" w. Robert Sour m. Henry Manners
• "We Three" w.m. Nelson Cogane, Sammy Mysels & Dick Robertson
• "Well, Did You Evah?" w.m. Cole Porter
• "When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano" w.m. Leon René
• "When You Wish Upon a Star" w.m. Ned Washington & Leigh Harline, from the film Pinocchio
• "Whispering Grass" w. Fred Fisher m. Doris Fisher
• "The Woodpecker Song" w. (Eng) Harold Adamson (Ital) C. Bruno m. Eldo di Lazzaro
• "Worried Mind" w.m. Jimmie Davis & Ted Daffan
• "Yes, Indeed!" w.m. Sy Oliver
• "Yes, My Darling Daughter" w.m. Jack Lawrence
• "You Are My Sunshine" w.m. Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell
• "You Stepped Out Of A Dream" w. Gus Kahn m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "Zip" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers. In the role of reporter Melba Snyder in the Broadway production of Pal Joey, Jean Casto explained that the musings of a striptease artiste may be on a somewhat higher intellectual plane than those of her devotees.