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Published popular music

• "Another Time, Another Place" w.m. Richard Adler from the musical Kwamina
• "Baby Elephant Walk" m. Henry Mancini from the film Hatari!
• "Big, Bad John" w.m. Jimmy Dean
• "Blue Bayou" w.m. Joe Melson & Roy Orbison
• "Breaking In A Brand New Broken Heart" w.m. Howard Greenfield & Jack Keller
• "Brotherhood Of Man" w.m. Frank Loesser from the musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
• "The Company Way" w.m. Frank Loesser from the musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
• "Crazy" w.m. Willie Nelson
• Cruella DeVil w.m. Mel Leven, from the Walt Disney animated film 101 Dalmatians
• "Crying" w.m. Joe Melson & Roy Orbison
• "Funny How Time Slips Away" w.m. Willie Nelson
• "Hit The Road, Jack" w.m. Percy Mayfield
• "I Believe In You" w.m. Frank Loesser from the musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
• "I Love How You Love Me" w.m. Barry Mann & Larry Kolber
• "Let's Get Together" w.m. Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman from the film The Parent Trap
• "Let's Twist Again" w.m. Dave Appell & Kal Mann
• "Little Miss Stuck-up" w.m. Lee Pockriss & Paul Vance
• "Love Makes the World Go 'Round" w.m. Bob Merrill from the film Carnival!
• "Mister Ed theme song" w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
• "Moon River" w. Johnny Mercer m. Henry Mancini from the film Breakfast At Tiffany's
• "Multiplication" w.m. Bobby Darin
• "My Kind Of Girl"      w.m. Leslie Bricusse
• "The Passenger's Always Right" w.m. Noel Coward from the musical Sail Away
• "Pocketful Of Miracles"     w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen from the film Pocketful of Miracles
• "Running Scared" w.m. Joe Melson & Roy Orbison
• "Speedy Gonzales" w.m David Hess, Buddy Kaye & Ethel Lee
• "Ten Girls Ago" w. Diane Lampert m. Sammy Fain
• "Tower of Strength" w. Bob Hilliard m. Burt Bacharach
• "A Walk On The Wild Side" w. Mack David m. Elmer Bernstein
• "When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart" w.m. Roy Bennett & Sid Tepper from the film The Young Ones
• "Why Do The Wrong People Travel?" w.m. Noel Coward from the musical Sail Away
• "The Young Ones" w. Roy Bennett m. Sid Tepper from the film The Young Ones