This series comprises material from Lindsey's early career as a songwriter. It primarily comprises informally published lead sheets (onionskin and ozalid copies), but also includes recordings of several songs (on 14 lacquer disks), lyric sheets (typed and handwritten, some annotated) and song sketches. Many of these songs were composed before Lindsey had taken his stage name, "Mort Lindsey," and are thus written under his birth name, "Morton Lippman." This series includes settings of several lyricists; however, his collaborations with Jerry Seelen and Artie Malvin are the most strongly represented. There are also a number of songs for which Lindsey furnished both words and music. Most of the lead sheets date from the 1950s and 1960s. The song "Lorna" was originally written for The Judy Garland Show; however, Lindsey appears to have marketed it separately in the way that he did his other songs, and so is included in this series.
Box 1 Item 3
A recording of "I'm Someone Who Wants You", circa 1960, 1 lacquer discs
Lyrics by Jerry Seelen and Artie Malvin. 7" long-playing record. Labeled "Northern Music." Slightly chipped on the edge.
Box 1 Item 4
A recording of "Between You and Me and the Gatepost", 1960, 1 lacquer discs
Lyrics by Jerry Seelen and Artie Malvin. 7" long-playing record. Produced at United Recording. There is a heavy build-up of palmitic acid but the lacquer is intact.
Box 1 Item 5
A recording of "Come to My Wedding", circa 1960, 1 lacquer discs
Lyrics by Jerry Seelen and Artie Malvin. 7" long-playing record. Labeled "Northern Music." Edge is slightly chipped.
Box 1 Item 6
A recording of "Francie and Johnny", 1960, 1 lacquer discs
Lyrics by Jerry Seelen and Artie Malvin. 10" long-playing record. Produced at United Recording. There is a heavy build-up of palmitic acid but the lacquer is intact.
Box 1 Item 7
A recording of "Like Now, Like Wow", 1960, 1 lacquer discs
Lyrics by Jerry Seelen and Artie Malvin. 10" long-playing record. Produced at United Recording. There is a heavy build-up of palmitic acid but the lacquer is intact.
Box 1 Item 8
A recording of "I'm Burnin' for You", circa 1960, 1 lacquer discs
10" long-playing record. Produced at Associated Recording Studios. Labeled "Harms Inc."
Box 1 Item 9
A recording of "Like Now, Like Wow.", 1960, 1 lacquer discs
Lyrics by Jerry Seelen and Artie Malvin. 10" long-playing record. Produced at United Recording. There is a heavy build-up of palmitic acid but the lacquer is intact.
Box 1 Item 10
A recording of "You Never Tell Me Anything", circa 1960, 1 lacquer discs
Lyrics by Jerry Seelen and Artie Malvin. 10" long-playing record. Produced at Associated Recording Studios.Labeled "Traylmore Music." There is a slight build-up of palmitic acid but the lacquer is intact.
Box 1 Item 11-12
A recording of "Easy Talk", circa 1960, 2 lacquer discs
Lyrics by Jerry Seelen and Artie Malvin. 10" long-playing record. Produced at Associated Recording Studios. Both labeled "Harms Inc." There is a slight build-up of palmitic acid on both but the lacquer is intact. There is some chipping around the edges of item 11.
Box 1 Item 11
A recording of "Easy Talk" (alternate 1), circa 1960
Box 1 Item 11
A recording of "Easy Talk" (alternate 2), circa 1960
Box 1 Item 13
A recording of "Instant Love", circa 1960, 1 lacquer discs
Lyrics by Jerry Seelen and Artie Malvin. 10" long-playing record. Produced at Associated Recording Studios. Labeled "Northern Music."
Box 1 Item 14-15
A recording of "Take That Smile Away", circa 1960, 2 lacquer discs
10" long-playing record. Produced at Dick Charles Recording Service. Labeled "Northern Music." There is a slight build-up of palmitic acid on both but the lacquer is intact. Item 14 is instrumental; item 15 is vocal.
Box 1 Item 14-15
A recording of "Take That Smile Away" (alternate version), circa 1960
Box 1 Item 16
A recording of "Rainbow Tree", circa 1960, 1 lacquer discs
Lyrics by Gloria Shayne. 10" long-playing record. Produced at Dick Charles Recording Service. Labeled "Northern Music." There is a very slight build-up of palmitic acid on both but the lacquer is intact.
Box 13 Folder 7
Lyric sheets for songs by Mort Lindsey, 1931, undated
Typewritten and handwritten lyric sheets. On onionskin paper, printer paper, pad paper. Includes part of a pad containing notes for lyrics. The lyricists are rarely attributed on the sheets: some lyrics are by Lindsey and some are by others. Includes a published copy of the sheet music for "Yankee Doodle Boy" by George M. Cohan.
Box 16 Folder 2
Lead sheets for songs with lyrics by Paul Ritts, undated
Mostly ozalid copies. Songs include: "Riot," "Go Fly a Kite," "Easy Pickin's" "A Girl is a Girl is a Girl," "Gently Sighs My Darling," "What a Beautiful Way to Go," "Ku-Lah-Ay: Martian Lullaby," "My Kind of Girl," and "Walking on Air."
Box 16 Folder 3
Lead sheets for songs with lyrics by George Skinner, 1956, undated
Sketches, ozalid copies, onionskins. Includes: "Romeo Robot"; "I Make the Living"; "She Makes the Living Worthwhile"; "What Are You Building Now."
Box 16 Folder 4
Lead sheets for "Don't Let Me Say I Love You" with lyrics by Dick Dudley, undated
Ozalid copies and a sketch. Under the name "Morton Lippman."
Box 16 Folder 5
Lead sheets for songs with lyrics by Nick Jovan, 1953, 1981
Ozalid copies and onionskins. Includes: "Mommy Can I Keep the Kitten"; "So Many Ways"; "Foolishly." Also includes a copyright renewal notice.
Box 16 Folder 6
Lead sheets for songs with lyrics by Lou Meltzer, 1953, undated
Sketches, ozalid copies, onionskins. Includes: "Won't You Join Me"; "Ring, Operator, Ring"; "Lost Sheep"; "Rock and Roll Polka"; "I Make the Living"; "No One Cares"; "Slow Down, Slow Down, Slow Down"; "I'm Always Waving Bye Bye"; "My Favorite Dish."
Box 16 Folder 7
Lead sheets for songs with lyrics by Marty Karl, 1953
Ozalid copies and onionskins. Includes: "Lily of the Valley"; "Summer Love."
Box 16 Folder 8
Lead sheets for songs with lyrics by Herb Sargent, 1953-1954
Ozalid copies and onionskins of: "N-Nervous"; "I Fell in Love To-Day"; "Snap" ; "Red Bow Tie." Includes published copies of "Scratch."
Box 16 Folder 9
Songs with lyrics by assorted lyricists, 1950, 1963-1964, 1988, undated
Lead sheets and piano-vocal scores. Ozalid copies, onionskins, sketches, published copies. Includes: "Cooperation" (lyrics by Steve Krantz); "It Doesn't Get Much Better than This" (lyrics by Buddy Kaye, published copy); "Rainbow Tree" (lyrics by Gloria Shayne); "I Dood It" (lyrics by Bob Bergemann); "Some Day May Be One Day Too Late" (lyrics by Noel Sherman); "Honey Me" (lyrics by Fredda Feldman). Includes collaborations with Bill Jacobson: "One Way Street"; "Late Afternoon Sun"; "In Time." Includes collaborations with Moe Jaffe: ""Skyline Symphony"; "Midnight at the Soda Fountain." Includes sketches for "Purim Song" and "Chanukah Song" (with David Lippman).
Box 16 Folder 10
Lead sheets for "Lorna" with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, 1964
Lindsey originally wrote this tune to serve as the theme for The Judy Garland Show. It was later given words by Johnny Mercer so that Judy Garland could sing it. Includes ozalid copies and onionskins. Also includes copies of an instrumental version titled "Song for Judy." Also includes copyright renewal notices.
Box 16 Folder 11
Lead sheets for songs under the name "Morton Lippman", 1947, 1949, undated
"Morton Lippman" was the birth name of Mort Lindsey. All these songs have words and music by Lindsey. Includes sketches and ozalid copies of: "No Cares"; "Just a Thought"; "A Boy, a Girl, a Fireside"; "In My Dreams."
Box 16 Folder 12
Lead sheets for songs with words and music by Lindsey, 1953, 1956, 1977, undated
Ozalid copies and onionskins of: "Spring in New York"; "Summertime in Burbank"; "Please Forgive Me."
Box 16 Folder 13
Song sketches, 1944-1945, 1954-1955, 1964, undated
Handwritten (mostly pencil) sketches of lead sheets - presumably with music and lyrics by Mort Lindsey. Includes sketches for various songs. Includes a sketch for an arrangement of "It's a Grand Night for Singing" for Pat Boone. May also include sketches for parts and for instrumental themes.
Box 16 Folder 14
Lead sheets of original songs by Mort Lindsey and Jerry Seelen for a show at the Copacabana, 1961
Ozalid copies of two songs: "Daughters of the Copa Girls 1939" and "Girls, Girls, Girls."
Box 16 Folder 15
Album collaboration with Jerry Seelen and Artie Malvin, 1960-1961
Includes ozalid and manuscript lead sheets for: "Like Now, Like Wow"; "You Never Tell Me Anything"; "I'm Someone Who Wants You"; "The Early Years"; "Now and Then"; "Instant Love"; "The Way It Is With Us"; "There's a Time, There's a Place, There's a Girl (Boy)"; "My Pledge of Love." Includes a sketch for "Life Has Changed." Includes various typed and handwritten lyric drafts with annotations.
Box 17 Folder 1-3
Lead sheets for songs with lyrics by Jerry Seelen and Artie Malvin, 1960-1961, undated, 3 folders
Annotated lyric sheets, manuscipt and published lead sheets. Includes: a Safeway Supermarkets jingle; "That's How Life Would Be"; "Between You and Me and the Gate Post"; "Tell Your Heart to Have a Heart"; "If My Father Was Me"; "What Happened Lloyd?"; "Handy Andy"; "I Wish I Was"; "Keep In Touch"; "What Happened Lloyd"; "Ain't It Great to Be Crazy"; "Buzz Buzz"; "Charleston Rock and Roll"; "Going Steady Ring"; "Curly Headed Kid"; "She Devil"; "The Early Years"; "Soulmates"; "You Never Tell Me Anything"; "Pals Forever"; "That's How Life Would Be"; "Come to My Wedding"; "Mr. Dee Jay"; "I'm Someone Who Wants You"; "Seven Times Monday"; "Moonbeams and Memories"; "The House that Love Built"; "The Way it Is With Us"; "Choo-Choo-Choo"; "Cuerna Vaca"; "There's a Time, There's a Place, There's a Girl/Boy"; "Everyday World"; "Now and Then"; "My Very First Kiss"; "New Love Can Be a True Love"; "Soul Baby"; "Clair de Lune"; "If You Look Into My Heart." Also includes correspondence with marketing executives at Safeway. Includes a manuscript draft of an article or speech about the proposed musical comedy "Bowling is Cool Fun" (for American Machine and Foundry in 1961) along with budget and run sheets (possibly for the same project).