This sheet music is for the song “Going My Way” from the film Going My Way. Johnny Burke wrote the lyrics to the song and Jimmy Van Heusen composed the music. The sheet music was published by Burke and Van Heusen, Inc. of New York City in 1944. The cover has a blue and white background with a large central overlay photograph of Bing Crosby in the foreground. Behind Crosby there is a cutout overlay photograph of a choir of neighborhood kids from the film.
Date Made: 1944
Depicted (Sitter): Crosby, BingPublisher: Burke and Van Heusen, Inc.
Location: Currently not on view
Place Made: United States: New York, New York
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Data Source: National Museum of American History
Id Number: 1983.0424.134Accession Number: 1983.0424Catalog Number: 1983.0424.134
Object Name: sheet music
Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-ec06-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_670954
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