This sheet music for the song "The Song Without a Name" was written and composed by Benee Russell and sung by Rudy Vallee. This fox trot was published by the Radio Music Company Inc. of New York, New York, in the early 1930's. The cover notes that the song is “The prize-winning song in the Song of the Year Contest conducted by the N.Y. Evening Graphic. “ The red, white, and blue cover has a photograph of Rudy Vallee in the background, with a cartoon image of a pianist playing a grand piano in the foreground.
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