"I'll Be Yours (J'Attendrai)"

Object Details

Description

This sheet music for the song “I’ll Be Yours (J’Attendrai),” with English lyrics by Anna Sosenko, music by Dino Oliveri, French lyrics by Louis Poterat, was published by Charles K. Harris Publishing Company in New York, in 1945.

The cover features a photograph of Hildegarde and the caption:

SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED BY
The Incomparable
HILDEGARDE
FAMOUS STAR OF THE SUPPER CLUBS
AND STAR OF RADIO’S RALEIGH ROOM

Singer-pianist Hildegarde (Hildegarde Loretta Sell) was a native of Adell, Wisconsin. She was in turn, a youthful Milwaukee pianist in a silent movie house, a member of a male orchestra that toured vaudeville, a member of the Grand Quartette (or, Jerry & Her Baby Grands) and an accompanist for many other vaudeville acts. She was also part of Gus Edwards' touring troupe as a child "immigrant" who danced and sang "Dutch" songs. Between 1933 and 1936 she worked in London on radio and in clubs and cabarets, recording her first vocal in 1933. Late in 1936 she began appearing on American radio broadcasts and in U.S. hotels and clubs. From 1943 to 1946 she starred in her own radio programs and again appeared as a top-billed club performer in New York and other cities. She continued European and American engagements in clubs and television through the 1970s.

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Museum of American History

performer

Hildegarde

lyricist

Sosenko, Anna

composer

Olivieri, Dino

lyricist

Poterat, Louis

publisher

Chas. K. Harris

publishing date

1945

Credit Line

Gift of Hildegarde

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm

Object Name

sheet music