Ralph Blane, songwriter: reference sources (web and print); selected songs; recordings, videos; miscellany

All the Ralph Blane lyrics written for songs included in the Cafe Songbook catalog are for melodies composed by Hugh Martin. Here are two that Blane wrote with other song-writing partners.

• The Boy Next Door
  
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
  
• An Occasional Man
• That Face
  
• The Trolley Song

Research Resources: Ralph Blane

• Amazon (books by and about, recordings, videos, sheet music, etc.)
• Bixby Historical Society (biographical sketch and song list)
• DBOPM (Database Of Popular Music: song list; awards; hit songs; co-writers)
• Discogs.com (songwriting and arranging credits)
• Internet Broadway Database (Broadway productions and song credits)
• Internet Movie Database (brief biography, filmography, movie song credits)
• New York Public Library (catalog entries for Blane books, recordings, scores, etc.)
• The New York Times (various articles)
• NPR Music (Blane program material--often includes audio segments) including "The Story Behind 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'." Fresh Air/NPR-WHYY, Nov. 19, 2010 (audio of program available).
• Songwriters Hall of Fame (Bllane biography and song list)
• Wikipedia (Blane article)
• ASCAP Biographical Dictionary of Composers, Authors and Publishers, New York: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (dates, career, shows/movies, songs; 3rd edition, 1966, entry p. 61).
• Doris Day performs "My Dream Is Yours": ballet4mikey
• Betty Grable & Dan Dailey " Don't Rock The Boat, Dear": GarboGrable

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