Perry Botkin papers, 1920-1972.

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Perry Botkin papers, 1920-1972.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57482047

The majority of this collection is Botkin's music compositions, arrangements, and music recordings. Botkin worked closely with Bing Crosby and John Scott Trotter and many of the music scores and recordings in this collection are from this period of his life. In the collection are scripts, music arrangements and compositions for Botkin's radio, television, and motion picture work and for the "Beverly Hillbillies" television series. Botkin's correspondence in the collection is from 1924 to 1970 and includes four letters from Bing Crosby. Also incuded in the collection are Botkin's daily planners from 1961 to 1965 covering the period he worked with the "Beverly Hillbillies" program. The recordings in this collection are on reel to reel tape, audio film, phonograph records, and a CD.

44.6 cubic ft. (81 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7762244

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977

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American singer. From the description of Bing Crosby letter to Harry Ruby, 1964 Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 716080707 From the description of Bing Crosby autograph letter to Joe Roddy, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 716080729 From the description of Bing Crosby letter to Look magazine, 1944 July 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 716080749 Although Bing Crosby studied law at Gonzaga University in Spokane, he was more interested in playi...

Trotter, John Scott 1908-....

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John Scott Trotter was a leading popular music arranger and orchestrator of the twentieth century. He arranged scores for the Hal Kemp Orchestra, the "Kraft Music Hall" with Bing Crosby, the George Gobel and Bing Crosby television programs and the Charlie Brown-Peanuts television specials. Trotter was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1908 and died in 1975 in Los Angeles, California. From the description of John Scott Trotter papers, 1908-1975 (bulk, 1930-1970) (University of Wyom...

Botkin, Perry, 1907-1973

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Perry Botkin (1907-1973) was a music composer, arranger, pianist, band leader, orchestra conductor, and string instrument musician. Born in Richmond, Indiana, he began his career at age fourteen playing banjo for Harry Frankel. He moved to Hollywood in the 1920s and worked with several well known bands and performers, including John Scott Trotter and Bing Crosby. The three worked together in the 1941 motion picture production "Birth of the Blues." Botkin and Trotter continued to be Crosby's musi...