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Al Jolson

Signing a royalty contract for “The Kid That I’ve Never Seen”

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Signing a royalty contract for “The Kid That I’ve Never Seen”

Partially DS, two pages both sides, 8.25 x 11, March 29, 1944. A “Uniform Popular Songwriters Contract” for the song “The Kid That I’ve Never Seen,” wherein the writers are to receive a royalty of four cents per copy of sheet music sold, fifty percent of foreign revenues, and three cents for orchestrations. The document has been signed twice (on the third and fourth pages) by four: Al Jolson, Harry Akst, Herman Ruby, and Bert Kalmar. A few minor carbon smudges and file and staple holes affecting nothing, otherwise very fine, fresh condition. R&R COA.

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  • Dates: #316 - Ended December 13, 2006