Roses in the Rain
New York: Barton Music Corp. 1947. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Sheet Music. Format is approximately 9.125 inches by 12 inches. Four pages (Front cover, interior pages have the words and music to Roses in the Rain and back cover has an excerpt from A Thousand and One Nights by Ted Mossman and Jack Sega., based on Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakoff. Illustrated front cover has a lard photograph of Frank Sinatra next to a CBS microphone. Cover has some wear, soiling, and a previous owner's name blacked out twice. Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. He is among the world's best-selling music artists with an estimated 150 million record sales. Sinatra was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. He received eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Sinatra was included in Time magazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people. American music critic Robert Christgau called him "the greatest singer of the 20th century" and he continues to be regarded as an iconic figure. More