Woody Herman Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
WOODY HERMAN
Born: May 16, 1913 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Died: October 29, 1987 in Los Angeles, California
Died: October 29, 1987 in Los Angeles, California
Biography
Beginning in 1936, Herman (1913-1987, born Woodrow Charles Wilson in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) led a succession of popular bands, each called "The Thundering Herd".
2013-Gangster-Squad (Sound), 2008-Revolutionary-Road (Sound), 2003-The-Human-Stain (Sound), 2000-Joe-Gould's-Secret (Sound), 1944-On-Approval (Sound), 1943-Wintertime (Sound), 1968-The-Woody-Woodbury-Show (in person), 1968-The-Pat-Boone-Show (in person), 1965-Fanfare (in person), 1963-The-Keefe-Brasselle-Show (in person), 1958-The-Big-Record (in person), 1957-Timex-All-Star-Jazz-Show (in person), 1949-Herman's-Herd (in person), 1943-Wintertime (in person), 1999-Louis-Prima:-The-Wildest! (Other), 1977-The-Mike-Douglas-Show (Sound), 1957-The-Lux-Show (Sound), 1952-1957-The-Jackie-Gleason-Show (Performer), 1981-A-Gift-of-Music (in person), 1970-The-Tonight-Show-Starring-Johnny-Carson (in person), 1969-The-David-Frost-Show (in person), 1969-The-Joey-Bishop-Show (in person), 1949-Floor-Show (in person), 1947-Rhapsody-in-Wood (in person), 1963-1967-The-Ed-Sullivan-Show (in person), 1959-The-Steve-Allen-Plymouth-Show (in person), 1987-In-the-Mood (Sound), 1960-Startime (Sound), 1947-New-Orleans (Sound), 1945-Earl-Carroll-Vanities (Sound), 1942-What's-Cookin' (Sound), 1938-Woody-Herman-&-His-Orchestra (Sound), 1947-New-Orleans (Performer), 1945-Earl-Carroll-Vanities (Performer), 1942-What's-Cookin' (Performer), 1947-New-Orleans (Sound), 1947-New-Orleans (in person), 1977-All-You-Need-Is-Love (in person), 1964-Here's-Edie (in person), 1960-Startime (in person), 1957-The-Jerry-Lewis-Show (in person), 1955-Producers'-Showcase (in person), 1944-Sensations-of-1945 (in person), 1938-Woody-Herman-&-His-Orchestra (in person), 1978-Big-Band-Bash (in person), 2001-Pearl-Harbor (Sound), 1997-Midnight-in-the-Garden-of-Good-and-Evil (Sound), 1995-The-Grass-Harp (Sound), 1987-Mascara (Sound), 1946-Headline-Bands (Sound), 1935-Convention-Girl (Performer), 1974-Frank-Sinatra:-The-Main-Event (Sound), 1985-Macy's-Thanksgiving-Day-Parade (in person), 1981-The-Nashville-Palace (in person), 1980-The-Val-Doonican-Music-Show (in person), 1964-1977-The-Mike-Douglas-Show (in person), 1973-Super-Bowl-VII (in person), 1966-The-Danny-Kaye-Show (in person), 1964-The-Bell-Telephone-Hour (in person), 1962-The-Lively-Ones (in person), 1948-Winter-Meeting (in person), 1946-Headline-Bands (Other)
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WOODY HERMAN - ANNOTATED DOCUMENT SIGNED - HFSID 253109This rare document is a program worksheet that big band leader Woody Herman used to plan a 1946 show. It's signed by him and contains numerous pencil notations and doodles, and it shows a proposed sequence of songs for this show and changes to this sequence!Sale Price $488.75
$575.00
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WOODY HERMAN - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 201502WOODY HERMAN Slip of music bar paper signed by big band leader Woody Herman Signature: "Woody Herman". 8¼x2¾ music bar paper with perforated right edge. WoodyHerman (1913-1987), born Woodrow Charles Wilson, was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and big band leader.
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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WOODY HERMAN - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 100783WOODY HERMAN Signature of big band leader Woody Herman on ruled paper and affixed to a green album leaf Signature:"Woody/Herman". Pencil notations in top right corner in unknown hand. 3¼x2 ruled paper, affixed to 6x4¼ album leaf. Beginning in 1936,
Sale Price $72.00
$80.00
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WOODY HERMAN - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT ON FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED - HFSID 343594WOODY HERMAN The band director and musician signs this First Day Cover honoring the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Autograph sentiment on First Day Cover signed: "Sincerely/Woody Herman" in blue ink. 6½x3½.
Sale Price $126.00
$140.00
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WOODY HERMAN - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 299458WOODY HERMAN Shown seated and smiling for the camera in this 5x7 black and white photograph. Inscribed Photograph signed: "To/Johnny/Best/always/Woody/Herman", B/w 5x7. Beginning in 1936, Woody
Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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WOODY HERMAN - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 279857WOODY HERMAN Vintage b/w Whit Wooton publicity photo of big band leader Woody Herman from the waist up in a suit and tie and playing the clarinet, signed "Good Luck" Inscribed photograph signed "To/Frank/Good Luck/Woody/Herman" in blue ink. B/w, 8x9¾ overall, 7 ½ x 9 ½ image, one surface, printed on cardstock.
Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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WOODY HERMAN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 312401WOODY HERMAN Head and shoulders image, with a clarinet Photograph signed: "Woody Herman". B/w, 8x10. Beginning in 1936, Woody Herman (1913-1987), born Woodrow Charles Wilson in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) led a succession of popular bands, each called "The Thundering Herd".
Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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WOODY HERMAN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 312524WOODY HERMAN An early image of the bandlead, shown smiling at the camera, signed "Sincerely" in black ink Photograph signed: "Sincerely/Woody/Herman", in black ink, B/w 8x10. Beginning in 1936,
Sale Price $306.00
$340.00
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WOODY HERMAN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 27045WOODY HERMAN Vintage signed b/w publicity photo by James de Kriegsmann of big band leader Woody Herman sitting in a suit, tie and sweater and holding a clarinet Photograph signed "Woody/Herman" in blue ink. B/w, 8x10 overall, 7¼x8½ image, one surface. Photo by James de Kreigsmann of New York and General Amusement Corp.
Sale Price $306.00
$340.00
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WOODY HERMAN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 53895WOODY HERMAN Vintage signed b/w bust photo of big band leader Woody Herman in a suit and tie, signed "Sincerely" Photograph signed "Sincerely/Woody/Herman". B/w, 8x10 overall, 7¼x8½ image, one surface. Photo by Associated Booking Corp.
Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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WOODY HERMAN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 180112WOODY HERMAN B/w photo of a laughing Woody Herman leaning against a mantle and with a Lavaliere microphone hanging from his lapel, signed in blue ink Photograph signed "Woody/Herman" in blue ink. B/w, 7¾x9¾ overall, 7¼x8¾ image, one surface.
Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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WOODY HERMAN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 198828WOODY HERMAN Signed vintage b/w publicity photo of big band leader Woody Herman from the waist up in a suit and tie and holding a clarinet Photograph signed "Woody/Herman". B/w, 8x10 overall, 7¼x8½ image, one surface. Photo by General Amusement Corp. Captioned: "WOODY HERMAN/And his Orchestra".
Sale Price $306.00
$340.00
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WOODY HERMAN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 200121WOODY HERMAN Vintage b/w publicity photo of big band leader Woody Herman from the waist up in a suit and tie and playing the clarinet, signed with "My Very Best" Inscribed photograph signed "To Joan [illegible]/My VeryBest/Woody Herman" in blue ink. B/w, 8x10 overall, 7½x8½ image, one surface.
Sale Price $306.00
$340.00
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WOODY HERMAN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 200124WOODY HERMAN Signed b/w publicity photo of big band leader Woody Herman in a suit and tie and cradling a clarinet in one arm, signed in blue ink Photograph signed "Woody/Herman". B/w, 8x9¾ overall, 6¾x8¾ image, one surface.
Sale Price $306.00
$340.00
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WOODY HERMAN - CONTRACT SIGNED 01/10/1945 CO-SIGNED BY: ANNA SOSENKO - HFSID 82909WOODY HERMAN Jazz clarinetist and bandleader. Partly Printed DS: "Woody Herman" and "Anna Sosenko", 1p, 8½x13. New York, 1945 January 10. To appear on January 9, 1945 from 10:30 PM to 11 PM for $500 at NBC studios in New York. Also signed by Herman's agent.
Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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WOODY HERMAN - CONTRACT SIGNED 07/06/1949 - HFSID 281479WOODY HERMAN He signs his permission for Columbia Records to include his recording of "Bijou" on an anthology LP of big band music Documentary Letter signed: "Woody Herman", 1 page, 8½x11. New York, N.Y., 1949 July 6.
Sale Price $488.75
$575.00
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WOODY HERMAN - CONTRACT SIGNED 08/16/1946 - HFSID 281480WOODY HERMAN He signs a 1946 agreement with Columbia Records to record "Ebony Concerto" with Igor Stravinsky Documentary Letter signed: "Woody Herman", 1 page, 8½x11. Hollywood, California, 1946 August 16.
Sale Price $488.75
$575.00
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WOODY HERMAN - PROGRAM SIGNED - HFSID 74368WOODY HERMAN 1977-78 Community Concert Association program for the Woody Herman Orchestra, signed "My Best" by Herman on the cover. Printed with a small 2½x2¾ photo of Herman. Program signed "My Best/Woody Herman". B/w, 4 pages, 5¾x8¾, 1 sheet folded, front and verso.
Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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WOODY HERMAN - RECORD ALBUM COVER SIGNED - HFSID 168918WOODY HERMAN Record cover for big band leader Woody Herman's 1968 album of rock covers Light My Fire, signed on the front in blue ink Record album cover signed "Woody/Herman" in blue ink. Color, 12¼x12¼. Copy of Light My Fire by Herman. Record not included. Published by Cadet in 1968.
Sale Price $342.00
$380.00
