My Heart Stood Still

"My Heart Stood Still" is a 1927 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. It was written for the Charles Cochran revue One Dam Thing after Another which opened in London at the London Pavilion on May 19, 1927. The show starred Jessie Matthews, Douglas Byng, Lance Lister, Richard Dolman and ran for 237 performances.^[1]

Rodgers and Hart later had to buy back the rights from Cochran when they wanted the song for the musical A Connecticut Yankee (1927), where it was introduced by Constance Carpenter and William Gaxton.^[2]

Notable recordings

• Jessie Matthews - One Dam Thing After Another (1927)
• Hamilton Sisters and Fordyce (Three X Sisters) - (1927) HMV Recording; London,England toured England with Rodgers & Hart, Bert Ambrose, and Savoy Havana Band.
• Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Bluebird (Victor) B10125-B (1939)
• Mario Lanza - Movie Hits (1953)^[3]
• Chet Baker - (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You (1958)
• Dave Brubeck - Jazz at the Black Hawk (1956)^[4]
• Joni James - MGM X1211 Extended Play single (1956)^[5]
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)
• Alma Cogan - With You in Mind (1961)
• Barry Harris - Preminado (1961)
• Frank Sinatra - The Concert Sinatra (1963); Sinatra 80th: Live in Concert (1995)
• Bill Evans - Time Remembered (album) (recorded May 1963; released 1983)
• Sergio Franchi recorded on his 1965 RCA Victor album tribute to The Songs of Richard Rodgers.^[6]
• The Mamas & the Papas - The Mamas & the Papas (1966)
• Oscar Peterson
• Bing Crosby - At My Time of Life (1975)
• Perry Como - for his album Perry Como Today (1987)
• Rod Stewart - included it in his album As Time Goes By (2003)

References