![]() ‘How's this?’ he said, putting it into my hands. Jessie Matthews, who along with Richard Dolman were to introduce the song in the show, characterizes Hart's brassy but endearing manner in her account of the lyricist's response to the producer's suggestion: Hart "was sitting there with his hat on the back of his head and the inevitable cigar sticking out of his mouth, rushed over, and said, ‘Verse, verse, you wanna verse?’ He pulled an envelope out of his pocket and scribbled on it. During a rehearsal Charles Cochran, the British producer, heard the song for the first time, and though he liked it thought it should have a verse. One Dam' Thing after Another opened at the London Pavilion on May 19, 1927, with My Heart Stood Still in the score. For Rodgers, artistic inspiration is "the excitement of the event combined with the excitement of having a job to do combined with one's background combined with one's talent that results in the song, painting or novel" ( Rodgers, Musical Stages, pp. Later in his life story Rodgers wants to make it clear that it wasn't a near accident that inspired him to write the "My Heart Stood Still" or anything else. (One version or another of this famous anecdote is recounted in many sources: Denison, pp. Still, within no time at all, he produced the lyric for the now classic song. When Rodgers played it for Hart, the lyricist loved the tune but claimed no recollection of the precipitating incident. Hart's partner faithfully jotted it down in his address book and upon coming across the note, only after they had returned to As the truck rattled by, one of the young women cried out in apparent fright, “Oh! My heart stood still!” Without losing a beat, Hart, apparently unaffected by what must have been a nerve jangling moment, instantly urged the unfailingly conscientious Rodgers to make a note of her exclamation as a potential song title. On their way back to Paris from a sightseeing expedition to Versailles, a truck came within a hair of demolishing the cab the two song writers, along with their two female companions, were riding in. To meet the with the arranger Robert Russell Bennett, also an American, to try to persuade him to orchestrate the songs for their upcoming In March of 1927, Rogers and Hart had traveled to In November of that same year, the song was used in the Rodgers and Hart show A Connecticut Yankee on Broadway where it was introduced by William Gaxton, Constance Carpenter and ensemble, performed only in the prologue ( See below for more details). The show starred Jessie Matthews, Douglas Byng, Lance Lister, Richard Dolman and ran for 237 performances. "My Heart Stood Still" was written for the Charles Cochran revue One Dam Thing after Another which opened in London at the London Pavilion on May 19, 1927. Other songs written for One Dam Thing after Antoher currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook: noneįor a complete listing of songs used in the original production of this show, see. ![]() More Performances on Video in the Cafe SongbookĬafe Songbook Reading Room "My Heart Stood Still"Ībout the show/revue One Dam Thing After Another / Origins of the songĬlick here to read the lyrics for "My Heart Stood Still" as sung by Ella Fitzgerald. Main Stage || Record/Video Cabinet || Reading Room || Posted Comments || Credits Written for: One Dam Thing after Another (London revue) To search this page only, use your browser's "Find" command: keystroke: Control + F (Windows) or Command + F (Mac). 3) When searching for a song title on the catalog page, omit an initial "The" or "A". Search Tips: 1) Click "Find on This Page" button to activate page search box. ![]() Home || Songs || Songwriters || Performers || Articles and Blogs || Glossary || About Cafe Songbook || Contact/Submit Comment ![]() Welcome to Cafe Songbook Internet Home of the "My Heart Stood Still": song history, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video ![]()
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