Dancing on the Ceiling (1930 song)

"Dancing on the Ceiling (song)" redirects here. For the song by Lionel Richie, see Dancing on the Ceiling (Lionel Richie song).

"Dancing on the Ceiling"
Song from Ever Green
Published	1930
Writer	Lorenz Hart
Composer	Richard Rodgers

"Dancing on the Ceiling" is a 1930 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the 1930 musical Ever Green. It was originally part of the musical Simple Simon, but it was cut from the production before the premiere.

The song was answered correctly for a $100,000 grand prize on the game show Name That Tune in 1977.^[1]

Notable recordings

Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours (1955)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)
Barbara Cook - Barbara Cook Sings From the Heart: The Best of Rodgers and Hart (1959)
Jack Jones - Shall We Dance? (1961)
Jessie Matthews
June Christy - A Friendly Session, Vol. 3 (2000)
Jeri Southern - The Ultimate Jeri Southern (2002)
Royce Campbell - Six by Six: A Jazz Guitar Celebration - with Bucky Pizzarelli (2004)

References

↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N59iCNSBIcE

Rodgers and Hart

Musicals	The Garrick Gaieties Dearest Enemy The Girl Friend Peggy-Ann A Connecticut Yankee Present Arms Ever Green Simple Simon America's Sweetheart Jumbo On Your Toes Babes in Arms I'd Rather Be Right The Boys from Syracuse I Married an Angel Too Many Girls Higher and Higher Pal Joey By Jupiter

Songs	"Manhattan" "Mountain Greenery" "Here in My Arms" "Blue Room" "My Heart Stood Still" "Thou Swell" "To Keep My Love Alive" "You Took Advantage of Me" "With a Song in My Heart" "A Ship Without a Sail" "Dancing on the Ceiling" "Ten Cents a Dance" "He Was Too Good to Me" "I've Got Five Dollars" "Isn't It Romantic?" "Lover" "Mimi" "Blue Moon" "It's Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)" "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "My Romance" "Little Girl Blue" "There's a Small Hotel" "Glad to Be Unhappy" "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" "Where or When" "I Wish I Were in Love Again" "My Funny Valentine" "Johnny One Note" "The Lady Is a Tramp" "Have You Met Miss Jones?" "I'll Tell the Man in the Street" "Spring Is Here" "Falling in Love with Love" "This Can't Be Love" "Sing for Your Supper" "I Like to Recognize the Tune" "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" "Give It Back to the Indians" "You're Nearer" "It Never Entered My Mind" "I Could Write a Book" "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" "Ev'rything I've Got" "Wait till You See Her"

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