My Heart Stood Still

"My Heart Stood Still"
Song from A Connecticut Yankee
Published	1927
Composer	Richard Rodgers
Lyricist	Lorenz Hart

"My Heart Stood Still" is a 1927 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical A Connecticut Yankee (1927), where it was introduced by Constance Carpenter and William Gaxton.

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)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1953)
Dave Brubeck - Jazz At The Blackhawk (1956)^[1]
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.^[2]
The Mamas & the Papas - The Mamas & the Papas (1966)

References

U-571 8:35 version

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"

Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889)

Characters	Hank Morgan Alisande la Carteloise King Arthur Sir Sagramore Merlin Morgan le Fay

Films	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1921 silent) A Connecticut Yankee (1931) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) Knight-mare Hare (1955) Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979) A Knight in Camelot (1998) Black Knight (2001)

Related	New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1988) A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)

A Connecticut Yankee (musical)	"To Keep My Love Alive" "Thou Swell" "My Heart Stood Still"

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