You Stepped Out of a Dream

"You Stepped Out of a Dream" is a popular song with music written by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Gus Kahn that was published in 1940. The song has become a pop and jazz standard, with many recorded versions.

It was a centerpiece in the 1941 musical Ziegfeld Girl, in which it was sung by Tony Martin and accompanied an iconic image of Lana Turner walking down a grand staircase. Although Turner never officially sang or recorded the song, it became her theme song during her peak years as one of Hollywood's top leading ladies, often played when she entered a nightclub or restaurant. The song is played in the film The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) during a murder scene.

The song was added to the Chichester/London 2012 Revival version of the Musical Singin' in the Rain (musical).

Recorded versions

Notable artists and groups who have recorded this song include:

Chris Anderson Dorothy Ashby Walter Bishop Jr. Ran Blake Anthony Braxton Dave Brubeck Gary Burton Charlie Byrd Barbara Carroll Joe Castro Peter Cincotti Kenny Clarke Clarke-Boland Big Band Nat King Cole Ray Conniff Chris Connor Vic Damone Dardanelle Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Doris Day

Teddy Edwards Don Ellis Herb Ellis Tal Farlow Ella Fitzgerald The Four Freshmen Sergio Franchi Russ Freeman Don Friedman Johnny Frigo Art Garfunkel - Some Enchanted Evening (2007) Red Garland Stan Getz Dexter Gordon Robert Goulet Earl Grant Grant Green Bobby Hackett Al Haig Gene Harris

Earl Hines Ilse Huizinga Milt Jackson Bert Kaempfert Stan Kenton Barney Kessel Jimmy Knepper Lee Konitz John Paul Larkin Peggy Lee Julie London Warne Marsh Tony Martin Johnny Mathis Freddie McCoy Sérgio Mendes & Brasil 66 Glenn Miller Liza Minnelli Brew Moore Lennie Niehaus

Chico O'Farrill Frankie Ortega Joe Pass Oscar Peterson Don Rendell Max Roach Sonny Rollins Jimmy Roselli Ralph Sharon Woody Shaw George Shearing Archie Shepp Martial Solal Lou Stein Lucky Thompson McCoy Tyner Sarah Vaughan Mal Waldron Cedar Walton

References

• Who Wrote that Song Dick Jacobs & Harriet Jacobs, published by Writer's Digest Books, 1993