My Romance (song)

"My Romance"
Song
Published	1935
Composer(s)	Richard Rodgers
Lyricist(s)	Lorenz Hart

"My Romance" is a popular jazz song, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, written for Billy Rose's musical, Jumbo (1935). Gloria Grafton and Donald Novis introduced the song in that musical.

In the 1962 movie version of Jumbo, Doris Day performed the song.^[1]

The song's lyrics describe a romantic attraction between two people, often by listing elements that are not needed to make this attraction work. In turn, the singer states that the romance does not need a certain setting ("a moon in the sky"), location ("a blue lagoon"), or stereotypical dating accompaniment ("soft guitars"), due to the strong attraction to the person.

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Dave Brubeck – The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952)^[2]
Bill Evans – The Complete Village Vanguard (1961)^[2]
Doris Day – 1962^[2]
Johnny Smith – The Man with the Blue Guitar (1962)
Ben Webster with Hank Jones – Ben and Sweets (1962)^[2]
Art Blakey with Keith Jarrett – Buttercorn Lady (1966)^[2]
Hampton Hawes - 1968^[3]
Jessica Williams – Portraits (1977)^[2]
Warne Marsh – A Ballad Album (1983)^[2]
Tuck & Patti – Tears of Joy (1988)^[2]
Carly Simon – My Romance (1990)^[2]
Chris Botti – When I Fall in Love (2004)^[4]
Aaron Tveit – The Radio in My Head: Live at 54 Below (2013)^[5]
Debbie Gravitte
Mario Lanza^[2]
Ben Taylor^[2]
James Taylor^[2]
Sammy Davis Jr.^[2]
Roberta Flack^[2]
Cybill Shepherd^[2]

References

^ Tyler, Don (2007). Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era. McFarland. ISBN 9780786429462. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
^ "Hampton Hawes - Blues for Bud". Discogs. 1990.
^ Collar, Matt. "When I Fall in Love". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
^ "Album Cover & Track List Unveiled for AARON TVEIT Live at 54 Below". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-08-22.

v t e Rodgers and Hart
Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart
Musicals	Fly with Me Poor Little Ritz Girl The Garrick Gaieties Dearest Enemy The Girl Friend Peggy-Ann A Connecticut Yankee Present Arms Chee-Chee 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" "You Are Too Beautiful" "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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