With a Song in My Heart (song)

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"With a Song in My Heart"
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Sheet music cover, 1929
Song
Published1929
Genre Showtune
Composer(s) Richard Rodgers
Lyricist(s) Lorenz Hart

"With a Song in My Heart" is a show tune from the 1929 Rodgers and Hart musical Spring Is Here. [1]

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Background

In the original Broadway production it was introduced by John Hundley and Lillian Taiz. The following year, it was sung by Lawrence Gray in the Hollywood musical version of that show by Bernice Claire and Frank Albertson. The most popular recording of the song in 1929 was by Leo Reisman. [2]

Notable recordings

Other film appearances

See also

References

  1. "Internet Broadway Database". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p.  613. ISBN   0-89820-083-0.
  3. Macfarlane, Malcolm (2009). Perry Como - A Biography and Complete Career Record. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 178. ISBN   978-0-7864-3701-6.
  4. "kokomo.ca". kokomo.ca. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  5. "Tenor Anthony Kearns to Perform on 'Huckabee' Tonight at 8 p.m. ET". PR Newswire.