"Dancing on the Ceiling": Song History, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video

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Dancing on the Ceiling
Written: 1930	Music by: Richard Rodgers	Words by: Lorenz Hart	Written for: Simple Simon (show, 1930 --not used--, premiered in Ever Green, London, 1930)
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About the Shows Simple Simon and Ever Green / Origins of the Song

Other songs written for Simple Simon (show) currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook:

1. He Was Too Good to Me (not used)

2. Ten Cents A Dance

For a complete listing of songs used in the original Broadway production of Simple Simon, see IBDB song list.

Other songs written for Ever Green (show) currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook: none.

For a complete listing of songs used in the original Broadway production of Simple Simon, see Wikipedia article.

The original title for this song when it was intended for the 1930 show Simple Simon was "He Dances on My Ceiling" where it was to be performed by Doree Leslie and the ensemble. The song was cut before the New York opening. It was then premiered later in the same year by Jessie Matthews and Sonny Hale as "Dancing on the Ceiling" in Ever Green, a Rodgers and Hart show produced by Charles Cochran for the London stage.

source: Dorothy Hart and Robert Kimball (Eds.), The Complete Lyrics Of Lorenz Hart. New York: Knoph, 1986, Da Capo Press (expanded, paper bound, edition) 1995.

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