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I'm Old Fashioned

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Sheet music cover for the song "I'm Old Fashioned" from the 1942 film You Were Never Lovelier, starring Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, and featuring Xavier Cugat.

"I'm Old Fashioned" is a 1942 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer.

It was written for the film You Were Never Lovelier (1942), where it was introduced by Nan Wynn who dubbed for Rita Hayworth as part of a song and dance routine with Fred Astaire.[1] The musical director of the film was Leigh Harline and that and the other romantic dance sequences were orchestrated by Conrad Salinger while he was freelancing.[2]

Background

According to John Mueller: "Constructed sparsely in a kind of theme and variations form (ABA'A") it is particularly notable for the appealing way the strains link up – especially for the poised and dramatic transitions between the A' and A" strains".[1]

Mercer recalled working with the older Kern, and how Kern reacted to the lyrics for "I'm Old Fashioned":[3]

We hit it off right away. I was in such awe of him, I think he must have sensed that. He was very kind to me, treated me more like a son than a collaborator. And when he thought I had a great lyric he said, "Eva, Eva, come down here", and he kissed me on the cheek and he said, "Eva, I want you to hear this lyric". Well, of course I was thrilled that he liked it that much, you know. "I'm Old Fashioned", that one was.

First recordings

The first recording was made in 1942 by Astaire with John Scott Trotter and his orchestra (Decca 18490).[4]

Other notable recordings

This song was chosen by Jerome Robbins as the centerpiece to his ballet of the same name, created by him for the New York City Ballet in 1983, as a tribute to Astaire. Part of the original film sequence was projected above the corps de ballet.

On the British TV series Are You Being Served, Mrs. Slocombe hums and sings this song in the episode The Apartment (1979).

It was also sung by Dianne Wiest in Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters (1986).

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Mueller, John (1986). Astaire Dancing – The Musical Films. London: Hamish Hamilton. p. 416. ISBN 0-241-11749-6.
  2. ^ Genne, Beth (2018). Dance Me a Song: Astaire, Balanchine, Kelly, and the American Film Musical, Oxford University Press, pp. 36 & 37.
  3. ^ Green, Benny (1989). Let's Face the Music: The Golden Age of Popular Song. London: Pavilion-Michael Joseph. p. 45. ISBN 1-85145-489-6.
  4. ^ Billman, Larry (1997). Fred Astaire – A Bio-bibliography. Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 238. ISBN 0-313-29010-5.
  5. ^ "www.discogs.com". discogs.com. 1963. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  6. ^ "Alone : Judy Garland". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  7. ^ "www.discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
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