She Didn't Say Yes
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"She Didn't Say Yes" is a 1931 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics by Otto Harbach.
It was written for the show The Cat and the Fiddle (1931) and introduced by Bettina Hall.[1] A popular recording in 1932 was by Leo Reisman & His Orchestra (vocal by Frank Luther).[2] Other 1931/1932 recordings were by Chick Bullock, Smith Ballew and Ben Selvin.[3]
The Cat and the Fiddle was filmed in 1934 and "She Didn't Say Yes" was performed in the film by Jeanette MacDonald.[4]
Other notable recordings
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook (1963)[5]
- Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé - for their album Cozy (1961).[6]
- Peggy Lee - recorded September 23, 1946, for Capitol Records.[7]
- Margaret Whiting - Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook (1960)
- Harold Macmillan - In 1962, the British prime minister quoted several lines from the song in his conference speech, mocking the supposed indecisiveness of a political opponent. The satirical magazine Private Eye took a recording of his words, put a backing track to it, and published it as a disc.[8]
- Al Bowlly
Notes
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- ↑ "Richard Ingrams", Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
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