I Won’t Dance (1935, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, from “Roberta”)

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lyricist:Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1935)
composer:Jerome Kern
publisher:Chappell Music Ltd.
Cotton Club Publishing
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Memory Lane Music Ltd.
T.B. Harms Co.
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/87173 [info]
Wikidata:Q5979971 [info]
is based on:I Won’t Dance (1934, lyrics by Hammerstein/Harbach, from “Three Sisters”)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1935I Won’t DanceFred Astaire & Ginger Rogers5:26
1935I Won’t DanceFred Astaire & Ginger Rogers2:21
1946-05-15I Won't DanceinstrumentalQuintette du Hot Club de France2:52
1946-05-15I Won’t Dance (1946-05-15, mx. 0SW 419-1)instrumentalDjango Reinhardt & le Quintette du Hot Club de France avec Hubert Rostaing2:52
1947-01-15Medley: I Won’t Dance / The Touch of Your Hand / Why Was I Born / All Through the Day / Make Believe / The Song Is for You / All the Things You Arecover and medleyFrank Sinatra17:40
1952-12I Won’t DanceFred Astaire3:03
1952I Won’t DanceKaye Ballard & Jack Cassidy3:50
1955-03I Won't DanceArt Tatum3:31
1955-03I Won't DanceinstrumentalArt Tatum, Roy Eldridge, John Simmons & Alvin Stoller3:31
1955-03I Won't Dance (alternate take)instrumentalArt Tatum3:33
1955Get Out Those Old Records / They Didn't Believe Me / 'S Wonderful / Time on My Hands / I Didn't Know What Time It Was / Anything Goes / Dancing in the Dark / Ballerina / I Won't Dance / Papa, Won't You Dance With Me? / Charleston / The Way You Look Tonight / You're an Old SmomedleyMary Martin & Noël Coward8:09
1956-09-11 – 1956-09-12I Won’t DanceBlossom Dearie2:48
1956-11-15I Won’t Dance (1956-11-15 studio recording)coverFrank Sinatra3:23
1956-12-20I Won’t DanceAnita O’Day3:25
1957-03-19I Won't DanceWoody Herman2:47
1957-06-09I Won’t Dance (live, 1957‐06‐09: Seattle Civic Auditorium, Seattle, WA, USA)liveFrank Sinatra3:49
1957-06-09I Won’t Dance (live, 1957-06-09: Seattle Civic Auditorium, Seattle, WA, USA)liveFrank Sinatra3:26
1957-08-13I Won’t DancecoverElla Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong4:47
1957-08-13 –I Won’t DancecoverElla Fitzgerald4:49
1959-07-14 – 1959-08-09I Won’t DanceinstrumentalOscar Peterson2:32
1962-10-02I Won’t Dance (stereo)coverFrank Sinatra and Count Basie and his Orchestra4:08
1963-02-02I Won’t Dance (stereo)coverPeggy Lee2:07
1973-02I Won't DanceinstrumentalOscar Peterson & Stéphane Grappelli6:48
1976-09I Won’t DancePasadena Roof Orchestra3:35
1980-03-27I Won't Dancecover and instrumentalDerek Smith Trio5:30
1982-08-20I Won’t Dance (live, 1982-08-20: Altos de Chavón, La Romana, Dominican Republic)Frank Sinatra3:59
1982-11I Won't DanceinstrumentalLou Levy4:27
1983A Salute to Fred Astaire: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails / The Carioca / Dancing in the Dark / I Won't Dance / The ContinentalmedleyBoston Pops Orchestra, John Williams8:29
1987-11I Won't DanceWesla Whitfield3:09
1987-11I Won't DanceGeorge Shearing5:07
1988-07I Won't DanceAnn Burton3:43
1997-05I Won’t DanceCarol Sloane & Clark Terry5:00
2004-11Astaire/Rogers Medley: Let’s Face the Music & Dance / Cheek to Cheek / I Won’t Dance / I Could Have Danced All Night / Pick Yourself Uplive and medleySheila Jordan7:23
2006-07-19 – 2006-07-20Roberta: I Won't DanceRichard Rodney Bennett2:57
2020-07-11I Won't Dancecover and instrumentalHoney Boulton5:57
“Roberta” Selectioninstrumental and medleyJack Simpson & The Freedom Boys3:06
A Tribute to Jerome Kerninstrumental and medleyThe Allentown Band, Ronald Demkee6:33
Ballerina - I Won't DancemedleyRebecca Kilgore4:51
I Won' DanceFrank Sinatra3:23
I Won't DanceDjango Reinhardt2:52
I Won't DanceliveMina Agossi4:00
I Won't DanceTed Heath2:12
I Won't DanceStéphane Grappelli Trio7:01
I Won't DanceArt Tatum3:00
I Won't DanceThe Adam Makowicz Trio8:53
I Won't DanceNnenna Freelon4:36
I Won't DanceGeorge Shearing & Ernestine Anderson5:24
I Won't DanceStéphane Grappelli3:25
I Won't DanceMary Cleere Haran3:42
I Won't DanceArt Tatum2:57
I Won't DanceCheryl Bentyne3:57
I Won't DanceAndrea Marcovicci & David Staller2:27
I Won't DanceSarah McKenzie4:50
I Won't DanceinstrumentalMarian McPartland4:13
I Won't DanceBarbara Cook3:41
I Won't DanceinstrumentalSadi's New Big Show Band2:39
I Won't DanceMargaret Whiting2:26
I Won't DanceinstrumentalArt Tatum2:56
I Won't DanceinstrumentalDjango Reinhardt2:52
I Won't DanceinstrumentalOscar Peterson3:06
I Won't DanceinstrumentalNik Payton and Bob Wilber6:07
I Won't DanceFrank Sinatra & Count Basie and His Orchestra9:00
I Won't DanceFrank Sinatra3:23
I Won't DanceFrank Sinatra3:24
I Won't DanceFrank Sinatra3:23
I Won't DanceFrank Sinatra3:20
I Won't DanceFrank Sinatra3:21
I Won't DanceFrank Sinatra4:10
I Won't DanceFrank Sinatra3:22
I Won't DanceFrank Sinatra3:23
I Won't DanceFrank Sinatra3:23
I Won't DanceOscar Peterson2:31
I Won't DanceOscar Peterson, Stephane Grappelli6:47
I Won't DanceOscar Peterson3:03
I Won't DanceOscar Peterson3:12
I Won't DanceOscar Peterson2:30
I Won't DanceOscar Peterson & Fred Astaire3:03
I Won't DanceDjango Reinhardt2:53
I Won't DanceDjango Reinhardt2:53
I Won't DanceJerome Kern2:06
I Won't DanceDjango Reinhardt2:53
I Won't DanceDjango Reinhardt2:55
I Won't DanceDjango et le Quintette Du Hot Club De France2:43
I Won't DanceDjango Reinhardt2:49
I Won't DanceDjango Reinhardt2:52
I Won't DanceDjango Reinhardt2:51
I Won't DanceRobin McKelle, Kenny Barron, Kenny Washington, Peter Washington4:18
I Won’t DanceFrank Sinatra3:27
I Won’t Dance (live, 1957-06-09: Seattle Civic Auditorium, Seattle, WA, USA)Frank Sinatra3:26
I Won’t DanceBlossom Dearie5:27
I Won’t DanceFrank Sinatra3:24
I Won’t DancecoverPeggy Lee2:09
I Won’t DancecoverElla Fitzgerald feat. Louis Armstrong4:45
I Won’t DanceFrank Sinatra3:22
I Won’t DancecoverPeggy Lee2:04
I Won’t DancecoverElla Fitzgerald2:09
I Won’t DancecoverElla Fitzgerald2:06
I Won’t DancecoverElla Fitzgerald4:48
I Won’t DanceFrank Sinatra3:23
I Won’t DancecoverElla Fitzgerald3:33
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