My Romance (song)

"My Romance" is a popular jazz song, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, written for Billy Rose's musical, Jumbo (1935). Gloria Grafton and Donald Novis introduced the song in that musical.

"My Romance"
Song
Published	1935
Composer(s)	Richard Rodgers
Lyricist(s)	Lorenz Hart

In the 1962 movie version of Jumbo, Doris Day performed the song.^[1]

The song's lyrics describe a romantic attraction between two people, often by listing elements that are not needed to make this attraction work. In turn, the singer states that the romance does not need a certain setting ("a moon in the sky"), location ("a blue lagoon"), or stereotypical dating accompaniment ("soft guitars"), due to the strong attraction to the person.

Other versions

• Dave Brubeck – The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952)^[2]
• Bill Evans – The Complete Village Vanguard (1961)^[2]
• Doris Day – 1962^[2]
• Johnny Smith – The Man with the Blue Guitar (1962)
• Ben Webster with Hank Jones – Ben and Sweets (1962)^[2]
• Art Blakey with Keith Jarrett – Buttercorn Lady (1966)^[2]
• Hampton Hawes - 1968^[3]
• Jessica Williams – Portraits (1977)^[2]
• Warne Marsh – A Ballad Album (1983)^[2]
• Tuck & Patti – Tears of Joy (1988)^[2]
• Carly Simon – My Romance (1990)^[2]
• Chris Botti – When I Fall in Love (2004)^[4]
• Aaron Tveit – The Radio in My Head: Live at 54 Below (2013)^[5]

See also

• List of 1930s jazz standards