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She Didn't Say Yes
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Wikipedia article
"'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. A popular recording in 1932 was by Leo Reisman & His Orchestra (vocal by Frank Luther). Other 1931/1932 recordings were by Chick Bullock, Smith Ballew and Ben Selvin.
'The Cat and the Fiddle' was filmed in 1934 and "She Didn't Say Yes" was performed in the film by Jeanette MacDonald.
Other notable recordings
*Ella Fitzgerald - 'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook' (1963)
*Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorm - for their album 'Cozy' (1961).
*Peggy Lee - recorded September 23, 1946, for Capitol Records.
*Margaret Whiting - 'Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook' (1960)
*Harold Macmillan - In the early 1960s, the British prime minister quoted several lines from the song in a 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.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/ebd1a958#p009nc6f "Richard Ingrams"], 'Desert Island Discs', BBC Radio 4. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
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Category:1931 songs
Category:Songs from musicals
Category:Songs with music by Jerome Kern
Category:Songs with lyrics by Otto Harbach
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