Performance: Dancing on the Ceiling

Performed by

Jessie Matthews

Performance date

December 3, 1930

Comments

From the musical "Ever Green", premiered at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Originally meant to be used in "Simple Simon".

Rating

Song info

Song

Dancing on the Ceiling

Music written by

Richard Rodgers

Lyrics written by

Lorenz Hart

First performance

Dancing on the Ceiling by Jessie Matthews (December 3, 1930)

Language

English

Versions

	Title	Performer	Release date
1	Dancing on the Ceiling	Jessie Matthews	December 3, 1930 (performance date)
2	Dancing on the Ceiling	Stan Freeman	1951
3	Dancing on the Ceiling	Johnny Smith	1954
4	Dancing on the Ceiling	Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five	1954
5	Dancing on the Ceiling	Frank Sinatra	April 1955
6	Dancing on the Ceiling	Jerry Wald and His Orchestra	1955
7	Dancing on the Ceiling	Jeri Southern	1956
8	Dancing on the Ceiling	The Art Van Damme Quintet	1956
9	Dancing on the Ceiling	Ella Fitzgerald	1956
10	Dancing on the Ceiling	George Van Eps	1956
11	Dancing on the Ceiling	Paul Weston	1956
12	Dancing on the Ceiling	Peggy Lee	1957
13	Dancing on the Ceiling	Inez Jones featuring Oscar Moore	1957
14	Dancing on the Ceiling	Chet Baker	1958
15	Dancing on the Ceiling	The Hi-Lo's	1958
16	Dancing on the Ceiling	Jeannie Hoffman	1958
17	Dancing on the Ceiling	Sonny Stitt	1958
18	Dancing on the Ceiling	Lorez Alexandria	1959
19	Dancing on the Ceiling	Tony Mottola	1959
20	Dancing on the Ceiling	Johnny Mathis	1960
21	Dancing on the Ceiling	Paul Smith [1]	1961
22	Dancing on the Ceiling	Marty Gold and His Orchestra	1962
23	Dancing on the Ceiling	The Supremes	May 22, 1967
24	Dancing on the Ceiling	Billy Butler [1]	1970
25	Dancin' on the Ceiling	Frans Poptie & Rhythm Section	1971
26	Dancing on the Ceiling	Art Lande	1977
27	Dancing on the Ceiling	Hank Jones, Ray Brown, Jimmie Smith	1977
28	Dancing on the Ceiling	Mabel Mercer	1980
29	Dancing on the Ceiling	Barbara Carroll	1989
30	Dancing on the Ceiling	Royce Campbell	1994
31	Dancing on the Ceiling	The Soft Winds	1996
32	Dancing on the Ceiling	Jack Jezzro	May 8, 2001
33	Dancing on the Ceiling	Bill Charlap & Sandy Stewart	September 27, 2005