My Heart Stood Still is a 1927 pop ballad composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. It was written for the London revue One Dam’ Thing After Another, which opened at the London Pavilion on May 19, 1927, and was later introduced in the Broadway musical A Connecticut Yankee by Constance Carpenter and William Gaxton. The title is said to have come from a near taxi accident in Paris that inspired Hart to jot down the line for Rodgers to set to music. Published by Harms, Inc., the song has become a Rodgers and Hart standard and has been recorded by many artists over the years. Notable albums include Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956) and Frank Sinatra The Concert Sinatra (1963), among others, cementing its place in both jazz and popular song repertoires.
