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- "I Won't Dance" is a song with music by Jerome Kern that has become a jazz standard. The song has two different sets of lyrics: the first written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach in 1934, and second written by Dorothy Fields (though Jimmy McHugh was also credited) in 1935. Kern, Hammerstein and Harbach originally wrote "I Won't Dance" for the 1934 London musical Three Sisters. However, Three Sisters flopped and was quickly forgotten. The next year, Fields was hired to help with the music for a film version of the 1933 Kern-Harbach musical Roberta. The writing team decided to make use of "I Won't Dance" for the film, also named Roberta. However, Fields rewrote nearly all of the lyrics, making the song more playful and suggestive by having the narrator refuse to dance because "I know that music leads the way to romance". The song became such a hit, largely due to the fact that it was performed by Fred Astaire, that it is now included in all stage revivals and recordings of Roberta. (en)
- I Won't Dance est une chanson dont la musique a été composée en 1934 par le compositeur américain Jerome Kern. La chanson est devenue un standard de jazz et a été reprise par de grands noms comme Anita O'Day, Frank Sinatra, Blossom Dearie, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Jane Monheit, Lady Gaga et Tony Bennett. (fr)
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- I Won't Dance est une chanson dont la musique a été composée en 1934 par le compositeur américain Jerome Kern. La chanson est devenue un standard de jazz et a été reprise par de grands noms comme Anita O'Day, Frank Sinatra, Blossom Dearie, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Jane Monheit, Lady Gaga et Tony Bennett. (fr)
- "I Won't Dance" is a song with music by Jerome Kern that has become a jazz standard. The song has two different sets of lyrics: the first written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach in 1934, and second written by Dorothy Fields (though Jimmy McHugh was also credited) in 1935. Kern, Hammerstein and Harbach originally wrote "I Won't Dance" for the 1934 London musical Three Sisters. However, Three Sisters flopped and was quickly forgotten. (en)
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