"My Romance" is a popular

Popular music

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 song, with music by Richard Rodgers

Richard Rodgers

Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II...

 and lyrics by Lorenz Hart

Lorenz Hart

Lorenz "Larry" Milton Hart was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart...

, written for Billy Rose

Billy Rose

William "Billy" Rose was an American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist. He is credited with many famous songs, notably "Me and My Shadow" , "It Happened in Monterey" and "It's Only a Paper Moon"...

's musical, Jumbo

Jumbo (musical)

Jumbo is a musical produced by Billy Rose, with music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart and book by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.-Production:...

(1935

1935 in music

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). In the 1962 movie version

Billy Rose's Jumbo (film)

Billy Rose's Jumbo is an American musical film produced by MGM in Panavision and Metrocolor, and starring Jimmy Durante, Doris Day, Martha Raye, and Stephen Boyd. The film was directed by Charles Walters and featured Busby Berkeley's choreography...

 of Jumbo, Doris Day

Doris Day

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 performed the song.

The song is featured in a commercial for Ralph Lauren's Romance fragrance. Over the years "My Romance" has also become identified as a sort of anthem

Anthem

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 connected with movie palace

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s and movie theatre organ

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Recorded versions

It has been covered by many artists, including:

• Rosemary Clooney
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• Claudia Ancuña
• Beegie Adair
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• Sutton Foster
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• Nat Adderley Quintet
• Ron Affif
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• Howard Alden
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• Jackie Allen
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• John Allred
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• Gene Ammons
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• Barbie Anaka
• Chris Anderson
• Dale Anderson
• Ernestine Anderson
  Ernestine Anderson
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• Steven C. Anderson
• The Andrews Sisters
  The Andrews Sisters
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• Doc Anello
• Shauna Trio Antoniuc
• Patrick Arena
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• Jim Bajor
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• Kenny Ball
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• Dave Banks
• Base Line
• Gerry Beaudouin Trio
• Don Bennett
  Don Bennett
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• Tony Bennett
  Tony Bennett
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• Sergio Franchi
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   1965 album The Songs of Richard Rodgers

• David Benoit
• Daniel Benzali
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• Totti Bergh
• Dick Berck
• Richard Berman
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• Ben Besiakov
• Art Blakey
  Art Blakey
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• Blue Moon
• Boston Jazz Ensemble
• The Boswell Sisters
• Connee Boswell
  Connee Boswell
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• Chris Botti
  Chris Botti
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• Karl Boxer
• Joanne Brackeen
  Joanne Brackeen
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• Ruby Braff
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• Carol Britto
• Hadda Brooks
  Hadda Brooks
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• Deborah Brown
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• Les Brown
  Les Brown (bandleader)
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• Micki Brown
• Ray Brown
  Ray Brown (musician)
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• Dave Brubeck
  Dave Brubeck
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• Joy Bryan
• John Bunch
  John Bunch
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• Gary Burton
  Gary Burton
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• Taylor Ho Binum
• Charlie Byrd Trio
• Mike Campbell
• Royce Campbell
  Royce Campbell
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• cantabile (group)
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• Gaylord Carter
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• Vic Damone
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• Sammy Davis, Jr. , 1962 Reprise album, Belts the Best of Broadway
• Doris Day, 1962, Columbia Masterworks film soundtrack of Billy Rose's, Jumbo
• Bill Evans
  Bill Evans
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• Ella Fitzgerald
  Ella Fitzgerald
  Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...
  
  
• Roberta Flack
  Roberta Flack
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• Maria Friedman
  Maria Friedman
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• Stan Getz
  Stan Getz
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Hampton Hawes, Album "Blues for Bud" da music, CD 877678-2

• Joni James
  Joni James
  Joni James is an American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards.-Biography:...
  
   (1956
  1956 in music
  -Events:*January 26 – Buddy Holly's first recording sessions for Decca Records take place in Nashville, Tennessee*Roy Orbison signs with Sun Records*January 27 – Elvis Presley's single "Heartbreak Hotel" / "I Was the One" is released...
  
  )
• Mario Lanza
  Mario Lanza
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• Fern Lindzon
• Bob Mintzer
  Bob Mintzer
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• Maureen O'Hara
  Maureen O'Hara
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• Seal
  Seal (musician)
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• Carly Simon
  Carly Simon
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• Frank Sinatra
  Frank Sinatra
  Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
  
  
• Jo Stafford
  Jo Stafford
  Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards and occasional actress whose career ran from the late 1930s to the early 1960s...
  
  
• The Supremes
  The Supremes
  The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...
  
  
• Ben Taylor
  Ben Taylor
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   (the son of James Taylor and Carly Simon)
• Mel Tormé
  Mel Tormé
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• Tuck and Patti
• Bruce Hornsby
  Bruce Hornsby
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• Wynton Marsalis
  Wynton Marsalis
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• Sarah Vaughan
  Sarah Vaughan
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  Hal Mooney
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  's Orchestra
• Enzo Stuarti
  Enzo Stuarti
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