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"You Stepped Out of a Dream" is a popular song with music written by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Gus Kahn that was published in 1940. The song has become a pop and jazz standard, with many recorded versions.

"You Stepped Out of a Dream"
Song
Published	1940
Songwriter(s)	Composer: Nacio Herb Brown Lyricist: Gus Kahn

It was a centerpiece in the 1941 musical Ziegfeld Girl, in which it was sung by Tony Martin and accompanied an iconic image of Lana Turner walking down a grand staircase. Although Turner never officially sang or recorded the song, it became her theme song during her peak years as one of Hollywood's top leading ladies, often played when she entered a nightclub or restaurant. The song is played in the film The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) during a murder scene.

The song was added to the Chichester/London 2012 Revival version of the musical Singin' in the Rain.

Other versions

• Dave Brubeck – 1950[1]
• Peter Cincotti[1]
• Nat King Cole[1]
• Ray Conniff
• Eddie Lockjaw Davis[1]
• Teddy Edwards[1]
• The Four Freshmen[1]
• Art Garfunkel[1]
• Stan Getz – 1950[1]
• Dexter Gordon – A Swingin' Affair (1962)[1]
• Johnny Griffin and Martial Solal – In and Out (1999)[1]
• Johnny Hartman – This One's for Tedi (1985)
• Shirley Horn – You Won't Forget Me (1990)[1]
• Barney Kessel – Kessel Plays Standards (1955)[1]
• Kay Kyser[1]
• Guy Lombardo[1]
• Warne Marsh[1]
• Johnny Mathis – Wonderful, Wonderful (1957)[1]
• Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle – 1941[1]
• Brew Moore[1]
• Lennie Niehaus – Vol.1: The Quintets (1954)[1]
• Sonny Rollins with J. J. Johnson – Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957)[1]
• George Shearing – 1941[1]
• Archie Shepp[1]
• McCoy Tyner – Fly with the Wind (1976)[1]
• Teddy Weatherford[1]
• Julie London - Julie at Home (1960)
• Ilse Huizinga - Out of a Dream (1997)

References

• Who Wrote that Song Dick Jacobs & Harriet Jacobs, published by Writer's Digest Books, 1993

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