My Fair Lady
Frederick Loewe (1901-1988)
Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986)
"I Could Have Danced All Night"
from My Fair Lady, 1956
Composer's autograph manuscript
Music Division
Gift of the composer (162.5)
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The most successful of the musicals written by Alan Jay Lerner and
Frederick Loewe was the 1956 triumph My Fair Lady, adapted
from George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. Breaking the box-office
record of its day, My Fair Lady ran for 2,717 performances
on Broadway. In addition to the song "I Could Have Danced All Night,"
the musical included such now-famous selections as "Wouldn't It Be
Loverly," "With a Little Bit of Luck," "The Rain in Spain," and "On
the Street Where You Live."
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