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{{short description|1935 song by Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II}}
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| name       = When I Grow Too Old to Dream
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| published = {{Start date|1934|11|24}} by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer corp.,  New  York]]<ref name=pub>{{Cite book |last=Library of Congress. Copyright Office. |url=http://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig293libr |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries 1934 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 29 Pt 3 For the Year 1934 |date=1934 |publisher=U.S. Govt. Print. Off. |others=United States Copyright Office |language=English}}</ref>
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Glen Gray|Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra]], vocal [[Kenny Sargent]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=DECCA (USA) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 100 - 499 |url=http://78discography.com/Dec100.htm |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=78discography.com}}</ref>
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| B-side     = The Night is Young<ref name=studio/>
| released   = {{Start date|1935|2}}
| recorded   = {{Start date|1935|1|9}}<ref name=studio>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 39234. When I grow too old to dream / Glen Gray Orchestra |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000287347/39234-When_I_grow_too_old_to_dream |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings}}</ref>
| studio     = Decca Recording Studio, 799 Seventh Avenue, top floor, New York<ref name=studio/>
| genre      = [[Pop standard]], [[Pop music|Popular Music]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=3|s=15}}
| label      = [[Decca Records|Decca 349]]<ref name=studio/>
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| composer   = [[Sigmund Romberg]]<ref name=pub/>
| lyricist   = [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]<ref name=pub/>
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"'''When I Grow Too Old to Dream'''" is a [[popular music|popular]] [[song]] with music by [[Sigmund Romberg]] and lyrics by [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], published in [[1934 in music|1934]].
The song was introduced by [[Evelyn Laye]] and [[Ramon Novarro]] in the film ''[[The Night Is Young]]'' (1935).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Tyler|first1=Don|title=Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era|date=2007|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786429462|page=429|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hSCfBQAAQBAJ&q=%22Elsie+Evelyn+Lay%22&pg=PA429|accessdate=9 January 2018|language=en}}</ref> It has since become a [[pop standard]], recorded by many artists, notably [[Nat King Cole]], [[The Everly Brothers]] [[Gracie Fields]], and John Pizzarelli
==Other versions==
*In 1949, [[Rose Murphy]] went to number 10 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Most-Played Juke Box Race Records]] chart with her version.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=418}}</ref>
*A [[1951 in music|1951]] recording by [[Gordon Jenkins]] was released as the flip side of his hit, "[[Charmaine (song)|Charmaine]]" ([[Decca Records]]<ref>[http://78discography.com/Dec27500.htm Decca Records in the 27500 to 27999 series]</ref>).
*[[Ed Townsend]] released a version of the song as a single in 1958 that reached number 59 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart.<ref>[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=When+I+Grow+Too+Old+to+Dream+by+Ed+Townsend&id=13451 Ed Townsend, "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" chart position] Retrieved August 15, 2016.</ref>
*[[Bing Crosby]] included the song in a medley on his album ''[[Join Bing and Sing Along]]'' (1959)
*Jazz organist [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]] released a version of the song on his 1963 album [[Back at the Chicken Shack]]<ref>{{Citation|title=Back at the Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/back-at-the-chicken-shack-mw0000188772|language=en-us|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>
*[[Julie London]] recorded the song on her album ''[[Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast]]'' released in 1967.<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/nice-girls-dont-stay-for-breakfast-mw0000969502|website=www.allmusic.com|accessdate=June 24, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Stéphane Grappelli]] and The Diz Dizley Trio recorded this on their 1975 album ''Violinspiration''
*[[Linda Ronstadt]] recorded the song on her 1978 album ''[[Living in the USA]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/living-in-the-usa-mw0000650709|website=www.allmusic.com|accessdate=June 24, 2024}}</ref> and performed the song on an episode of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''.
*[[Slim Dusty]] recorded the song on his 1997 album ''A Time To Remember''.
*[[John McDermott (singer)|John McDermott]] included the song in his concert special ''A Time To Remember'', staging it as a father-daughter duet.
*A segment of "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" is used in the chorus of the song "Too Old To Dream" on [[O'Hooley & Tidow]]'s album ''[[Silent June]]'' (2010).
==In popular culture==
*The song was featured in a 1935 MGM musical film called ''[[The Night Is Young]]'' starring [[Ramon Novarro]] and [[Evelyn Laye]]. The song is referred to in the film ''[[I Never Sang for My Father]]'' as the song the father had always asked his son to sing.
*In the Australian soap opera ''[[A_Place_to_Call_Home_(TV_series)|A Place to Call Home]]'', Elizabeth Bligh ([[Noni Hazlehurst]]) sings the song at Douglas' refuge in the episode called "Too Old to Dream".
*In the second season of the US television series ''[[Northern Exposure]]'', the song is prominently featured in the second episode titled ''The Big Kiss''.
==References==
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==External links==
[https://archive.org/search.php?query=when%20I%20grow%20too%20old%20to%20dream Recordings] from the Internet Archive.
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[[Category:1934 songs]]
[[Category:1935 singles]]
[[Category:1958 singles]]
[[Category:Songs about old age]]
[[Category:Songs with music by Sigmund Romberg]]
[[Category:Songs with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II]]
[[Category:Ed Townsend songs]]
[[Category:Capitol Records singles]]
[[Category:Irene Dunne songs]]