Jerry Orbach - There's a Small Hotel [From On Your Toes]

Jerry Orbach - There's a Small Hotel [From On Your Toes]

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"There's a Small Hotel" is a 1936 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart originally written for but dropped from the musical "Billy Rose's Jumbo" (1935), then used in On Your Toes (1936), where it was introduced by Ray Bolger and Doris Carson and also interpolated in the film version of Pal Joey (1957) with a fine Frank Sinatra-Nelson Riddle collaboration.

According to Lorenz Hart's biography, Lorenz Hart - A Poet on Broadway (By Frederick Nolan Published 1994 Oxford University Press, ISBN: 0195102894), the song was inspired by a visit by Richard Rodgers to the Stockton Inn , in Stockton NJ.

Another claimant to be the inspiration is the Montecito Inn, in Santa Barbara, California. Renovations to the hotel in the 1950's replaced the wishing well, mentioned in the song, by a floral fountain.

Notable recordings

Bobby Van & Kay Coulter - On Your Toes - a Decca Original Cast Production (1954 revival)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)
Frank Sinatra - Rodgers & Hart's Pal Joey - from the soundtrack of the Columbia Picture (Capitol, 1957)
Della Reese - Della, Della, Cha-Cha-Cha (1960)
Hal Kemp - The biggest chart hit in 1936, the song's year of introduction.

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[swinginkatz]

RIP Jerry

[palinlondon]

I never knew he had such a good voice.

[alessandro39239]

hi jerry, you were a very complete actor and your talent ' ll live forever

[theburb08]

My dad would take my mother and I to Stockton Inn, Stockton, NJ for a nice Sunday ride and dinner.. I was told that bandleader Paul Whiteman stayed there often, and that it was the place referred to in this song.

[theburb08]

My dad would take my mother and I to Stockton Inn, Stockton, NJ for a nice Sunday ride and dinner.. I was told that bandleader Paul Whiteman stayed there often. A charming place!

[mikeniceshow]

r.i.p. to a great talent. excellent song, classic execution by Mr. Orbach

[batmandannyb]

Strong and beautiful -- this guy was very talented. Rest in Peace Jerry Orbach. You will always be one of musical theater's greatest contributors (42ND STREET, THE FANTASTICKS, etc.)

[waltandrus]

Briscoe Sings! Jerry Orbach did several Broadway Musicals!

[jvfunn3000]

I miss Jerry Orbach terribly! He's My Hero 4 EVER! R.I.P. JERRY ORBACH 1935-2004! I hate Prostate Cancer.

[blktenor]

I just read that he died in 04. I didn't know that! God rest his soul.