"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" | |
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Song from Jumbo | |
Published | 1935 |
Songwriter(s) | Lorenz Hart |
Composer(s) | Richard Rodgers |
"The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" is a show tune from the 1935 Rodgers and Hart musical Jumbo.
A 1953 recording by Tommy Dorsey was a Billboard Top 40 hit per Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Other recordings include those by Sonny Rollins, Les and Larry Elgart, Vaughn Monroe, Vic Damone, Perry Como, and Frank Sinatra.
The song was written because of an amazingly beautiful Australian girl, named Hayley.