You've Got To Have heart.

[eugene]

Hi There !

Would you please tell me about any information about " You Gotta Have Heart (form Damn Yankees)" .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g37qLvkaCBs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry8CpIg2fvU

Truely Yours.

eugene.

[JimN]

Hello, Eugene,

Information about the musical comedy "Damn Yankees" is easy to come by:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damn_Yankees

The song known as You Gotta Have Heart is listed only as Heart on that page.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06103o2dv5c&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPj0hoVpYSg

If you are not familiar with the German-origin "Faust" legend (used as the basis for many classical artistic works, both dramatic and musical and on which "Damn Yankees" is loosely based)), you can check that at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust

HTH,

JN

PS: There is a new film version planned, with Jake Gyllenhaal.

[Martin Page]

I remember hearing this song many times on the radio back in the 1950s.

Martin.

[JimN]

I remember hearing this song many times on the radio back in the 1950s.
Martin.

Absolutely. It was a staple on radio and TV. I can even remember the singer Marion Ryan once changing the lyric from "Miles and miles and miles of heart" to "Yards and yards and yards of heart" on the TV music quiz show "Spot The Tune" (contestants had to spot the deliberate lyrical mistake).

It is only comparatively recently that I have known where the song even came from. Probably in part due to the setting, "Damn Yankees" never had the impact in the UK of a "My Fair Lady", "South Pacific" or "Guys And Dolls".

Most standards are from Broadway shows. Another one whose origin I only recently discovered was I've Got A Lot Of Living To Do (from "Bye Bye Birdy"). That little song that American Beatle fans used to sing (We Love you Beatles, Oh yes we do...) was from the same show, where the lyric was We love you Conrad...

JN