Me and My Girl
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Me and My Girl is a popular British stage musical, with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and music by Noel Gay.
It was originally performed at the Victoria Palace theatre in London, in 1937, and starred Lupino Lane. At first attracting little notice, the production gained immediate success after a matinee performance was broadcast live on BBC radio, following the cancellation of a sporting event. Me and My Girl went on to run for a phenomenal 1,646 performances. The show's showstopper, "The Lambeth Walk", has the distinction of being the only popular song to be the subject of a leader in The Times. In October 1938 one of its leaders read 'While dictators rage and statesmen talk, all Europe dances - to The Lambeth Walk.'
Me and My Girl was revived in 1952, and again in 1984, when it ran for eight years at the Haymarket and Adelphi theatres in London, later going on tour throughout Britain, and transferring to New York's Broadway at the Marquis Theatre in 1986.
Prominent Songs
- "The Lambeth Walk"
- "The Sun has got His Hat On"
- "Leaning on a Lamp Post"
- "Me and My Girl"
Me and My Girl was also the name of a British television sit-com starring Richard O'Sullivan and Tim Brooke-Taylor.