42nd Street

"42nd Street" is the title song of the 1933 Warner Bros. musical film 42nd Street, by Harry Warren with words by Al Dubin. This page has the 42nd Street chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.

Who wrote "42nd Street"

Harry Warren wrote the music and Al Dubin the words for the film, where Ruby Keeler dances it in the Busby Berkeley finale. The song returned to Broadway with the 1980 stage musical of the same name.

Recordings that made it a standard

• Ruby Keeler — in the film 42nd Street (1933).