"A Ship without a Sail": Song History, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video

"A Ship without a Sail"

"A Ship without a Sail was written for the the show Me Without You, which opened and closed in Detroit in September, 1929. In that foreshortened run, it was sung by Madeline Gibson and Jack Whiting. After the closing, Me Without You was given a new book, some new songs and quite a few new performers and transformed into Heads Up!, which tried out in Philadelphia in Oct./Nov. 1929 and opened in New York at the Alvin Theater for a run of 144 performances from Nov. 11, 1929, through March 15, 1930. In it "A Ship without a Sail" was performed by Betty Starbuck and Whiting.
(The Complete Lyrics Of Lorenz Hart. Dorothy Hart and Robert Kimball (Eds.), New York: Knoph, 1986 (Da Capo Press expanded, paper bound edition 1995), pp. 140-144, Knoph edition.)

Notes

Other songs written for Heads Up! currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook : none.
For a complete listing of songs used in the original production of Heads Up! , see IBDB song list .

Questions

What is A Ship without a Sail?

"A Ship without a Sail was written for the the show Me Without You , which opened and closed in Detroit in September, 1929. In that foreshortened run, it was sung by Madeline Gibson and Jack Whiting. After the closing, Me Without You was given a new book, some new songs and quite

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