-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 18 in 1957
-previously charted in 1947 by vaughn monroe (#1)
-previously charted in 1948 by buddy clark (#5); bing crosby (#10); and jimmy
-dorsey (also #10)
-words and music by bob russell and carl sigman

Dance, ballerina, dance
And do your pirouette in rhythm with your achin' heart
Dance, ballerina, dance
You mustn't once forget a dancer has to dance the part

Whirl, ballerina, whirl
And just ignore the chair that's empty in the second row
This is your moment, girl
Although he's not out there applauding as you steal the show

Once you said his love must wait it's turn
You wanted fame instead
I guess that's your concern
We live and learn

And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on with your career, you can't afford a backward glance
Dance on and on and on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As 'round and 'round you go
So ballerina, dance
Dance, dance!

<instrumental interlude>
Whirl ballerina
<instrumental interlude>

Once you said his love must wait it's turn
You wanted fame instead
I guess that's your concern
We live and learn

And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on with your career, you can't afford a backward glance
Dance on and on and on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As 'round and 'round you go
So ballerina, dance

Dance

• A Beautiful Friendship
• A Blossom Fell
• A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet
• A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
• A Thousand Thoughts of You
• All for You
• Almost Like Being in Love
• An Affair to Remember
• Answer Me My Love
• Autumn Leaves
• Avalon
• Azure-te
• Baby Baby, All The Time
• Ballad of Cat Ballou
• Ballerina
• Because You're Mine
• Boulevard of Broken Dreams
• But Beautiful
• Calypso Blues
• Chant of The Blues
• Come to Baby, Do
• Dance, Ballerina, Dance
• Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
• Dear Lonely Hearts
• Dinner for One Please, James
• Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me
• Don't Blame Me
• Don't Get Around Much Anymore
• Faith Can Move Mountains
• For All We Know
• For Sentimental Reasons
• Forgive My Heart
• Funny
• Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You?
• He Who Hesitates
• I Don't Want to See Tomorrow
• I Just Can't See for Lookin'
• I Keep Goin' Back to Joe's
• I Love Paris
• I Remember You
• I Should Care
• I Was a Little Too Lonely
• I'm a Shy Guy
• I'm Gonna Laugh You Out of My Life
• I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself a Letter
• If I Give My Heart to You
• If I May
• If Love Ain't There
• If You Can't Smile & Say Yes
• Impossible
• In Other Words
• Is It Better to Have Loved & Lost
• It Happens to Be Me
• It's Only a Paper Moon
• Just You, Just Me
• L-o-v-e
• Laughing on The Outside
• Let There Be Love
• Let's Fall in Love
• Looking Back
• Lost April
• Love Letters
• Lush Life
• Magnificent Obsession
• Meet Me at No Special Place
• Miss Otis Regrets
• Mona Lisa
• More
• My Baby Just Cares for Me
• My Personal Possession
• Nature Boy
• Night Lights
• No, I Don't Want Her
• Non Dimenticar
• On The Street Where You Live
• Once in a While
• Orange Colored Sky
• Our Love is Here to Stay
• Pick Yourself Up
• Poinciana
• Pretend
• Ramblin' Rose
• Red Sails in The Sunset
• Road to Nowhere
• Route 66
• Say It Isn't So
• Smile
• Someone to Tell It To
• Sometimes I'm Happy
• Somewhere Along The Way
• Stardust
• Stay as Sweet as You Are
• Straighten up & Fly Right
• Sweet Lorraine
• Take a Fool's Advice
• Tenderly
• That Sunday That Summer
• That's All
• That's All There Is
• That's All There is to That
• The Christmas Song
• The Frim Fram Sauce
• The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot
• The More I See You
• The Party's Over
• The Rules of The Road
• The Sand & The Sea
• The Very Thought of You
• There Goes My Heart
• There Will Never Be Another You
• There's a Lull in My Life
• These Foolish Things
• This Can't Be Love
• Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer
• Thou Swell
• To Whom It May Concern
• Too Young
• Unforgettable
• Walkin' My Baby Back Home
• Wee Baby Blues
• What'll I Do
• When I Fall in Love
• Where Can I Go Without You?
• Where Did Everyone Go?
• Who's Next in Line?
• Wild is Love
• With You on My Mind
• You Call It Madness