Description:
The Gang That Sang "Heart of My Heart" (sheet music)
easy accordion solo (with lyrics)
arranged by Pietro Detro, Jr.
lyrics & music by Ben Ryan
Robbins Music Corp
copyright 1926, 1945, 1954
#: SH 3863-2
AAA Notation
9 x 12 inches, 3 pages
"The Gang That Sang Heart of My Heart" is a popular song. The music and lyrics were written by Ben Ryan (1892–1968) in 1926. It reminisces about being in a youthful quartet, singing "Heart of My Heart".
The quoted line, "Heart of My Heart", so longed for in the 1926 song, begins the chorus of "The Story of the Rose", written by Andrew Mack (1863–1931) in 1899. Mack was a popular American actor, singer and comedian who reportedly first sang this song in an 1899 show at the Academy of Music in New York City. The show was The Last of the Rohans, written and produced by Mack.
"The Story of the Rose" is a standard among barbershop quartets the world over. It is one of the most popular songs sung on Valentine's Day, when quartets deliver Singing Valentines to…
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