I'm Old Fashioned

"I'm Old Fashioned" is a 1942 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer.

It was written for the film You Were Never Lovelier (1942), where it was introduced by Nan Wynn who dubbed for Rita Hayworth as part of a song and dance routine with Fred Astaire.

[1] The musical director of the film was Leigh Harline and that and the other romantic dance sequences were orchestrated by Conrad Salinger while he was freelancing.

"I'm Old Fashioned", that one was.The first recording was made in 1942 by Astaire with John Scott Trotter and his orchestra (Decca 18490).

On the British TV series Are You Being Served, Mrs. Slocombe hums and sings this song in the episode The Apartment (1979).