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I Like to Lead When I Dance

Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn • 1964

A swinging comic number from the 1964 film Robin and the 7 Hoods, performed by Sinatra with characteristic bravado. The song plays on the battle-of-the-sexes dynamic that Cahn mined so effectively throughout his career — witty, self-deprecating, and impossible not to smile at.

Notable Recordings

  • Frank Sinatra
    1964