There Goes That Song Again

Written for the 1944 Kay Kyser musical Carolina Blues, this nostalgic number plays on the universal experience of hearing a song that triggers a flood of romantic memories. Kay Kyser and Georgia Carroll’s original recording was a major hit, reaching #2 on the Billboard charts.

The song’s central idea — music as involuntary memory — is one Cahn returned to throughout his career, but rarely stated more simply or effectively than here.