Stairway to Paradise

The lyrics make it clear that the "steps" on the stairway are dance steps. ==Other recordings==

• Sarah Vaughan – Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin (1958) • Pat Boone on his 1958 album Yes Indeed! • Frankie Vaughan – Frankie Vaughan at the London Palladium (1959). • Liza Minnelli – There Is a Time (1966) • Joel Grey – Only the Beginning (1967). • Featured on the tribute album The Glory of Gershwin (1994), a compilation of Gershwin tunes produced by "Fifth Beatle" George Martin to honour Larry Adler, a lifelong friend of Gershwin, on his 80th birthday. Issy Van Randwyck performs the song. • Mark Murphy with the Metropole Orchestra - The Dream (1995) • Michael Feinstein – Michael & George: Feinstein Sings Gershwin (1998) • Nancy Sinatra on her 2013 album Shifting Gears. • Michael Ball and Alfie Boe – Together (2016) • Harpers Bizarre – The Secret Life of Harpers Bizarre (1968) ==Popular culture==

• In the 1951 American film musical An American in Paris it was performed by Georges Guétary, where it was entitled "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise". • The song is heard in the 2004 Howard Hughes biopic The Aviator, being sung by Rufus Wainwright, in a scene at the Cocoanut Grove night club set in 1927. ==External links==