When I Grow Too Old to Dream

"When I Grow Too Old to Dream"
Single by Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, vocal Kenny Sargent
B-sideThe Night is Young
PublishedNovember 24, 1934 (1934-11-24) by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer corp., New York
ReleasedFebruary 1935 (1935-02)
RecordedJanuary 9, 1935 (1935-01-09)
StudioDecca Recording Studio, 799 Seventh Avenue, top floor, New York
GenrePop standard, Popular Music
Length3:15
LabelDecca 349
Composer(s)Sigmund Romberg
Lyricist(s)Oscar Hammerstein II

"When I Grow Too Old to Dream" is a popular song with music by Sigmund Romberg and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, published in 1934.

The song was introduced by Evelyn Laye and Ramon Novarro in the film The Night Is Young (1935). It has since become a pop standard, recorded by many artists, notably Nat King Cole, The Everly Brothers Gracie Fields, and John Pizzarelli