After You've Gone (song)
| "After You've Gone" | |
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 The 1918 sheet music cover | |
| Song by Marion Harris (July 22, 1918) | |
| Published | 1918 |
| Composer | Turner Layton |
| Lyricist | Henry Creamer |
| Language | English |
| Recorded by |
Louis Armstrong (1929) Ella Fitzgerald (1962) Frank Sinatra (1984) Bessie Smith (1928) Henry Burr & Albert Campbell (1918) Marion Harris (1919) Billy Murray & Gladys Rice (1919) Bessie Smith (1927) Sophie Tucker (1927) Paul Whiteman (1930) Benny Goodman (1935) Lionel Hampton (1937) Quintette du Hot Club de France (1937) Many other artists |
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"After You've Gone" is a 1918 popular song composed by Turner Layton, with lyrics written by Henry Creamer. It was recorded by Marion Harris on July 22, 1918 and released on Victor 18509. It is the basis for many other jazz songs, as it can easily be improvised over.
Notable recordings
- Marion Harris (1918)
- Henry Burr & Albert Campbell (1918)
- Billy Murray
- Sophie Tucker (1927)
- Bessie Smith (1927)
- Ruth Etting (1927)
- Bessie Smith (1928)
- Louis Armstrong (1929)
- Bing Crosby with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (1929)
- Fats Waller
- Eddie Lang-Joe Venuti
- Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli (1936, 1949)
- Benny Goodman (1935)
- Coleman Hawkins (1935)
- Judy Garland (1936, 1942, 1961 on Judy at Carnegie Hall)
- Lionel Hampton (1937)
- Quintette du Hot Club de France (1937)
- Sidney Bechet (1943)
- Al Jolson (1946)
- Art Tatum (1953)
- Turk Murphy (1953)
- Frankie Laine (1953)
- Frankie Laine
- Cal Tjader (1954)
- Eydie Gorme (1957)
- Dinah Washington (1958)
- Johnny Hartman (1959)
- Ella Fitzgerald – Rhythm Is My Business (1962)
- Leslie Uggams
- Rita Reys (1963)
- Alice Babs (1963)
- Bobby Darin (1967)
- Nina Simone (1974)
- Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking and Erzsebet Foldi – All That Jazz Soundtrack (1979)
- Frank Sinatra – L.A. Is My Lady (1984)
- Jeremy Taylor, Simon Rattle, London Sinfonietta
- Charly Antolini & Dick Morrissey (1989)
- Mel Tormé & Cleo Laine - Nothing Without You (1991)
- Chet Atkins & Suzy Bogguss (1994)
- Phil Collins live at Montreux Jazz Festival (1996)
- Loudon Wainwright III – The Aviator Soundtrack (2004)
- James Gelfand – Jack Paradise (Les nuits de Montréal) Soundtrack (2004)
- Bireli Lagrene (2006)
- Rufus Wainwright & Lorna Luft – Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall (2007)
- Jamie Cullum (2007)
- Cécile McLorin Salvant & the Jean-Françoise Bonnel Paris Quintet – Cécile (2010)
- Hugh Laurie / Dr. John (2011)
- Fiona Apple
In Popular Culture
- The song was featured in the 1934 movie Sadie McKee starring Joan Crawford performed by a band during a club scene.
- Judy Garland performed the song in the 1942 movie For Me and My Gal.
- The song features in the background to the main menu of the 2013 video game BioShock Infinite performed by Jessy Carolina.
- The song is the theme for the BBC sitcom After You've Gone performed by Jamie Cullum.
- The song was performed in a murder mystery scene in one of Syfy tv's original series Warehouse 13 episodes (S4E13).
See also
External links
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Wikisource has original text related to this article: |
- "After You've Gone by Marion Harris, the original 1918 version at the Internet Archive
- "After You've Gone" by Jelly Roll Morton at the Internet Archive
- "After You've Gone" by Roy Eldridge Orchestra (1937) at the Internet Archive
- free-scores.com
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