Don't Take Your Love from Me

"Don't Take Your Love from Me"
Song
Published	1941
Writer	Henry Nemo
Language	English
Recorded by	Many artists; see #Recorded versions

"Don't Take Your Love from Me" is a popular song written by Henry Nemo and published in 1941.^[1]Mildred Bailey first recorded this song in 1940 before publication.^[2] It was introduced that year by singer Joan Brooks.^[3]

Recorded versions

• Mildred Bailey (1940)
• Lena Horne (1941)
• Harry James (1941)
• Glen Gray (1944)
• Johnnie Ray (1952)
• The Three Suns (1953)
• Doris Day (1956)
• The Four Aces with the Jack Pleis Orchestra (1956)
• Julie London (1956, on her album Lonely Girl)
• Rhonda Fleming (1957)
• Faron Young (1959)
• Ike Quebec on his album Blue & Sentimental (1961)
• Frank Sinatra (1961)
• John Coltrane (released on his Standard Coltrane album in 1962)
• Etta James (1962)
• Joni James (1956 on her album In the Still of the Night)
• Ronnie Dio and the Prophets - Recorded live for the 1963 album Dio at Domino's.
• Gloria Lynne (1964)
• Della Reese - Recorded live for her 1964 album At Basin Street East.
• The Four Aces (1969)
• Frank Rosolino on these albums: Free for all Specialty SP 2161 (1958) - Conversation MPS 20 227/16 (1975)- Thinking about you SK2CD Sackville-5007 (1976)
• Kay Starr - I Cry By Night (1997)
• Keely Smith - The Keely Smith Collection (HMV Jazz Series, 1999)
• Georgia Brown - Georgia Brown (2003)

References

1. "Don't Take Your Love From Me", Catalog of Copyright Entires, U.S. Copyright Office, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 5, Part 3, p. 874.
2. "The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey (Mosaic)".
3. Sheet music for "Don't Take Your Love From Me", published by M. Witmark & Sons with the caption "Introduced and Featured by Joan Brooks" on the cover.