After You've Gone (song)

"After You've Gone"
Sheet music cover (1918)
Song
Published1918
ComposerTurner Layton
LyricistHenry Creamer
Audio sample
Recording of After You've Gone, performed by Marion Harris (1918)
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Instrumental performance by musicians from the U.S. Coast Guard Band
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"After You've Gone" is a 1918 popular song and jazz standard composed by Turner Layton with lyrics by Henry Creamer.[1]

History

It was recorded by Marion Harris on July 22, 1918, and released by Victor Records.[2]

After the song became popular, the sheet music was decorated with tiny photographs of forty-five men who had helped to make it famous, including Paul Whiteman, Rudy Vallée, B.A. Rolfe, Guy Lombardo, and Louis Armstrong.[3]

Composition

The chorus adheres to a standard ABAC pattern but is only 20 measures long. There are four 4-bar phrases, followed by a 4-measure tag. The song is harmonically active, with chord changes in almost every measure. The opening four notes to the chorus are identical to the opening notes of "Peg o' My Heart" (1912) — at the time songwriters often borrowed the first few notes of a hit melody.[4]

Notable recordings

YearPerformerWorkSource
1918Marion Harris[1]
1918Henry Burr and Albert Campbell[5]
Billy Murray and Gladys Rice[5]
1927Sophie Tucker[5]
1927Bessie Smith[5][1]
1927Ruth Etting
1929Louis Armstrong[1]
1929 Miff Mole And His Little Molers OKeh 41445 (78); recorded 1929-09-24
1929, 1946Bing Crosby with Paul Whiteman[6][7]
1930Red Nichols with Jack Teagarden
1930Fats Waller with Benny Payne
1931Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti, Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman
1933Duke Ellington[1]
1934Gene Austin, Candy Candido, Otto HeimelSadie McKee
1935Benny GoodmanMake Mine Music[5][1]
1935Coleman Hawkins
1936, 1949Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli
1937Roy Eldridge[1]
1937Lionel Hampton[5]
1937Quintette du Hot Club de France[5]
1941Gene Krupa with Roy Eldridge[1]
1942 Judy Garland For Me and My Gal
1943Sidney Bechet
1944Art Tatum
1944Charlie ParkerJazz at the Philharmonic[1]
1949Al Jolson[8]
1953Turk Murphy
1953Frankie Laine[9]
1954Cal Tjader
1955 Judy Garland Miss Show Business
1957Toshiko AkiyoshiThe Many Sides of Toshiko[10]
1957Eydie GormeEydie Swings the Blues
1957The Dukes of DixielandThe Phenomenal Dukes of Dixieland - You Have To Hear It To Believe It! Vol. 2
1958Dinah WashingtonDinah Sings Bessie Smith[11]
1959Johnny HartmanAnd I Thought About You[12]
1959Joni JamesJoni Sings Sweet
1959Sonny StittThe Hard Swing[1]
1960Tony BennettAlone Together
1961Judy GarlandJudy at Carnegie Hall[13]
1961Helen ShapiroHelen
1961Louis PrimaReturn of the Wildest
1962Brook BentonThere Goes That Song Again
1962Ella FitzgeraldRhythm Is My Business[14]
1963Alice Babs
1963Shirley HornShirley Horn with Horns[15]
1963Rita ReysJazz Sir, That's Our Baby[16]
1964Peggy LeeIn the Name of Love[17]
1965Bobby DarinBobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile[18]
1973Judith DurhamJudith Durham and The Hottest Band in Town[19]
1974Nina Simone
1975Anita O'DayMy Ship[20]
1978Max BygravesLingaLongaMax
1979Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking, Erzsebet FoldiAll That Jazz
1984Frank SinatraL.A. Is My Lady[21]
1989Charly Antolini & Dick MorrisseyCookin'
1991Mel Tormé & Cleo LaineNothing Without You[22]
1994Chet Atkins & Suzy BoggussRead My Licks[23]
1995Nicholas PaytonGumbo Nouveau[24]
1996Phil Collinslive at Montreux Jazz Festival
1998Wynton MarsalisStandard Time, Vol. 5: The Midnight Blues[25]
1999Joscho StephanSwinging Strings
2003Anthony Braxton23 Standards
2004Anne MurrayI'll Be Seeing You[26]
2004Loudon Wainwright IIIThe Aviator
2004James Gelfand
2006Bireli Lagrene
2007Rufus Wainwright & Lorna LuftRufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall
2007Jamie Cullum
2010Cécile McLorin SalvantCécile & the Jean-François Bonnel Paris Quintet[27]
2011Hugh Laurie, Dr. JohnLet Them Talk[28]
2013Jessy CarolinaBioShock Infinite
2014Mackenzie DavisThat Awkward Moment[29]
2016Salvador SobralExcuse Me
2020 Curtis StigersGentleman[30]
2020 Victoria Pedretti Amazing Stories
2020 Jane Bordeaux Songs of Others
2020 The Oxcentrics [31]
2021 Patrick Bartley & Emmet Cohen

See also

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Gioia 2012, p. 3.
  2. ↑ "The Online Discographical Project". The Online Discographical Project. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  3. ↑ Brothers 2014, p. 366.
  4. ↑ Furia & Patterson 2015, p. 201.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Whitburn 1986, p. 467.
  6. ↑ "A Bing Crosby Discography - part 1a (Commercial Recordings - Pre Decca)". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. 2024-10-18. Archived from the original on 2024-08-13. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
  7. ↑ "A Bing Crosby Discography - part 1b (Commercial Recordings - The Decca Years)". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. 2024-10-18. Archived from the original on 2024-12-25. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
  8. ↑ "78 Record: Al Jolson - After You've Gone (1949)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  9. ↑ "78 Record: Frankie Laine - After You've Gone (1954)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  10. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
  11. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  12. ↑ "And I Thought About You - Johnny Hartman | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  13. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  14. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  15. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  16. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  17. ↑ "In the Name of Love". AllMusic. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  18. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  19. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  20. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  21. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  22. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  23. ↑ "Read My Licks". AllMusic. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  24. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  25. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  26. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
  27. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
  28. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Let Them Talk". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  29. ↑ "That Awkward Moment (2014)". IMDb. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  30. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  31. ↑ Wallace, Simon (24 December 2020). "The Oxcentrics 'After You've Gone'". YouTube. Retrieved 13 November 2024.

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