"After You've Gone" is a 1918 popular song and jazz standard composed by Turner Layton with lyrics by Henry Creamer.
History It was recorded by Marion Harris on July 22, 1918, and released by Victor Records.
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.
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.
Notable recordings Year Performer Work Source 1918 Marion Harris 1918 Henry Burr and Albert Campbell Billy Murray and Gladys Rice 1927 Sophie Tucker 1927 Bessie Smith 1927 Ruth Etting 1929 Louis Armstrong 1929Miff Mole And His Little MolersOKeh 41445 (78); recorded 1929-09-24 1929, 1946 Bing Crosby with Paul Whiteman 1930 Red Nichols with Jack Teagarden 1930 Fats Waller with Benny Payne 1931 Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti, Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman 1933 Duke Ellington 1934 Gene Austin, Candy Candido, Otto Heimel Sadie McKee 1935 Benny Goodman Make Mine Music 1935 Coleman Hawkins 1936, 1949 Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli 1937 Roy Eldridge 1937 Lionel Hampton 1937 Quintette du Hot Club de France 1941 Gene Krupa with Roy Eldridge 1942Judy GarlandFor Me and My Gal 1943 Sidney Bechet 1944 Art Tatum 1944 Charlie Parker Jazz at the Philharmonic 1949 Al Jolson 1953 Turk Murphy 1953 Frankie Laine 1954 Cal Tjader 1955Judy GarlandMiss Show Business 1957 Toshiko Akiyoshi The Many Sides of Toshiko 1957 Eydie Gorme Eydie Swings the Blues 1957 The Dukes of Dixieland The Phenomenal Dukes of Dixieland - You Have To Hear It To Believe It! Vol. 2 1958 Dinah Washington Dinah Sings Bessie Smith 1959 Johnny Hartman And I Thought About You 1959 Joni James Joni Sings Sweet 1959 Sonny Stitt The Hard Swing 1960 Tony Bennett Alone Together 1961 Judy Garland Judy at Carnegie Hall 1961 Helen Shapiro Helen 1961 Louis Prima Return of the Wildest 1962 Brook Benton There Goes That Song Again 1962 Ella Fitzgerald Rhythm Is My Business 1963 Alice Babs 1963 Shirley Horn Shirley Horn with Horns 1963 Rita Reys Jazz Sir, That's Our Baby 1964 Peggy Lee In the Name of Love 1965 Bobby Darin Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile 1973 Judith Durham Judith Durham and The Hottest Band in Town 1974 Nina Simone 1975 Anita O'Day My Ship 1978 Max Bygraves LingaLongaMax 1979 Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking, Erzsebet Foldi All That Jazz 1984 Frank Sinatra L.A. Is My Lady 1989 Charly Antolini & Dick Morrissey Cookin' 1991 Mel Tormé & Cleo Laine Nothing Without You 1994 Chet Atkins & Suzy Bogguss Read My Licks 1995 Nicholas Payton Gumbo Nouveau 1996 Phil Collins live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1998 Wynton Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 5: The Midnight Blues 1999 Joscho Stephan Swinging Strings 2003 Anthony Braxton 23 Standards 2004 Anne Murray I'll Be Seeing You 2004 Loudon Wainwright III The Aviator 2004 James Gelfand 2006 Bireli Lagrene 2007 Rufus Wainwright & Lorna Luft Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall 2007 Jamie Cullum 2010 Cécile McLorin Salvant Cécile & the Jean-François Bonnel Paris Quintet 2011 Hugh Laurie, Dr. John Let Them Talk 2013 Jessy Carolina BioShock Infinite 2014 Mackenzie Davis That Awkward Moment 2016 Salvador Sobral Excuse Me 2020Curtis Stigers Gentleman 2020Victoria PedrettiAmazing Stories2020Jane BordeauxSongs of Others2020The Oxcentrics2021Patrick Bartley & Emmet Cohen
See also List of pre-1920 jazz standards
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"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 "After You've Gone" Chord melody arrangement for guitar free-scores.com