After You've Gone (song)

"After You've Gone" is a 1918 popular song composed by Turner Layton with lyrics by Henry Creamer.[1]

"After You've Gone"
Sheet music cover (1918)
Song
Published1918
Composer(s)Turner Layton
Lyricist(s)Henry Creamer

History

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

The song became so popular that the sheet music was later decorated with tiny photographs of the 45 men who made the song 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[8]
1931Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti, Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman
1933Duke Ellington[1]
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]
1943Sidney Bechet
1944Art Tatum
1944Charlie ParkerJazz at the Philharmonic[1]
1949Al Jolson[9]
1953Turk Murphy
1953Frankie Laine[10]
1954Cal Tjader
1957Toshiko AkiyoshiMany Sides of Toshiko
1957Eydie GormeEydie Swings the Blues
1957The Dukes of DixielandThe Phenomenal Dukes of Dixieland - You Have To Hear It To Believe It! Vol. 2[11]
1958Dinah WashingtonDinah Sings Bessie Smith
1959Johnny HartmanAnd I Thought About You[12]
1959Joni JamesJoni Sings Sweet
1959Sonny StittThe Hard Swing[1]
1960Tony BennettAlone Together
1961Judy GarlandJudy at Carnegie Hall
1961Helen ShapiroHelen
1961Louis PrimaReturn of the Wildest
1962Brook BentonThere Goes That Song Again
1962Ella FitzgeraldRhythm Is My Business
1963Rita Reys
1963Alice Babs
1964Peggy LeeIn the Name of Love[13]
1965Bobby DarinBobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile
1973Judith DurhamJudith Durham and The Hottest Band in Town
1974Nina Simone
1975Anita O'DayMy Ship
1978Max BygravesLingaLongaMax
1979Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking, Erzsebet FoldiAll That Jazz
1984Frank SinatraL.A. Is My Lady
1989Charly Antolini & Dick Morrissey
1991Mel Tormé & Cleo LaineNothing Without You
1994Chet Atkins & Suzy BoggussRead My Licks[14]
1995Nicholas PaytonGumbo Nouveau
1996Phil Collinslive at Montreux Jazz Festival
1998Wynton MarsalisStandard Time, Vol. 5: The Midnight Blues
1999 Joscho Stephan Swinging Strings
2003Anthony Braxton23 Standards
2004Anne MurrayI'll Be Seeing You
2004Loudon Wainwright IIIThe Aviator
2004James Gelfand
2006Bireli Lagrene
2007Rufus Wainwright & Lorna LuftRufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall
2007Jamie Cullum
2010Cécile McLorin SalvantCécile
2011Hugh Laurie, Dr. JohnLet Them Talk[15]
2013Jessy CarolinaBioShock Infinite
2014Mackenzie DavisThat Awkward Moment[16]
2016Salvador SobralExcuse Me
2020 Curtis Stigers Gentleman
2020 Victoria Pedretti Amazing Stories
2020 Jane Bordeaux Songs of Others
2021 Patrick Bartley & Emmet Cohen

See also

References
  1. Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
  2. "The Online Discographical Project". The Online Discographical Project. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  3. Brothers, Thomas (2014). Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-393-06582-4.
  4. Furia, Philip; Patterson, Laurie J. (2 December 2015). The American Song Book: The Tin Pan Alley Era. Oxford University Press. pp. 201–. ISBN 978-0-19-049384-4. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 467. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  6. "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  7. "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  8. ""Fats" Waller & Bennie Paine – St. Louis Blues/After You've Gone". Discogs.com. 9 May 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  9. "78 Record: Al Jolson - After You've Gone (1949)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  10. "78 Record: Frankie Laine - After You've Gone (1954)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  11. ""The Phenomenal Dukes of Dixieland - You Have To Hear It To Believe It! Vol. 2"". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  12. "And I Thought About You - Johnny Hartman | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  13. "In the Name of Love". AllMusic. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  14. "Read My Licks". AllMusic. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  15. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Let Them Talk". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  16. "That Awkward Moment (2014) - IMDb". IMDb.com. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
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