Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
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"Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" is a popular song.
The music was written by Sam H. Stept, the lyrics by Sidney Clare. The song was published in 1930. A diverse group of performers have recorded this song over the years, including The Mills Brothers, Willie Nelson, Frank Sinatra, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ann-Margret, Bob Wills, Piano Red, Billie Holiday, and Bill Haley & His Comets, Ann-Margret, a duet between Harry Connick, Jr. and Carmen McRae, Leon Redbone, and as recently as 2007 by Manteca Beat. In August 2007, a recording of the song with Dean Martin and Robbie Williams was released. Jamie Cullum also performed the song on the last Michael Parkinson chat show in December 2007.
This song is also featured on Ella Fitzgerald's 1979 performance with Count Basie & His Orchestra, A Perfect Match.
The song is also sung by the character Michigan J. Frog in the Warner Bros. animated short One Froggy Evening (1955).
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