After You've Gone (song)

"After You've Gone" is a 1918 popular song composed by Turner Layton, with lyrics written by Henry Creamer. It was recorded by Marion Harris on July 22, 1918 and released on Victor 18509. It is the basis for many other jazz songs, as it can easily be improvised over. It is also the theme song for the BBC sitcom After You've Gone (performed by Jamie Cullum).

Notable recordings

• Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli (1934, 1949)
• Eddie Lang/Joe Venuti
• Judy Garland (1936 / 1961 on Judy at Carnegie Hall)
• Rita Reys (1963)
• Art Tatum (1953)
• Louis Armstrong (1929)
• Coleman Hawkins
• Loudon Wainwright III (The Aviator Soundtrack)
• Fats Waller & Benny Payne (1930)
• Frankie Laine - Mr. Rhythm (1954)
• Ella Fitzgerald - Rhythm Is My Business (1962)
• Frank Sinatra - L.A. Is My Lady (1984)
• Bessie Smith (1928)
• Henry Burr & Albert Campbell (1918)
• Marion Harris (1918)
• Billy Murray & Gladys Rice (1919)
• Bessie Smith (1927)
• Sophie Tucker (1927)
• Paul Whiteman (1930)
• Benny Goodman (1935)
• Lionel Hampton (1937)
• Quintette du Hot Club de France (1937)
• Frankie Laine (1953)
• Cal Tjader (1954)
• Jan Jankeje (2009)
• Johnny Hartman (1959)
• Leslie Uggams (as a medley with "They Go Wild, Simply Wild Over Me")
• Nina Simone (1974)
• Charly Antolini & Dick Morrissey (1989)
• Fiona Apple
• Rufus Wainwright & Lorna Luft - Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall (2007)
• Jamie Cullum (2007)
• Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking and Erzsebet Foldi - from the film "All That Jazz" (1979).
• Bireli Lagrene 2006
• Al Jolson (1946)
• Chet Atkins (1994)
• Sidney Bechet (1943)
• Hugh Laurie/Dr. John (2011)

See also

• List of pre-1920 jazz standards

Johnnie Dodds 1938

External links

• The lyrics of the song on Wikisource
• "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 Elridge Orchestra (1937) at the Internet Archive