# When Your Lover Has Gone

"When Your Lover Has Gone" is a 1931 composition by Einar Aaron Swan which, after being featured in the James Cagney film Blonde Crazy that same year, has become a jazz standard.

## Recordings

| Year | Artist | Album |
| 1931 | Gene Austin | Recorded February 5, 1931 for Victor Records, catalog No. 22635. Very popular in 1931. |
| 1931 | Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra | Recorded on April 28, 1931. Label: OKeh – 41498. |
| 1931 | Ethel Waters | Recorded February 10, 1931 for Columbia Records, catalog 2409D. Ethel Waters' Greatest Years (Columbia, 1972); part of the John Hammond Collection |
| 1931 | Benny Goodman & His Orchestra | Recorded February 5, 1931 for Melotone Records, catalog No.12120. |
| 1942 | Maxine Sullivan with Charlie Shavers and His Orchestra | Recorded January 28, 1942 for Decca Records, catalog. No. 18555A. 7" LP, Jazztone (J-737) |
| 1944 | Eddie Condon All Stars with Lee Wiley | Recorded December 13, 1944 for Decca Records, catalog No. 23393A. Eddie Condon All Stars 1945 |
| 1944 | Harry James & His Orchestra | Recorded November 24, 1944 for Columbia Records, catalog No. 36773. |
| 1945 | Irving Fazola's Dixielanders | Keynote recording, New Orleans Express (1955) |
| 1947 | Wild Bill Davison | Sweet and Hot |
| 1949 | Doris Day | You're My Thrill |
| 1952 | George Wallington Trio | Recorded September 4, 1952. |
| 1953 | Buddy DeFranco | Jazz Tones |
| 1953 | Roy Eldridge with the Oscar Peterson Trio | Dale's Wail |
| 1955 | Claire Austin | Claire Austin Sings "When Your Lover Has Gone" |
| 1955 | Earl Bostic and His Orchestra | Alto-tude |
| 1955 | Don Elliott and Rusty Dedrick | Counterpoint for Six Valves (a.k.a. Double Trumpet Doings) |
| 1955 | Urbie Green | The Lyrical Language of Urbie Green (1978). |
| 1955 | Johnny Hartman | Songs from the Heart |
| 1955 | Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | Velvet Mood |
| 1955 | Frank Sinatra | In the Wee Small Hours |
| 1955 | Art Tatum (piano solo) | The Incomparable Art Tatum (piano solo) |
| 1956 | Art Farmer | 2 Trumpets (with Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean) |
| 1956 | Herb Jeffries | Say It Isn't So |
| 1956 | Chico Hamilton Quintet | Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi Fi |
| 1956 | Morgana King | Morgana King Sings the Blues (1958). |
| 1956 | Julie London | Lonely Girl |
| 1956 | Sonny Rollins | Tenor Madness |
| 1957 | Louis Armstrong | I've Got the World on a String |
| 1957 | Nat King Cole | Just One of Those Things |
| 1957 | Jazz Giants '58: Harry Edison, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Louis Bellson and the O. Peterson Trio | Jazz Giants '58 (Verve) |
| 1957 | Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker | Reunion with Chet Baker |
| 1957 | Keely Smith | I Wish You Love |
| 1957 | Julie Wilson | My Old Flame |
| 1958 | Billie Holiday | Broadcast Performances, Vol. 3: 1956-1958 (also rel. on DVD); May 29 and July 17 on TV at Art Ford's Jazz Party |
| 1958 | Billie Holiday with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra | Sept. 29, live at the Persian Room, Plaza Hotel, New York City |
| 1958 | Billie Holiday | At Monterey / 1958 (1986) Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Oct. 5 |
| 1958 | Sue Raney | When Your Lover Has Gone |
| 1959 | The Four Freshmen | Love Lost |
| 1959 | Ray Charles | The Genius of Ray Charles |
| 1959 | Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Shirley Scott | Bacalao |
| 1959 | Herb Ellis with Jimmy Giuffre | Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre |
| 1959 | Red Garland Trio with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis | Moodsville Volume 1 |
| 1959 | Lee Konitz with Jimmy Giuffre | Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre |
| 1959 | Carmen McRae | When You're Away |
| 1959 | Ben Webster with the Oscar Peterson Trio | Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson |
| 1959 | Mary Osborne | A Girl and Her Guitar |
| 1959 | Andy Williams | Lonely Street |
| 1960 | Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers | A Night in Tunisia (first release on reissue in 1989) |
| 1960 | Ricky Nelson | More Songs by Ricky |
| 1960 | Jimmy Forrest | Forrest Fire |
| 1960 | Red Garland | Red Alone |
| 1960 | Anthony Newley | Love Is a Now and Then Thing |
| 1961 | Sarah Vaughan | The Divine One |
| 1961 | Stan Kenton | The Romantic Approach |
| 1961 | Dinah Washington with Quincy Jones and His Orchestra | I Wanna Be Loved |
| 1962 | Ella Fitzgerald with Nelson Riddle | Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson |
| 1963 | Vic Damone | The Liveliest at Basin Street East |
| 1963 | Kate Smith | Kate Smith at Carnegie Hall |
| 1964 | Marvin Gaye | When I'm Alone I Cry |
| 1964 | Brenda Lee | ..."Let Me Sing" |
| 1965 | Chet Baker | Baker's Holiday (Chet Baker Sings and Plays Billie Holiday) |
| 1968 | Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band | All Smiles (a.k.a. Let's Face the Music) |
| 1975 | Ella Fitzgerald with Oscar Peterson | Ella and Oscar |
| 1975 | Joe Pass | Virtuoso in New York (2004) |
| 1978 | Diahann Carroll with the Duke Ellington Orchestra under the direction of Mercer Ellington | A Tribute to Ethel Waters |
| 1978 | Sarah Vaughan | How Long Has This Been Going On? |
| 1979 | Art Van Damme Quintet | Blue World |
| 1981 | Sarah Vaughan and the Count Basie Orchestra | Send in the Clowns |
| 1984 | Linda Ronstadt with Nelson Riddle | Lush Life |
| 1989 | Ella Fitzgerald | All That Jazz; Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female 1991 |
| 1989 | Mina | Uiallalla |
| 1990 | Carly Simon | My Romance |
| 1991 | Melora Hardin | The Rocketeer (film) soundtrack |
| 1991 | Dorothy Loudon | Saloon |
| 1992 | Joe Pass | Meditation (2002) |
| 1997 | Carmen Lundy | Old Devil Moon |
| 1997 | Johnny Holiday | Johnny Holiday Sings |
| 2000 | June Christy with the Johnny Guarnieri Quintet | A Friendly Session, Vol. 3 |
| 2001 | Stacey Kent | Dreamsville |
| 2002 | Derek Bailey | Ballads |
| 2004 | Kevin Spacey with John Wilson & The Orchestra | Beyond the Sea O.S.T. |