# After You've Gone (song)

"After You've Gone" is a 1918 popular song 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.
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.

## 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 | | |
| 1929 | Miff Mole And His Little Molers | OKeh 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 | | |
| 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 | | |
| 1942 | Judy Garland | For 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 | | |
| 1957 | Toshiko Akiyoshi | 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 | | |
| 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 | | |
| 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 | |
| 2011 | Hugh Laurie, Dr. John | Let Them Talk | |
| 2013 | Jessy Carolina | BioShock Infinite | |
| 2014 | Mackenzie Davis | That Awkward Moment | |
| 2016 | Salvador Sobral | Excuse Me | |
| 2020 | Curtis Stigers | Gentleman | |
| 2020 | Victoria Pedretti | Amazing Stories | |
| 2020 | Jane Bordeaux | Songs of Others | |
| 2020 | The Oxcentrics | | |
| 2021 | Patrick Bartley & Emmet Cohen | | |