| When Your Lover Has Gone | |
| Published: | 1931 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
"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.
| Year | Artist | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Gene Austin | Recorded February 5, 1931 for Victor Records, catalog No. 22635.[1] Very popular in 1931.[2] | |
| 1931 | Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra | Recorded on April 28, 1931. Label: OKeh – 41498.[3] | |
| 1931 | Ethel Waters | Recorded February 10, 1931 for Columbia Records, catalog 2409D.[4] 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.[5] | |
| 1942 | Maxine Sullivan with Charlie Shavers and His Orchestra | Recorded January 28, 1942 for Decca Records, catalog. No. 18555A.[6] 7" LP, Jazztone (J-737) | |
| 1944 | Eddie Condon All Stars with Lee Wiley | Recorded December 13, 1944 for Decca Records, catalog No. 23393A.[7] Eddie Condon All Stars 1945 | |
| 1944 | Harry James & His Orchestra | Recorded November 24, 1944 for Columbia Records, catalog No. 36773.[8] | |
| 1945 | Irving Fazola's Dixielanders | Keynote recording, New Orleans Express (1955) | |
| 1947 | Wild Bill Davison | Sweet and Hot[9] | |
| 1949 | Doris Day | You're My Thrill | |
| 1952 | George Wallington Trio | Recorded September 4, 1952.[10] | |
| 1953 | Buddy DeFranco | Jazz Tones[11] | |
| 1953 | Roy Eldridge with the Oscar Peterson Trio | Dale's Wail | |
| 1955 | Claire Austin | Claire Austin Sings "When Your Lover Has Gone"[12] | |
| 1955 | Earl Bostic and His Orchestra | Alto-tude[13] | |
| 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).[14] | |
| 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)[15] | |
| 1956 | Art Farmer | 2 Trumpets (with Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean) | |
| 1956 | Herb Jeffries | Say It Isn't So[16] | |
| 1956 | Chico Hamilton Quintet | Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi Fi | |
| 1956 | Morgana King | Morgana King Sings the Blues (1958).[17] | |
| 1956 | Julie London | Lonely Girl | |
| 1956 | 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[18] | |
| 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[19] | |
| 1959 | The Four Freshmen | Love Lost | |
| 1959 | Ray Charles | The Genius of Ray Charles | |
| 1959 | Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Shirley Scott | Bacalao[20] | |
| 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[21] | |
| 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[22] | |
| 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[23] | |
| 1962 | Ella Fitzgerald with Nelson Riddle | Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson | |
| 1963 | Vic Damone | The Liveliest at Basin Street East[24] | |
| 1963 | Kate Smith | Kate Smith at Carnegie Hall[25] | |
| 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 | |
| 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[26] | |
| 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. |