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 Album1931Gene Austin Recorded February 5, 1931, for Victor Records, catalog No. 22635. Very popular in 1931.1931Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra Recorded on April 28, 1931. Label: OKeh – 41498. 1931Ethel Waters Recorded February 10, 1931, for Columbia Records, catalog 2409D. Ethel Waters' Greatest Years (Columbia, 1972); part of the John Hammond Collection1931Benny Goodman & His Orchestra Recorded February 5, 1931, for Melotone Records, catalog No.12120.1942Maxine Sullivan with Charlie Shavers and His Orchestra Recorded January 28, 1942, for Decca Records, catalog. No. 18555A. 7-inch LP, Jazztone (J-737)1944Eddie Condon All Stars with Lee Wiley Recorded December 13, 1944, for Decca Records, catalog No. 23393A. Eddie Condon All Stars 19451944Harry James & His Orchestra Recorded November 24, 1944, for Columbia Records, catalog No. 36773.1945Irving Fazola's DixielandersKeynote recording, New Orleans Express (1955)1947Wild Bill DavisonSweet and Hot1949Doris DayYou're My Thrill1952George Wallington TrioRecorded September 4, 1952.1953Buddy DeFrancoJazz Tones1953Roy Eldridge with the Oscar Peterson TrioDale's Wail1955Claire AustinClaire Austin Sings "When Your Lover Has Gone"1955Earl Bostic and His OrchestraAlto-tude1955Don Elliott and Rusty DedrickCounterpoint for Six Valves (a.k.a. Double Trumpet Doings)1955Urbie GreenThe Lyrical Language of Urbie Green (1978).1955Johnny HartmanSongs from the Heart1955Billie Holiday and Her OrchestraVelvet Mood1955Frank SinatraIn the Wee Small Hours1955Art Tatum (piano solo)The Incomparable Art Tatum (piano solo)1956Art Farmer2 Trumpets (with Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean)1956Herb JeffriesSay It Isn't So1956Chico Hamilton QuintetChico Hamilton Quintet in Hi Fi1956Morgana KingMorgana King Sings the Blues (1958).1956Julie LondonLonely Girl1956Sonny Rollins Tenor Madness 1957Louis ArmstrongI've Got the World on a String1957Nat King Cole Just One of Those Things1957Jazz Giants '58: Harry Edison, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Louis Bellson and the O. Peterson Trio Jazz Giants '58 (Verve)1957Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet BakerReunion with Chet Baker1957Keely SmithI Wish You Love1957Julie WilsonMy Old Flame1958Billie HolidayBroadcast Performances, Vol. 3: 1956-1958 (also rel. on DVD); May 29 and July 17 on TV at Art Ford's Jazz Party1958Billie Holiday with Duke Ellington and His OrchestraSept. 29, live at the Persian Room, Plaza Hotel, New York City1958Billie HolidayAt Monterey / 1958 (1986) Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Oct. 51958Sue RaneyWhen Your Lover Has Gone1959The Four FreshmenLove Lost1959Ray CharlesThe Genius of Ray Charles1959Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Shirley ScottBacalao1959Herb Ellis with Jimmy GiuffreHerb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre1959Red Garland Trio with Eddie "Lockjaw" DavisMoodsville Volume 11959Lee Konitz with Jimmy GiuffreLee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre1959Carmen McRaeWhen You're Away1959Ben Webster with the Oscar Peterson TrioBen Webster Meets Oscar Peterson1959Mary OsborneA Girl and Her Guitar1959Andy WilliamsLonely Street1960Art Blakey and the Jazz MessengersA Night in Tunisia (first release on reissue in 1989)1960Ricky NelsonMore Songs by Ricky1960Jimmy ForrestForrest Fire1960Red GarlandRed Alone1960Anthony NewleyLove Is a Now and Then Thing1961Sarah VaughanThe Divine One1961Stan KentonThe Romantic Approach1961Dinah Washington with Quincy Jones and His OrchestraI Wanna Be Loved1962Ella Fitzgerald with Nelson RiddleElla Swings Brightly with Nelson1963Vic DamoneThe Liveliest at the Basin Street East1963Kate SmithKate Smith at Carnegie Hall1964Marvin GayeWhen I'm Alone I Cry1964Brenda Lee..."Let Me Sing"1965Chet BakerBaker's Holiday (Chet Baker Sings and Plays Billie Holiday)1968Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big BandAll Smiles (a.k.a. Let's Face the Music)1975Ella Fitzgerald with Oscar PetersonElla and Oscar1975Joe PassVirtuoso in New York (2004)1978Diahann Carroll with the Duke Ellington Orchestraunder the direction of Mercer EllingtonA Tribute to Ethel Waters1978Sarah VaughanHow Long Has This Been Going On?1979Art Van Damme QuintetBlue World1981Sarah Vaughan and the Count Basie OrchestraSend in the Clowns1984Linda Ronstadt with Nelson RiddleLush Life1989Ella FitzgeraldAll That Jazz;Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female 19911989MinaUiallalla1990Carly SimonMy Romance1991Melora HardinThe Rocketeer (film) soundtrack1991Dorothy LoudonSaloon1992Joe PassMeditation (2002)1997Carmen LundyOld Devil Moon1997Johnny HolidayJohnny Holiday Sings2000June Christy with the Johnny Guarnieri QuintetA Friendly Session, Vol. 3 2001Stacey KentDreamsville2002Derek BaileyBallads2004Kevin Spacey with John Wilson & The Orchestra Beyond the Sea O.S.T.

See also List of 1930s jazz standards

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