"Time After Time" is a romantic jazz standard with lyrics written by Sammy Cahn and music by Jule Styne in 1946.
First recordings The first recording was on November 19, 1946 for Musicraft by Sarah Vaughan with the Teddy Wilson Quartet: Wilson on piano, Charlie Ventura on tenor saxophone, Remo Palmieri on guitar, and Billy Taylor on double bass.
The song was written for Frank Sinatra to introduce in the 1947 MGM film It Happened in Brooklyn. The pianist providing the offscreen accompaniment was André Previn to an arrangement of Axel Stordahl. Later in the film, the song was reprised in full by Kathryn Grayson.
Margaret Whiting released her version in March 1947 as the B-side to her single "Spring Isn't Everything". The song was later included on her 1966 compilation album, The Wheel of Hurt. It was featured in the film Julie & Julia, which gave it a small resurgence of fame.
Sinatra recorded it again in 1957 with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. After it emerged as a jazz standard thanks to saxophonists like Getz and Coltrane, 1959 was a banner year for its popularity, being covered by many pop and jazz vocalists.
Other versions Chet Baker, Chet Baker Sings, 1954 Anita O'Day, This Is Anita (1955) Stan Getz, Award Winner, 1957 Frank Sinatra, This Is Sinatra Volume 2, 1957 John Coltrane, Stardust, 1958 Connie Francis, The Exciting Connie Francis 1959 Paul Desmond with Jim Hall, First Place Again, 1959 Dinah Washington, What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!, 1959 Joe Morello with Phil Woods and Gary Burton, It's About Time, 1961 The Isley Brothers, Twist & Shout, 1962 Nancy Wilson, Gentle Is My Love, 1965 Ella Fitzgerald, Whisper Not, 1966 Chris Montez, Time After Time, 1966 (No. 17 CAN, No. 36 US) Dusty Springfield, Where Am I Going?(1998 CD release, but not on the original album in 1967), 1967 (she also sang it live on her BBC-TV show the same year) Carly Simon, My Romance, 1990 Jacky Terrasson, self-titled album, 1994. Etta James, Time After Time (Etta James album), 1995. She & Him, Classics, 2014 Fujii Kaze, Help Ever Hurt Cover, 2020
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