Time After Time (1947 song)
"Time After Time" is a jazz standard about nostalgia with lyrics written by Sammy Cahn and music by Jule Styne in 1946.
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 in the 1947 film It Happened in Brooklyn. The pianist providing the music offstage was André Previn. Sinatra recorded it again in 1957 with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.Other versions
- Chet Baker, Chet Baker Sings, 1954
- Stan Getz, , 1957
- Frank Sinatra, This Is Sinatra Volume 2, 1957
- John Coltrane, Stardust, 1958
- Ricky Nelson "More Songs By Ricky", 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
- Nancy Wilson, Gentle Is My Love, 1965
- Chris Montez, Time After Time, 1966
- Dusty Springfield, Where Am I Going?, 1967
- Matt Monro, The Late, Late Show, 1968
- Freddie Hubbard with Ricky Ford and Kenny Barron, The Rose Tattoo, 1983
- Brent Spiner, Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back, 1991
- Ian Shaw, The Echo of a Song, 1996
- Rod Stewart, The Great American Songbook, 2003
- She & Him, Classics, 2014
