TIME AFTER TIME
Music: Jule Styne- Lytics: Sammy Cahn
Year: 1946
Origin of the song
Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn had met Frank Sinatra when he performed with Tommy Dorsey's orchestra. When he abandoned the band to start his solo career, they wrote some numbers for him. In 1946, they left New York with Sinatra and her family, and headed for Hollywood. There, one night, Jule asked Sinatra if she had heard the new score written by Jerome Kern for a musical about Annie Oakley's (Annie Get Your Gun) life. Since no one knew her, she created a melody that sounded like Kern. Everyone loved it, so Styne later asked Cahn to write lyrics to the melody, which became 'Time After Time'. Sinatra, accompanied by Axel Stordahl's orchestra, recorded it on 24 October 1946 for the Columbia label.
Cahn and Styne wrote the music for It Happened in Brooklyn, produced by Metro-Goldwin-Mayer, directed by Richard Whorf and starring Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Peter Lawford and Jimmy Durante, which premiered in New York on 4 April 1947. The soundtrack included 'Time After Time', sung by Sinatra and Grayson, which undoubtedly contributed to Frankie's recording of the previous year's recording now entering the charts. The film was not released in Spain.
Versions in the top charts
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PERFORMERS |
DATE OF RECORDING |
DAY OF
ENTRANCE |
PERMANENCE WEEKS |
HIGH POSITION REACHED |
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1946.10.24 |
1947.05.17 |
5 |
16 |
Frank Sinatra (voc), Axel Stordahl Orchestra |
Jazz. Outstanding performances
Instrumental
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PERFORMERS |
DATE OF RECORDING |
MUSICIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE RECORDING
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Buddy Morrow Orchestra |
1950.??.?? |
Buddy Morrow (tb, dir), unidentified orchestra |
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1954.09.24 |
J.J. Johnson (tb), Wynton Kelly (p), Charles Mingus (b), Kenny Clarke (d) |
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1957.04.21 |
Hank Mobley (ts), Donald Byrd (tp), John Jenkins (as), Bobby Timmons (p), Wilbur Ware (b), Philly Joe Jones (d) |
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1957.08.02 |
Stan Getz (ts), Lou Levy (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Stan Levey (d) |
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1958.12.26 |
John Coltrane (ts), Red Garland (p), Paul Chambers (b), Arthur Taylor (d) |
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1959.04.09 |
Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Budd Johnston (ts), Roy Eldridge (tp), Jimmy Jones (p), Les Spann (g), Ray Brown (b), Jo Jones (d) |
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Sonny Stitt- Jack McDuff Quintet |
1962.02.16 |
Sonny Stitt (ts), Jack McDuff (org), Eddie Diehl (g), Art Taylor (d), Ray Barretto (cng) |
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1971.03.?? |
Stéphane Grappelli (vn), Marc Hemmeler (p), Eberhard Weber (b), Kenny Clare (d) |
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1984.01.26 |
Miles Davis (tp, sint), Robert Irving (sint), John Scofield (g), Darryl Jones (g), Al Foster (d), Steve Thornton (per) |
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Oscar Peterson Trio |
1984.03.31 |
Oscar Peterson (p), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b), Martin Drew (d) |
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Benny Green Trio |
1991.03.04 |
Benny Green (p), Christian McBride (b), Carl Allen (d) |
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Ray Brown Trio |
1991.08.04 |
Ray Brown (b), Gene Harris (p), Jeff Hamilton (d) |
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Jane Ira Bloom Quartet |
1997.05.29 |
Jane Ira Bloom (ss), Fred Hersch (p), Mark Dresser (b), Bobby Previte (d) |
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David 'Fathead' Newman Quartet |
2003.10.15 |
David 'Fathead' Newman (ts), John Hicks (p), John Menegon (b), Jimmy Cobb (d) |
Vocal
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PERFORMERS |
DATE OF RECORDING |
MUSICIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE RECORDING
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Frank Sinatra |
1946.10.24 |
Frank Sinatra (voc), Don Anderson, Ray Linn, Zeke Zarchy (tp), Dave Hallett, George Jenkins, Jack Schaeffer (tb), Fred Fox (tpa), Heine Beau, Herbert Haymer, Jules Kinsler, Fred Stulce (sax), Mark McIntyre (p), Allan Reuss (g), Philip Stephens (b), Ray Hagan (d), string section, Axel Stordahl (dir) |
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1946.11.19 |
Sarah Vaughan (voc), Teddy Wilson (p), Charlie Ventura (ts), Remo Palmieri (g), Billy Taylor (b) |
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1954.02.15 |
Chet Baker (tp, voc), Russ Freeman (p), Carson Smith (b), Bob Neal (d) |
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1957.07.12 |
Lucy Ann Polk (voc), Bob Hardaway (ts), Dick Noel (tb), Marty Paich (p), Tony Rizzi (g), Buddy Clark (b), Mel Lewis (d) |
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1963.04.?? |
June Christy (voc), Bud Shank (fl), Al Viola (g), Don Bagley (b), Bob Cooper (dir) |
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1966.07.20 |
Ella Fitzgerald (voc), Stu Williamson (tp), Bill Perkins (ts), Jimmy Rowles (p), Al Viola (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Shelly Manne (d), Marty Paich (dir) |
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1979.08.?? |
Ernestine Anderson (voc), Monty Alexander (p), Ray Brown (b), Jeff Hamilton (d) |
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Etta James |
1995.??.?? |
Etta James (voc), Ronnie Buttacavoli (tp, fis), Kraig Kilby (tb), Eddie Harris, Herman Riley (ts), Cedar Walton (p), Josh Sklair (g), John Clayton (b), Paul Humphrey (d), Donto Metto James (per) |
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2005.??.?? |
Ruth Young (voc), Herb Geller (as), Walter Lang (p), Rocky Knauer (b), Wolfgang Lackerschmid (vib) |
On cinemas
The song 'Time After Time' is included in the soundtrack of the following movies:
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ORIGINAL TITLE |
TITLE IN SPAIN |
YEAR OF PRODUCTION |
PERFORMERS OF THE SONG IN THE FILM |
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It Happened in Brooklyn |
No se estrenó en España |
1946 |
Frank Sinatra playing a piano (dubbed by André Previn); Kathryn Grayson |
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Going Home |
Regreso al hogar |
1971 |
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Sweet November |
Noviembre dulce |
2001 |
Keanu Reeves |
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Le héros de la famille |
Secretos cantados |
2006 |
Sarah Vaughan |
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Evening |
El atardecer |
2007 |
Claire Danes, Patrick Wilson, Andy Farber & His Swing Mavens; Steve Ash |
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Julie & Julia |
Julie y Julia |
2009 |
Margaret Whiting |
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The Theory of Everything |
La teoría del todo |
2014 |
Dinah Washington |