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Language
English
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T-070.097.652-8 ASCAP, GEMA, ISWC
Comments
Written for the Broadway show The New Moon.
The chord structure of "Lover Come Back to Me" has sometimes been used to produce contrafacts: examples include Bean and the Boys and Quicksilver.
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REDWOOD MUSIC LTD GEMA
HAMMERSTEIN PROPERTIES LLC GEMA
WARNER BROS INC (WARNER BROS MUSIC DIV) ASCAP
BAMBALINA MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY ASCAP
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Title Performer Release date Info
 PRF First live performance on September 19, 1928
 REC March 1929 First recording on October 25, 1928
  March 29, 1929
  April 1929
  August 1929
  1929
  1929
  1929
  1929
listen on Internet Archive   1929
listen on Internet Archive   1929
  1930
  1934
  March 1938
listen on Internet Archive   1938
Lover Come Back to Me Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy, vocal chorus by Pha Terrell 1938 Unverified
Lover Come Back to Me Jeanette MacDonald 1939 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive   1940
Lover Come Back to Me Nelson Eddy 1940 Unverified
  July 1941
Lover Come Back to Me Johnny Green and His Orchestra - Vocal by Jack Smith 1941 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive   March 20, 1942
listen on Internet Archive   1942
  May 1945
listen on Internet Archive   March 1946
  February 1947
  1947
listen on Internet Archive   October 1948
listen on Internet Archive   1948
listen on Internet Archive   1948
  March 1950
  March 1950
listen on Internet Archive   June 1950
  1950
listen on Internet Archive   March 1951
  1951 Live
  August 1952
  1952
listen on Internet Archive   1952
  October 1953
  November 1953
  1953
  1953
  January 1955
  November 7, 1955
  1956
  1956
  June 1957
  October 1957
  1957
  1957
  1957
listen on Internet Archive   1957
  1957 Live
  1957
  November 1958
  1958
  January 1959
listen on Internet Archive   February 1959
  April 1959
  August 1959
  November 1959
  1959
  1959
  1959
  1959
  April 1960 Live
  April 1960
  September 1960
  1960
  1960
Lover Come Back to Me Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians 1960 Unverified
  August 7, 1961
  October 1961
  1961
  1961 Medley
listen on Internet Archive   August 13, 1962
  November 23, 1962
  1962
  November 1963
  November 1963 Live
  1963
  1963
  1963
  April 15, 1964
  1964
  July 25, 1965 Live
Medley
listen on Internet Archive   1965
Lover Come Back to Me Ronnie Chan and The Esquires Combo 1965 Unverified
  April 1966
listen on Internet Archive   1966
  September 1968
  1968
  1968
Lover Come Back to Me Gé Korsten, Nellie du Toit (Gé Korsten) 1968 Unverified
  1969
  1969
  1972
  1973 Released more than 10 years after its recording
  1974
  1977
  1979
Lover Come Back to Me Mildred Bailey with Paul Baron's Orchestra 1979 Unverified
  1981
  1981
  1981
  May 21, 1983
  1983
  1983
  1983
Lover Come Back to Me Crazy Rhythm 1984 Unverified
  1986
  1986
  1987
  1987
  April 7, 1989
  1989
  1989
  1989
  1990
  1990
  September 24, 1991 Released more than 10 years after its recording
  1991
  July 1992 Medley
Lover Come Back to Me Joe Williams - Count Basie and His Orchestra directed by Frank Foster (Frank Foster, Joe Williams [US1], The Count Basie Orchestra) March 16, 1993 Unverified
  1993
Lover Come Back to Me The Young Generation Of Swing 1993 Unverified
  1994
  1994
  1994
  1994 Live
  April 4, 1995
  November 30, 1995
  1995
  1995
  April 16, 1996 Medley
  June 21, 1996
  1996
  1996
  1996 Live
  1997
  1997 Medley
  October 1998
  1998
  1998
  October 19, 1999
  1999 Medley
  1999
  March 2000
  April 17, 2000
  2000
  2000
  2000
  2000 Live
  May 8, 2001
  2001
  2001
  2001
  2001
Lover Come Back to Me Gaby Cole & Marco Pezzenati 2001 Unverified
  September 2002
  2002
  2002
  2002
Lover Come Back to Me Sophisticated Lady 2002 Unverified
  August 6, 2003
  September 23, 2003 Medley
  2003
  2003
  August 2004
  2004
  2004
  2004
  2004
  2004
  2004
  2004
  2004
  March 25, 2005
  August 2005
  November 23, 2005
  2005
  2005
  2005
  2005
  June 30, 2006
  August 22, 2006
  August 23, 2006
  December 2006
  2006
  2006
  2006
  2006 Live
  2006
  February 6, 2007
  (ASA-CHANG, Miyuki Hatakeyama) October 3, 2007
  December 28, 2007
  2007
  2007
  March 2008
  April 29, 2008
  June 10, 2008
  August 19, 2008
  September 8, 2008
  September 9, 2008
  December 17, 2008
  2008
  March 4, 2009
  March 5, 2009
  May 11, 2009
  2009
  January 2010
  October 19, 2010
  November 16, 2010
  January 11, 2011
  March 28, 2011
  May 12, 2011
  May 2011
  2011
  2011 Medley
  2011
  2011 Live
Lover Come Back to Me The Smoking Time Jazz Club 2011 Unverified
  October 15, 2012
  October 2012
  2012
  2012
  2012
  2012
Lover Come Back to Me Le Hot Club De Ma Rue 2012 Unverified
  March 2013
  2013
  2013
  March 3, 2014
  May 30, 2014 Released more than 10 years after its recording
Live
  July 7, 2014
  September 2014
  September 2014
  October 6, 2014 Live
  October 28, 2014 Live
  2015 Live
  2015
Lover Come Back to Me White Chocolate Drops 2015 Unverified
  January 6, 2016
  2016 Live
  February 14, 2017
  April 7, 2017
  June 2017 Live
  2017
  2017
  2017
  February 2018
  July 9, 2018
  September 28, 2018
  November 2018
  April 19, 2019
Lover Come Back to Me Jonathan Caplan June 2019 Unverified
Lover Come Back to Me Tamara Kuldin March 19, 2020 Unverified
  June 12, 2020
Lover Come Back to Me Harald Hertel's Jam Swingers July 31, 2020 Unverified
  2020
  2021
  2022 Live
Lover Come Back to Me Django Reinhardt with Larry Adler Unverified

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listen on Internet Archive i   October 1930
listen on Internet Archive i   February 8, 1939
listen on Internet Archive i   September 20, 1940
i   May 1941
listen on Internet Archive i   1942 Medley
listen on Internet Archive i   1942
i   March 1946
i   February 1949
listen on Internet Archive i   1949 Medley
i Lover Come Back to Me Hubert Fol & His Be-Bop Minstrels 1949 Unverified
i   March 1950
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i   1950
i   1951
i   1951
i   1951
i   September 1952
i   October 1952
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i Lover Come Back to Me Kenny Graham's Afro-Cubists 1954 Unverified
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listen on Internet Archive i   1960
i   1960
i   March 1961
i   July 1961
i   1961
i   1961
i   1961
i Lover Come Back to Me Frank Horrox 1961 Unverified
i   June 4, 1962
listen on Internet Archive i   1962
i   1962 Medley
i Lover Come Back to Me Lenny Dee 1962 Unverified
i Lover Come Back to Me Toshiko Mariano (Toshiko Akiyoshi) 1963 Unverified
i Lover Come Back to Me Sam "The Man" Taylor 1963 Unverified
i   1964
i   1964
i   1964
i   1964
i   1965
i   June 1966
i   May 1, 1967
i   1969
i   1969
i   April 1971
i   1972
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i   1973
i   1975
i   1975
i   1975
i   February 11, 1976
i   1977
i   1977
i   1978
i   1978
i   1978
i   1979
i   1979
i Lover Come Back to Me Art Pepper Quintet 1979 Unverified
i   1980
i   1980
i   1981
i   1981
i   1981 Medley
i   1982
i   1982
i   1983
i   1984
i   1985 Live
i   1985
i   1986
i   1986
i   1986
i   1986
i   May 16, 1988
i   1988
i   1989
i   1989
i   1989
i   1989
i Lover Come Back to Me Dennis Hayward and His Orchestra 1989 Unverified
i   August 1990
i   1990
i   1990
i   1990
i Lover Come Back to Me Simon Gledhill 1990 Unverified
i   1991
i   1991
i   1992
i   1992
i   1992
i   1993
i   1993
i   1994
i   1994
i   1994
i   1995
i   1995
i   1995
i   1995
i   1996
i   1997
i   1997
i   1997
i   June 19, 1998
i   September 15, 1998
i   1998
i   1998
i   1998
i   1998
i   1998
i   April 6, 1999
i   1999
i   1999
i   2000
i   2000 Live
i   2000
i   June 2001
i   October 2001
i   2001
i   October 17, 2003
i   May 2004
i   November 2004
i   June 2005
i   2005
i   2005
i   2006
i   2006
i   2006 Medley
i   2006
i   2006
i Lover Come Back to Me Tommy Emmanuel With Jim Nichols (Tommy Emmanuel) 2006 Unverified
i   2007
i   2007
i   2008
i   2008
i   2008
i   March 29, 2011
i   October 1, 2011
i   2011
i   2011
i   2012 Released more than 10 years after its recording
i   October 15, 2013
i   2013 Live
i   July 28, 2015
i   2016
i Lover Come Back to Me Jukka Perko Tritone (Jukka Perko) April 28, 2017 Unverified
i   August 2017
i   September 2019
i   November 2019
i Lover Come Back to Me Jack Brandfield with Randy Napoleon & Rodney Whitaker April 3, 2021 Unverified