EV´RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE

Music and lyrics: Cole Porter

Year: 1944

Origin of the song

On 7 December 1944, the musical Seven Lively Arts was released in the Ziegfeld Theatre of New York, produced by Billy Rose, with Moss Hart, George S. Kaufman and Ben Hecht’s libretto and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Despite they had spared no expense, it wasn’t a great success and there were only a hundred and eighty three performances. Hassard Short directed the stage management, Anton Dolin, the choreography, and Jack Donohue, the music. The show, whose stars were Beatrice Lillie and Bert Lahr, also had music from Igor Stravinski’s ballet, scenography designed by Salvador Dalí and, among its actors, Benny Goodman, Red Norvo, and Teddy Wilson.

Only the song ‘Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye’ managed to escape the sinking, sung by Nan Wynn and Jere McMahon during the first act of the musical.

Three weeks before the premiere, on 16 November 1944, Benny Goodman, leading his quintet with the singer Peggy Mann, recorded the song for the Columbia label, the only version that entered the top charts.

Versions in the top charts

PERFORMERS

DATE OF RECORDING

DAY OF

ENTRANCE

PERMANENCE WEEKS

HIGH POSITION REACHED

Benny Goodman Quintet

1944.11.16

1945.03.10

3

12

Peggy Mann (voc)

Jazz. Outstanding performances

Instrumental

PERFORMERS	DATE OF RECORDING	MUSICIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE RECORDING
Oscar Peterson Trio	1952.12.??	Oscar Peterson (p), Barney Kessel (g), Ray Brown (b)
Sonny Rollins Quartet	1957.06.11	Sonny Rollins (ts), Sonny Clark (p), Percy Heath (b), Roy Haynes (d)
John Coltrane Quartet	1960.10.26	John Coltrane (ss), McCoy Tyner (p), Steve Davis (b), Elvin Jones (d)
Shelly Manne & His Men	1961.03.05	Conte Candoli (tp), Richie Kamuca (ts), Russ Freeman (p), Chuck Berghofer (b), Shelly Manne (d)
Milt Jackson Quintet	1964.12.28	Jimmy Heath (fl), Milt Jackson (vib), McCoy Tyner (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Connie Kay (d)
Lee Konitz Duo	1974.07.29	Lee Konitz (as), Red Mitchell (b)
Bill Evans Trio with Warne Marsh	1977.03.28	Warne Marsh (ts), Bill Evans (p), Eddie Gomez (b), Eliot Zigmund (d)

Vocal

PERFORMERS	DATE OF RECORDING	MUSICIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE RECORDING
Benny Goodman Quintet	1944.11.16	Benny Goodman (cl), Red Norvo (vib), Teddy Wilson (p), Sid Weiss (b), Morey Feld (d), Peggy Mann (voc)
Teddy Wilson Quintet	1945.01.15	Teddy Wilson (p), Charlie Shavers (tp), Red Norvo (vib), Billy Taylor (b), Morey Feld (d), Maxine Sullivan (voc)
Jeri Southern	1954.02.18	Jeri Southern (voc), Dave Barbour Trio
June Christy	1955.05.19	June Christy (voc), Stan Kenton (p)
Ella Fitzgerald	1956.02.07	Ella Fitzgerald (voc), Ted Nash (fl), Bob Cooper (ob), Paul Smith (p), Barney Kessel (g), Alvin Stoller (d), Corky Hale (arp), string section, Buddy Bregman (dir)
Dinah Washington	1956.12.05	Dinah Washington (voc), Don Elliott, Bernie Glow, Charlie Shavers, Clark Terry, Nick Travis (tp), Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Quentin Jackson, Tom Mitchell (tb), Hal McKusick, Anthony Ortega (as), Jerome Richardson, Lucky Thompson (ts), Danny Bank (bars), Sleepy Anderson (p), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d), Quincy Jones (dir)
Tony Bennett	1958.04.08	Tony Bennett (voc), Herbie Mann (r), Ralph Sharon (p), Robert Bain (g), Buddy Clark (b), Frank Flynn (vib), Dorothy Remsen (arp), William Exiner (d), string section, Frank DeVol (dir)
Carmen MacRae	1959.03.03	Carmen McRae (voc), Luther Henderson Orchestra
Joe Williams with Count Basie Orchestra	1960.12.14	Joe Williams (voc), Count Basie (p, dir), Sonny Cohn, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young (tp), Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb), Marshall Royal (cl, as) Frank Wess (as, ts, fl), Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bars), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (d)
Sarah Vaughan	1961.07.18	Sarah Vaughan (voc), Mundell Lowe (g), George Duvivier (b)
Mel Tormé	1992.11.14	Mel Tormé (voc), Ken Peplowski (cl), Peter Appleyard (vib), John Colianni (p), John Leitham (b), Donny Osborne (d)
Ann Hampton Callaway	1996.??.??	Ann Hampton Callaway (voc), Cyrus Chestnut (p), Christian McBride (b), Lewis Nash (d)
Kurt Elling	1998.01.??	Kurt Elling (voc), Laurence Hobgood (p), Rob Amster (b), Michael Raynor (d, per)

On cinemas

The song 'Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye' is included in the soundtrack of the following movies:

ORIGINAL TITLE	TITLE IN SPAIN	YEAR OF PRODUCTION	PERFORMERS OF THE SONG IN THE FILM
The Parent Trap	Tú a Londres y yo a California	1998	Ray Charles & Betty Carter
De-Lovely	De-Lovely	2004	Natalie Cole
The Tournament	El gran torneo	2009	Ruth Jacott
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice	Batman v. Superman: El amanecer de la justicia	2016	Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine