The JANUARY 1919 Victor Record 18509

After You've Gone - Victor Number 18509-A

After You've Gone sung by Marion Harris

Victor matrix B-22160 Recorded 10/18/1918 (Courtesy DAHR)

LISTEN - Victor Record Number 18509-A (9)

Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library

After You've Gone by Creamer & Layton, Published by Broadway Music Corporation, New York c.1918

Courtesy Indiana Historical Society

After You've Gone, Composed by Turner Layton with Lyrics by Henry Creamer, Published by Broadway Music Corporation, New York c.1918

Courtesy University of Maine (9A)

Marion Harris was the first to record this song, however, it was a very popular song and has been recorded many times. See Wikipedia's list of After You've Gone Notable Recordings for some of those performers.

For an excellent article about Marion Harris and this song, see the Financial Times Life of a Song December 26, 2018 article by Helen Brown "After You’ve Gone — Marion Harris’s dramatic song was a New Year hit 100 years ago."

 

 

Marion Harris with banjo ukulele circa 1920

Unnamed photographer for Bain News Service - Bain News Service Collection, Library of Congress

I'm Glad I Can Make You Cry - Victor Number 18509-B

I'm Glad I Can Make You Cry by Henry Burr

Victor matrix B-22290 Recorded 10/23/1918 (Courtesy DAHR)

LISTEN - Victor Record Number 18509-B (10)

Audio of this recording from the Library of Congress

I'm Glad I Can Make You Cry, by Carey Morgan and Charles R. McCarron, Published by Joseph W. Stern and Co., New York City, New York, 1918

Courtesy The National Museum of American History