Published by Chappell & Company, "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" is a song with lyrics and music by Cole Porter

Cole Porter

Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...

. It was introduced in 1944

1944 in music

-Events:*January 18 - The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City for the first time hosts a jazz concert; the performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden....

 in Billy Rose

Billy Rose

William "Billy" Rose was an American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist. He is credited with many famous songs, notably "Me and My Shadow" , "It Happened in Monterey" and "It's Only a Paper Moon"...

's musical revue, Seven Lively Arts

Seven Lively Arts

The Seven Lively Arts was a short-lived Sunday afternoon hour-long television anthology series produced in 1957 by CBS television and executive producer John Houseman. It was hosted by New York Herald Tribune critic John Crosby...

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The bit where it goes 'from major to minor', the harmony actually goes from minor to dominant.

The song has since become a jazz standard after gaining popularity in the late 50's and early 60's.

Note: Many artists have replaced the apostrophe in "ev'ry" with an "e" and have combined "time" to form the more common "everytime."

Notable recordings

• Dave Barbour Trio - The Very Thought of You: Decca Records 1951-57
• Chet Baker
  Chet Baker
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   - Let's Get Lost (2008)
• Tony Bennett
  Tony Bennett
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   - Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007)
• Eden Brent
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   - Something Cool (2003)
• June Christy & Stan Kenton - Duet (1955)
• Ray Charles
  Ray Charles
  Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...
  
   - Ray Charles and Betty Carter
  Ray Charles and Betty Carter
  Ray Charles and Betty Carter is a 1961 album by Betty Carter and Ray Charles. The pair's recording of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" on the album topped the R&B charts...
  
   (1961)
• John Coltrane
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   - Live Trane: The European Tours (1961),(2001) (Disk 2) My Favorite Things
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   (1961)
• Sammy Davis Jr. - Sammy Davis Jr Sings/Laurindo Almeida Plays (1966), Lonely is the Name (1968), The Rat Pack: 60 Outstanding Performances (2002)
• Ella Fitzgerald
  Ella Fitzgerald
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  , on Verve Records
  Verve Records
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   in 1956 and again on her live Pablo
  Pablo Records
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   release Ella in London
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   (1974).
• Kelsey Grammer
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   - Sideshow Bob
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   - The Simpsons
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   - "Krusty Gets Busted
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  " (1990)
• Fred Hersch
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   - "ETC" (2010)
• Michael Keaton
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   - Jack Frost
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   (1998)
• Stan Kenton
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   - The Stage Door Swings (2005)
• Diana Krall
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   - Quiet Nights (2009)
• Jack Jones
  Jack Jones (singer)
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   - Where Love Has Gone (1964)
• Cleo Laine
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   - That Old Feeling (1999)
• Jeanne Lee
  Jeanne Lee
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   - After Hours (1994)
• Annie Lennox
  Annie Lennox
  Annie Lennox, OBE , born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s with The Tourists, with fellow musician David A...
  
   - Red Hot + Blue
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   (1990), also on some versions of The Annie Lennox Collection
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   (2009)
• Julie London
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   - The Ultimate Collection (2006)
• André Manoukian
  André Manoukian
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   & Loane
  Loane
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   - So In Love (2010)
• Carmen McRae
  Carmen McRae
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   - When You're Away (1959)
• Marbel Mercer - Sings Cole Porter (1955)
• Ronnie Milsap
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   - Just for a Thrill
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    (2004)
• Silje Nergaard
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   - Port of call (2000)
• Oscar Peterson
  Oscar Peterson
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   - Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook (1959)
• Dianne Pilkington
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   - Little Stories (2010)
• Diane Schuur
  Diane Schuur
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   - In Tribute (1992)
• Carly Simon
  Carly Simon
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   - Film Noir
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   (1997)
• Nina Simone
  Nina Simone
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   - Essential Nina Simone (2003)
• Simply Red
  Simply Red
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   - Men and Women
  Men and Women (album)
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    (1987)
• Sonny Rollins
  Sonny Rollins
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   - The Sound of Sonny (1957)
• Rod Stewart
  Rod Stewart
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   - Reason to Believe: The Complete Mercury Studio Recordings (2002), It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook
  It Had to Be You: the Great American Songbook
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   (2002)
• Maxine Sullivan
  Maxine Sullivan
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   - Ruban Bleu Years: Complete Recordings 1944-1949
• Robbie Williams
  Robbie Williams
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  , on the B-Side to his Lazy Days
  Lazy Days
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   single release
• Sarah Vaughan
  Sarah Vaughan
  Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century."...
  
   - Collection (2006)
• Rufus Wainwright
  Rufus Wainwright
  Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks.-Early years:...
  
   - Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live from the London Palladium
  Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live From the London Palladium
  Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live from the London Palladium is a DVD by the Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released under Geffen Records in December 2007. The film consists of live recordings from his sold-out February 25, 2007 tribute concert at the London...
  
   (2007)
• Dinah Washington
  Dinah Washington
  Dinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones , was an American blues, R&B and jazz singer. She has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s", and called "The Queen of the Blues"...
  
   - The Swingin' Miss 'D (1956), Mad About The Boy: The Best Of Dinah Washington (1992)
• Lee Konitz and Red Mitchell- "I Concentrate on You - A Cole Porter Tribute" (1987)

Pop Culture

Petula Clark sang it in the TV Musical play TRACES OF LOVE , broadcast 4th April 1979. In this she played deserted wife Polly (a famous fashion editor) and sang the song to illustrate her deep feelings of loss. The clip from the play showing this performance has been viewed nearly 50,000 times on youtube .
Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox, OBE , born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s with The Tourists, with fellow musician David A...

 sang it in Derek Jarman

Derek Jarman

Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman was an English film director, stage designer, diarist, artist, gardener and author.-Life:...

's film Edward II (1991) as well as on Red Hot + Blue

Red Hot + Blue

Red Hot + Blue is the first in the series of compilation albums from the Red Hot Organization. The recording was the first in the Red Hot Benefit Series...

 AIDS

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...

 awareness tribute album to Cole Porter.

In Disney's re-make of The Parent Trap (1998 film)

The Parent Trap (1998 film)

The Parent Trap is a remake of the 1961 family film of the same name. It was directed and co-written by Nancy Meyers, and produced and co-written by Charles Shyer. It stars Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson as a couple who divorce soon after marrying, and Lindsay Lohan in a dual role as their...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120783/, Ray Charles

Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...

's recording of it plays in the background of the scene when the English mother/wife (Natasha Richardson's character) and her daughter return to England.

Natalie Cole

Natalie Cole

Natalie Maria Cole , is an American singer, songwriter and performer. The daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, Cole rode to musical success in the mid-1970s as an R&B artist with the hits "This Will Be ", "Inseparable" and "Our Love"...

 sings it in the film De-Lovely

De-Lovely

De-Lovely is a 2004 musical biopic directed by Irwin Winkler. The screenplay by Jay Cocks is based on the life and career of Cole Porter, from his first meeting with Linda Lee Thomas until his death...

 (2004).

The German rock band Blumfeld

Blumfeld

Blumfeld was an indie-pop band from Hamburg, Germany, formed by singer and songwriter Jochen Distelmeyer. The name of the band was coined by the main character of the short story "Blumfeld, ein älterer Junggeselle" by Franz Kafka...

 played it as the last song in each concert of their farewell tour before splitting up in 2007.

Sideshow Bob

Sideshow Bob

Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, better known as Sideshow Bob, is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Kelsey Grammer and first appeared briefly in the episode "The Telltale Head". Bob is a self-proclaimed genius who is a graduate of Yale, a member of...

 sings the song in the Simpsons

The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...

 episode Krusty Gets Busted

Krusty Gets Busted

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.

Eason Chan

Eason Chan

Eason Chan Yik-shun is a prominent male singer in Hong Kong's music industry. Undoubtedly one of the most dominant male singers in the post-1997 era of Hong Kong music industry. Eason Chan has been praised by Time magazine as a front runner in the next generation of Cantopop...

, a popular Canto-pop star, ended his 2010 DUO 2010 tour with the song.