"Time After Time" is a romantic jazz standard with lyrics written by Sammy Cahn and music by Jule Styne in 1946. First recordings The first recording was on November 19, 1946 for Musicraft by Sarah Vaughan with the Teddy Wilson Quartet: Wilson on piano, Charlie Ventura on tenor saxophone, Remo Palmieri on guitar, and Billy Taylor on double bass. The song was written for Frank Sinatra to introduce in the 1947 MGM film It Happened in Brooklyn. The pianist providing the offscreen accompaniment was André Previn to an arrangement of Axel Stordahl. Later in the film, the song was reprised in full by Kathryn Grayson. The only contemporary recording by a British artist was the one by Steve Conway. Sinatra recorded it again in 1957 with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. After it emerged as a jazz standard thanks to saxophonists like Getz and Coltrane, 1959 was a banner year for its popularity, being covered by many pop and jazz vocalists. Other versions Chet Baker, Chet Baker Sings, 1954 Stan Getz, Award Winner, 1957 Frank Sinatra, This Is Sinatra Volume 2, 1957 John Coltrane, Stardust, 1958 Connie Francis, The Exciting Connie Francis, 1959 Ricky Nelson, More Songs By Ricky, 1959 Paul Desmond with Jim Hall, First Place Again, 1959 Dinah Washington, What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!, 1959 Joe Morello with Phil Woods and Gary Burton, It's About Time, 1961 The Isley Brothers, Twist & Shout, 1962 Nancy Wilson, Gentle Is My Love, 1965 Margaret Whiting, The Wheel of Hurt, 1966. A performance of this song was also heard on the soundtrack to Nora Ephron’s 2009 film Julie & Julia. Chris Montez, Time After Time, 1966 Dusty Springfield, Where Am I Going?, 1967(she also sang it live on her BBC-TV show the same year) Matt Monro, The Late, Late Show, 1968 Freddie Hubbard with Ricky Ford and Kenny Barron, The Rose Tattoo, 1983 Johnny Mathis, "The Hollywood Musicals", 1986 Carly Simon, My Romance, 1990 Brent Spiner, Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back, 1991 Jacky Terrasson, self-titled album, 1994. Etta James, Time After Time (Etta James album), 1995. Ian Shaw, The Echo of a Song, 1996 Harry Connick Jr., Come by Me, 1999 Rod Stewart, The Great American Songbook, 2003 Debby Boone, Reflections of Rosemary, 2005 Rachel York, Let's Fall in Love, 2005 She & Him, Classics, 2014 Fujii Kaze, HELP EVER HURT COVER, 2020 References Songs about nostalgia 1947 songs Harry Connick