Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song)
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"Love Me or Leave Me" is a popular song written in 1928 by
Walter Donaldson Walter Donaldson (February 15, 1893 – July 15, 1947) was an American prolific popular songwriter and publishing company founder, composing many hit songs of the 1910s to 1940s, that have become standards and form part of the Great American Song ...
with lyrics by
Gus Kahn Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist who contributed a number of songs to the Great American Songbook, including " Pretty Baby", " Ain't We Got Fun?", " Carolina in the Morning", " Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo ...
. The song was introduced in the Broadway musical comedy '' Whoopee!'', which opened in December 1928. Ruth Etting's performance of the song was so popular that she was also given the song to sing in the play ''Simple Simon'', which opened in February 1930.


Recorded versions


Major recorded versions

The original version of the song, the biggest-selling at the time, was recorded by Ruth Etting on December 17, 1928. It was issued by
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as catalog number 1680-D, with the flip side "I'm Bringing a Red, Red Rose", another Donaldson/Kahn composition. The song reached #2 on the charts in 1929. Other versions which also enjoyed popularity at this time were by Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians, with a vocal by
Carmen Lombardo Carmen Lombardo (July 16, 1903 – April 17, 1971) was lead saxophonist and featured vocalist for his brother Guy Lombardo's orchestra. He was also a successful composer. In 1927, Carmen Lombardo was the vocalist of the hit record Charmaine, perf ...
(recorded March 20, 1929, released by
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as catalog number 1782D, with the flip side "I'm Still Caring") and by Leo Reisman and his orchestra (recorded April 22, 1929, released by Victor Records as catalog number 21966A, with the flip side "Sweet Chewaulka, Land of Sleepy Water"). A recording made on December 24, 1947 by
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and John Scott Trotter's orchestra was released in 1951 by
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as catalog number 27667. As the song was considered to be one of Etting's biggest hits, its title was chosen for the 1955 biographical movie about her life, in which
Doris Day Doris Day (born Doris Mary Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress, singer, and activist. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, " Sent ...
played Etting. Day's recording of the song, from the soundtrack, became a major hit for her. The same year, Sammy Davis Jr. and
Lena Horne Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American dancer, actress, singer, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years, appearing in film, television, and theatre. Horne joined the chorus of th ...
also experienced success with their versions of the song. Davis's version was released by
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as catalog number 29484, with the flip side " Something's Gotta Give". It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on May 28, 1955 and lasted 12 weeks on the chart. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #20; on the Best Seller chart, at #12. (However, another source gives the highest position as #9, but lists this as a position for the combined two sides of the record, "Love Me or Leave Me" and "Something's Gotta Give.") Horne's was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-6073. It reached the Billboard magazine Disk Jockey chart on July 9, 1955, its only week on the chart, at #19. In the
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, it was released 1955 by HMV Records as catalog number B-309 (78rpm) and 7M-309 (45rpm),. Both releases were with the flip side "I Love To Love". Singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone also recorded the song on her debut album '' Little Girl Blue'' (1958) and ''
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'' (1966). The version was released as a single in 1959 by
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as catalog number 11021 and by
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as catalog number A-8008, with the flip side "
I Loves You Porgy "I Loves You, Porgy" is a duet from the 1935 opera ''Porgy and Bess'' with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was performed in the opera's premiere in 1935 and on Broadway the same year by Anne Brown and Todd Duncan. They reco ...
". It includes a solo in the style of J.S. Bach's Inventions.
Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, in ...
included her rendition on her 1962 Verve release ''
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'' which won a
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in 1963.


Other recorded versions

*The Badgers (released by Broadway Records as catalog number 1285, with the flip side "Rainbow Man") *
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's Biltmore Trio (recorded April 1, 1929, released by
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as catalog number 4336, with the flip side " A Garden in the Rain") * Chick Endor with
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(recorded March 20, 1929, released by Victor Records as catalog number 21922, with the flip side "Good Little, Bad Little You") *
Sammy Fain Sammy Fain (born Samuel E. Feinberg; June 17, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an American composer of popular music. In the 1920s and early 1930s, he contributed numerous songs that form part of The Great American Songbook, and to Broadway theatre ...
(recorded February 6, 1929, released by Harmony Records as catalog number 843-H, with the flip side "Wedding Bells") *Virginia Lee (recorded February 16, 1929, released by
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as catalog number 6773, with the flip side "That's the Good Old Sunny South") * Majestic Dance Orchestra (H. Salter, leader) (vocal: A. Lawrence; recorded April 1929, released by Pathé Records as catalog number 36978 and by Perfect Records as catalog number 15159, both with the flip side "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover") *
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and his orchestra (recorded April 15, 1929, released by
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as catalog number 4342, with the flip side "My Sin") * Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra (recorded April 27, 1929, released by
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as catalog number 2254 and by
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as catalog number 1272, both with the flip side "Wake Up, Chill'un, Wake Up") * John Vincent's Californians (recorded June 3, 1929, released by Conqueror Records as catalog number 7369, with the flip side "
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") *
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solo; recorded June 1929, released by
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as catalog number 4422, with the flip side " Lover, Come Back to Me!") * Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra (recorded June 3, 1929, released by Banner Records as catalog number 6410, with the flip side "Sure Enough Blues", and by Domino Records (1924) as catalog number 4350 and Regal Records as catalog number 8805, both with the flip side "
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"; also released under the name Miami Society Orchestra by Oriole Records as catalog number 1604, with the flip side "Not for a Day but Forever" and by Jewel Records as catalog number 5628, with the flip side "Sure Enough Blues"; also released under the name Mills Merry Makers by Lincoln Records as catalog number 3168 and by
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as catalog number 943, both with the flip side "I'm Lonely Since You Went Away") * Thomas "Fats" Waller (
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solo; recorded August 2, 1929, released by Bluebird Records as catalog number 10263, with the flip side "Valentine Stomp" and by Victor Records as catalog number 22092, with the flip side " I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling") *
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and his orchestra (recorded December 18, 1933, released by
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as catalog number 2871-D, with the flip side "Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me?"; re-recorded August 21, 1936, released by Victor Records as catalog number 25406, with the flip side " Exactly Like You") * Bill Staffon and his orchestra (recorded August 1, 1935, released by Bluebird Records as catalog number 6082, with the flip side "White Star of Sigma Nu") * Dixieland Swingsters (recorded August 2, 1937, released by Bluebird Records as catalog number 7160, with the flip side "Fiddleobia") *
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Quintet (recorded September 7, 1937, released by
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as catalog number 1444, with the flip side "
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") * Teddy Grace (recorded September 1, 1938, released by
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as catalog number 2050B, with the flip side "Crazy Blues") *
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(recorded August 7, 1941, released by
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as catalog number 6369, with the flip side "Jim") * Henry Levin's Dixieland Octet (recorded August 11, 1941, released by Bluebird Records as catalog number 11278, with the flip side " All Alone") * Eddie Heywood and his orchestra (recorded February 26, 1944, released by
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as catalog numbers 577A and 7524, both with the flip side "I Can't Believe that You're in Love with Me") *
Frances Langford Julia Frances Newbern-Langford (April 4, 1913 – July 11, 2005) was an American singer and actress who was popular during the Golden Age of Radio and made film and television appearances for over two decades. She was known as the "GI Nightinga ...
with Earle Hogen (recorded June 1946, released by
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as catalog number 3029B, with the flip side "That Wonderful Worrisome Feeling") * Mel and Stan (recorded September 1947, released by
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as catalog number 11030, with the flip side "Mother's Only Sleeping") * Hazel Scott (recorded October 1947, released by
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as catalog number 37996, with the flip side "Soon") * Pat Flowers (released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-2930, with the flip side "Shoe Shine Shuffle") * Ted Weems and his orchestra (vocal:
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; recorded March 1949, released by
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as catalog number 5305, with the flip side "Sleepy Hollow") *
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(recorded January 31, 1951, released by Verve) * Jimmie Osborne (released in 1951 by King Records as catalog number 1012, with the flip side "It's Me Who Has To Suffer") *
Erroll Garner Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad " Misty", his best-known composition, has become a jazz standard. It was first re ...
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solo; recorded February 29, 1952, released by
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as catalog number 39749, with the flip side "With Every Breath I Take") * Ella Mae Morse (released by
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in 1952 as catalog number 1922, with the flip side "Blacksmith Blues") *
Gerry Mulligan Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing the instrum ...
recorded a version with
Chet Baker Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool". Baker earned much attention and ...
in 1953 released by Pacific Jazz *
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recorded a version on her album '' Black Coffee'' (1953). * Cal Tjader (recorded October 21, 1953, released by
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as catalog number 1117, with the flip side "
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") *
Bing Crosby Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a ...
recorded the song in 1955 for use on his
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and it was subsequently included in the box set ''The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56)'' issued by
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(catalog MD7-245) in 2009. *
Les Elgart Lester Elliott Elgart (August 3, 1917 – July 29, 1995) was an American swing jazz bandleader and trumpeter. Early Years Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Elgart grew up in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey with his brother Larry. They were exposed t ...
and his orchestra (released by
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as catalog number 40525, with the flip side "When Yuba Plays the Rhumba on the Tuba") *
Billy Eckstine William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. In 2019, Eckstine was posthumously ...
(released in 1955 by
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as catalog number 11984, with the flip side " Only You") *
Lester Young Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist. Coming to prominence while a member of Count Basie's orchestra, Young was one of the most ...
- recorded January 13, 1956, with Teddy Wilson, and released by
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in 1959 on '' Pres and Teddy''. *
Perry Como Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian-American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signin ...
(released by RCA Victor Records in 1957 as catalog number 20-2662, with the flip side " What'll I Do?") *
Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of music ...
(released on his 1957 album '' Walkin''') *
Sarah Vaughan Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer. Nicknamed "Sassy" and " The Divine One", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was nominated for a total of nine Grammy Award ...
with Ted Dale Orchestra (released by Musicraft Records as catalog number 539, with the flip side "Gentleman Friend") *The Youth (released 1969 by
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) as catalog number 226, with the flip side "Meadow of My Love " * Chuck Penny (released by Tops in Music Records in 1972 as catalog number 109, with the flip side "Gimme, Gimme All the Time" * Elkie Brooks (released 1984 on ''
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'') * In 1986 Australian recording artist
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recorded a version for her album Kate Ceberano and her Septet. * Der Herr Kam Über Sie - Love Me Or Leave Me (7") (1986) * Robert Palmer - "Ridin' High" (1992) *
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(released on '' As Time Goes By'' October 25, 1999) *
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- ''A Friendly Session, Vol. 3'' (2000) with the
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Quintet * Sue Raney - ''Sue Raney Vol.2'' (2004) * Jane Monheit recorded a version on her 2004 album ''
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on her 2004 album '' Indigo: Women of Song''. *
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- '' Bold As Brass'' (2010) *
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- ''Too Cool For The Blues'' (2010) *
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- ''Fly Me To The Moon ... The Great American Songbook - Volume V'' (2010) *
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recorded a hard rock version on their 2018 album '' Outsider''


References

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