Don't Take Your Love from Me

"Don't Take Your Love from Me" is a popular song written by Henry Nemo and published in 1941. Mildred Bailey first recorded this song in 1940 before publication. It was introduced that year by singer Joan Brooks.

Recorded versions

• Mildred Bailey - recorded January 25, 1940 for Columbia Records (catalog. No. 35921).
• Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, vocal by Lena Horne - recorded June 26, 1941 for Victor Records (catalog No. 27509).
• Harry James and His Orchestra (vocal chorus by Lynn Richards) - recorded August 4, 1941 for Columbia Records (catalog No. 36339).
• Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra (vocal by Eugenie Baird) (1944) - this charted briefly.
• Johnnie Ray - for his album Johnnie Ray (1952)
• The Three Suns (1953) - this reached No. 21 in the Billboard charts.
• Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1954 for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.
• The Four Aces with the Jack Pleis Orchestra - for the album Mood for Love (1955).
• Doris Day - included in her album Day by Day (1956).
• Joni James (1956 on her album In the Still of the Night)
• Julie London (1956, on her album Lonely Girl)
• Keely Smith - for her album I Wish You Love (1957).
• Rhonda Fleming (1957)
• Patti Page - for her album I've Heard That Song Before (1958).
• Faron Young (1959)
• Eydie Gormé - a single release in 1959.
• Kay Starr - included in her album Losers, Weepers (1960).
• Ike Quebec on his album Blue & Sentimental (1961)
• Frank Sinatra on his album Come Swing with Me! (1961)
• Frank Sinatra - recorded in 1961 with an arrangement by Don Costa. Released in 1990 on The Reprise Collection

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