Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (song)

"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" is a song with lyrics and music by Cole Porter and published by Chappell & Company. It was introduced in 1944 in Billy Rose's musical revue Seven Lively Arts. In the phrase "change from major to minor", Porter begins with an A♭ major chord and ends with an A♭ minor one, matching the words and music. The song has since become a jazz standard after gaining popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Many artists have replaced the apostrophe in "ev'ry" with an "e".

Notable recordings

 * Dave Barbour Trio - The Very Thought of You: Decca Records 1951-57
 * Chet Baker - Let's Get Lost (2008)
 * Tony Bennett - Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007)
 * Eden Brent - Something Cool (2003)
 * June Christy & Stan Kenton - Duet (1955)
 * Ray Charles - Ray Charles and Betty Carter (1961)
 * John Coltrane - Live Trane: The European Tours (1961),(2001) (Disk 2) My Favorite Things (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 Sings the Cole Porter Songbook on Verve Records in 1956 and again on her live Pablo release Ella in London (1974).
 * Anthony Geary = ABC presents Love Affair
 * Kelsey Grammer - Sideshow Bob - The Simpsons - "Krusty Gets Busted" (1990)
 * Fred Hersch - ETC (2010)
 * Michael Keaton - Jack Frost (1998)
 * Stan Kenton - The Stage Door Swings (2005)
 * Lee Konitz & Red Mitchell- I Concentrate on You - A Cole Porter Tribute (1987)
 * Diana Krall - Quiet Nights (2009)
 * Tom Murray - Cole Porter Moods (2010)
 * Jack Jones - Where Love Has Gone (1964)
 * Cleo Laine - That Old Feeling (1999)
 * Jeanne Lee - After Hours (1994)
 * Annie Lennox - Red Hot + Blue (1990), also on some versions of The Annie Lennox Collection (2009)
 * Julie London - The Ultimate Collection (2006)
 * Peggy Mann - Best of the Big Bands: Benny Goodman and his Great Vocalists (1995)
 * André Manoukian & Loane - So In Love (2010)
 * Carmen McRae - When You're Away (1959)
 * Mabel Mercer - Sings Cole Porter (1955)
 * Ronnie Milsap - Just for a Thrill (2004)
 * Silje Nergaard - Port of call (2000)
 * Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook (1959)
 * Dianne Pilkington - Little Stories (2010)
 * Sonny Rollins - The Sound of Sonny (1957)
 * Diane Schuur - In Tribute (1992)
 * Carly Simon - Film Noir (1997)
 * Nina Simone - The Best of Colpix Years (1992) (first release)
 * Simply Red - Men and Women (1987)
 * Rod Stewart - Reason to Believe: The Complete Mercury Studio Recordings (2002), It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook (2002)
 * Maxine Sullivan - Ruban Bleu Years: Complete Recordings 1944-1949
 * Robbie Williams, on the B-Side to his Lazy Days single release
 * Sarah Vaughan - After Hours (1961)
 * Rufus Wainwright - Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live from the London Palladium (2007)
 * Dinah Washington - The Swingin' Miss "D"' (1956)
 * (Jeri Southern) - "Sings Cole Porter."

Notable live performances
The German rock band Blumfeld played it as the last song in each concert of their farewell tour before splitting up in 2007.

Canto-pop star Eason Chan ended his 2010 DUO 2010 tour with the song.