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'''"Autumn Leaves"''' is the English version of a French [[song]] called "Les Feuilles mortes<!-- sic -->" ["The Dead Leaves"], originally composed by [[Joseph Kosma]] in 1945, with French lyrics by [[Jacques Prévert]]. This original song was first performed by [[Irène Joachim]] and [[Yves Montand]] in the 1946 film {{w|Les Portes de la nuit|open=''|close=''}} [''Gates of the Night''] and was later sung on record by Montand, in 1949. The English lyrics were written in 1950 by [[Johnny Mercer]] and were first recorded by [[Jo Stafford]] in the same year. Many other popular vocalists have sung the song, including [[Bing Crosby]] in 1950, [[Steve Allen]] in 1955, [[Nat King Cole]] in 1955 (whose version was used in {{w|Autumn Leaves (film)|the 1956 film of the same name}}), [[Doris Day]] in 1956, and [[Frank Sinatra]] in 1957. [[Édith Piaf]] sang the song in both French and English in her version from 1951.<ref name="WP">{{w|accessed=2023-12-12}}</ref><!-- scope: entire paragraph -->

The song has become one of the most recorded jazz standards, mostly in instrumental form, following recordings by [[Artie Shaw]] in 1950 and [[Stan Getz]] in 1952. Popular pianist [[Roger Williams]] had the most success with the song, hitting number one with his 1955 instrumental version (his first single).<ref name="WP" /><!-- scope: entire paragraph -->

Angelina covered the song in the form of a [[music video]] posted to her YouTube [[CoverChannel]] on {{d|2019-09-29}}. The video description says that it was recorded in 2016.<ref>{{ytv|h4l0y3I2vqc|Angelina Jordan - Autumn Leaves|channel-name=Angelina Jordan CoverChannel|accessed=2023-12-13}}</ref>
Reportedly this was filmed in London, in Green Park and St James' Park, {{uncertain|likely in November 2016}}, when she was in London recording for [[Little Big Shots]].<ref>[https://youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}yr-zzrbw1vw&lc{{=}}UgyfFAjZ-swxuKt9dep4AaABAg Comment by Les Gray on a reaction video by A-Aron Reacts], stateing that he had been at places filmed, accessed 2025-02-17</ref>

== Original recording ==


== Performances by other artists ==


== Performances by Angelina ==

* {{Performance|song=Autumn Leaves|event=Home recording 2016|context=Non-live#Cover##Home recording#with a backing track|date=2016|type=recording|id=1}}
: {{cytv|pid=1|h4l0y3I2vqc|Angelina Jordan - Autumn Leaves}}

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