Save Your Love for Me is a jazz standard written by Buddy Johnson. It was first recorded and released by Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra in 1955 (recorded August 15, 1955 and released September 1955). The tune sits in the jazz and big band tradition and has been covered many times in both vocal and instrumental forms. Notable early versions include Nancy Wilson with the Cannonball Adderley Quintet in 1962, and it later became the title track on Etta Jones's 1981 jazz album Save Your Love for Me, recorded in 1980 at Van Gelder Studio. The song remains a popular staple in jazz repertoires.
