You Won’t Forget Me is a classic American song written by Kermit Goell and Fred Spielman in the early 1950s. It was first introduced in the 1953 film Torch Song and was first released by Helen Merrill in February 1956. The tune is a romantic ballad that became a jazz standard over the years. It gained renewed fame as the title track of Shirley Horn’s 1991 album You Won’t Forget Me, a celebrated jazz vocal record with Horn’s intimate piano accompaniment. The song has been recorded in various styles, including instrumental versions by the Keith Jarrett Trio in the 1990s and later pop interpretations such as La Bouche’s 1997 release of You Won’t Forget Me. Carly Simon also recorded a version in 1997. The tune lives on in many covers across genres and continues to be revisited by artists worldwide.
