Standards

Memories Of You chords & key

Key: E♭ major
Form: AABA
Bars: 32
Groove: Ballad
Time signature: 4/4

“Memories Of You” is a jazz standard by Eubie Blake. Most bands play it in E♭ major, ballad; the tune runs 32 bars in AABA form. Harmonically it contains 2 major ii–V–I cadences and 1 minor ii–V–i, uses 19 different chords and moves between the key centres E♭ major and C minor. In this atlas it appears on 24 album tracks and in 1 transcribed solo.

Chord changes

to key

Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major

E♭^maj7E^dim7

F^m7G♭^dim7

E♭^maj7_/GC^m7

A^m7♭5A♭^m6

E♭^maj7D⁷

D♭⁷C⁷

F⁷B♭⁷

E♭⁶F^m7B♭⁷

E♭⁶D^m7♭5G⁷

C^m7

A♭⁷

C^m7

F⁷G^7♭13

C^m7

F^7susF⁷

F^m7

B♭⁷

E♭^maj7E^dim7

F^m7G♭^dim7

E♭^maj7_/GC^m7

A^m7♭5A♭^m6

E♭^maj7D⁷

D♭⁷C⁷

F⁷B♭⁷

E♭⁶F^m7B♭⁷

Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.

Harmonic analysis

2Major ii–V–I

1Minor ii–V–i

6ii–V moves

0Tritone substitutions

6Dominant chains

19Different chords

Most used chords

E♭^maj7×6
F^m7×6
C^m7×6
B♭⁷×6
F⁷×5
E^dim7×3

Key centres reached by ii–V

E♭ major and C minor

Characteristics

AABA song form

Recorded on these albums

1946	Piano Errol Garner · “Memories of You”
1952	Piano Erroll Garner · “Memories of You”
1955	With Strings Clifford Brown · “Memories of You”
1955	Rex Stewart Plays Duke Ellington Rex Stewart / Illinois Jacquet And His All Stars · “Memories of You”
1956	The Benny Goodman Story, Vol. 2 Benny Goodman · “Memories of You”
1956	Benny Goodman plays selections from the Benny Goodman story Benny Goodman · “Memories of You”
1956	The Unique Thelonious Monk Thelonious Monk · “Memories of You”
1956	Erroll Garner Erroll Garner · “Memories of You”
1956	The Brothers ! Cohn, Perkins, Kamuca
1956	Go Man! Sonny Criss · “Memories of You”
1957	East Coasting Charles Mingus · “Memories of You (take 7)”
1957	Krupa Rocks Gene Krupa · “Memories of You”
1957	A Jazz Band Ball: Second Set Marty Paich · “Memories of You”
1958	Benny In Brussels Volume 2 Benny Goodman · “Memories of You”
1958	Mmmm... The Mills Brothers The Mills Brothers
1960	Blues & Ballads Lonnie Johnson with Elmer Snowden · “Memories of You”
1962	Point of No Return Frank Sinatra, arranged and conducted by Axel Stordahl · “Memories of You”
1962	Golden Reunion In Ragtime Eubie Blake, Joe Jordan And Sir Charles Thompson
1962	Horn-A-Plenty Al Hirt with Orchestra arranged and conducted By Billy May · “Memories of You”
1964	Hello, Dolly! Ella Fitzgerald · “Memories of You”
1964	It’s Monk’s Time Thelonious Monk · “Memories of You”
1964	Mingus Plays Piano Charles Mingus · “Memories of You”
1964	The New Palladium Performances Ted Heath and His Music · “Memories of You”
1965	The Real Earl Hines - Recorded Live! In Concert Earl Hines

Transcribed solos on Memories Of You

Lionel Hampton vibraphone

82 BPM

Eb-maj

1939-06-13

Historic 78 rpm recordings

MEMORIES OF YOU HARRY PARRY AND HIS RADIO SEXTET · Razaf · Blake archive.org ↗
MEMORIES OF YOU SONNY DURHAM AND HIS ORCHESTRA · Sonny Durham · Blake · Razaf archive.org ↗
MEMORIES OF YOU PUD BROWN TRIO · Pud Brown · Pete Urquidi · Hank Castro · Blake ·… archive.org ↗
MEMORIES OF YOU ILLINOIS JACQUET and his All Stars · Illinois Jacquet · Arthur… archive.org ↗
Memories of You Coleman Hawkins And His All Stars · 1944 archive.org ↗
Memories of You Teddy Wilson Quintet · Eubie Blake · Andy Razaf · Teddy Wilson ·… · 1945 archive.org ↗
Memories of You Teddy Wilson Quintet · Teddy Wilson · Charlie Shavers · Al Hall ·… · 1945 archive.org ↗
Memories of You Illinois Jacquet and his All Stars · Blake · Razof · Illionois… · 1945 archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

Title	Composer	Key	Form	Groove
There Is No Greater Love 29%	Isham Jones	B♭ major	AABA · 32	Medium swing
Alone Too Long 28%	Arthur Schwartz	G major	AABA · 32	Ballad
Dig 26%	Miles Davis	A♭ major	AA · 32	Up-tempo swing
He's A Tramp 26%	Lee-Burke	G major	AABA · 32	Medium swing
Sweet Georgia Brown 26%	Pinkard-Casey-Bernie	A♭ major	AA · 32	Up-tempo swing
The Good Life 24%	Sacha Distel	A♭ major	AB · 32	Ballad
Just In Time 24%	Jule Styne	B♭ major	AB · 32	Up-tempo swing
Strike Up The Band 24%	George Gershwin	E♭ major	ABCD · 32	Up-tempo swing

Frequently asked questions

What key is Memories Of You in?

Memories Of You is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.

Who wrote Memories Of You?

Memories Of You was written by Eubie Blake.

What is the form of Memories Of You?

Memories Of You has 4 sections (AABA) with 32 bars in total.

How fast is Memories Of You played?

The usual groove is Ballad. Transcribed solos in our data were played at 82 BPM.

What are the chord changes to Memories Of You?

The opening bars are Ebmaj7 Edim7 | Fm7 Gbdim7 | Ebmaj7/G Cm7 | Am7b5 Abm6. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.