"Long, Long Ago" is a song dealing with nostalgia, written in 1833 by English composer Thomas Haynes Bayly. Originally called "Long Ago".
Here's an early print from the Bodleian Library.
In 1839, just a few months before the death of Bayly, the song was published by Cramer, Addison and Beale in London.
Publication date (1839) is taken from adverts in Musical World on February 14 (p. 108), February 28 (p. 140) and March 7 (p. 155) that year, where "Long Long Ago" is presented as a new ballad by Haynes Bayly, Esq.
In 1844 the song was published in Philadelphia, USA by the editor Rufus Wilmot Griswold in "Songs and Ballads Grave and Gay".
"Long, Long Ago" is on page 47 of the link below:
The book also contains a "sketch of the life of Thomas Haynes Bayly" by Griswold.
The song was well received, and became one of the most popular songs in the United States in 1844.
A detailed history of the song is here: "Long, Long Ago" & "Lang Ist's Her"
Emile Berliner himself seems to be the first person to have recorded "Long Long Ago".
(o) Emile Berliner (1889) (as "Long Long Ago")
Released on Berliner 56
The voice heard on this record, is Emile Berliner's own voice. This is commonly admitted and it is indeed a voice - always the same on different records of the Berliner catalogue - with an audible German accent.
(c) George Schweinfest (1898) (as "Long Long Ago")
Piccolo-solo.
Released on a Two Minute Columbia Cylinder # 23517
(c) George Schweinfest (1899) (as "Long Long Ago")
Piccolo-solo
Recorded October 21, 1899
Released on Berliner 0621
(c) George Schweinfest (1901) (as "Long Long Ago")
Piccolo-solo
Recorded March 16, 1901 in Camden, New Jersey
Released on Victor 229
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(c) Lilli Lehmann (1906) (as "Long, Long Ago")
Recorded June 29, 1906 in Berlin.
Matrix xB1307
Released on Odeon 50071
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(c) Julius Spindler (1912) (as "Long, Long Ago")
Flute solo, orchestra accompaniment.
Recorded February 1912, New York
Originally released on Edison 4-minute Wax Amberol record 1034 in June 1912.
Re-released on Edison Blue Amberol Record #1993 in October 1913.
(c) Elsie Baker (1913) (as "Long, Long Ago")
Recorded April 11, 1913 in New York
Released on Victor 17343
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(c) Geraldine Farrar (1913) (as "Long, Long Ago")
With the Victor Orchestra
Recorded April 16, 1913 in New York
Released on Victor 87163
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(c) Marie Kaiser (1916) (as "Long, Long Ago")
Recorded January 15, 1916
Released on Edison 80331
Listen here: Long Long Ago - Marie Kaiser - Paul Suerth.mp3
In 1939 the tune was given new words and a bouncier tempo. With new lyrics by Lew Brown and Charles Tobias, and titled "Anywhere The Bluebird Goes" it was introduced in the Broadway musical "Yokel Boy".
After the United States entered the war in December 1941, Brown and Tobias modified the lyrics to their current form, with the chorus ending with "...till I come marching home".
It became the 1942 Glenn Miller hit "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)"
In February 18, 1942 the Glenn Miller Orchestra recorded the song with vocals by Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton, and The Modernaires. This record spent thirteen weeks on the Billboard charts and was ranked as the nation's twelfth best-selling recording of the year
(c) Glenn Miller and his Orchestra (1942) (as "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)")
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(c) Andrews Sisters (1942) (as "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)")
Recorded April 4, 1942 in LA
Released on Decca 18312
In May the Andrews Sisters with the Harry James orchestra sang it in the film Private Buckaroo.
The Andrews version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2016.Watch it here:
The same movie also featured a tap dancing routine by The Jivin' Jacks and Jills. This scene is often considered one of the most memorable of the film.
Watch it here:
(c) Patti Page (1950) (as "Long, Long Ago")
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(c) Sam Cooke (1961) (as "Long, Long Ago")
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(c) The Explosions (1963) (as "Long, Long Ago")
(guitar-instrumental)
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(c) Trea Dobbs, Marijke Merckens, Ria Valk, Rob de Nijs & The Lords (1966)
(as "Calling The Stars deel 1 en 2")
They sing "Long, Long Ago" in the style of The Supremes, Trini Lopez, Dionne Warwick, The Rolling Stones, The Selvera's, Gert Timmerman, The Chipmunks and Anneke Gronloh.
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(c) Anita Lindblom (1967) (as "Minns Du Den Sången")
Nr 1 Hit Sweden
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"Long Long Ago" was also sampled by British band The Gorillaz in "Left Hand Suzuki Method"
Listen here at 53 seconds in the next YT
Dutch children song "Roodborstje Tikt Tegen 't Raam" (1866) (music by Johannes Worp and lyrics by Jan Goeverneur) uses the same tune.
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More versions here:
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