"Yesterdays" is a 1933 song about nostalgia composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Otto Harbach. They wrote the song for Roberta, a musical based on the novel Gowns by Roberta by Alice Duer Miller. "Yesterdays" was overshadowed by the musical's more popular song, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", which was a number one hit for the Paul Whiteman orchestra.
Other recordings
Gato Barbieri -- The Third World Revisited (1988) Billie Holiday - 1939 and 1952 recordings Larry Coryell – Shining Hour (1989) Miles Davis (1951, 1965) Dorothy Donegan Clifford Brown -- Clifford Brown with Strings (1955) Booker Ervin -- The Song Book (1964) Marianne Faithfull -- Strange Weather (1987) Tal Farlow -- Tal (1956) Ella Fitzgerald -- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book (1963) Nnenna Freelon --Nnenna Freelon (1992) Four Freshmen -- Voices in Latin (1958) Erroll Garner – Magician (1973) Stan Getz -- Stan Getz at Storyville Vol. 2 (1951) Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band – Act Your Age (2008) Stevie Holland (More Than Words Can Say, 2006) Stephane Grappelli and Yehudi Menuhin – Tea for Two (1977) Tom Harrell with Kenny Werner – Sail Away (1991) Coleman Hawkins – (1944) Ink Spots -- (1954) Stan Kenton -- Contemporary Concepts (1955) Lee Konitz with Miles Davis -- Conception (1949) Adam Makowicz and George Mraaz -- Classic Jazz Duets (1982) Marion Marlowe -- Dearly Beloved (1959) Helen Merrill -- Helen Merrill (1954) Charles Mingus with Hampton Hawes – Mingus Three (1957) Modern Jazz Quartet -- Modern Jazz Quartet (1975) Anita O'Day -- Waiter, Make Mine Blues (1960) Oscar Peterson (1961) Bud Powell Bud Powell Piano Solos (1950) Buddy Rich and Max Roach – Rich Versus Roach (1959) Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins – Sonny Meets Hawk! (1963) Artie Shaw with Hank Jones – The Last Recordings: Rare and Unreleased, Vol. 1 (1954) Johnny Smith feat. Stan Getz Moonlight in Vermont (1952) Paul Smith Jo Stafford with Paul Weston Songs by Jo Stafford (1946) Barbra Streisand - Color Me Barbra (1966) Art Tatum – Piano Starts Here (1949) Lennie Tristano -- Crosscurrents (1949) Tito Puente -- Puente Goes Jazz (1957)