"Autumn Leaves" is a much-recorded popular song. It was originally a 1945 French song "Les feuilles mortes" (literally "The Dead Leaves") with music by Joseph Kosma and lyrics by poet Jacques Prevert. The English lyrics was written by the famous American songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1947. The song became a pop and jazz standard in both the French and English languages.
Many artistes had recorded the song and among them was Nat King Cole who sang this song over the the titles sequence of the movie "Autumn Leaves" (1956) which starred Joan Crawford.
However, it was Mr Piano, Roger Williams, who made the song a # 1 hit in the United States in 1955. This was the only piano instrumental to ever reach number one on the Billboard single chart. And it remained in that position for three weeks (October - November).Roger's version became an American standard and still stands at the greatest selling piano recording of all time.
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