The list of recordings below may not be exhaustive.
| Artist | Recording | Type | Year | ## |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Kemp & his Orchestra | Gloomy Sunday | 10″ 78rpm | 1936* | US |
| Vincent Lopez & his Orchestra | Gloomy Sunday | 10″ 78rpm | 1936* | US |
| Henry King & his Orchestra | Gloomy Sunday | 10″ 78rpm | 1936* | US |
| Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra | Gloomy Sunday | 10″ 78rpm | 1936* | US |
| Paul Robeson | Gloomy Sunday | 10″ 78rpm | 1936* | US |
| The Albert Sandler Trio with Hildegarde | Gloomy Sunday | 10″ 78rpm | 1936* | UK/US |
| Damia | Sombre Dimanche | 10″ 78rpm | 1936 | FR |
| Trío Piana-Garza-Kohan / Mercedes Simone | Triste Domingo | 10″ 78rpm | 1937 | AR |
| Artie Shaw & his Orchestra | Don’t Fall Asleep | 10″ 78rpm | 1940 | US |
| Billie Holiday | Gloomy Sunday | 10″ 78rpm | 1941 | US |
| Don Byas | Gloomy Sunday | 10″ 78rpm | 1946 | US |
| Billy Eckstine & his Orchestra | Gloomy Sunday | 10″ 78rpm | 1946 | US |
| Charlie Barnet & his Orchestra | Gloomy Sunday | 10″ 78rpm | 1949 | US |
| Shelly Manne & Bill Russo | Deep People | LP | 1951 | US |
| Jerry Wald Orchestra | Listen to The Music of Jerry Wald-2 | LP | 1955 | US |
| Page Cavanaugh | Carries the Torch | LP | 1956 | US |
| Leroy Holmes & his Orchestra | Music for Crazy Mixed-Up People | LP | 1957 | US |
| Josh White | Josh White Sings Ballads and Blues | LP | 1957 | US |
| Woody Herman & his Orchestra | Live at Peacock Lane Hollywood | live LP | 1958 | US |
| The Creed Taylor Orchestra | Shock Music in Hi-Fi | LP | 1958 | US |
| Mel Tormé | Tormé | LP | 1958 | US |
| Mickey Baker | Wildest Guitar | LP | 1959 | US |
| Miss Toni Fisher | The Big Hurt | LP | 1959 | US |
| Bev Kelly | Love Locked Out | LP | 1959 | US |
| Claudia Thompson | Goodbye to Love | LP | 1959 | US |
| Lorez Alexandria | Sing No Sad Songs For Me | LP | 1961 | US |
| The Bob Brookmeyer Orchestra | Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments | LP | 1961 | US |
| Johnny Griffin with Strings & Brass | White Gardenia | LP | 1961 | US |
| Sarah Vaughan | The Divine One | LP | 1961 | US |
| Dorothy Ashby | Dorothy Ashby | LP | 1962 | US |
| Ketty Lester | Love Letters | LP | 1962 | US |
| Peter Nero | Hail The Conquering Hero | LP | 1963 | US |
| Roy Hamilton | Sentimental, Lonely and Blue | LP | 1964 | US |
| Jimmy Smith | Monster | LP | 1965 | US |
| Stan Kenton | The World We Know | LP | 1967 | US |
| Herbie Mann | The Herbie Mann String Album | LP | 1967 | US |
| Anna Black | Meet Anna Black | LP | 1968 | US |
| Genesis | In The Beginning | LP | 1968 | US |
| Carmen McRae | The Sound Of Silence | LP | 1968 | US |
| Rita Moss | Superb | LP | 1968 | US |
| Ray Charles | I’m All Yours-Baby! | LP | 1969 | US |
| Joanne Vent | Black and White of it is Blues | LP | 1969 | US |
| Barbara Dickson | Do Right Woman | LP | 1970 | UK |
| Big Maybelle | The Last of Big Maybelle | LP | 1973 | US |
| Jimmy Witherspoon | Spoonful | LP | 1975 | US |
| Etta Jones | My Mother’s Eyes | LP | 1977 | US |
| Lydia Lunch | Queen of Siam | LP | 1980 | US |
| Elvis Costello & the Attractions | Trust | LP | 1981 | UK |
| The Associates | Sulk | LP | 1982 | UK |
| Marc and The Mambas | Torment And Toreros | LP | 1983 | UK |
| Swansway | Soul Train | single | 1983 | UK |
| Hades | Born To Metalize | comp. LP | 1984 | US |
| Peter Wolf | Lights Out | LP | 1985 | US |
| Christian Death | Atrocities | LP | 1986 | US |
| Marianne Faithfull | A Perfect Stranger | comp. LP | 1987 | UK |
| Serge Gainsbourg | You’re Under Arrest | LP | 1987 | FR |
| Abbey Lincoln | Abbey Sings Billie Volume 1 | LP | 1987 | US |
| Cats Laughing | Cats Laughing | cassette | 1988 | US |
| Carol Kidd | The Night We Called It A Day | LP | 1990 | US |
| Diamanda Galás | The Singer | LP | 1992 | US |
| Sinéad O’Connor | Am I Not Your Girl | LP | 1992 | IR |
| Charles Brown | Just a Lucky So and So | LP | 1994 | US |
| Satan’s Cheerleaders | Infinity | LP | 1994 | US |
| Gitane Demone | With Love And Dementia | live LP | 1995 | US |
| Louis Tillett & Charlie Owen | Midnight Rain | LP | 1995 | AU |
| Sarah McLachlan | Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff | comp. LP | 1996 | CA |
| Lil Darling Hot Club | All That Swing | LP | 1997 | IT |
| Danny Michel | Clear | LP | 1998 | CA |
| Satan’s Sadists | Sympathetic Majesties Request | comp. LP | 1998 | US |
| Björk | Stormy Weather | comp. LP | 1999 | IS |
| Heather Nova | Gloomy Sunday | single | 1999 | BM |
| The Smithereens | God Save The Smithereens | LP | 1999 | US |
| Sarah Brightman | La Luna | LP | 2000 | UK |
| Kronos Quartet | Kronos Caravan | LP | 2000 | US |
| Ricky Nelson | Legacy | comp. LP | 2000** | US |
| Hans Koller | Lovers and Strangers | LP | 2001 | DE |
| Iva Bittová | j.h. | LP | 2002 | CZ |
| Singing Loins | The Complete and Utter | LP | 2004 | UK |
| Venetian Snares | Rossz Csillag Alatt Született*** | LP | 2005 | CA |
| Eminemmylou | Muthabanjo | LP | 2005 | UK |
| Emilie Autumn | Opheliac [deluxe edition] | LP | 2009 | US |
| ## | Nationality | |
|---|---|---|
| AR | – | Argentina |
| AU | – | Australia |
| BM | – | Bermuda |
| CA | – | Canada |
| CZ | – | Czech Republic |
| DE | – | Germany |
| FR | – | France |
| IR | – | Republic of Ireland |
| IS | – | Iceland |
| IT | – | Italy |
| UK | – | United Kingdom |
| US | – | United States of America |
| Key | Notes |
|---|---|
| * | ‘Gloomy Sunday / Desire’ 10″ 78rpm released by Hal Kemp & his Orchestra on 5th March 1936 (US) |
| ‘Gloomy Sunday / I Don’t Want To Make History (I Just Want To Make Love)’ 10″ 78rpm released by Vincent Lopez & his Orchestra on 9th March 1936 (US) |
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| ‘Gloomy Sunday / A Waltz Was Born In Vienna’ 10″ 78rpm released by Henry King & his Orchestra on 10th March 1936 (US) |
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| ‘Gloomy Sunday / A Waltz Was Born In Vienna’ 10″ 78rpm released by Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra on 13th March 1936 (US) |
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| ‘Gloomy Sunday / Honey’ 10″ 78rpm released by Paul Robeson on 26th March 1936 (US) |
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| ‘Gloomy Sunday’ 10″ 78rpm released by The Albert Sandler Trio with Hildegarde on 3rd April 1936 (UK) |
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| ** | Gloomy Sunday was originally recorded by Ricky Nelson in 1958 but remained unreleased until the “Legacy” box set compilation was issued in 2000. |
| *** | LP track ‘Öngyilkos Vasárnap’ samples extensively from 1941 Billie Holiday recording. |
