“Autumn Leaves” is a jazz standard written by Joseph Kosma in 1945 with original lyrics by Jacques Prévert in French (original French title: "Les Feuilles Mortes"), and later by Johnny Mercer in English. The song was originally written for the 1946 French film Les Portes de la nuit (The Gates of the Night) . There are over a thousand recorded versions including by: Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Ahmad Jamal, Miles Davis, Duke Elllington, Vince Guraldi (on and on...). Pardon my French! Je parle un peu francais (tres peu!)