Cry Me A River~Ray Brown Trio & Gene Harris Raymond Matthews Brown (13/10/1926 – 2/7/2002) was an influential American jazz double bassist and cellist, known for extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald, among many others. (Cry Me A River) appears on the album Gene Harris Soular Energy. Gene Harris (1/9/1933 Benton Harbor, Michigan–16/1/2000) was an American jazz pianist known for his warm sound and blues and gospel infused style that is known as soul jazz. Cry Me a River is a popular American torch song, written by Arthur Hamilton and first published in 1953, and made famous in the version by Julie London, 1955. A jazzy blues ballad, Cry Me a River was originally written for Ella Fitzgerald to sing in the 1920s-set film, Pete Kellys Blues (released 1955), but the song was dropped. Fitzgerald first released a recording of the song on Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie ! in 1961. The song was also offered to Peggy King, but Columbia Records A&R chief Mitch Miller objected to the word plebian in the lyric and its first release was by actress/singer Julie London on Liberty Records in 1955, backed by Barney Kessel on guitar and Ray Leatherwood on bass. A performance of the song by London in the 1956 film The Girl Cant Help It helped to make it a bestseller (reaching nr. 9 on US and nr. 22 on UK charts). Londons recording was later featured in the soundtracks for the movies Passion of Mind (2000), and V for Vendetta (2005). Subsequent covers include a version by Barbra Streisand on her 1963 debut album as the opening track of Side 1. In 1970, British rocker Joe Cocker made the chart with an upbeat rock rendition on the album, Mad Dogs and Englishmen. In 1995, British actress Denise Welchs double A-side You Dont Have to Say You Love Me / Cry Me a River spent three weeks in the UK Singles Chart, reaching #23. Canadian jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall recorded the song on her 2001 album, The Look of Love. In 2009, Canadian singer Michael Bublé entered the charts with a big-band jazz version, which is also the opening track of his fourth album Crazy Love. This adaption of the song was used in the BBCs advertising for, and theme music for coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Lyrics: Now you say youre lonely, you cried the long night through.. Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river.. I cried a river over you. Now you say youre sorry for being so untrue.. Well, you can cry me a river.. cry me a river.. I cried a river over you. You drove me, nearly drove me out of my head, while you never shed a tear.. Remember ? I remember all that you said, told me love was to plebeian, told me you were through with me.. Now you say you love me... Well, just to prove you do.. Come on ! Come on ! Cry me a river.. Cry me a river.. I cried over you..
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 20:57:16 +0000
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