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. It has been said that it was dropped because, at the time of Ellas recording, film and record producers said that the audience would not believe that a colored/black person would know what the word Plebeian meant nor would they use it. They were afraid that Ellas vocals combined with the use of such an intelligent word would upset their target audience. Fitzgerald first released a recording of the song on Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! in 1961.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:38:04 +0000
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