Английская Википедия:Cry Me a River (Arthur Hamilton song)
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"Cry Me a River" is a popular American torch song, written by Arthur Hamilton, first published in 1953 and made famous in 1955 with the version by Julie London.
In 2001, the Julie London version of "Cry Me a River" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[1]
Origins and early recordings
Arthur Hamilton later said of the song: "I had never heard the phrase. I just liked the combination of words... Instead of 'Eat your heart out' or 'I'll get even with you,' it sounded like a good, smart retort to somebody who had hurt your feelings or broken your heart." He was initially concerned that listeners would hear a reference to the Crimea, rather than "..cry me a...", but said that "..sitting down and playing the melody and coming up with lyrics made it a nonissue."[2]
A bluesy jazz ballad, "Cry Me a River" was originally written for Ella Fitzgerald to sing in the 1920s-set film Pete Kelly's Blues (released 1955). According to Hamilton, he and Julie London had been high school classmates, and she contacted him on behalf of her husband, Jack Webb, who was the film's director and was looking for new songs for its soundtrack.[3] After the song was dropped from the film, Fitzgerald first released her version 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 "plebeian" in the lyric.[4][5]
The song's first release was by actress and singer Julie London on Liberty Records in 1955, backed by Barney Kessel on guitar and Ray Leatherwood on bass.[6] London had been urged to record the song by Bobby Troup, whom she would later marry after her divorce from Webb.[3] A performance of the song by London in the 1956 film The Girl Can't Help It, helped to make it a bestseller (reaching no. 9 on US and no. 22 on the UK Singles Chart). It became a gold record, and in 2016, it was inducted by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry.[7]
Notable recordings
One site, SecondHandSongs, lists 658 recorded versions of the song (as at September 2023).[8] Versions that charted include:
- Marie Knight (1969) number 35 on Billboard R&B[9]
- Joe Cocker (live version) (1970) number 11 on Billboard[10]
- Mari Wilson (1983) number 27 on UK Singles Chart[11] from Showpeople
- Denise Welch (1995) number 23 on UK Singles Chart[11]
- Michael Bublé (2009) number 34 on UK Singles Chart[11]
References
External links
- Peggy King performs Cry Me a River at the Metropolitan Room in 2014
- Cry Me a River at jazzstandards.com
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- ↑ John Berlau, "Crying a River for Years", The Wall Street Journal, December 15, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2016
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ Cary O'Dell, "“Cry Me a River”—Julie London (1955)", Library of Congress. Retrieved March 7, 2020
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- ↑ 11,0 11,1 11,2 Шаблон:Cite web
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