How old is the song cry me a river

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. A jazzy blues ballad, "Cry Me a River" was originally written for Ella Fitzgerald to sing in the s-set film, Pete Kelly's Blues released , but the song was dropped. A performance of the song by London in the film The Girl Can't Help It helped to make it a bestseller reaching no.

It became a gold record , and in , it was inducted by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry. Template:Unreferenced Other recordings include a version by Shirley Bassey on her third album, The Fabulous Shirley Bassey , her debut for Columbia in ; a version by Barbra Streisand on her debut album as the opening track of Side 1; and a version by British rocker Joe Cocker , who made the chart in with an upbeat rock rendition on the album, Mad Dogs and Englishmen.

Elkie Brooks on the album Round Midnight. Sylvia Brooks recorded the song on her debut album, Dangerous Liaisons [4] in Culture Wikia Explore. She had been in declining health since suffering a stroke five years ago and died in hospital in California. Born Julie Peck to parents who worked as a vaudeville song-and-dance team, she started singing on her mother and father's radio show before moving into films in the s.

Over the next two decades, she appeared in nearly two dozen films, starring alongside Gary Cooper in Task Force in and Rock Hudson in The Fat Man four years later. The single sold 3 million copies and remained in demand into the s.

She recorded a total of 32 albums. Describing her vocal style, Ms London once said: "It's only a thimbleful of a voice, and I have to use it close to a microphone. But it is a kind of oversmoked voice, and it automatically sounds intimate.

She was twice married - first to Jack Webb, producer and star of the Dragnet television series, and later to Bobby Troup, composer of the hit song "Route 66", who died last year.