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<h1>Cry Me a River (Arthur Hamilton song)</h1><h2>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</h2><h2><br></h2><h2>"<strong>Cry Me a River</strong>" is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">popular</a> American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_song" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">torch song</a>, written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Hamilton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Arthur Hamilton</a>, first published in 1953 and made famous in 1955 with the version by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_London" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Julie London</a>.</h2><h2><br></h2><h2>Origins and early recordings</h2><p>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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crimea</a>, rather than "..cry me a...", but said that "..sitting down and playing the melody and coming up with lyrics made it a nonissue."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_Me_a_River_(Arthur_Hamilton_song)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a></p><p>A bluesy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jazz</a> ballad, "Cry Me a River" was originally written for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ella Fitzgerald</a> to sing in the 1920s-set film, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Kelly%27s_Blues_(1955_film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Pete Kelly's Blues</em></a> (released 1955). According to Hamilton, he and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_London" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Julie London</a> had been high school classmates, and she contacted him on behalf of her husband, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Webb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jack Webb</a>, who was the film's director and was looking for new songs for its soundtrack.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_Me_a_River_(Arthur_Hamilton_song)#cite_note-billboard-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> After the song was dropped from the film, Fitzgerald first released her version on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clap_Hands,_Here_Comes_Charlie!" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!</em></a> in 1961. The song was also offered to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_King" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peggy King</a>, but <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Columbia Records</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26R" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A&amp;R</a> chief <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Miller" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mitch Miller</a> objected to the word "plebeian" in the lyric.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_Me_a_River_(Arthur_Hamilton_song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_Me_a_River_(Arthur_Hamilton_song)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a></p><p>The song's first release was by actress and singer Julie London on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Liberty Records</a> in 1955, backed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Kessel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Barney Kessel</a> on guitar and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Leatherwood" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ray Leatherwood</a> on bass.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_Me_a_River_(Arthur_Hamilton_song)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[5]</a> London had been urged to record the song by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Troup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bobby Troup</a>, whom she would later marry after her divorce from Webb.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_Me_a_River_(Arthur_Hamilton_song)#cite_note-billboard-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> A performance of the song by London in the 1956 film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Can%27t_Help_It" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Girl Can't Help It</em></a>, helped to make it a bestseller (reaching no. 9 on US and no. 22 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK Singles Chart</a>). It became a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gold record</a>, and in 2016, it was inducted by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Recording_Registry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">National </a></p>