<Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Arthur Hamilton </Td> </Tr> <P> "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 . </P> <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 Crimea, rather than "...cry me a ...", but said that "...sitting down and playing the melody and coming up with lyrics made it a nonissue ." </P> <P> A jazzy blues ballad, "Cry Me a River" was originally written for Ella Fitzgerald to sing in the 1920s - set film, Pete Kelly's 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 "plebeian" 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 Can't Help It helped to make it a bestseller (reaching no . 9 on US and no . 22 on UK charts). It became a gold record, and in 2016, it was inducted by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry . </P>

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