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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 ...
"Cry Me a River" is a song by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake for his debut solo album, Justified (2002). It was thought to be inspired by Timberlake's former relationship with singer Britney Spears .
London sang 13 of her classic songs, including "Bye Bye Blackbird", "Lonesome Road", and "Cry Me a River". [42] She released studio albums until the end of the decade, and her final studio album was Yummy, Yummy, Yummy (1969), a collection of contemporary songs. [43] After this, London stopped singing professionally.
Timberlake performed "Cry Me a River" at the 13th annual Billboard Music Awards, held on December 9, 2002, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. He was accompanied by a string section and a 20-member choir. [52] He performed "Cry Me a River" on a promotional concert held at House of Blues in West Hollywood, California on June 17, 2003. [53]
However, Hamilton's third song, "Cry Me a River", sung by Ella Fitzgerald, was dropped from the film, although Ella did go on to record it later in her career. The song's first release and most famous recording was by actress and singer Julie London – who had been Jack Webb's wife [8] – in 1955.
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The first track, "Cry Me a River", was released as a single (Liberty 55006) and was London's biggest chart success. [ 2 ] The album was reissued, combined with the 1958 Julie London album Julie Is Her Name, Volume II , in compact disc format, by EMI in 1992 .
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