Cry Me A River - Julie London (Cover)

"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."
- Songwriter Arthur Hamilton.
First published in 1953 and released by Julie London in 1955, Cry Me a River was originally intended to be sung by Ella Fitzgerald in the film Pete Kelly's Blues. The films director was Jack Webb. Jack Webb's wife, Julie London contacted Arthur Hamilton (who was an old school friend) as Jack was looking for new songs for the sound track of the film.
The song never made it onto the film, however Julies version of the song, backed by Barney Kessel on guitar and Ray Leatherwood on bass began gaining attention. A performance by London on the 1956 film 'The Girl Can't Help It' helped make the song a hit, reaching #9 on the US and #22 on the UK singles charts.
On this recording I used a 1946 RCA 74b ribbon microphone for vocals and a Telefunken U47 to capture ambient guitar and double bass.
The guitar is a Gibson L5 with Charlie Christian pickup plugged into a Fender Tweed Twin. The double bass is an Engelhardt M1 with gut strings.
The old style visuals are from an old 1956 Zeiss Flektogon Lense on a Cannon EOS R6 camera.
Post production done in Pro Tools and Davinci Resolve

[@Musician-Lee]

Absolutely wonderful. Proving a man really can sing this. Great bass too 🎵🎶🎸❤️

[@Jordan_Thomas]

Thank you, Lee! I was feeling somewhat under the weather when I recorded this also, as such I was never going to try up the octave!

[@jmack619]

Beautiful ! Ownsthat tune !

[@Jordan_Thomas]

So kind of you to say. Cheers!

[@skipperherman5766]

Excellent

[@Jordan_Thomas]

You're welcome, Skipper!

[@loxdixon]

Excellent, love the guitar tone and the double bass, love your smokey deep jazz voice. Brilliant all round :)

[@Jordan_Thomas]

Thanks Lox! I much appreciate your constructive compliment 🐆

[@robertaallllvs]

Thrilling! 🫶

[@Jordan_Thomas]

You are!

[@robertaallllvs]

🤍

[@keithwigley1256]

Another gem...what semi is that..

[@Jordan_Thomas]

That's a Gibson L5. Custom 1939 spec with a Charlie Christian Pickup

[@keithwigley1256]

@@Jordan_Thomas ta ..

[@poguie]

So lovely… many thanks Jordan. You have impeccable taste sir… Tom Waits, Julie London, Bob Dylan all done so tastefully. Do you live in Sydney? Have you any shows coming up?

[@Jordan_Thomas]

Cheers Dave! Yes I get around a bit in Sydney. The next one is at Marrickville Bowling Club on December 10th, playing guitar and singing in Rockabilly group the Rusty Mustangs!

[@BabyAndTheGreys]

Gorgeous

[@Jordan_Thomas]

No, you!!

[@Jordan_Thomas]

And happy birthday!!!! 🎉