I'm Sorry I Made You Cry Explained

I'm Sorry I Made You Cry
Cover:ImSorryIMadeYouCry.jpg
Caption:Sheet Music cover of 1918 national republication
Language:English
Published:1916
I'm Sorry I Made You Cry
Type:single
Artist:Connie Francis
B-Side:Lock Up Your Heart
Released:April 1958
Recorded:1958
Genre:Traditional pop
Length:2:23
Label:MGM Records
Chronology:Connie Francis
Prev Title:Who's Sorry Now
Prev Year:1957
Next Title:Heartaches
Next Year:1958

"I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" is a traditional pop and jazz standard song, written and composed by songwriter Nick .J. Clesi, first published by Triangle Music in New Orleans in 1916.[1] It was republished for national audience in 1918 by Leo Feist, Inc. in New York City, with sheet music cover depicting a US World War I soldier embracing a woman.[2] (This sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[3])

Notable recordings

Henry Burr sung it as a waltz for Victor Records in 1918. Notable recordings by jazz groups include versions by Earl Fuller, Wilbur Sweatman, Eddie Condon, Fats Waller, and Miff Mole. Frank Sinatra recorded it as a sweet ballad in 1947. Connie Francis brought it back to the pop chart with a version in 1958.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 152.177 - I'm Sorry I Made You Cry. | Levy Music Collection .
  2. Book: Parker, Bernard S. . 2007 . World War I Sheet Music 1. . Jefferson . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 294 . 978-0-7864-2798-7 . 71790113.
  3. Clesi, N. J., Theodore F. Morse, June Elvidge, John Bowers, and Starmer. 1918. I'm sorry I made you cry. New York: Leo. Feist Inc.
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI_LFE9pkog&list=PLBohJ-Mq5mXziu3MJZ-E_WDxC7OrBCGvc&index=3 Alice Faye singing "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry"