I'm Sorry I Made You Cry

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"I'm Sorry I Made You Cry"
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Sheet Music cover of 1918 national republication
Song
LanguageEnglish
Published1916
Songwriter(s) N.J. Clesi
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1916 sheet music cover
"I'm Sorry I Made You Cry"
Single by Connie Francis
B-side "Lock Up Your Heart"
ReleasedApril 1958
Recorded1958
Genre Traditional pop
Length2:23
Label MGM Records
Songwriter(s) N.J. Clesi
Connie Francissingles chronology
"Who's Sorry Now"
(1957)
"I'm Sorry I Made You Cry"
(1958)
"Heartaches"
(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] )

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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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References

  1. Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 294. ISBN   978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC   71790113.
  2. 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. OCLC   10176263
  3. Alice Faye singing "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" in Rose of Washington Square (1939) on YouTube (audio only)

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