I Cried for You

This article is about the pop/jazz standard. For the Katie Melua song, see I Cried for You/Just Like Heaven.

"I Cried for You" is a pop and jazz standard by Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, and Abe Lyman, published in 1923.

It has been recorded by many artists.

Recorded versions

• Louis Armstrong
• Eddy Arnold (1956)
• Mildred Bailey
• Count Basie
• Polly Bergen
• Bunny Berigan and his orchestra (vocal: Kathleen Lane) (1938)
• Big Maybelle
• Connee Boswell
• Ray Charles
• Rosemary Clooney
• Nat King Cole
• Columbians (Instrumental) (1923
• Bing Crosby (1939)
• Vic Damone (1959)
• Jimmy Dorsey
• Cliff Edwards
• Ethel Ennis (1957)
• Ella Fitzgerald (1960 on the Verve release "Let No Man Write My Epitaph") and 1968 (30 By Ella, Columbia)
• Connie Francis (1958)
• Judy Garland (feat. in the film Babes In Arms) (1939)
• Erroll Garner (Instrumental) (1945)
• Benny Goodman Quintet (Instrumental) (1937)
• Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra (vocal: Kenny Sargent) (1937)
• Woody Herman
• Billie Holiday - Lady Sings The Blues
• Harry James and his orchestra (vocal: Helen Forrest) (1942)
• Etta Jones
• Benny Krueger and his orchestra (Instrumental) (1923)
• Dean Martin (1974)
• Carmen McRae
• Matt Monro
• Wayne Newton
• Anita O'Day
• Sid Phillips
• Bertice Reading
• Della Reese
• Rita Reys (with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1956 and the Pim Jacobs Trio in 1985.)
• Diana Ross (1972, featured in the film Lady Sings the Blues)
• Andy Russell and The Pied Pipers (1946)
• Artie Shaw
• Frank Sinatra (1956, featured in the film The Joker Is Wild)
• Kate Smith
• Jo Stafford
• Ricky Stevens(1961
• Kay Starr
• Sarah Vaughan (1947)
• Dinah Washington
• Lee Wiley
• Kalil Wilson
• Teddy Wilson and his orchestra (vocal: Billie Holiday) (1936)