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"My Heart Cries for You" is a popular song, adapted by Carl Sigman and Percy Faith from an 18th-century French melody.[1]

"My Heart Cries for You"
Single by Guy Mitchell
Released	1950
Recorded	1950
Genre	Traditional pop
Length	2:41
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Carl Sigman, Percy Faith
Guy Mitchell singles chronology
"My Heart Cries for You" (1950) "The Roving Kind" (1950)

"My Heart Cries for You"
Single by Connie Francis
B-side	"Someone Took the Sweetness out of Sweetheart"
Released	July 1967
Recorded	June 1, 1967 (A-side) May 19, 1967 (B-side)
Genre	Easy listening
Length	2:56 (A-side) 2:16 (B-side)
Label	MGM K 13773
Songwriter(s)	Carl Sigman, Percy Faith
Producer(s)	Pete Spargo
Connie Francis US singles chronology
"Time Alone Will Tell" / "Born free" (1967) "My Heart Cries for You" (1967) "Lonely Again" / "When You Care a lot for Someone" (1967)

Background

The music is from an old French song attributed to Dauphine of France Queen Marie Antoinette, "La jardinière du Roi". The chorus, "My heart cries for you, Sighs for you, dies for you..." is original, and does not appear in the French song.

Guy Mitchell recording

The sentimental ballad was recorded toward the end of 1950 by Guy Mitchell[1] with Mitch Miller and his orchestra, in a recording issued by Columbia Records as catalog number 39067, which sold over a million copies and reached number 2 on the Billboard chart in 1951.

Cover versions

External audio
You may hear an arrangement of "My Heart Cries for You" by John Serry performed in 1956 Here on Archive.org

It had numerous cover versions; among the hit recordings made were those by:

• Vic Damone (a number 4 hit on the Billboard chart), Jimmy Wakely (number 12), Bill Farrell (number 18), Al Morgan (number 24), and Evelyn Knight and Red Foley, a duet which reached number 28 pop and number 6 country.[2][3]
• The composition was also arranged and recorded by John Serry, Sr. and his ensemble for Dot Records as a 33 RPM vinyl recording entitled Squeeze Play in 1956.[4] Subsequently, it was released by Versailles Records as a 45 RPM recording under the title Chicago Musette - John Serry et son Accordéon in 1958.[5][6]
• Dinah Shore with Henri René's Orchestra & Chorus[7] (number 3 on Billboard's pop chart)
• Henri René recorded a version in New York City on November 4, 1950. It was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-3978 (in US)[8] and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10026.
• Jimmy Wakely who reached number 7 on Billboard's country chart.[9]
• A revival by Ray Charles reached the U.S. top forty in 1964.[10]
• Connie Francis "bubbled under" the Billboard pop chart in 1967 (number 118) and peaked at number 12 on Billboard Adult Contemporary.[11] She also recorded the song in German as "Mein Herz ruft nach dir" and in French as "Mon cœur pleure pour vous", the latter marking her last French-language recording of the 1960s.[12]
• Percy Faith himself recorded an instrumental version of this song in the early 1970s. It is on his 1973 album, Corazón.[13]
• On his 2005 "comeback" album, The Moon Was Blue, country singer Bobby Bare also recorded a version of the song.[14]
• On her 2006 album If Your Memory Serves You Well, Serena Ryder covers this, as well as many other classics.[15] The album received Gold certification.
• Harry James released a version in 1981 on his album For Listening And Dancing (Reader's Digest RD4A 213)[16]
• Margo Smith released a version in 1981 that peaked at number 72 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[17]

References

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