“Cry Me A River” (Joe Cocker) #11 11/14/1970

Another track from Joe Cocker’s live “Mad Dogs And Englishmen” LP, most famously done in 1955 by Julie London. Originally meant for Ella Fitzgerald, the song was written by Julie’s high school classmate Arthur Hamilton. She had just divorced Jack Webb, Sgt. Friday from “Dragnet.” Bobby Troup (famous for writing Nat King Cole’s “Route 66”) produced Julie’s million-selling version; they later married and would co-star on TV’s “Emergency!” produced and co-created by...her ex-husband Jack Webb.