Confessin'

"(I'm) Confessin' (that I Love You)"
Music by	Doc Daugherty Ellis Reynolds
Lyrics by	Al J. Neiburg
Published	1930
Language	English
Recorded by	Louis Armstrong Guy Lombardo Rudy Vallee Perry Como Les Paul and Mary Ford Anne Murray Frank Ifield many others

"Lookin' for Another Sweetie"
Music by	Chris Smith Sterling Grant
Published	1929
Language	English
Recorded by	Fats Waller

"I'm Confessin' that I Love You" (also known as "Confessin'," "I'm Confessin'," and "Confessin' that I Love You") is a jazz and popular standard that has been recorded many times.

The song was first produced with different lyrics as "Lookin' For Another Sweetie," credited to Chris Smith and Sterling Grant, and recorded by Thomas "Fats" Waller & His Babies on December 18, 1929.^[1][2]

In 1930 it was reborn as "Confessin'," with new lyrics by Al Neiburg, and with the music this time credited to Doc Daugherty and Ellis Reynolds. Louis Armstrong made his first, and highly influential, recording of the song in August 1930,^[3] and continued to play it throughout his career.^[4]

Other important recorded versions in the United States were done by Chester Gaylord (1930), Guy Lombardo (1930), Rudy Vallee (1930), (Perry Como (1945), Les Paul and Mary Ford (1952), and Anne Murray (1993). The song was also a number one hit for Frank Ifield in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1963.^[4]

Recorded versions

• Alyn Ainsworth
• Louis Armstrong
• Shocky
• Smith Ballew
• Count Basie
• Tony Bennett
• Teresa Brewer
• Rosemary Clooney
• Perry Como
• Doris Day
• Connie Evingson
• Ella Fitzgerald on her Decca album "For Sentimental Reasons", with Johnny Long and his Orchestra

• Helen Forrest
• Judy Garland
• Erroll Garner
• Chester Gaylord (1930, Brunswick 4871)
• Benny Goodman
• Stéphane Grappelli
• Lionel Hampton
• Lena Horne
• Frank Ifield
• Harry James
• Frankie Laine
• Peggy Lee
• Guy Lombardo
• Dean Martin
• Pat Martino
• The McGuire Sisters
• Thelonious Monk
• Van Morrison
• Anne Murray
• Ricky Nelson
• Willie Nelson
• Les Paul and Mary Ford
• Oscar Peterson
• Louis Prima
• Johnnie Ray
• Django Reinhardt
• Paul "Tchou Tchan" Vidal
• Marc Ribot
• Mavis Rivers with Red Norvo
• Kay Starr
• April Stevens
• Nino Tempo
• Rudy Vallee
• Lizz Wright
• Timi Yuro
• Paul Chambers

Preceded by "I Like It" by Gerry & The Pacemakers

UK number one single by Frank Ifield July 18, 1963 (2 weeks)

Succeeded by "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" by Elvis Presley

Notes

1. ^ Stephens, Joe. "Victor 78 Record 30000 - 39999 Discography". http://yktc.us/MusicRack/78/List%20Label/Victor/list%20Victor78-30000.html. Retrieved 2011-05-27. 
2. ^ Riccardi, Ricky. "The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong: 80 Years of "Confessin'"". http:////dippermouth.blogspot.com/2010/08/80-years-of-confessin-part-1-original.html. Retrieved 2011-05-27. 
3. ^ Minn, Michael; Johnson, Scott. "The Louis Armstrong Discography". http://michaelminn.net/armstrong/index.php?section3. Retrieved 2011-05-27. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Burlingame, Sandra. "I'm Confessin' That I Love You". JazzStandards.com. http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-2/imconfessinthatiloveyou.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-27. 

See also

• List of 1930s jazz standards