"Because of You" | ||||
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Single by Tony Bennett | ||||
from the album Because of You | ||||
B-side | "I Won't Cry Anymore" | |||
Published | September 4, 1940[1] | by Broadcast Music, Inc., New York|||
Released | April 30, 1951 | |||
Recorded | April 4, 1951[2] | |||
Studio | Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City | |||
Genre | Popular music[3] | |||
Length | 2:59 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Arthur Hammerstein, Dudley Wilkinson | |||
Tony Bennett singles chronology | ||||
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"Because of You" is a popular song written by Arthur Hammerstein and Dudley Wilkinson in 1940. It was first recorded by Larry Clinton and His Orchestra on December 12, 1940,[4] and was released March 28, 1941 on Bluebird 11094. It charted for one week (June 28) and ranked number 95 in the 1941 year-end list.[5]
It was used in the 1951 film I Was an American Spy.