Confessin'

{{Short description|Popular jazz standard}}

{{Infobox song

| name = (I'm) Confessin' (that I Love You)

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| published = 1930

| writer =

| composer = Chris Smith

| lyricist = Al J. Neiburg

}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Lookin' for Another Sweetie

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| type =

| written =

| published = 1929

| writer = Chris Smith, Sterling Grant

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"(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.

Background

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.

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, and continued to play it throughout his career. Unlike the crooners, Armstrong did not try to deliver the original song's lyrics or melody; instead, he smeared and dropped lyrics and added melodic scat breaks.{{Cite book|last=Brothers|first=Thomas|title=Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism|publisher=W.W. Norton & Company|year=2014|isbn=978-0-393-06582-4|location=W.W. Norton & Company|pages=397}}

Cover versions

Other important recorded versions were done by:

See also

References

{{cite web|title=I'm Confessin' That I Love You |first=Sandra |last=Burlingame |publisher=JazzStandards.com |url=http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-2/imconfessinthatiloveyou.htm |access-date=2010-08-27}}

{{cite web|title=Victor 78 Record 30000 - 39999 Discography |first=Joe |last=Stephens |url=http://yktc.us/MusicRack/78/List%20Label/Victor/list%20Victor78-30000.html |access-date=2011-05-27}}

{{cite web|title=The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong: 80 Years of "Confessin'" |first=Ricky |last=Riccardi |url=http://dippermouth.blogspot.com/2010/08/80-years-of-confessin-part-1-original.html |access-date=2011-05-27}}

{{cite web|title=The Louis Armstrong Discography|first1=Michael|last1=Minn|first2=Scott|last2=Johnson|url=http://michaelminn.net/armstrong/index.php?section3|access-date=2011-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822203514/http://michaelminn.net/armstrong/index.php?section3|archive-date=2011-08-22|url-status=dead}}

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