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April 17th, 2009 at 1:48 am

Susan Boyle Cry Me a River (Video)

Listen to the Susan Boyle Cry Me a River 1999 recording which has just hit the Internet. The Britain’s Got Talent Susan Boyle, the 47-year-old singing sensation from Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland has become an overnight sensation with her emotionally powerful delivery of ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ from Les Miserables famously winning over the skeptical and cynical judges Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden and a dismissive audience, both brought to cheering and a standing ovation.

Susan Boyle YouTube videos have since gone viral and her story a universal story of triumph and the importance of living out one’s dreams, to say nothing of a reminder to never judge based on appearances. (See: Susan Boyle Video (Britain’s Got Talent))

She was also seen on a number of U.S. morning television programs, including Good Morning America and CBS Early Show on April 16, 2009. See: Susan Boyle CBS Early Show Video 4-16-09 She will also, reportedly, appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show although a date has not been set and an official confirmation has not been made. But the speculation seems highly probably.

So it was just a matter of time — and in this case, not much time at all — that a recording would surface. The Scottish newspaper, The Daily Record found the 1999 Susan Boyle Cry Me a River recording which is part of a compilation CD for charity, The Millennium Celebration disc, of which only 1,000 copies were produced.

The project was spearheaded by Eddie Anderson a local newspaper editor in Scotland. In an interview, he talked about the Susan Boyle audition, which was one of several for the compilation CD which solicited unsigned artists to participate.

“I was amazed when she sang,” Eddie said. “It was probably the same reaction as everyone had last Saturday.

“Susan was exactly the same then as she is now. She has a fabulous and unique talent.”

Exclusive: Susan Boyle’s first ever song release revealed – listen to it here

UPDATE: Eddie Anderson was interviewed on STV – Five Thirty Show – and discussed the Susan Boyle Cry Me a River recording. You can see that interview on YouTube.

Susan Boyle delivers a powerful, sultry, nuanced performance of Cry Me a River, the blues ballad written by Arthur Hamilton and first popularized by actress and singer Julie London, who sang it in the in the 1956 movie The Girl Can’t Help It.

Here is the Susan Boyle Cry Me a River video on YouTube if you are unable to play the video here.

The sudden international success and viral video phenomena of the Susan Boyle Britain’s Got Talent has drawn comparison to that of Paul Potts, the mobile phone salesman and 2007 Britain’s Got Talent winner who has since achieved worldwide success with his debut album topping the charts in 13 countries. (You can see the Paul Potts video here on YouTube. )

Here is a roundup of worldwide response to the singer who has become an overnight sensation on YouTube, Twitter, television, etc: The Susan Boyle Bubble

Bonus video. See the Susan Boyle Good Morning America video April 16, 2009, the interview conducted by ABC anchor Diane Sawyer after the jump.