"(I'm) Confessin' (that I Love You)" (also known as "Confessin<nowiki>'</nowiki>, "I'm Confessin', and "Confessin' that I Love You") is a jazz and popular standard that has been recorded many times.
"Lookin' for Another Sweetie" (1929)
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. and Ellis Reynolds. 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.
Cover versions
Other important recorded versions were done by:
- Jesse Crawford (1930)
- Chester Gaylord (1930)
- Seger Ellis (1930)
- Guy Lombardo (1930), Rudy Vallée (1930)
- Django Reinhardt (1934)
- Perry Como (1945)
- Les Paul and Mary Ford (1952)
- Ricky Nelson (1957)
- Frank Ifield (1963) – This cover was a number one hit in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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