Arthur Hamilton, who has died aged 98, was the songwriter behind the plaintive standards Cry Me a River and I Can Sing a Rainbow; he also shared an Oscar nomination with the composer Riz Ortolani for ...

Arthur Hamilton, an Oscar-nominated songwriter who helped revive the torch singer genre in the 1950s with the smoldering “Cry Me a River” and whose “Sing a Rainbow” became a childhood staple even ...