<P> `` Do n't Cry for Me Argentina '' is a song recorded by Julie Covington for the 1976 concept album , Evita , and was later included in the 1978 musical of the same name . The song was written and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice while they were researching the life of Argentinian leader Eva Perón . It appeared at the opening and near the end of the show , initially as the spirit of the dead Eva exhorting the people of Argentina not to mourn her , and finally during Eva 's speech from the balcony of the Casa Rosada . Covington was signed by the songwriters for the track , based on her previous work in musicals . </P>
<P> `` Do n't Cry for Me Argentina '' is a song recorded by Julie Covington for the 1976 concept album , Evita , and was later included in the 1978 musical of the same name . The song was written and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice while they were researching the life of Argentinian leader Eva Perón . It appeared at the opening and near the end of the show , initially as the spirit of the dead Eva exhorting the people of Argentina not to mourn her , and finally during Eva 's speech from the balcony of the Casa Rosada . Covington was signed by the songwriters for the track , based on her previous work in musicals . </P>
who sang do n 't cry for me argentina first
who sang do n 't cry for me argentina first
Julie Covington
Julie Covington