"The Jazz Classics", are quite often short, but very profound stories about the age old "male, female" relationship. "Since I Fell For You", is just such a story.
"Since I Fell for You" is a jazz and pop standard. The blues ballad was composed by Buddy Johnson in 1945 and was first popularized by his sister, Ella Johnson, with Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra. The biggest hit version was recorded by Lenny Welch in 1963, reaching number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7xrQY_FLM4&feature=kp
This is the story of a young man who had a girl friend, and he was happy with his existence; that is, until he met the most beguiling and captivating woman he had ever laid eyes on; she loved him, and then she snubbed him.
Although he didn't know it, she was a "playgirl", the queen of hearts. She left the young man in an agony that he had never known before. Lenny Welch projects this to the extent I can feel his pain.
Without words, Lee Morgan tells the same story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdLtXuAlt6A
Musicians who don't understand the story behind the classics, should stay away from them and write their own music; that's my firm opinion.
Enjoy the music.