'Gloomy Sunday' was written in 1933 by two Hungarians: Rezso Seress (music) and Laszlo Javor (lyrics). The song supposedly drew little (adverse) attention until 1936, when it began... more'Gloomy Sunday' was written in 1933 by two Hungarians: Rezso Seress (music) and Laszlo Javor (lyrics). The song supposedly drew little (adverse) attention until 1936, when it began to be connected with a rash of suicides in Hungary and was allegedly banned there. American musicians and singers soon jumped at the chance to record instrumental and translated versions of the “Hungarian suicide song,” and by the end of 1936 several recordings were available to American audiences. Probably the best discussion of the song and its impact comes is Steven Stacks paper "Gloomy Sunday: did the 'Hungarian suicide song' really create a suicide epidemic?," which appeared in Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying in 2008.I WARN YOU - LISTEN AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!! less
