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"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry"
Single by The Caravelles
A-side"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry"
B-side"The Last One to Know"
Released12 July 1963 (U.K.) [1]
Recorded1963
GenrePop
Length2:01
LabelSmash
Songwriter(s)Bob Merrill, Terry Shand
The Caravelles singles chronology
"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry"
(1963) 		"I Really Don't Want to Know" / "I Was Wrong"
(1963)

"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" is a song written by Bob Merrill and Terry Shand, first recorded in 1950, and best known in its 1963 recording by British girl group The Caravelles. The single reached No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100,[2] and No.6 on the UK Singles Chart in 1963.[3]

The song was originally recorded by Moon Mullican,[4] Jimmy Dorsey (with vocals by Terry Shand),[5] and Ernest Tubb[6] in 1950. Tennessee Ernie Ford recorded the song in 1956 and used it as a 'B' side to "Sixteen Tons".[7]

It was also recorded by U.K singer Frank Ifield in 1963 and released as a B side.[8] Julie London recorded the song on her 1964 LP Julie London (Liberty Records LST-7342 US). "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" was also recorded by Billie Davis in 1963. Her version remained unreleased until her compilation Watcha Gonna Do? was released in 2007.[9]

It was also recorded and released by Ceil Clayton in 1960[10] and re-released in 1968. Her version appeared on her debut album, Ceil Clayton,[11] and also on her second album, I Meet the Nicest People,[12] on the Norman Records label.

References

  1. ^ http://www.45cat.com/record/f11697
  2. ^ allmusic ((( The Caravelles > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))
  3. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 92. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. ^ "45worlds.com". 45worlds.com. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  5. ^ "45worlds.com". 45worlds.com. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  6. ^ "45worlds.com". 45worlds.com. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  7. ^ "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  8. ^ "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  9. ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  10. ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  11. ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  12. ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved June 6, 2020.


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