She Cried
| "She Cried" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | "Dawning" |
"She Cried" is a song written by Ted Daryll and Greg Richards and was recorded by Jay and the Americans for their 1962 album, She Cried. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962.[1] The song was the group's first major hit.[2]
The Lettermen released a cover version of the song in 1970 that reached #6 on the Adult Contemporary charts. The song also went to #73 on the Billboard Hot 100 the same year.[3]
A cover version by The Shangri-Las, ("He Cried"), peaked at #65 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1966, with "Dressed in Black" as the B-side.
Cover versions
- Dave Berry
- Billy Fury on 1963 album, Billy
- The Gestures
- Rowland S. Howard
- David Hasselhoff, Night Rocker (1985)
- Lords of Altamont on their 2006 album, Lords Have Mercy
- P.J. Proby
- Del Shannon on his 1965 album, One Thousand Six-Hundred Sixty-One Seconds of Del Shannon
- Dodie Stevens ("I Cried")
- The Mojo Men
- Johnny Thunders and Patti Palladin on their album 1988, Copy Cats