"Cry" is the title of a 1951 popular song written by Churchill Kohlman. The song was first recorded by Ruth Casey on the Cadillac label.[1] The biggest hit version was recorded in New York City by Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads on October 16, 1951.
Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads version
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B-side | "The Little White Cloud that Cried" |
The recording was released by Okeh Records as catalog number 6840. It was a No.1 hit on the Billboard magazine chart that year, and one side of one of the biggest two-sided hits, as the flip side, "The Little White Cloud that Cried," reached No.2 on the Billboard chart. The Johnnie Ray recording also hit number one on the R&B Best Sellers lists and the flip side, "The Little White Cloud that Cried," peaked at number six[2].
Lynn Anderson version
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Lynn Anderson had major success in the country music market with her 1972 version, released on Columbia Records, which hit No.1 on the Cashbox country charts, and No. 3 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart. It also charted in the Top 20 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary Charts.
Chart positions
Chart (1972) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 3 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 71 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Singles | 16 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
Canadian RPM Top Singles | 77 |
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 9 |
Crystal Gayle version
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Crystal Gayle had her own hit version of the song in 1986, taking it to No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart.
Chart positions
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
Dutch-language versions
In 1982, singer/comedian André van Duin recorded it as "Als je huilt" (a double A-side with his take on Edith Piaf's "Les Trois Cloches") which became a #1-hit in the Dutch Top 40 by mid-August[3]. During TV-promotion he wore specially designed specs with an in-built water-sprayer for audience-exposure [4].
Other versions
- Diana Trask took a version to #99 on the country singles charts in 1975.
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 484.
- ^ "De Nederlandse Top 40, week 33, 1982". Retrieved March 15, 2009.
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