"Cry" | ||||
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Single by Johnnie Ray | ||||
from the album Cry | ||||
B-side | "The Little White Cloud That Cried" | |||
Released | October 1951 | |||
Recorded | October 16, 1951 | |||
Studio | Columbia 30th Street (New York City) | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:02 | |||
Label | Okeh | |||
Songwriter(s) | Churchill Kohlman | |||
Producer(s) | Mitch Miller | |||
Johnnie Ray singles chronology | ||||
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"Cry" is 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. Singer Ronnie Dove also had a big hit with the song in 1966.
Johnnie Ray recorded the song at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City, [2] with his version of the song being released on Columbia Records subsidiary label Okeh Records [3] as catalog number Okeh 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. This 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. [4] When the single started to crack the charts the single was released on Columbia Records catalog number Co 39659.
Stan Freberg satirized this song, under the title "Try", and reported getting more angry feedback than from any of his many other parodies. [3] [5]
"Cry" | ||||
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Single by Ronnie Dove | ||||
from the album Cry | ||||
B-side | "Autumn Rhapsody" | |||
Released | Nov. 1966 (U.S.) | |||
Recorded | 1966 | |||
Genre | Pop music | |||
Length | 3:16 | |||
Label | Diamond Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Churchill Kohlman | |||
Producer(s) | Phil Kahl, Ray Vernon | |||
Ronnie Dove singles chronology | ||||
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Ronnie Dove had a hit with the song in 1966. Released in November, it would reach the Top 20 on both the Pop and Easy Listening Charts by the end of the year. He would go on to perform this song on The Ed Sullivan Show early the following year. This would be Dove's last Top 40 hit, although he would continue to chart on the Easy Listening and, later, country charts.
Chart (1966) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [6] | 18 |
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [7] | 16 |
"Cry" | ||||
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Single by Lynn Anderson | ||||
from the album Cry | ||||
B-side | "Simple Words" | |||
Released | January 1972 (U.S.) | |||
Recorded | 1971 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:10 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Churchill Kohlman | |||
Lynn Anderson singles chronology | ||||
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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. [8] It also charted in the Top 20 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary Charts.
Chart (1972) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [9] | 3 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [10] | 71 |
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [11] | 16 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
Canadian RPM Top Singles | 77 |
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 9 |
Chart (1972) | Position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [12] | 25 |
"Cry" | ||||
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Single by Crystal Gayle | ||||
from the album Straight to the Heart | ||||
B-side | "Crazy in the Heart" | |||
Released | July 1986 (U.S.) | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 4:18 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | Churchill Kohlman | |||
Producer(s) | Jim Ed Norman | |||
Crystal Gayle singles chronology | ||||
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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. [13]
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [14] | 1 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
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. [15] During TV-promotion he wore specially designed specs with an in-built water-sprayer for audience-exposure. [16]
"The Little White Cloud that Cried" is a popular song written by Johnnie Ray and published in 1951.
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