I'll Cry If I Want To

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I'll Cry If I Want To
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Studio album by
Lesley Gore
ReleasedJune 1963
RecordedMarch 30 – May 21, 1963
Studio Bell Sound Studios, A&R Recording, New York City
Genre Pop [1]
Length26:04
Label Mercury
Producer Quincy Jones
Lesley Gore chronology
I'll Cry If I Want To
(1963)		 Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts
(1963)
Singles from I'll Cry if I Want to
  1. "“It's My Party” / ”Danny”"
    Released: April 5, 1963
  2. ""Judy's Turn to Cry” / “Just Let Me Cry”"
    Released: June 21, 1963

I'll Cry If I Want To is the debut album of Lesley Gore. The album included her hit singles "It's My Party" and its follow-up, "Judy's Turn to Cry". The album was rushed out after "It's My Party" became a big hit, and the songs are mostly about crying, linking to the hit single's first line "It's my party and I'll cry if I want to", incorporating songs with titles such as "Cry", "Just Let Me Cry" and "Cry and You Cry Alone". [2] [3] Besides the hit singles, the album included pop standards such as "Misty", "Cry Me a River" and "What Kind of Fool Am I?". [2] The album reached number 24 on the US Billboard 200. [4] [5] Edsel Records released the album on Compact Disc in 2000 in combination with Gore's second album, Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts . [6] The album was named the 181st best album of the 1960s by Pitchfork. [7]

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It's My Party" Walter Gold, John Gluck Jr., Herb Weiner, Seymour Gottlieb2:20
2."Cry Me a River" Arthur Hamilton 2:14
3."Cry" Churchill Kohlman 2:05
4."Just Let Me Cry" Ben Raleigh, Mark Barkan 2:18
5."Cry and You Cry Alone"Hilda H. Earnhart2:02
6."No More Tears (Left to Cry)"Mark Barkan, Sandy Baron2:23
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Judy's Turn to Cry" Beverly Ross, Edna Lewis2:23
8."I Understand" Kim Gannon, Mabel Wayne 1:53
9."I Would"Kurt Feltz, Edna Lewis, Werner Scharfenberger2:24
10."Misty" Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke 2:19
11."What Kind of Fool Am I?" Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley 1:43
12."The Party's Over" Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green 2:00

Charts

Weekly chart performance for I'll Cry If I Want To
Chart (1963)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [8] 24
Singles
YearSingleChartPosition
1963"It's My Party"US Billboard Hot 100 1
US R&B Singles1
"Judy's Turn to Cry"US Billboard Hot 1005
US R&B Singles10

References

  1. ↑ Pitchfork Staff (August 22, 2017). "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 15, 2023. ...the album epitomizes the sound of early-1960s girl-group pop...
  2. 1 2 Unterberger, R. "I'll Cry If I Want To". allmusic . Retrieved June 21, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Album Reviews". Billboard. June 22, 1963. p. 10.
  4. ↑ "Charts and Awards". allmusic . Retrieved June 21, 2011.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, J. (2007). The Billboard Albums. Record Research Inc. p. 418. ISBN   978-0-89820-166-6.
  6. ↑ Westergaard, S. "I'll Cry If I Want To/Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts". allmusic . Retrieved June 21, 2011.
  7. ↑ "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Lesley Gore Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
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