The Little White Cloud That Cried

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"The Little White Cloud That Cried"
Single by Johnnie Ray
A-side "Cry"
ReleasedOctober 1951
RecordedOctober 16, 1951
Genre Pop
Length2:14
Label Okeh
Songwriter(s) Johnnie Ray
Producer(s) Mitch Miller
Johnnie Ray singles chronology
"Whiskey And Gin"
(1951)
"The Little White Cloud That Cried"
(1951)
"Please, Mr. Sun"
(1951)

"The Little White Cloud that Cried" is a popular song written by Johnnie Ray and published in 1951.

The biggest hit version was recorded by Ray and The Four Lads in 1951. The recording was released by Okeh Records as catalog number 6840. It was a number 2 hit on the Billboard chart that year and one side of one of the biggest two-sided hits, as the flip side, "Cry," reached number 1 on the Billboard chart. [1] On the Most Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records chart, it went to number 6. [2]

Other versions

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 484.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 612.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)