You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry

"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry"
Single by The Caravelles
B-side"The Last One to Know"
Released12 July 1963
Recorded1963
GenrePop
Length2:01
LabelSmash
Songwriter(s)Bob Merrill, Terry Shand
The Caravelles singles chronology
"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry"
(1963)
"I Really Don't Want to Know" / "I Was Wrong"
(1963)

"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" is a song written by Bob Merrill and Terry Shand, and first recorded in 1950 by Moon Mullican.[1]

Other 1950 recordings

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The Caravelles recording

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British girl group the Caravelles recorded a version of the song in 1963. The single reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart in 1963.[5] In the US, it peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and No. 2 on the Middle-Road Singles chart.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "78 Record: Moon Mullican - You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry (1950)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. ^ "78 Record: Jimmy Dorsey - It's A Long, Long Way To Tipperary (1950)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ "78 Record: Ernest Tubb - You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry (1950)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 355.
  5. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 92. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 45.