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"Cry Like a Baby" is a 1968 song written by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, and performed by The Box Tops. The song reached No.2 in April 1968 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a position it held for two weeks. It was kept out of the top spot by Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey", which stayed at No.1 for five weeks.
Cry Like a Baby is a 1968 album by the Box Tops. The title song was released as a single and reached #2 in April 1968 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a position which it held for two weeks. It was kept out of the top spot by Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey". [1]
As the Box Tops, they entered the studio under the guidance of producer Dan Penn to record Wayne Carson Thompson's song "The Letter".Though under two minutes in length, the record was an international hit by September 1967, reaching the Hot 100's number-one position for four weeks, selling over four million copies, earning a gold disc, and receiving two Grammy Award nominations. [2]
Dan Penn (born Wallace Daniel Pennington, November 16, 1941) is an American songwriter, singer, musician, and record producer, [1] who co-wrote many soul hits of the 1960s, including "The Dark End of the Street" and "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" with Chips Moman [2] and "Cry Like a Baby" with Spooner Oldham. [3]
"Cry Like a Baby" (Jo Armstead, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) (2:09) Personnel. Belford Hendricks - arrangements, conductor (tracks: A5, A6, B3)
The Los Angeles Times concluded: "The opening track, "Cry Like a Baby", immediately earns her a place on singer-songwriter Olympus with the likes of John Prine and Iris DeMent. Indeed, hers is the most impressive debut in the folk-country field since DeMent's in 1992."
"Scream Like a Baby" was released as the B-side to the single "Fashion" in October 1980. [4] Bowie intended to play the song during his 1987 Glass Spider Tour , including in rehearsals leading up to the tour, but the song was dropped from the set list by the time the tour started.
"Cried Like a Baby" is a song released by Bobby Sherman in 1971. The song spent nine weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 16, [ 1 ] while reaching No. 9 on Billboard ' s Easy Listening chart, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] No. 10 on the Cash Box Top 100, [ 4 ] and No. 10 on Canada 's " RPM 100".