You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry

"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry"
"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry"
Single by The Caravelles
A-side	"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry"
B-side	"The Last One to Know"
Released	12 July 1963 (U.K.)
Recorded	1963
Genre	Pop
Length	2:01
Label	Smash
Songwriter(s)	Bob Merrill, Terry Shand
The Caravelles singles chronology

"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" is a song written by Bob Merrill and Terry Shand, first recorded in 1950, by Moon Mullican,^[2]

Other 1950 recordings[]

Jimmy Dorsey (with vocals by Terry Shand)^[3]
The Ernest Tubb version,^[4] peaked at No. 10 on the Most Played Juke Box Folk chart.^[5]

The best known version of "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" is a 1963 recording by British girl group The Caravelles. The single reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart in 1963.^[6] In the US, it peaked No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and No. 2 on the Middle-Road Singles chart.^[7]

Tennessee Ernie Ford recorded the song in 1956 and used it as a 'B' side to "Sixteen Tons".^[8]
It was also recorded by U.K singer Frank Ifield in 1963 and released as a B side.^[9]
Julie London recorded the song on her 1964 LP Julie London (Liberty Records LST-7342 US).
"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" was also recorded by Billie Davis in 1963. Her version remained unreleased until her compilation Watcha Gonna Do? was released in 2007.^[10]
It was also recorded and released by Ceil Clayton in 1960^[11] and re-released in 1968. Her version appeared on her debut album, Ceil Clayton,^[12] and also on her second album, I Meet the Nicest People,^[13] on the Norman Records label.

^ "The Caravelles - You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry". 45cat.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "78 Record: Moon Mullican - You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry (1950)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "78 Record: Jimmy Dorsey - It's A Long, Long Way To Tipperary (1950)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "78 Record: Ernest Tubb - You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry (1950)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 355.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 92. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 45.
^ ""Tennessee" Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons". 45cat.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Frank Ifield - Nobody's Darlin' But Mine". 45cat.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Billie Davis – Whatcha Gonna Do? Singles, Rarities And Unreleased 1963-1966 (2007, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Artist: Ceil Clayton". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Ceil Clayton – Ceil Clayton (1960, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Ceil Clayton – I Meet The Nicest People (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

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Albums	Hymns (1956) Ernie Sings & Glen Picks (1975)
Singles	"Mule Train" "I'll Never Be Free" "The Shotgun Boogie" "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" "Sixteen Tons" "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" "Dark as a Dungeon"