You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry

Album: 60's Chartbusters (1963)
Charted: 6 3
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  • You don't have to be a baby to cry
    All you need is for love to go wrong
    You don't have to be a baby to cry
    Or to lie awake the whole night long

    When you leave me my golden rainbow disappears
    And you leave me a broken heart that's full of tears

    These ain't rainbows in my eyes, why should I lie
    You don't have to be a baby to cry

    When you leave me my golden rainbow disappears
    And you leave me a broken heart that's full of tears

    These ain't rainbows in my eyes, why should I lie
    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 Writer/s: Bob Merrill, Terry Shand
    Publisher: Peermusic Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Pelos Parados from CaliforniaThis recording is the kind you love on the first hearing. For Andrea Simpson and Lois Wilkinson, "You Don't Have To Be a Baby To Cry" was an outstanding arrangement that they nailed to perfection. A simple song, a simple arrangement and you have an instant hit. It's typical American Country roots, making it simple to play on Guitar or Piano.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn December 15th 1963 "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry" by the Caravelles peaked at #3 (for 1 week) on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; it had entered the chart on October 27th and spent 13 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #6 in the duos' native England...
    Was originally recorded in 1950 by Ernest Tubb; his version peaked at #10 on Billboard's C&W Best Sellers chart...
    The Caravelles had one other record, "Have You Ever Been Lonely", make the Top 100, it peaked at #94 in 1964.
  • Zabadak from London, EnglandFrank Ifield's 1963 UK #4 hit, "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine", featured a cover of this on the flip.
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