You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry

"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.

Other 1950 recordings Jimmy Dorsey (with vocals by Terry Shand) Ernest Tubb – peaked at No. 10 on the Most Played Juke Box Folk chart

The Caravelles recording 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. In the US, it peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and No. 2 on the Middle-Road Singles chart.On the New Zealand Lever Hit Parade chart it reached #8https://web.archive.org/web/20210208152705/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever%20hit%20parades&qyear=1963&qmonth=Dec&qweek=26-Dec-1963#n_view_location

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