Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads Version
| "Cry" | ||||
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| Single by Johnnie Ray | ||||
| from the album Cry | ||||
| B-side | "The Little White Cloud That Cried" | |||
| Released | October 1951 | |||
| Format | 45 rpm, 78 rpm | |||
| Recorded | October 16, 1951 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:02 | |||
| Label | Okeh | |||
| Writer(s) | Churchill Kohlman | |||
| Producer | Mitch Miller | |||
| Certification | Gold | |||
| Johnnie Ray singles chronology | ||||
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The recording was released on Columbia Records subsidiary label Okeh Records as catalog number Okeh 6840. It was a No.1 hit on the Billboard magazine chart that year, and one side of one of the biggest two-sided hits, as the flip side, "The Little White Cloud That Cried," reached No.2 on the Billboard chart. The Johnnie Ray recording also hit number one on the R&B Best Sellers lists and the flip side, "The Little White Cloud that Cried," peaked at number six. When the single started to crack the charts the single was released on Columbia Records catalog number Co 39659.
| Preceded by Slow Poke |
Cash Box magazine best selling record chart #1 record February 2, 1952–March 22, 1952 |
Succeeded by Wheel of Fortune |
| Preceded by "Flamingo" by Earl Bostic and His Orchestra |
Billboard Best Selling Retail Rhythm and Blues Records number-one single January 12, 1952 |
Succeeded by "Flamingo" by Earl Bostic and His Orchestra |
| Preceded by "(It's No) Sin" by Eddy Howard |
U.S. Billboard Best Sellers in Stores number-one single December 29, 1951–March 8, 1952 |
Succeeded by "Wheel of Fortune" by Kay Starr |
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