She Cried

"She Cried" is a song written by Ted Daryll and Greg Richards and was recorded by Jay and the Americans for their 1962 album, She Cried. The song reached #5 on The Billboard Hot 100 in 1962.^[1] The song was the group's first major hit.^[2]

The Lettermen released a cover version of the song in 1970 that reached #6 on the Adult Contemporary charts. The song also went to #73 on The Billboard Hot 100 the same year.^[3]

A cover version by The Shangri-Las, ("He Cried"), peaked at #65 on the Hot 100 in the spring of 1966, with "Dressed in Black" as the B-side.

Cover versions

Dave Berry
Billy Fury on 1963 album, Billy
The Gestures
Rowland S. Howard
Lords of Altamont on their 2006 album, Lords Have Mercy
P.J. Proby
Del Shannon on his 1965 album, One Thousand Six-Hundred Sixty-One Seconds of Del Shannon

References

Jay and the Americans

Sandy Deanne Howie Kane Jay Reincke Marty Sanders Jay Traynor Kenny Vance Jay Black

Studio albums	She Cried Come a Little Bit Closer Blockbusters Sunday and Me Livin' Above Your Head Try Some of This! Sands of Time Wax Museum Capture the Moment

Singles	"She Cried" "Come a Little Bit Closer" "Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)" "Cara Mia" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Sunday and Me" "Crying" "No Other Love" "This Magic Moment" "Walkin' in the Rain" "There Goes My Baby"

Cover songs	"Here, There and Everywhere" "Hushabye" "It's a Big, Wide, Wonderful World" "Maria" "Monday, Monday" "Nature Boy" "Since I Don't Have You" "Solitary Man" "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" "Tonight"

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Del Shannon

Studio albums	Runaway With Del Shannon (1961) Rock On! (1991) Home and away (2006)

Songs	"Runaway" "The Swiss Maid" "From Me to You" "Handy Man" "Do You Want to Dance" "Stranger in Town "Sea of Love"

The Lettermen

Tony Butala Bobby Poynton Donovan Tea

Studio albums	Once Upon a Time (1962) The Best of The Lettermen (1966) I Have Dreamed (1969) Spin Away (1972)

Singles	"The 7th Dawn" "Allentown Jail" "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" "Chanson D'Amour" "Come Back Silly Girl" "Eastward" "How Is Julie?" "Hurt So Bad" "I Have Dreamed" "Love" "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" "Secretly" "Shangri-La" "She Cried" "Silly Boy (She Doesn't Love You)" "Sweet September" "Theme from A Summer Place" "Turn Around, Look at Me" "The Way You Look Tonight" "When I Fall in Love" "Where or When"

Related	Vocal Group Hall of Fame

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