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 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.

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" Book:Jay and the Americans