Cry

“Cry” is a 1951 popular song written by Churchill Kohlman. The song was first recorded by Ruth Casey on the Cadillac label. The biggest hit version was recorded in New York City by Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads on October 16, 1951. Singer Ronnie Dove also had a big hit with the song in 1966.  Johnnie Ray recorded the song at Columbia’s 30th Street Studio in New York City, with his version of the song being 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. This 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 . Ronnie Dove had a hit with the song in 1966. Released in November, it would reach the Top 20 on both the Pop and Easy Listening Charts by the end of the year. He would go on to perform this song on The Ed Sullivan Show early the following year. This would become Ronnie’s last Top 40 hit, although he would continue to chart on the Easy Listening and, later, country charts.