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"Cry Like a Baby" is a 1968 song written by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, and performed by The Box Tops. The song reached #2 in April 1968 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, a position which it held for two weeks. It was kept out of the top spot by Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey", which stayed at #1 for five weeks. "Cry Like a Baby" also reached #2 on ''Cashbox'' for one week. It stayed on the Hot 100 for 15 weeks and ''Cashbox'' for 14 weeks.〔 It was awarded a gold disc for selling over one million copies in the United States.〔〔 Spooner Oldham explained in an interview how the song came to be: "Cry Like a Baby" features an electric sitar, played by session guitarist Reggie Young. Spooner Oldham played keyboards on the song in addition to co-writing it.〔 Alex Chilton, who sang lead vocals on the song, was only 17 years old at the time of recording. This version of the song also features a female backup chorus, a brass section, a string section, bass guitar, organ, piano, and drums, The original recording is available on numerous compilations, including ''Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1968'', ''Classic Rock'' (Time-Life Music), and ''AM Gold'' (Time-Life Music). ==Cover versions== *Betty Wright, 1968, on the album ''My First Time Around'' *Cher, 1969, on the album ''3614 Jackson Highway'' *Lulu, 1969, on the album ''Lulu's Album'' *Kim Carnes, 1980, on the albums ''Romance Dance'' and ''Live at Savoy, 1981'' *Hacienda Brothers *Arthur Alexander, 1969, single 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cry Like a Baby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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