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 Billboard 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
• David Hasselhoff, Night Rocker (1985)
• 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
• Dodie Stevens ("I Cried")
• The Mojo Men
• Johnny Thunders and Patti Palladin on their album 1988, Copy Cats

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