Australian singles chart:
Big Girls Don’t Cry entered the Kent charts on 24 November 1962 and peaked at #1. The song was #15 on the Top 100 of 1963.
Album:
The song is on the 1962 debut album by The Four Seasons, Sherry & 11 Others.
Songwriters:
Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
Producer:
Bob Crewe
Record label of Australian release:
Festival
Songfacts:
Big Girls Don’t Cry was written by Four Seasons member and chief songwriter Bob Gaudio along with their producer, Bob Crewe. It was inspired by a line in the 1955 western Tennessee’s Partner, starring John Payne, Rhonda Fleming and Ronald Reagan. When Payne’s character slaps the blonde bombshell played by Fleming, he asks her what she thinks about being slapped. She gets up, composes herself, and replies, “big girls don’t cry.” Crewe, who was half-asleep at the time, jotted down the line, fell asleep, and wrote the song the next day.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-four-seasons/big-girls-dont-cry
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