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Australian singles charts:
Crying entered the Kent charts on 16 September 1961 and peaked at #1. It was #10 on the Top 100 of 1961.
Album:
The song is on Roy’s 1961 album Crying.
Songwriters:
Roy Orbison, Joe Melson
Producer:
Fred Foster
Record label of Australian release:
London
BONUS TRACKS BELOW – Candy Man by Roy Orbison, Crying by Roy Orbison & kd lang, and Crying by Don McLean
Songfacts:
Orbison claimed to have written Crying as the result of an encounter he had with an old flame with whom he was still in love. He refused to say how much she meant to him, and when he ran into her again it was too late.
Orbison started writing this song with the working title “Once Again.” His songwriting partner, Joe Melson, then came up with the lyrics, “Once again I’m crying, once again I’m crying,” which became the basis for the song, so Roy changed the title. Orbison claimed the stunning climax at the end of the song was not contrived, but just happened in the course of the song.
At the time, rock artists didn’t typically write songs about crying over a girl. Orbison wanted to show that crying was not weakness, but sensitivity.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/roy-orbison/crying
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BONUS TRACKS
The B-side of Crying is Candy Man, also on Roy Orbison’s third album, Crying
Crying by Roy Orbison and kd lang
Crying by Don McLean
Don’s version of Crying entered the Kent Music Report on 10 March 1980 and peaked at #27.
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