| "Crying" | ||||
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| Single by Roy Orbison | ||||
| from the album Crying | ||||
| B-side | "Candy Man" | |||
| Published | August 16, 1961 Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc.[1] | |||
| Released | July 1961 | |||
| Recorded | June 26, 1961[2] | |||
| Studio | RCA Victor Studio B, Nashville[2] | |||
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| Length | 2:46 | |||
| Label | Monument 447 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Fred Foster | |||
| Roy Orbison singles chronology | ||||
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"Crying" is a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson for Orbison's third studio album of the same name (1962). Released in 1961, it was a number 2 hit in the US for Orbison and was covered in 1978 by Don McLean, whose version went to number 1 in the UK in 1980.
- ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1961). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1961 Music July-Dec 3D Ser Vol 15 Pt 5. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
- ^ a b Weize, Richard (2001). Orbison 1955-1965 (7-CD Deluxe Box Set) (booklet). Bear Family Records. BCD16423. Retrieved October 11, 2021.