Big Girls Don't Cry (The Four Seasons song)

"Big Girls Don't Cry"
Single by The Four Seasons
from the album Sherry & 11 Others
B-side"Connie-O" (non-LP track later included on Golden Hits of the 4 Seasons album)
ReleasedOctober 1962[1]
RecordedSeptember 1962
StudioUniversal Recording (Chicago)[2]
Genre
Length2:26
LabelVee-Jay
Songwriter(s)Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
Producer(s)Bob Crewe
The Four Seasons singles chronology
"Sherry"
(1962) 		"Big Girls Don't Cry"
(1962) 		"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
(1962)

"Big Girls Don't Cry" is a song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio and originally recorded by the Four Seasons. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 17, 1962, and, like its predecessor "Sherry", spent five weeks in the top position but never ranked in the Billboard year-end charts of 1962 or 1963. The song also made it to number one, for three weeks, on Billboard's Rhythm and Blues survey.[6] It was also the quartet's second single to make it to number one on the US R&B charts.

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  2. ^ Cogan, Jim; Clark, William (2003). Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios. San Francisco, California, USA: Chronicle Books. p. 133. ISBN 0-8118-3394-1.
  3. ^ Dunbavan, Peter (28 February 2017). An Avid's Guide to Sixties Songwriters. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781524633455.
  4. ^ Guarisco, Donald A.. The Four Seasons – The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  5. ^ Marsh, Dave (2007). The Beatles' Second Album. Rodale Books. ISBN 9781594864261. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 212.