Cry Baby (Garnet Mimms song)

"Cry Baby"
Single by Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters
from the album Cry Baby
ReleasedAugust 5, 1963
GenreSoul blues
Length3:22
LabelUnited Artists
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bert Berns

"Cry Baby" is a song originally recorded by Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters, in 1963, and later recorded by rock singer Janis Joplin in 1970. Bert Berns wrote the song with Jerry Ragovoy. Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters recorded it for the United Artists record label. It topped the R&B chart and went to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1963,[1] paving the way for soul hits by Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding later in the decade.[2] The third verse was spoken by Mimms until the repeated refrain of the repeated song title.[3] In Canada the song reached #5 on the CHUM Charts.[4]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 403.
  2. ^ Steve Huey. "Garnet Mimms | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  3. ^ Bruce Pollock Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs . - 2014- Page 67 1135462968 "CRY BABY Artist: Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters Written by: Jerry Ragovoy (Norman Meade), Bert Berns (Bert Russell) From the album: Cry Baby and 11 Other Hits Label: United Artists Produced by: Jerry Ragovoy Year: 1963 #1 R&B/Top .."
  4. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - October 7, 1963".