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Don't Cry Baby (NOT Baby, Don’t Cry) - Saul Bernie-James P. Johnson -Stella Unger
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"Don't Cry Baby"
as performed by Ray Charles
Was composed by Saul Bernie-James P. Johnson -Stella Unger
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsJt2G_-xuY Here's Ray Charles version. Chords are easy.
Moderator Note:
The above youtube link is for a different song with a similar title.
I believe this is the song requested
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XWWiYuNnOOQ&pp=ygUSRG9uJ3QgY3J5IGJhYnkgcmF5
Moderator Note:
The above youtube link is for a different song with a similar title.
I believe this is the song requested
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XWWiYuNnOOQ&pp=ygUSRG9uJ3QgY3J5IGJhYnkgcmF5
ukerichard
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Fist time poster so I may be doing it wrong. If so, my apologies.
About this thread:
The first link to the Ray Charles video is the song Baby, Don’t You Cry — NOT the same as Don’t Cry Baby composed by James P. Johnson with lyrics by Saul Bernie and Stella Unger.
Coincidentally, Ray Charles released both of these songs in 1964 on the album Sweet & Sour Tears.
The James P. Johnson song was published in 1929 and first recorded by Bessie Smith that same year.
Other versions came after Erskine Hawkins recorded it in 1943, but his and most of the covers do not follow the original form. The original version has a verse followed by a chorus A-A-B-A. Most covers just have the A-A part of the chorus, no verse and no B section. Etta James recorded a popular version in 1961 with the altered and simplified form. Madeleine Peyroux in 2004 is one of the very few who recorded the song with the verse and complete chorus A-A-B-A.
* Bessie Smith (1929): https://youtu.be/0Slg9jbYdw8?si=0z0oNV51lMKWTSbr
* Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra with vocals by Jimmy Mitchell (1943, miscredited to Jimmy Mitchell and Sammy Lowe): https://youtu.be/zqrzy3ESfnc?si=fPgjuKeeEUEfVfpv https://youtu.be/zqrzy3ESfnc?si=fPgjuKeeEUEfVfpv
* Etta James (1961): https://youtu.be/NdsOZgIFeiI?si=wFFUwdPvn9gWMVgQ
* Madeleine Peyroux (2004): https://youtu.be/igXseDKuYxg?si=vv4mKXJRh8KNNkbG
I made a chart of the Madeleine Peyroux version.
Don't Cry Baby - RP (Madeleine Peyroux) - Saul Bernie; James P. Johnson; Stella Unger (1929)
About this thread:
The first link to the Ray Charles video is the song Baby, Don’t You Cry — NOT the same as Don’t Cry Baby composed by James P. Johnson with lyrics by Saul Bernie and Stella Unger.
Coincidentally, Ray Charles released both of these songs in 1964 on the album Sweet & Sour Tears.
The James P. Johnson song was published in 1929 and first recorded by Bessie Smith that same year.
Other versions came after Erskine Hawkins recorded it in 1943, but his and most of the covers do not follow the original form. The original version has a verse followed by a chorus A-A-B-A. Most covers just have the A-A part of the chorus, no verse and no B section. Etta James recorded a popular version in 1961 with the altered and simplified form. Madeleine Peyroux in 2004 is one of the very few who recorded the song with the verse and complete chorus A-A-B-A.
* Bessie Smith (1929): https://youtu.be/0Slg9jbYdw8?si=0z0oNV51lMKWTSbr
* Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra with vocals by Jimmy Mitchell (1943, miscredited to Jimmy Mitchell and Sammy Lowe): https://youtu.be/zqrzy3ESfnc?si=fPgjuKeeEUEfVfpv https://youtu.be/zqrzy3ESfnc?si=fPgjuKeeEUEfVfpv
* Etta James (1961): https://youtu.be/NdsOZgIFeiI?si=wFFUwdPvn9gWMVgQ
* Madeleine Peyroux (2004): https://youtu.be/igXseDKuYxg?si=vv4mKXJRh8KNNkbG
I made a chart of the Madeleine Peyroux version.
Don't Cry Baby - RP (Madeleine Peyroux) - Saul Bernie; James P. Johnson; Stella Unger (1929)
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ukerichard
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Don’t Cry Baby - James P. Johnson, Saul Bernie, Stella Unger
Don’t Cry Baby (Madeleine Peyroux version)
https://youtu.be/igXseDKuYxg?si=vv4mKXJRh8KNNkbG
Don't Cry Baby - RP (Madeleine Peyroux) - Saul Bernie; James P. Johnson; Stella Unger (1929)
Don’t Cry Baby (Madeleine Peyroux version)
https://youtu.be/igXseDKuYxg?si=vv4mKXJRh8KNNkbG
Don't Cry Baby - RP (Madeleine Peyroux) - Saul Bernie; James P. Johnson; Stella Unger (1929)
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