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Thread: Don't Cry Baby (NOT Baby, Don’t Cry) - Saul Bernie-James P. Johnson -Stella Unger

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    Default Don't Cry Baby (NOT Baby, Don’t Cry) - Saul Bernie-James P. Johnson -Stella Unger

    Anybody out there have a chart for the Ray Charles version of Don't Cry, Baby?
    Last edited by pdxdjazz; 08-27-2017 at 04:05 PM. Reason: Moved to existing song thread

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    Quote Originally Posted by rankling View Post
    Anybody out there have a chart for the Ray Charles version of Don't Cry, Baby?
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    https://www.irealb.com/forums/showth...-Request-Songs

    "Don't Cry Baby"
    as performed by Ray Charles
    Was composed by Saul Bernie-James P. Johnson -Stella Unger
    )BOB
    Last edited by pdxdjazz; 08-28-2017 at 12:39 PM.

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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=XWWiYu...J5IGJhYnkgcmF5

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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)
    Last edited by pdxdjazz; 05-16-2024 at 05:46 PM.

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    Default 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)
    Last edited by pdxdjazz; 05-16-2024 at 05:47 PM. Reason: Moved to existing song discussion thread

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