Johnnie Ray sings his 1951- 1952 hit - "Cry".

"Cry " : The 1951-1952 hit sung by Johnnie Ray ( and The Four Lads ).Johnnie Ray (1927 - 1990 ), was also known as "Mr.Emotion ", due to his tendency to occasionally 'cry ' during a live performance.He was extremely popular in Australia in the early 1950's ( especially with women ), and attracted huge crowds whenever he visited the country.The song opens with The Four Lads singing -"Oohwahhh""Oohwahhh""Oohwahhh"Despite being 56 years old, this song doesn't sound 'dated' like a lot of the other hits of that period."Cry " reached Number 1 position on the American charts in late December, 1951, and remained there until March 1952 - a total of 11 weeks in No.1 position !The song on the 'flip side' of the 78 rpm record was "The Little White Cloud That Cried ". This 10 inch, 78 RPM disc ( Okeh 6840), was indeed a 'double sided hit record', and in many cases, it would be difficult to determine whether people purchased the record because it contained "Cry" or "The Little White Cloud That Cried" on the other side.It's generally conceded that "Cry" (on the 'A' side )was the more popular song, and this was the title that appeared in the 'charts' during the 11 week period that the record was in Number 1 position.Two million copies of this record were sold in one year.Okeh was a subsidiary of Columbia Records, and the record was released under the Columbia label in Australia.Another version of "Cry" was sung by Lynn Anderson in 1972 ( see the Lynn Anderson clip ).

Channel: Music
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm
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Tags: Cry_1951  Cry_1952  Johnnie_Ray  Mr._Emotion  Okeh6840  Okeh_Records  The_Four_Lads  

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