Crying (Roy Orbison song)
| "Crying" | ||||
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| Single by Roy Orbison | ||||
| from the album Crying | ||||
| B-side | "Candy Man" | |||
| Published | August 16, 1961 Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. | |||
| Released | July 1961 | |||
| Recorded | June 26, 1961 | |||
| Studio | RCA Victor Studio B, Nashville | |||
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| Length | 2:46 | |||
| Label | Monument 447 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Fred Foster | |||
| Roy Orbison singles chronology | ||||
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"Crying" is a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson for Orbison's third studio album of the same name (1962). Released in 1961, it was a number 2 hit in the US for Orbison and was covered in 1978 by Don McLean, whose version reached number 1 in the UK in 1980.