"Crying Shame" is a song by American

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artist Michael Johnson. It was released in October 1987 as the first single from the album ''That's That''. The song reached #4 on the ''

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chart. Johnson wrote the song with

Brent Maher Brent Maher is a record producer, producer, audio engineer, engineer, and songwriter currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee. He has produced and engineered six Grammy Award-winning records and received awards from the Country Music Associati ...

and

Don Schlitz Donald Allen Schlitz Jr. (born August 29, 1952) is an American songwriter who has written more than twenty number one hits on the country music charts. He is best known for his song " The Gambler" (Kenny Rogers), and as the co-writer of " For ...

Chart performance

References

1988 singles Michael Johnson (singer) songs Songs written by Don Schlitz Songs written by Michael Johnson (singer) RCA Records singles Songs written by Brent Maher Song recordings produced by Brent Maher 1987 songs {{1987-country-song-stub