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for their 1962 album, ''She Cried''. In 1962 the song reached number 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 1 on

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. The song was the group's first major hit. The Lettermen recorded a cover version of the song in 1964, on an album of the same name, that reached number 6 on the

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charts in 1970. The song also went to number 73 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 the same year. A cover version by The Shangri-Las, ("He Cried"), peaked at number 65 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in May 1966.

Other cover versions

* Dave Berry *

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on 1963 album, ''Billy'' * The Gestures * Rowland S. Howard *

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, on his album, '' Night Rocker'' (1985) *

Lords of Altamont The Lords of Altamont are a rock and roll band from Los Angeles, California. The band mixes the sounds of '60s garage and psychedelic rock, American punk rock, British rhythm and blues and glam combined with B-movie biker exploitation imagery. ...

on their 2006 album, ''Lords Have Mercy'' * P.J. Proby *

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on his 1965 album, ''One Thousand Six-Hundred Sixty-One Seconds of Del Shannon'' * The Outsiders on their 1966 debut album, ''Time Won’t Let Me'' * Dodie Stevens ("I Cried") * The Mojo Men *

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and Patti Palladin (as "He Cried") on their 1988 album, '' Copy Cats''

References

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