"She Cried" is a song written by Ted Daryll and Greg Richards. It was initially recorded by Daryll in July 1961 but became a big hit when covered by Jay and the Americans for their 1962 album, ''She Cried''. In 1962, the song reached number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was the group's first major hit.

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recorded the song in 1964, on an album of the same name, that reached number six on the ''Billboard''

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chart in 1970. It peaked at number 73 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 the same year.

The Shangri-Las The Shangri-Las were an American girl group of the 1960s, consisting of Mary Weiss, her sister Elizabeth "Betty" Weiss and twin sisters Marguerite "Marge" Ganser and Mary Ann Ganser. Between 1964 and 1966 several hit pop songs of theirs docu ...

, ("He Cried"), took their rendition to number 65 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in May 1966. A French version, J'y Crois, was recorded by Canadian artist Junior on Disques AZ in 1968

Other cover versions

* Dave Berry *

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on 1963 album, ''Billy'' *

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, on his album, '' Night Rocker'' (1985) * Lords of Altamont on their 2006 album, ''Lords Have Mercy'' * P.J. Proby *

Del Shannon Charles Weedon Westover (December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990), better known by his stage name Del Shannon, was an American musician, singer and songwriter, best known for his 1961 number-one ''Billboard'' hit " Runaway", which was covered la ...

on his 1965 album, '' One Thousand Six-Hundred Sixty-One Seconds of Del Shannon'' *

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on their 1966 debut album, '' Time Won’t Let Me'' *

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("I Cried") *

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and

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

References

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