Crying

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:Joe Melson (in 1961)
Roy Orbison (in 1961)
composer:Joe Melson
Roy Orbison
publisher:Acuff Rose Music, Inc. (not for publishing)
Barbara Orbison Music Company
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Orbi-Lee Music
R-Key Darkus Music
Rondor Music
Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1961-08-16)
lyrics page:https://muzikum.eu/nl/roy-orbison/crying-songtekst [info]
other databases:https://www.whosampled.com/Roy-Orbison/Crying/ [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/6876 [info]
Songfacts:https://www.songfacts.com/facts/roy-orbison/crying [info]
Wikidata:Q2043793 [info]
later translated versions:Llorando (version of Orbison and Melson's "Crying")
part of:50/50

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1961-06-26CryingRoy Orbison2:47
1964-12-04CryingcoverWaylon Jennings2:35
1965-03-23Crying (live, 1965-03-23: Paris' Olympia in Paris, France)liveRoy Orbison?:??
1965-03-25Crying (live, 1965-03-25: Laren, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)liveRoy Orbison?:??
1965Crying (1965)coverWaylon Jennings2:39
1968-07-16Crying (live, 1968-07-16: Top of the Pops, BBC, United Kingdom)liveRoy Orbison3:02
1969-05-09Crying (live, 1969-05-09: Batley Variety Club, Batley, England)liveRoy Orbison2:42
1975-10-18Crying (live, 1975-10-18: Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, England)liveRoy Orbison3:14
1980-03-25Crying (live, 1980-03-25: Club Fiesta, Stockton-on-Tees, England)liveRoy Orbison2:52
1980-07-03Crying (live, 1980-07-13: Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum, Birmingham, AL, USA)liveRoy Orbison3:46
1980-07-13Crying (live, 1980-07-13: Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum, Birmingham, AL, USA)liveRoy Orbison3:46
1980Crying (live, 1980: Dominion Theatre, London, UK)cover and liveDon McLean3:38
1982-08-05Crying (live, 1982-08-05: Studio 6A, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA)liveRoy Orbison3:15
1982-08-05Crying [reprise] (live, 1982-08-05: Studio 6A, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA)liveRoy Orbison2:28
1986-01Crying (1986 studio re-recording)Roy Orbison2:47
1987-09-30Crying (live, 1987-09-30: Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveRoy Orbison3:08
1987-09-30Crying (live, 1987-09-30: Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveRoy Orbison3:35
1988-05-03Cryin’ (pre‐set, 1988‐05‐03: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band3:50
1988-05-03Crying (pre‐set, 1988‐05‐03: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen3:32
1988-05-03Crying (live, 1988‐05‐03: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA; pre‐set)cover and liveBruce Springsteen?:??
1988-05-16Crying (live, 1988‐05‐16: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
1988-05-16Crying (live, 1988‐05‐16: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band4:27
1988-12-04Crying (live, 1988-12-04, The Front Row Theater, Highland Heights, OH, USA)liveRoy Orbison5:43
1989-01-18Crying (live, 1989‐01‐18 Waldorf‐Astoria Hotel, New York City, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen?:??
1999-11-02Crying (live, 1999-11-02: Paramount Theatre,:Austin, TX, USA)coverDon McLean5:31
1999-11-02Crying (live, 1999-11-02: Paramount Theatre,:Austin, TX, USA)liveDon McLean4:34
2000-12-14Crying (live, 2000-12-14: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Midtown Manhattan, NY, USA)cover and livek.d. lang4:32
2008-10-12Collage: Wayfarin' Stranger; You're No Good; De Profundis; See My Eyes; Crying; Drop, Drop Slow Tearslive and medleyConspirare, Craig Hella Johnson5:03
2017Crying (updated version with additional music, 2017)Roy Orbison with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra3:00
2018-09-02 – 2018-09-03CryinginstrumentalJulian Lage5:34
Cryin'Roy Orbison2:49
Cryin'Roy Orbison2:49
Cryin' (live)liveRoy Orbison2:34
Cryin'Roy Orbison2:48
Cryin'Roy Orbison2:56
Cryin' (live)Roy Orbison2:55
Cryin'Roy Orbison2:47
Cryin'coverDel Shannon2:43
Cryin'coverGlen Campbell2:51
Cryin'coverDon McLean3:41
Cryin'Roy Orbison2:46
Cryin’Roy Orbison2:47
Cryin’Roy Orbison2:47
Cryin’coverDon McLean3:41
Cryin’coverWaylon Jennings?:??
CryingRoy Orbison2:46
CryingcoverDon McLean3:49
CryingcoverDana Winner3:22
CryingcoverDon McLean3:43
CryingcoverBarbra Zinger3:14
CryingcoverThe Dreamlovers3:41
CryingcoverDon McLean?:??
CryingcoverDon McLean3:48
CryingcoverAustra2:45
CryingcoverClay Aiken4:04
CryingcoverDon McLean3:51
Cryingcover and liveLittle & Large?:??
Cryingcover and livek.d. lang5:03
CryingcoverDon McLean3:48
CryingRoy Orbison2:48
Crying (live)Roy Orbison3:23
CryingRoy Orbison2:43
CryingcoverDana Winner3:23
CryingcoverThe Morning Benders2:43
CryingcoverBilly Joe Royal3:33
CryingRoy Orbison2:47
CryingcoverWaylon Jennings2:38
CryingcoverDon McLean3:21
CryingcoverDamien Leith?:??
CryingRoy Orbison2:48
CryingcoverDamien Leith1:49
CryingcoverDana Winner3:22
CryingcoverScout Paré-Phillips2:58
CryingRoy Orbison2:49
CryingcoverDon McLean3:49
CryingRoy Orbison2:48
CryingRoy Orbison2:48
CryingRoy Orbison2:48
Cryingcover and instrumental[unknown]3:26
CryingcoverDon McLean3:52
CryingcoverDamien Leith3:11
CryingRoy Orbison2:47
CryingRoy Orbison2:45
CryingRoy Orbison2:47
CryingRoy Orbison2:46
CryingRoy Orbison2:47
CryingRoy Orbison2:46
CryingRoy Orbison2:46
CryingRoy Orbison?:??
CryingRoy Orbison2:46
CryingRoy Orbison2:48
CryingRoy Orbison?:??
CryingRoy Orbison2:48
CryingliveRoy Orbison2:53
CryingRoy Orbison2:35
CryingRoy Orbison2:47
CryingRoy Orbison2:46
CryingRoy Orbison2:46
CryingRoy Orbison2:47
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