I Cried a Tear

1958 single by Lavern Baker

"I Cried a Tear"

Single by Lavern Baker

from the album Blues Ballads

B-side

"Dix-a-Billy"

Released

1958 (1958)

Recorded

1958

Genre

R&B

Label

Atlantic

Songwriter(s)

Fred Jay, Al Julia

Lavern Baker singles chronology

"It's So Fine"
(1958)

"I Cried a Tear"
(1958)

"I Waited Too Long"
(1959)

"I Cried a Tear" is a song written by Fred Jay and Al Julia and performed by American singer LaVern Baker. Atlantic Records released it as a single in 1958, which became Baker's most successful appearance on the record chart hits. King Curtis played the saxophone.

It peaked at number two on the Billboard R&B chart in 1959 and also peaked at number six on the pop chart.^[1]

In 1959, Ernest Tubb recorded the song. His version peaked at number twelve on the Hot C&W Sides chart.^[2]

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 43.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 356.