Crying

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:Joe Melson (in 1961)
Roy Orbison (in 1961)
composer:Joe Melson
Roy Orbison
publisher:Acuff Rose Music Ltd. (UK)
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)
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
Orbi-Lee Music
R-Key Darkus Music
Rondor Music
Rondor Music (Australia) P/L
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 Orbison3:35
1987-09-30Crying (live, 1987-09-30: Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveRoy Orbison3:08
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 (live, 1988‐05‐03: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA; pre‐set)cover and liveBruce Springsteen?:??
1988-05-03Crying (pre‐set, 1988‐05‐03: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen3:32
1988-05-03Crying (live, 1988‐06‐18: Château de Vincennes, Paris, France)cover and liveBruce Springsteen3:38
1988-05-16Crying (live, 1988‐05‐16: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band4:27
1988-05-16Crying (live, 1988‐05‐16: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA)cover and liveBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band?:??
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
2024-09-15Cryingcover and liveSturgill Simpson4:23
Cryin' (live)Roy Orbison2:55
Cryin'Roy Orbison2:56
Cryin'Roy Orbison2:47
Cryin'Roy Orbison2:49
Cryin'Roy Orbison2:48
Cryin'Roy Orbison2:49
Cryin' (live)liveRoy Orbison2:34
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?:??
CryingcoverBobby Vinton2:41
CryingcoverWaylon Jennings2:30
CryingcoverDana Winner3:22
CryingRoy Orbison2:46
CryingcoverDon McLean3:49
CryingcoverBarbra Zinger3:14
CryingcoverThe Dreamlovers3:41
CryingcoverDon McLean?:??
CryingcoverAustra2:45
CryingRoy Orbison2:44
CryingRoy Orbison2:48
Crying (live)Roy Orbison3:23
CryingRoy Orbison2:43
CryingRoy Orbison2:43
CryingRoy Orbison2:48
CryingcoverDon McLean3:51
CryingRoy Orbison2:47
CryingcoverClay Aiken4:04
CryingcoverDon McLean3:42
CryingcoverDana Winner3:23
CryingcoverThe Morning Benders2:43
CryingcoverBilly Joe Royal3:33
Cryingcover and liveLittle & Large?:??
Cryingcover and livek.d. lang5:03
CryingcoverDon McLean3:21
CryingRoy Orbison2:47
CryingRoy Orbison?:??
CryingcoverWaylon Jennings2:38
CryingcoverDana Winner3:22
CryingcoverDamien Leith?:??
CryingcoverDamien Leith1:49
CryingcoverDon McLean3:49
CryingRoy Orbison2:47
CryingRoy Orbison2:49
CryingcoverScout Paré-Phillips2:58
CryingRoy Orbison2:46
CryingRoy Orbison2:47
CryingRoy Orbison2:48
CryingRoy Orbison2:46
CryingRoy Orbison2:47
CryingRoy Orbison2:46
CryingRoy Orbison2:48
CryingRoy Orbison?:??
CryingRoy Orbison2:48
CryingliveRoy Orbison2:53
CryingRoy Orbison2:48
CryingRoy Orbison2:47
CryingRoy Orbison2:46
CryingRoy Orbison2:46
CryingcoverDon McLean3:52
CryingRoy Orbison2:48
CryingcoverDamien Leith3:11
CryingRoy Orbison2:45
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