- Baby, Baby Don't Cry
Infobox Single
Name = Baby, Baby Don't Cry
Artist =Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
from Album =Time Out for Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
B-side = "Your Mother's Only Daughter"
Released =December 12 1968
Recorded =Hitsville USA (Studio A): 1968
Format = 7" single
Genre = Soul/pop
Length = 2:25
Label = Tamla
T 54178
Writer =Smokey Robinson
Al Cleveland
Terry Johnson
Producer = Smokey Robinson
Warren Moore
Terry Johnson
Last single = "Special Occasion"
(1968)
This single = "Baby, Baby Don't Cry"
(1968)
Next single = "Here I Go Again"/
"Doggone Right "
(1969)"Baby, Baby Don't Cry", released in December 1968, is a 1969 single recorded by
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles forMotown Records ' Tamla label. The composition was written bySmokey Robinson , Motown staff writersAl Cleveland and Terry Johnson, an original member ofThe Flamingos . Robinson, Johnson, and Miracles memberWarren "Pete" Moore were the song's producers."Baby Baby Don't Cry" was a Top 10 pop hit for The Miracles, peaking at number eight on the
Billboard Hot 100 in theUnited States , and at number three on "Billboard'sR&B singles chart . It has inspired cover versions byGerald Wilson and His Orchestra, andProjekt .Reference: All Music Guide.
Credits
*Lead vocals by
Smokey Robinson
*Background vocals byClaudette Rogers Robinson ,Pete Moore ,Ronnie White , andBobby Rogers .
*Guitar byMarv Tarplin
*Other instrumentation byThe Funk Brothers
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