You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry

"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" is a song written by Bob Merrill and Terry Shand, and first recorded in 1950 by Moon Mullican.^[1]

"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry"
Single by The Caravelles
B-side	"The Last One to Know"
Released	12 July 1963
Recorded	1963
Genre	Pop
Length	2:01
Label	Smash
Songwriter(s)	Bob Merrill, Terry Shand
The Caravelles singles chronology
"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" (1963) "I Really Don't Want to Know" / "I Was Wrong" (1963)

Other 1950 recordings

• Jimmy Dorsey (with vocals by Terry Shand)^[2]
• Ernest Tubb^[3] – peaked at No. 10 on the Most Played Juke Box Folk chart^[4]

The Caravelles recording

British girl group the Caravelles recorded a version of the song in 1963. The single reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart in 1963.^[5] In the US, it peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and No. 2 on the Middle-Road Singles chart.^[6]