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Released on Bell Records, also I Am Your Child (Barry Manilow), One Less Bell to Answer (The 5th Dimension) and Mandy (Barry Manilow)
Written by Spooner Oldham, also A Woman Left Lonely (Janis Joplin), It Tears Me Up (Percy Sledge) and I’m Your Puppet (James & Bobby Purify)
Written by Dan Penn, also A Woman Left Lonely (Janis Joplin), Do Right Woman – Do Right Man (Aretha Franklin) and It Tears Me Up (Percy Sledge)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Dan Penn wrote 3 of The Box Tops’s top 9 songs
Spooner Oldham wrote 3 of The Box Tops’s top 9 songs
Spooner Oldham wrote 40 songs on fono
Dan Penn wrote 23 songs on fono
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham
- Part of
- Cry Like a Baby
- Released on
- Bell Records
- Written by
- Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham
- Part of
- Cry Like a Baby
- Released on
- Bell Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Spooner Oldham
Same label: Bell Records
Same writer: Spooner Oldham
Same writer: Dan Penn
Same label: Bell Records
Same writer: Spooner Oldham
Same label: Bell Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Cry Like a Baby was written by Dan Penn
2MusicBrainz Cry Like a Baby was written by Spooner Oldham
Cry Like a Baby was written by Spooner Oldham
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3MusicBrainz Cry Like a Baby is part of the release Cry Like a Baby
Cry Like a Baby is part of the release Cry Like a Baby
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4MusicBrainz Bell Records is the label of the song Cry Like a Baby
Bell Records is the label of the song Cry Like a Baby
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5MusicBrainz Cry Like a Baby was released on 1968-10-04
Cry Like a Baby was released on 1968-10-04
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