Little Girl, Don't Cry

"Little Girl, Don't Cry" is a song written by Lucky Millinder and Doris Davis.

"Little Girl, Don't Cry"
Single by Lucky Millinder
Released1949
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Lucky Millinder, Doris Davis

Millinder and his orchestra recorded the song with a vocal by Big John Greer. That record was released in 1949 on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. 20-3351-B).[1] Millinder's version of the song reached No. 15 on Billboard magazine's R&B juke box plays chart, but lasted only one week on the chart.[2]

A cover of the song by Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats was released on the King label (catalog no. 4288A).[3] It reached No. 2 on Billboard's R&B chart and was ranked No. 5 on the magazine's year-end list of the best-selling R&B records of 1949 (No. 6 based on juke box plays).[4]

See also

References
  1. "Little Girl, Don't Cry (Lucky Millinder)". The Internet Archive. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  2. Joel Whitburn (1988). Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Record Research, Inc. p. 291. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.
  3. "Little Girl, Don't Cry (Bull Moose Jackson)". The Internet Archive. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  4. "The Year's Top Folk Songs". The Billboard. January 14, 1950. p. 18.
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