I'll Cry If I Want To

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I'll Cry If I Want To
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1963
RecordedMarch 30, 1963; May 15, 1963
GenrePop[1]
Length26:04
LabelMercury
ProducerQuincy Jones
Lesley Gore chronology
I'll Cry If I Want To
(1963)
Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts
(1963)

I'll Cry If I Want To is the debut album of

Compact Disc in 2000 in combination with Gore's second album, Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts.[6] The album was named the 181st best album of the 1960s by Pitchfork.[7]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."
Cry Me a River"
Arthur Hamilton2:14
3."Cry"Churchill Kohlman2:05
4."Just Let Me Cry"Ben Raleigh2:18
5."Cry and You Cry Alone"Hilda H. Earnhart2:02
6."No More Tears (Left to Cry)"Mark Barkan2:23
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Judy's Turn to Cry"Beverly Ross, Edna Lewis2:23
8."I Understand"Kim Gannon, Mabel Wayne1:53
9."I Would"Kurt Feltz, Edna Lewis, Werner Scharfenberger2:24
10."Misty"Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke2:19
11."What Kind of Fool Am I?"Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley1:43
12."The Party's Over"Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green2:00

Charts

Weekly chart performance for I'll Cry If I Want To
Chart (1963) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[8] 24
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1963 "
It's My Party
"
US Billboard Hot 100 1
US R&B Singles 1
"Judy's Turn to Cry" US Billboard Hot 100 5
US R&B Singles 10

References

  1. ^ Pitchfork Staff (August 22, 2017). "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 15, 2023. ...the album epitomizes the sound of early-1960s girl-group pop...
  2. ^
    allmusic
    . Retrieved 2011-06-21.
  3. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard: 10. June 22, 1963.
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    . Retrieved 2011-06-21.
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  6. allmusic
    . Retrieved 2011-06-21.
  7. ^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  8. ^ "Lesley Gore Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 27, 2022.