Little Girl, Don't Cry Explained

Little Girl, Don't Cry
Cover:Little Girl, Don't Cry (Lucky Millinder song).png
Type:single
Artist:Lucky Millinder
Released:1949
Label:RCA Victor

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Little Girl, Don't Cry (Lucky Millinder). The Internet Archive. December 15, 2020.
  2. Book: Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Joel Whitburn. 1988. Record Research, Inc. 0-89820-068-7. 291.
  3. Web site: Little Girl, Don't Cry (Bull Moose Jackson). 18 February 1949 . The Internet Archive. December 15, 2020.
  4. News: The Year's Top Folk Songs. The Billboard. January 14, 1950. 18.