The Little White Cloud That Cried Explained

The Little White Cloud That Cried
Type:	single
Artist:	Johnnie Ray
A-Side:	Cry
Released:	October 1951
Recorded:	October 16, 1951
Genre:	Pop
Length:	2:14
Label:	Okeh
Producer:	Mitch Miller
Prev Title:	Whiskey And Gin
Prev Year:	1951
Next Title:	Please, Mr. Sun
Next Year:	1951

"The Little White Cloud that Cried" is a popular song written by Johnnie Ray and published in 1951.

The biggest hit version was recorded by Ray and The Four Lads in 1951. The recording was released by Okeh Records as catalog number 6840. It was a number 2 hit on the Billboard chart that year and one side of one of the biggest two-sided hits, as the flip side, "Cry," reached number 1 on the Billboard chart.^[1] On the Most Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records chart, it went to number 6.^[2]

Other versions

• Ronnie Dove covered the song for his album Cry in 1967 for Diamond Records.
• Stan Freberg did a parody on the Johnnie Ray song "Cry", entitled "Try", which he sings "Even Little White Clouds Do It", in reference to Ray's flip side song "Little White Cloud that Cried."
• Vera Lynn recorded a contemporary cover in Britain.
• Doris Day also recorded the song in the 1950s.
• Semprini with Rhythm Acc. recorded the song in London on March 26, 1952 as the first melody of the medley "Part 2. Hit Medley of Foxtrots" along with "I'm Lucky to Have You" and "Tell Me Why." It was released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10263.
• Wayne Newton and his brothers recorded a version in 1961 that briefly entered the top 100 as a re-release in 1964.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn , Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Joel Whitburn . Top Pop Records 1940-1955 . Record Research . 1973 .

2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 484.

3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 612.