Sunday Morning Vault: The Caravelles--You Don't Have to be A Baby to Cry (1963)

     "You Don't Have to be A Baby to Cry" was written by Bob Merrill and Terry Shand. It was recorded twice for the US Country market, once by Earnest Tubb and the other by Tennessee Ernie Ford (it was the B-side of "Sixteen Tons").
     The Caravelles, a duo made up of Lois Wilkinson and Andera Simpson recorded the song in 1963 and not only reached the UK charts, but soared to #3 on the US pop charts as well. The girls never had another hit on either side of the ocean, but even after Wilkinson left, Simpson kept the name, and The Caravelles toured well into the 1980's.