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| "Cry Softly" | ||||
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| Single by Andy Williams | ||||
| from the album You Lay So Easy on My Mind | ||||
| B-side | "You Lay So Easy on My Mind" | |||
| Released | March 1975 | |||
| Genre | Easy listening | |||
| Length | 3:12 | |||
| Label | Columbia Records 10113 | |||
| Songwriters | Buddy Killen, Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton | |||
| Andy Williams singles chronology | ||||
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"Cry Softly" is a song written by Buddy Killen, Billy Sherrill, and Glenn Sutton.[1] It is based on Liebesträume by Franz Liszt. Nancy Ames originally recorded the song in 1966. Her version reached No. 95 on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] and a lower No. 98 on the Cashbox Top 100 Singles charts[3]
Cover versions
[edit]Andy Williams included a version on his 1974 album You Lay So Easy on My Mind. The song reached #20 on the adult contemporary chart in 1975.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Nancy Ames – Cry Softly / I Don't Want to Talk About It (1966, 4-Prong Push-Out Centre, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1966.
- ↑ Nancy Ames, "Cry Softly" Retrieved July 5, 2013
- ↑ Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. p. 7. ISBN 1-56308-316-7. Retrieved September 22, 2026.
- ↑ Andy Williams, "Cry Softly" chart positions Retrieved June 19, 2013
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