| 1 | Crying- producer:
- Fred Foster (on 1961-06-26)
- double bass [bass]:
- Bob Moore (on 1961-06-26)
- drums (drum set) [drums]:
- Buddy Harman (on 1961-06-26)
- guitar:
- Boudleaux Bryant (on 1961-06-26), Harold Bradley (on 1961-06-26) and Scotty Moore (on 1961-06-26)
- piano:
- Floyd Cramer (on 1961-06-26)
- vocals:
- Roy Orbison (on 1961-06-26)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sony Music Entertainment Inc. and Monument Record Corp. (in 1961)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 69) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 461)
- recording of:
- Crying (on 1961-06-26)
- lyricist:
- Joe Melson (in 1961) and Roy Orbison (in 1961)
- composer:
- Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
- publisher:
- Acuff Rose Music Ltd., Acuff Rose Music, Inc., Barbara Orbison Music Company, Copyright Control, MCA Music, Orbi-Lee Music, R-Key Darkus Music, Rondor Music, Rondor Music (Australia) P/L, Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (on 1961-08-16)
- part of:
- 50/50
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