# Singers Who Cried On Studio Albums? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [December 31, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363 "2020-12-31T16:49:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/1 "2020-12-31T16:49:30Z")
Mine isn’t a very good example, since it was Neil’s song, “Ohio”, but David Crosby was crying at the end with his “Why?” and “How Many More?” ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/2 "2020-12-31T19:25:38Z")
I don’t know if she cried in the studio, but Sinead O’Connor cried real tears in her video to “Nothing Compares To You”. Still gives me the chills. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0-EF60neguk/maxresdefault.jpg "Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Official Music Video) [HD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-EF60neguk) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/3 "2020-12-31T19:36:37Z")
Another video and I don’t know if Cyrus was crying during the actual recording for the album. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-YICuUtkjlg/maxresdefault.jpg "Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball (Director's Cut)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YICuUtkjlg) (Note: This is the Director’s Cut of the video rather than the better known original version and is SFW) ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/4 "2020-12-31T19:39:54Z")
Close-up video crying seems to be a thing because here’s Janelle Monae (who breaks down completely): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lqmORiHNtN4/maxresdefault.jpg "Janelle Monae - Cold War [Official Music Video]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqmORiHNtN4) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/5 "2020-12-31T19:40:45Z")
(Hard to tell if he’s really crying) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oIM2ag_S05s/maxresdefault.jpg "Little Richard: I'll Never Let You Go (Boo Hoo Hoo)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIM2ag_S05s) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/6 "2020-12-31T19:50:40Z")
I don’t know his music at all, but I’ve heard about Johnny Ray being famous for his crying at stage. Don’t know if he also cried in the studio, because I don’t know his work. > **[Johnnie Ray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_Ray)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music, and his animated stage personality. Tony Bennett called Ray the "father of rock and roll", and historians have noted him as a pioneering figure in the development of the genre. > Born and... ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/7 "2020-12-31T22:53:09Z")
Does it matter whether the crying was “real” (i.e. the singer was overcome with emotion) or if it was just acting? ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/8 "2020-12-31T23:11:29Z")
Karen O’s tears for the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s video for [Maps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIIxlgcuQRU). were real, per this article: [Karen O - 'Maps' video tears were real](https://www.nme.com/news/music/yeah-yeah-yeahs-118-1342452) No idea about the studio recording. Makes me cry too, some of the time… ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/9 "2021-01-01T01:02:00Z")
Joe Cocker appears to get all verklempt in the final verse of **You Are So Beautiful**. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/10 "2021-01-01T02:06:00Z")
Crying on albums? Seems like a wasted effort. Kinda like using an ALDIS Lamp to contact the blind. (I only posted this because I’ve always wanted to sneak ‘ALDIS Lamp’ into a post!) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/11 "2021-01-01T04:08:57Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > Joe Cocker appears to get all verklempt in the final verse of **You Are So Beautiful**. Just what I came in to post. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/12 "2021-01-01T18:39:18Z")
An outtake, but this one was … well, just listen [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/urLDbg3m3Sk/hqdefault.jpg "Over The Rainbow outtake") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urLDbg3m3Sk) > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Does it matter whether the crying was “real” (i.e. the singer was overcome with emotion) or if it was just acting? I think it matters - I’d prefer real… A lot of people act (especially in music videos) to make more of a wave. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/13 "2021-01-01T21:16:20Z")
nf, “How Could You Leave Us?” The producer and recording engineer left the room to let Nate sing and cry by himself. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wOzQMCyPc8o/maxresdefault.jpg "NF - How Could You Leave Us") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOzQMCyPc8o) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/14 "2021-01-01T22:39:12Z")
> [@MortSahlFan](#): > > Neil’s song, “Ohio” Super nitpick: I’m pretty sure this appeared on a single, not on an album. Though I suppose it may have been included on a compilation album somewhere along the way. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/15 "2021-01-01T23:21:16Z")
You are mostly correct… It was released on an album, but it was in 1971, “4 Way Street”, a live album, which isn’t quite the same… I know after Kent State one of the guys mentioned (in one of those old VHS docs) how Neil wrote the line “Tin soldiers and Nixon’s coming” and how they knew it would be something special. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/16 "2021-01-01T23:22:57Z")
Jonathan Davis was crying on the Korn song Daddy. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zQZodBV39F4/maxresdefault.jpg "Daddy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQZodBV39F4) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/17 "2021-01-01T23:55:51Z")
Was it the flip side of “Sugar Mountain”? I remember buying that 45, back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/18 "2021-01-02T15:43:44Z")
I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/19 "2021-01-02T16:07:31Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > Was it the flip side of “Sugar Mountain”? I remember buying that 45, back in the day. No, it was an A side with another non-album track, “Find The Cost Of Freedom” as the B side. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363/20 "2021-01-02T16:25:41Z")
Don’t know if he actually cried, but Meatloaf had his hanky at the ready. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-cried-on-studio-albums/929363.md?page=2)