Baby the Rain Must Fall
Glenn Yarbrough
1965
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About Glenn Yarbrough
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Glenn Yarbrough developed a clear tenor style through folk singing and the coffeehouse circuit. With Alex Hassilev and Lou Gottlieb, he formed the Limeliters, taking the name from an Aspen folk club. His later solo career included Baby the Rain Must Fall and recordings with poet-songwriter Rod McKuen. He also returned periodically to the Limeliters and recorded with his daughter Holly.
Artist background sources
Apple Music - Glenn Yarbrough artist biography
Licensed biography read for tenor/folk career, Limeliters membership and Aspen name, solo repertoire, Rod McKuen and Holly Yarbrough collaborations. Omit possibly conflated album association for Baby the Rain Must Fall and exact reunion periods. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Baby the Rain Must Fall by Glenn Yarbrough appears at number 53 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1965. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1965 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Other appearances and versions
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Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1965 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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