Baby, Baby Don't Cry

Release: 1968

Release: 1968Source checked | Recent carryover

V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original recording field identifies the single in December 1968, corroborated by the label-licensed 1968 historical singles program. The Time Out album and annual appearance in 1969 do not replace that earlier year.

The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.

Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1969.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.

Time Out for Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - original licensed Miracles program
The original album program identifies the selected Miracles performances and the original 1969 album association. Individual earlier single years are retained where established. Remaster years, expanded-edition bonuses, later solo Smokey Robinson tracks and alternate mixes are not original release events.

The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 8 - original 1968 release program
The label-licensed historical 1968 singles program includes Baby, Baby Dont Cry and a shorter If You Can Want presentation. The Time Out original recording field independently supplies December 1968 for Baby; the modern box date is not adopted.