"Cry Softly"
Single by Andy Williams
from the album You Lay So Easy on My Mind
B-side"You Lay So Easy on My Mind"
ReleasedMarch 1975
GenreEasy listening
Length3:12
LabelColumbia Records 10113
Songwriter(s)Buddy Killen, Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton
Andy Williams singles chronology
"Love Said Goodbye"
(1975)
"Cry Softly"
(1975)
"Sad Eyes"
(1975)

"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]

Cover versions

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.[3]

References

  1. "Nancy Ames – Cry Softly / I Don't Want to Talk About It (1966, 4-Prong Push-Out Centre, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1966.
  2. Nancy Ames, "Cry Softly" Retrieved July 5, 2013
  3. Andy Williams, "Cry Softly" chart positions Retrieved June 19, 2013



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