Don't Cry Baby

Cover versions

• In 1943, Erskine Hawkins recorded his version, with vocals by Jimmy Mitchell. This version went to number one on the Harlem Hit Parade and number fifteen on the pop chart. With fourteen non consecutive weeks at number one, the Erskine Hawkins version was the most successful song on the Harlem Hit Parade for 1943.
• In 1961, Etta James, recorded her version which reached number six on the R&B chart and number thirty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100.
• In 2004 it was recorded by American jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux, in her Careless Love album.
• A 1962 recording by Aretha Franklin was included in her The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin album.

• Ray Charles
• Tony Bennett
• Bob Wills
• Diahann Carroll
• Queen Latifah
• Gina Sicilia
• James Brown

  Appearances in popular culture

• The Erskine Hawkins recording of "Don't Cry Baby" is on the soundtrack to Spike Lee's 1992 film Malcolm X.