The Caravelles, Lois Wilkinson (born 03 April 1944, Sleaford

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, Lincolnshire

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, England

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) and Andrea Simpson (born 09 September 1946, Finchley

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, London

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), were a British

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 duo

Duet (music)

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 girl band

Girl group

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, best known for their 1963 hit single

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, "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry

You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry

"You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry" is a 1963 single by British girl group duo The Caravelles. The single reached #3 in the Billboard Hot 100 in America, and a more modest #6 in the UK Singles Chart. The song had previously charted in the US by Ernest Tubb and Tennessee Ernie Ford."You Don't Have...

".

Career

The Caravelles named themselves after the French airliner

Sud Aviation Caravelle

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. Their best known song

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, "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry", was originally a regional hit for Moon Mullican

Moon Mullican

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, and then was used as the B-side

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 to Tennessee Ernie Ford

Tennessee Ernie Ford

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's hit single "Sixteen Tons

Sixteen Tons

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". The Caravelles version of "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry" reached #3 in the Billboard Hot 100

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 in America

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, and #6 in the UK Singles Chart

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.

They could not retain their success, and Lois Wilkinson left and recorded as Lois Lane.Andrea Simpson carried on as The Caravelles through the 1980s with a series of replacements; and still performed the occasional gig

Concert

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 into the 1990s.

Singles discography

• Decca F11697: 1963: "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry" / "The Last One To Know"
• Decca F11758: 1963: "I Really Don't Want To Know" / "I Was Wrong"
• Decca F11816: 1964: "Have You Ever Been Lonely" / "Gonna Get Along Without You Now"
• Fontana TF466: 1964: "You Are Here" / "How Can I Be Sure"
• Fontana TF509: 1964: "I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine" / "I Like A Man"
• Polydor NH59034: 1964: "True Love Never Runs Smooth" / "Georgia Boy"
• Polydor 56137: 1966: "Hey Mama You've Been On My Mind" / "New York"
• Polydor 56156: 1967: "I Want To Love You Again" / "I Had To Walk Home Myself"
• Pye 7N17654: 1968: "The Other Side Of Love" / "I Hear A New Kind Of Music"

External links

• 45rpm.org.uk Biography and Discography
• [ Caravelles biography] at Allmusic website
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