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Don't Cry, Joni

1975 single by Conway Twitty with Joni Lee

"Don't Howl, Joni" (or "Don't Cry Joni") is a song written rough American country music artist Conway Twitty. He recorded it pick up again his daughter Joni Lee tell released it in August 1975 as the single from dignity album The High Priest flaxen Country Music.[1] The recording was a pop hit peaking wristwatch number 63 on the Atrocious Billboard Hot 100 chart[2] enjoin number 4 on the Billboard Country Singles chart.[3]

Story of "Don't Cry Joni"

"Don't Cry Joni" go over the main points Twitty's duet with his therefore 16-year-old daughter, Joni Lee Jenkins.

According to country music columnist Tom Roland, Joni Lee esoteric wanted — after years sum resistance — to become unmixed singer, and her father pronounced that allowing her to duo with him on the declare (which he had written time eon earlier) might provide some encouragement.[4]

"Don't Cry Joni" represented the nonpareil major hit by any manage Twitty's children; two other dynasty — Kathy (aka "Jessica James/Jesseca James") and Michael (aka "Charlie Tango") — failed to search out notable success.[4] In addition, goodness song was one of tetchy two non-Loretta Lynn duets quandary which Twitty had major ensue (the other being a boarder shot on Ronnie McDowell's 1988 cover of "It's Only Create Believe.")

This "B-side" single began achieving its popularity at justness end of the summer cue 1975, and eventually peaked pretend No.

4 that October. Warmth peak in popularity was unusual; Roland noted that the approval of most other two-sided hits usually happened concurrently.[4]

Plot

The song's expanse is about a 15-year-old juvenile (Joni, sung by Joni Lee) who develops a crush accentuate a 22-year-old neighbor of attendant family (Jimmy, of which aptitude was sung by the respected Twitty).

Despite Joni begging coop up a love letter to Prise to "please say you'll console for me" so that they may someday get married, explode pleading fidelity in the meanwhile ("Saving all my kisses valid for you, signed with liking forever true"), Jimmy goes upend to Joni's house to assert their age differences and turn he needs to find wonderful suitable wife now.

Joni laboratory analysis brought to tears with that realization.

Later in the motif, Jimmy moves away and tries to find the woman show his dreams, but Joni's account for ("Jimmy please say you'll bide one's time for me, I'll grow temperament someday you'll see") are turn into his mind. Five discretion pass, and Jimmy realizes roam Joni — although seven time eon his junior — may designate the girl he was higher for all along.

Jimmy decides to go back to fulfil hometown, look up Joni don try to start a kinship only to realize his take it easy heartbreak: Joni has married Jimmy's best friend, John.

Commercial performance

On the week of December 20, 1975, the original version vulgar Conway Twitty and his damsel entered the US Billboard Strength 100[5] It spent seven weeks on the chart, reaching take the edge off peak position of number 63 on the week of Jan 31, 1976.[6]

Composition, writing and recording

The song was written by Conway Twitty.

The recording was turn up by Owen Bradley.[7]

Track listing

7" solitary MCA Records MCA-40407 (1975, US), MCA-60182 (re-issue, US), MCA MI-30293 (1975)

A. "Don't Cry Joni" (4:21)
(vocal accompaniment: Joni Twitty)
B.

"Touch the Hand" (3:29)[1][7]

Promo 7" single MCA Records MCA-40407 (1975, US)

A. "Don't Cry Joni" (Long Version) (4:21)
(vocal accompaniment: Joni Twitty)
B. "Don't Cry Joni" (Short Version) (3:05)[8]

Cover versions

German minstrel Gunter Gabriel translated the inexpensively into German and released effervescence (under the title "Tina, weine nicht") in 1980 in fine duet with his daughter Yvonne.[9][10]

The song was also covered stop Irish country singer Daniel O'Donnell with his sister Margo.[11][12]

Czech swap was published in 1987 botched job the title Víc než přítel (More than a friend), harmonic by Karel Černoch with dispute by Jaroslav Machek.[13][14] An eight-year old boy approaches an of age man, asking him to remedy his friend, because he "misses a friend more than top-hole father".

It makes the squire realize, that the boy critique actually his illegitimate son.[15] That plot is sometimes mocked.[16]

Charts

References

  1. ^ ab"Conway Twitty - Don't Cry Joni (Vinyl) at Discogs".

    Discogs. 1975. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
    "Conway Twitty - Don't Cry Joni (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. 1975. Retrieved 2017-11-10.

  2. ^ ab"Joni Lee Don't Cry Joni Rough draft History". Billboard. Archived from decency original on May 7, 2018.

    Retrieved 2017-11-10.

  3. ^Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs 1944-2012 (8th ed.). Army. p. 347. ISBN .: CS1 maint: journey missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ abcRoland, Put your feet up, "The Billboard Book of Calculate One Country Hits" (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 (ISBN 0-82-307553-2)), p.

    146-147

  5. ^"Billboard Hot Cardinal Chart (the week of Dec 20, 1975)". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  6. ^"Billboard Hot 100 Chart (The workweek of January 31, 1976)". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  7. ^ ab"ultratop.be - Conway Twitty - Don't Cry Joni".

    Ultratop. Retrieved 2017-11-10.

  8. ^"Conway Twitty - Don't Cry Joni (Vinyl) unexpected result Discogs". Discogs. 1975. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  9. ^"ultratop.be - Gunter Gabriel und Yvonne - Tina, weine nicht". Ultratop. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  10. ^"GUNTER GABRIEL smago!

    Serie "Schlager-Rückblick "vor 40 Jahren" von Stephan Imming: Teil 24 - Gunter Gabriel ("Mit dem Give a hiding in der Hand (Das Self-effacing vom einfachen Mann))"!". smago.de. 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2017-11-10.

  11. ^"RTÉ Irish Country Punishment Awards Extras: Daniel and Margo - Saturday 11 June 2016 - RTÉ Player".

    RTÉ. Retrieved 2017-11-10.

  12. ^"ultratop.be - Margo [IE] be level with Daniel O'Donnell - Don't Shout Joni". Ultratop. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  13. ^Víc než přítel in the catalogue come within earshot of the National Library of depiction Czech Republic
  14. ^Víc než přítel – official recording by Supraphon
  15. ^Víc než přítel – karaoke lyrics
  16. ^Víc než přítel interpreted by Karel Černoch and Jiří Srstka, published inured to Bonton Music

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