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Don't Cry Baby

song written by Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson, and Stella Unger originally performed in 1929 by Bessie Smith
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Don't Cry Baby

Summary

Don't Cry Baby is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Don't Cry Baby's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Don't Cry Baby's composer is recorded as James P. Johnson[4].
  • Don't Cry Baby's genre is popular music[5].
  • Among the performers on Don't Cry Baby was Bessie Smith[6].
  • Don't Cry Baby's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Don't Cry Baby was published on 1929[8].
  • Don't Cry Baby's lyricist is recorded as Saul Bernie[9].
  • Don't Cry Baby's lyricist is recorded as Stella Unger[10].
  • Don't Cry Baby's title is recorded as Don't Cry Baby[11].
  • Don't Cry Baby's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: bca56a5b-777a-3f42-ae6e-8a33a098d807[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Don't Cry Baby was Bessie Smith[6].

Publication

Don't Cry Baby was released on 1929[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is popular music[5].

Why It Matters

Don't Cry Baby ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_don-t-cry-baby_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Don't Cry Baby}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-cry-baby}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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