All I Could Do Was Cry

E253145

single song

"All I Could Do Was Cry" is a classic 1960 soul and R&B ballad, renowned for Etta James's powerful, emotionally charged vocal performance.

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Label	Occurrences
All I Could Do Was Cry canonical	2

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
artist	Etta James ⓘ
associatedAct	Chess Records ⓘ surface form: Chess Records artists
chartPosition	U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ surface form: Billboard Hot 100 top 40 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ⓘ surface form: Billboard Hot R&B Sides top 10
composer	Billy Davis ⓘ Gwen Gordy Fuqua ⓘ surface form: Gwen Gordy Billy Davis ⓘ surface form: Roquel "Billy" Davis
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	early 1960s American R&B ⓘ
genre	rhythm and blues ⓘ soul ⓘ
hasCoverVersion	Beyoncé version of All I Could Do Was Cry ⓘ
hasCoverVersionPerformer	Beyoncé ⓘ Gladys Knight & the Pips ⓘ Mavis Staples ⓘ
hasCriticalReception	widely acclaimed as one of Etta James's signature ballads ⓘ
hasKey	C major ⓘ
hasRecordingArtist	Etta James ⓘ
hasTimeSignature	12/8 ⓘ
includedIn	Etta James live performance repertoire ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
length	approximately 2 minutes 57 seconds ⓘ
lyricist	Billy Davis ⓘ Gwen Gordy Fuqua ⓘ surface form: Gwen Gordy Billy Davis ⓘ surface form: Roquel "Billy" Davis
notableFor	classic 1960 soul and R&B ballad ⓘ emotionally charged vocal performance ⓘ
originalMedium	7-inch single ⓘ
partOfAlbum	At Last ⓘ surface form: At Last!
performer	Etta James ⓘ
producer	Leonard Chess ⓘ Phil Chess ⓘ
publicationDate	1960 ⓘ
recordLabel	Argo Records ⓘ Chess Records ⓘ
releaseYear	1960 ⓘ
tempo	slow ⓘ
theme	heartbreak ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ
trackNumberInAlbum	4 ⓘ
vocalStyle	gospel-influenced ⓘ
vocalType	ballad ⓘ

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Etta James → notableWork → All I Could Do Was Cry ⓘ

Etta James → notableSong → All I Could Do Was Cry ⓘ