The Box Tops are best-known for their debut single “The Letter”, which hit
#1 in 1967. (Although I like the concise 1:58 original, I prefer Joe Cocker’s
raucous and much longer 1970 remake.) Although the band’s material was not
always the greatest, “Cry Like A Baby” is a blue-eyed soul classic, co-written
by Spooner Oldham (who also played keyboards on the recording) and the great
Dan Penn, whose body of work also includes another one of my all-time favorites. Singer Alex Chilton, who went on to become an indie-rock cult
favorite after the Box Tops disbanded and inspired a musical tribute by the
Replacements, throws in a sly reference near the end to “You Left The Water Running”, another great (but little-known) tune co-written by Penn.
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