Talk:Cry (Churchill Kohlman song)

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This article is not sourced[edit]

It needs to cite its reverences per WP:V amd WP:CITE. Thanks! Mattisse (talk) 23:43, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ruth Casey[edit]

I've got a different reference book (Who Wrote That Song, by Dick & Harriet Jacobs, 2nd edition, 1994, ISBN:0-89879-639-3) that states the song written by Churchill Kohlman was first recorded by Johnnie Ray featuring The Four Lads. Both Joel Whitman (the reference that is cited, which says Ruth Casey first recorded the song) and the Jacobses are credible and widely referred to. I'm not sure which is correct.

Bri4daz (talk) 08:11, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Move?[edit]

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Andrewa (talk) 03:02, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cry (Churchill Kohlman song) → Cry (1951 song) – Churchill who? WP:naming conventions (songs) doesn't say that disambiguation be restricted to only a singer or songwriter. In fact, not many people know who this song's writer is, even with the name. "Churchill Kohlman"? I thought he recorded his own version of this song. --George Ho (talk) 13:57, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose; using the date implies that the article is only about the version(s) recorded in 1951. Powers ^T 19:30, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think the year is actually a better descriptor, and it by no means implies that the article is only about the versions recorded in that year. The disambiguator "(X song)" is usually only used when "X" is the artist, not for songwriters. Btw, there's a current discussion about the subject at WT:NCM#Propose disambiguation by songwriter, not artist. Jafeluv (talk) 06:50, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The guideline you linked does in fact say: "Disambiguate albums and songs by artist and not by year unless the artist releases multiple albums with the same name." So I don't see a reason to disambiguate by year here. I can see an argument for using the most recognizable artist in the title, rather than an obscure songwriter, but I don't have the information I would need to support doing that as an alternative. Theoldsparkle (talk) 14:52, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
There's some precedent to using the year, such as Yesterdays (1933 song) (formerly Yesterdays (Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern song)) and the recently moved Wheel of Fortune (1951 song). Jafeluv (talk) 06:50, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – This is a categorically close call, in my opinion, unacquainted with Churchill Kohlman as I was, but my decision falls on the side of the uniqueness and stability offered with disambiguation by composer. Further disambiguation should and does appear in the entry on Cry (disambiguation). ENeville (talk) 19:39, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The Connie Francis version[edit]

I just cut this out.

"*Connie Francis recorded the song during her 1989 Muscle Shoals AL session."
As far as I can tell Francis recorded her last album in 1969. If she did something 20 years later it needs to be referenced. Carptrash (talk) 18:59, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]