"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'" is a song written by

Joe Greene Charles Edward Greene (born September 24, 1946), better known as "Mean" Joe Greene, is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1969 to 1 ...

and released in 1946 by

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five Tympany Five was a successful and influential American rhythm and blues and jazz dance band founded by Louis Jordan in 1938. The group was composed of a horn section of three to five different pieces and also drums, double bass, guitar a ...

. Jordan's version reached No. 3 in ''

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'''s chart of " Most-Played Juke Box Race Records". The song was recorded by

Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson Sr. (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential singers in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Ge ...

, and appeared in his 1959's album The Genius of Ray Charles. Charles's version reached No. 17 on ''Billboard'''s " Hot R&B Sides" and No. 95 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It was also recorded by

Jackie DeShannon Jackie DeShannon (born Sharon Lee Myers, August 21, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and radio broadcaster with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards, as both singer and composer. She was one of the first female singer-songw ...

on her 1965 album ''This is Jackie De Shannon'',

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

on his 1990 live album '' Tripping the Live Fantastic'',Tripping the Live Fantastic
''Allmusic.com''. Accessed September 27, 2015 Jex Saarelaht and

Kate Ceberano Catherine Yvette Ceberano ( or , born 17 November 1966) is an Australian singer and actress who performs in the soul, jazz, and pop genres, as well as in film and musicals such as ''Jesus Christ Superstar''. Her song "Pash" received a gold sa ...

on their album '' Open the Door - Live at Mietta's'' (1992) and jazz singer

Roseanna Vitro Roseanna Elizabeth Vitro (born February 28, 1951) is a jazz singer and teacher from Arkansas. Biography Born Roseanna Elizabeth VitroScott Fredrickson and Gary W. Kennedy.Vitro (Wickliffe), Roseanna" In ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'', 2 ...

on her 1997 album '' Catchin’ Some Rays: The Music of Ray Charles''. Karin Krog and Steve Kuhn include it on their 2005 album, '' Together Again''. In 2016, Sony Music released a studio album never before heard outside of the studio by

Jeff Buckley Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scott Moorhead, was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Buckley amassed a following in the early 1990s by ...

entitled " You and I (Jeff Buckley album)", on this album Jeff covers Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' in his own style. Steve Alaimo released a version in 1963

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