"Every Day I Have to Cry", also known as "Every Day I Have to Cry Some", is a song

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Arthur Alexander Arthur Alexander (May 10, 1940 – June 9, 1993) was an American country soul songwriter and singer. Jason Ankeny, music critic for AllMusic, said Alexander was a "country-soul pioneer" and that, though largely unknown, "his music is the stuff ...

and first recorded by

Steve Alaimo Charles Stephen Alaimo ( born December 6, 1939) is an American singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s. He later became record producer and label owner, but he is perhaps best known for hosting and co-producing Dick Clark's ''Where the Acti ...

in 1962. Although the song has been recorded by many musicians over the years, Alexander did not record his own version until 1975. His version went to #46 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart (and #45 ''Cash Box''). None of the other versions made it into the

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on the US chart. It became Alaimo's greatest hit, his second of nine charting singles.

Bee Gees version

The Bee Gees covered "Every Day I Have to Cry" as teenage recording artists in Australia. This version was recorded at Festival Studios in February 1965 and marked an important first for the group,

Maurice Gibb Maurice Ernest Gibb (; 22 December 1949 – 12 January 2003) was a British musician. He achieved fame as a member of the pop group Bee Gees. Although his elder brother Barry Gibb and fraternal twin brother Robin Gibb were the group's main lea ...

playing organ, which was the first of many times he would contribute keyboards to the group's recordings. The record was backed with " You Wouldn't Know", a

Barry Gibb Sir Barry Alan Crompton Gibb (born 1 September 1946) is a British musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He rose to worldwide fame as a member of the Bee Gees, one of the most commercially successful groups in the history of popula ...

original which was also featured later the same year on the group's first album, ''

The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs ''The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs'' is the debut studio album by the Bee Gees. Credited to Barry Gibb and the Bee Gees, it was released in November 1965 on the Australian Leedon label (1967's '' Bee Gees' 1st'' would be their ''in ...

''. Both songs were included on the 1998 anthology of the group's Australian recordings ''Brilliant from Birth''.

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