"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" is a song by British girl group The Caravelles. The single reached #3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, and #6 on the UK Singles Chart. The song had previously charted in the US by Ernest Tubb, Moon Mullican, and Tennessee Ernie Ford. The song was originally recorded by Moon Mullican, Ernest Tubb and Jimmy Dorsey in 1950. "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" was also recorded by Billie Davis in 1963. Her version remained unreleased until her compilation Watcha Gonna Do? was released in 2007.