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To See My Angel Cry

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"To See My Angel Cry"

SinglebyConway Twitty

from the album To See My Angel Cry

B-side

"I Did the Best I Could"

Released

August 18, 1969

Recorded

June 24, 1969

Studio

Bradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee

Genre

Country

Length

2:42

Label

Decca

Songwriter(s)

Conway Twitty
L. E. White
Carlton Haney

Producer(s)

Owen Bradley

Conway Twitty singles chronology

"I Love You More Today"
(1969)

"To See My Angel Cry"
(1969)

"That's When She Started to Stop Loving You"
(1969)

"To See My Angel Cry" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Conway Twitty.

Recording and Release[edit]

Twitty recorded the song at Bradley's Barn studio Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, on June 24, 1969, the same day he cut "That's When She Started to Stop Loving You".^[1] It was released in August 1969 as the first single and title track from the album To See My Angel Cry. The song was Twitty's third number one on the country charts. The single spent a single week at number one and a total of 13 weeks on the country chart.^[2] It was written by Twitty, L. E. White and Carlton Haney.

Personnel[edit]

Conway Twitty — vocals
Joe E. Lewis, The Jordanaires — background vocals
Harold Bradley — electric 6-string bass guitar
Grady Martin — electric guitar
Larry Butler — piano
Ray Edenton — acoustic guitar
John Hughey — steel guitar
Tommy Markham — drums and percussion
Bob Moore — bass
Herman Wade — electric guitar^[1]

Chart performance[edit]

Chart (1969)	Peak position
USHot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b The Conway Twitty Collection (Media notes). Conway Twitty. Universal City, California: MCA Records. MCAD4-11095.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 360.

^ "Conway Twitty Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

v t e Conway Twitty
Studio albums	Sings Saturday Night with Conway Twitty Lonely Blue Boy The Rock & Roll Story I Can't See Me Without You Honky Tonk Angel I'm Not Through Loving You Yet Linda on My Mind The High Priest of Country Music Now and Then I've Already Loved You in My Mind Georgia Keeps Pulling on My Ring Cross Winds Heart & Soul Rest Your Love on Me Mr. T Southern Comfort Dream Maker Lost in the Feeling By Heart Don't Call Him a Cowboy Chasin' Rainbows Fallin' for You for Years Borderline Still in Your Dreams House on Old Lonesome Road Crazy in Love Even Now Final Touches
Collaboration albums	We Only Make Believe Lead Me On Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man Country Partners Dynamic Duo
Compilation albums	Number Ones Classic Conway Conway's Latest Greatest Hits Volume 1 Greatest Hits Volume III 25 Number Ones
Notable singles	"It's Only Make Believe" "Mona Lisa" "Danny Boy" "Lonely Blue Boy" "What Am I Living For" "Next in Line" "I Love You More Today" "To See My Angel Cry" "Hello Darlin'" "Fifteen Years Ago" "How Much More Can She Stand" "I Can't See Me Without You" "(Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date" "I Can't Stop Loving You" "She Needs Someone to Hold Her (When She Cries)" "You've Never Been This Far Before" "There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)" "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet" "I See the Want To in Your Eyes" "Linda on My Mind" "Touch the Hand" "This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me" "After All the Good Is Gone" "The Games That Daddies Play" "I Can't Believe She Gives It All to Me" "Play Guitar Play" "I've Already Loved You in My Mind" "Georgia Keeps Pulling on My Ring" "Boogie Grass Band" "Your Love Had Taken Me That High" "Don't Take It Away" "I May Never Get to Heaven" "Happy Birthday Darlin'" "I'd Love to Lay You Down" "Rest Your Love on Me" "Tight Fittin' Jeans" "Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night" "The Clown" "Slow Hand" "We Did But Now You Don't" "The Rose" "We Had It All" "Lost in the Feeling" "Heartache Tonight" "Three Times a Lady" "Somebody's Needin' Somebody" "I Don't Know a Thing About Love (The Moon Song)" "Ain't She Somethin' Else" "Don't Call Him a Cowboy" "Between Blue Eyes and Jeans" "Desperado Love" "Fallin' for You for Years" "Julia" "I Want to Know You Before We Make Love" "That's My Job" "Goodbye Time" "Saturday Night Special" "I Wish I Was Still in Your Dreams" "She's Got a Single Thing in Mind" "House on Old Lonesome Road" "Fit to Be Tied Down" "Crazy in Love" "I Couldn't See You Leavin'" "Rainy Night in Georgia"
Collaboration singles	"After the Fire Is Gone" "Lead Me On" "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" "Feelins'" "The Letter" "I Can't Love You Enough" "Making Believe" "Don't Cry Joni"
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