"You Don't Have To Cry" is a 1969 song by the American folk rock group
Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Stephen Stills wrote this song about a man that
feels abandoned by his busier girlfriend. The song is rumored to be about
his on-again off-again girlfriend Judy Collins who remained in New York to
pursue her career while he lived in California. This is the song that began
Crosby, Stills, and Nash as a band. Graham Nash was visiting his girlfriend
Joni Mitchell in Los Angeles and found her ex-boyfriend David Crosby and
friend Stephen Stills already gathered in her living room. Crosby and Stills
played for Nash a song Stills had recently written called “You Don’t Have to
Cry”. Nash joined in and all three felt they had a magical synergy. Nash
immediately returned to England to extract himself from his main band
The Hollies in order to form Crosby Stills and Nash. In the end,
one could say that Stills' split with Collins at this time may have
advanced his career as much if not more than Collins' career.
Crosby, Stills & Nash is the debut studio album by British-American
folk rock supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN), released in May 1969
by Atlantic Records. It is the only album released by the band before
adding Neil Young to their line-up. The LP spawned two Top 40 singles,
"Marrakesh Express" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and peaked at #6 on
the US Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. It has been certified
four times platinum by the RIAA for sales of 4,000,000.
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