Don’t Cry Out Loud - Melissa Manchester (LYRIC Video) - Cover by Tatiana Marie

“Don’t Cry Out Loud“ is a song written in 1976 by Peter Allen with lyricist Carole Bayer Sager that is best known as a hit single for Melissa Manchester in the US and for Elkie Brooks in the UK. Ann-Margret, who was a friend of Peter Allen, has stated that the song’s lyrics—though written by Carole Bayer Sager—reflect Allen’s own frame of mind: “He just kept everything personal philosophy was ’Don’t show anyone you’re crying’.“ Bernadette Peters, who toured with Allen in 1989, has stated that