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Don't Cry, Joni
1975 single by Conway Twitty with Joni Lee
"Don't Cry, Joni" (or "Don't Cry Joni") is a song written by American country music artist Conway Twitty. He recorded it with his daughter Joni Lee and released it in August 1975 as the single from the album The High Priest of Country Music.[1] The recording was a pop hit peaking at number 63 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart[2] and number 4 on the Billboard Country Singles chart.[3]
Story of "Don't Cry Joni"
"Don't Cry Joni" is Twitty's duet with his then 16-year-old daughter, Joni Lee Jenkins. According to country music writer Tom Roland, Joni Lee had wanted — after years of resistance — to become a singer, and her father decided that allowing her to duet with him on the song (which he had written years earlier) might provide some encouragement.[4]
"Don't Cry Joni" represented the only major hit by any of Twitty's children; two other children — Kathy (aka "Jessica Joni lee jenkins wikipedia!