The Box Tops’ producer, Dan Penn, was being pressured by the record label for a new single but he was fresh out of ideas. Sideman extraordinaire Spooner Oldham went to breakfast with Dan one morning in Memphis when a frustrated Penn put his head on the table and said he could cry like a baby. The light bulb went on! They immediately went back across the street to the studio, finished writing the song, and came up with a huge hit. The electric sitar was played by Reggie Young.
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