I Don't Want to Cry!

I Don't Want to Cry! is Chuck Jackson's debut studio album, released in 1961. The album is completely devoted to songs about crying.

Jackson co-wrote the title track. It became a Top 40 Pop hit and a Top 5 R&B hit.

The album's design and photography was by Jules Maidoff.

Critical reception
AllMusic wrote that the "hit title cut serves as a springboard to explore 11 other tear-stained tunes, forming a concept record detailing the many subtle gradations of melancholy and heartbreak."

Side 1

 * 1) "I Don't Want to Cry" (Luther Dixon, Chuck Jackson)
 * 2) "Tears on My Pillow" (Al Lewis, Sylvester Bradford)
 * 3) "My Willow Tree" (Bob Elgin, Kay Rogers)
 * 4) "In Between Tears" (Bob Elgin, Kay Rogers, Luther Dixon)
 * 5) "Tear of the Year" (Gary Geld, Peter Udell)
 * 6) "I Cried for You" (Abe Lyman, Arthur Freed, Gus Arnheim)

Side 2

 * 1) "Lonely Teardrops" (Berry Gordy, Jr., Tryan Carlo)
 * 2) "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (Joe Greene)
 * 3) "Salty Tears" (Lincoln Chase)
 * 4) "I Wake Up Crying" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
 * 5) "A Tear" (Luther Dixon, Willie Denson)
 * 6) "A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry" (Frankie Laine, Irving Reid, Norman Gimbel)