“Boys Don’t Cry” - a career-defining, classic single. Pure pop. A three-minute wonder. Timeless, if you like. So why didn’t it even scrape the lower end of the UK singles chart in its release in the summer of 1979? Released on Friday, 29 June ’79, the single was timed to coincide with The Cure’s headline … Continue reading 29 June 1979: Who killed “Boys Don’t Cry”? →