Putto Today, in Italian, "putto" means either toddler winged angel or, rarely, toddler boy. It may have been derived from the same Indo-European root as the Sanskrit word "putra" (meaning "boy child", as opposed to "son"), Avestan "puθra"-, Old Persian "puça"-, Pahlavi (Middle Persian) "pus" and "pusar", all meaning "son", and the New Persian "pesar" "boy, son". Putti, in the ancient classical world of art, were winged infants that were believed to influence human lives. In Renaissance art, the form of the putto was derived in various ways including the Greek Eros or Roman Amor/Cupid, the god of love and companion
Cry Like a Baby one million copies in the United States. Spooner Oldham explained in an interview how the song came to be: "Cry Like a Baby" features an electric sitar, played by session guitarist Reggie Young. Author Peter Lavezzoli cites this part as an example of the widespread influence of Indian classical music on rock and pop music in the late 1960s, in the wake of the Beatles' popularisation of the sitar in songs such as "Within You Without You", from their 1967 album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Oldham played keyboards on "Cry Like a Baby" in addition to co-writing it.