Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
| "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" | |
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| Single by Roy Acuff | |
| B-side | "The Devil's Train" |
| Released | October 1947 |
| Genre | Country |
| Label | Columbia |
| Songwriter | Fred Rose |
| "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" | ||||
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| Single by Willie Nelson | ||||
| from the album Red Headed Stranger | ||||
| B-side | "Bandera" | |||
| Released | July 1975 | |||
| Recorded | February 9–12, 1975 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:18 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter | Fred Rose | |||
| Producer | Willie Nelson | |||
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"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" is a song written by songwriter Fred Rose. First recorded by Elton Britt in early 1947, then made more popular by Roy Acuff later that year, the song has been covered by many artists, including Hank Williams Sr., Johnny Russell, Charley Pride, and Elvis Presley. Most notably, the song was recorded by Willie Nelson as part of his 1975 album Red Headed Stranger. Both the song and album revived Nelson's success as a singer and recording artist.