Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - wikipedia Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain `` Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain '' Single by Willie Nelson from the album Red Headed Stranger Released July 1975 Format 7 '' Recorded February 9 -- 12, 1975 Genre Country Length 2 : 18 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Fred Rose Producer ( s ) Willie Nelson Willie Nelson singles chronology `` Sister 's Coming Home '' ( 1974 ) `` Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain '' ( 1975 ) `` Fire and Rain '' ( 1976 ) `` Sister 's Coming Home '' ( 1974 ) `` Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain '' ( 1975 ) `` Fire and Rain '' ( 1976 ) Music video `` Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain '' on YouTube `` Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain '' is a song written by songwriter Fred Rose. Originally performed by Roy Acuff, the song has been covered by many artist ; such as Hank Williams Sr. and Charlie Pride. Also the song was later recorded by Willie Nelson as part of his 1975 album Red Headed Stranger. Both the song and album would become iconic in country music history, and jump start Nelson 's success as a singer and recording artist. Contents 1 Song history 2 Chart success and legacy 3 Chart performance 4 Later versions 5 Sources 5.1 References 6 External links Song history Originally recorded in 1947 by Acuff, `` Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain '' was recorded by Hank Williams in 1951 for the Mother 's Best Flour Hour. Other early remakes of the song were made by Donn Reynolds ( MGM single - June 1957 ), Ferlin Husky ( album Ferlin 's Favorites - November 1959 ), Slim Whitman ( album Country Favorites - 1959 ), Gene Vincent ( recorded October 15, 1958 / album Crazy Times ! - 1960 ), Bill Anderson ( album... Sings Country Heart Songs - January 15, 1962 ), John D. Loudermilk ( album Country Love Songs Plain and Simply Sung Country Love Songs Plain and Simply Sung - August 1968 ), ( Hank Snow ) ) ( album, ' Greatest Hits '' ) and Conway Twitty ( album Hello Darlin ' - June 1970 ). The version by Willie Nelson, recorded for his 1975 concept album, Red Headed Stranger, which was about a fugitive preacher on the run from the law after killing his wife, was lauded by country music historian Bill Malone as `` a fine example of clean, uncluttered country music, ( with ) a spare arrangement that could have come straight out of the 1940s. '' Rolling Stone noted the song was delivered with his `` jazz - style phrasing '' and was `` the beating heart of Red Headed Stranger. '' A music video for the song was created in 1986 to promote the motion picture adaptation of the album. Chart success and legacy Prior to the success of `` Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, '' Nelson had enjoyed widespread success primarily as a songwriter, with such songs as `` Crazy '' ( Patsy Cline ) and `` Hello Walls '' ( Faron Young ). As a performer, meanwhile, Nelson had hit the Top 10 of the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart just twice ; it had happened in 1962, once as a solo artist ( `` Touch Me '' ) and again as part of a duet with Shirley Collie ( `` Willingly '' ). Thereafter, Nelson had approached the Top 20 on occasion, but went 13 years without a Top 10 hit. In October 1975, the song became Nelson 's first No. 1 hit as a singer, and at year 's end was the third - biggest song of 1975 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. In addition, the song gained modest airplay on Top 40 radio, reaching number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked `` Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain '' # 302 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Chart performance Chart ( 1975 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 21 Canadian RPM Country Tracks Canadian RPM Top Singles 40 Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 9 Australian Kent Music Report 57 Preceded by `` Daydreams About Night Things '' by Ronnie Milsap Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single October 4, 1975 -- October 11, 1975 Succeeded by `` Hope You 're Feelin ' Me ( Like I 'm Feelin ' You ) '' by Charley Pride Later versions Elvis Presley finally recorded `` Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain '' ( having sung it privately with friends and family for years while accompanying himself on piano ) in the Jungle Room at Graceland on 7 February 1976. This was the last known song that Elvis Presley sang ( at the piano in the rest area of his Racquetball Court located to the rear of Graceland ) before his death on August 16, 1977. Ken Kincaid, a New Zealand singer recorded a version which appears on the B side of his 1982 single `` Cindy '', CBS BA 222 941. Linda Good 's version of the song was featured on the compilation album Sony / ATV Nashville Classic Covers, Vol. 1 ( 2008 ). A live version by Willie Nelson and Shania Twain was included on Nelson 's 2003 live album Live & Kickin ' : Willie Nelson and Friends. UB40 covered the song in their 2013 album Getting Over the Storm. Sources References Jump up ^ Malone, Bill, `` The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music '' ( ( booklet included with The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music 8 - volume set ). Smithsonian Institution, 1981 ). Jump up ^ ain `` Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, '' from `` The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, '' Rolling Stone, November 2004. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles year - end chart - 1975. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits : Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 450. Jump up ^ ( 2 ) `` The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, '' Rolling Stone. Jump up ^ `` Willie Nelson -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Willie Nelson. Jump up ^ `` Willie Nelson -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for Willie Nelson. Jump up ^ `` Rescued Chile miner tours Graceland as Elvis fan ''. Foxnews. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2013. Jump up ^ 45cat Ken Kincaid - Discography Jump up ^ The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua Me Ngā Taonga Kōrero Catalogue → 18497, Cindy Jump up ^ iTunes Sony / ATV Nashville Classic Covers : Volume One, Various Artists Jump up ^ `` Flashback : See Shania Twain, Willie Nelson Sing ' Blue Eyes Crying ' ''. Rolling Stone. August 25, 2016. Jump up ^ Discogs UB40 -- Getting Over The Storm External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Willie Nelson singles discography 1950s and 1960s 1957 `` No Place For Me '' / `` Lumberjack '' 1959 `` Man With the Blues '' / `` The Storm Has Just Begun '' 1960 `` What a Way to Live '' / `` Misery Mansion '' `` Nite Life '' / `` Rainy Day Blues '' 1961 `` The Part Where I Cry '' / `` Mr. Record Man '' 1962 `` Willingly '' / `` Chain of Love '' `` Touch Me '' / `` Where My House Lives '' `` Wake Me When It 's Over '' / `` There 's Gonna Be Love In My House '' `` You Dream About Me '' / `` Is This My Destiny '' 1963 `` Half a Man '' / `` The Last Letter '' `` Take My Word '' / `` Feed it a Memory '' 1964 `` How Long is Forever '' / `` You Took My Happy Away '' `` Am I Blue '' / `` There 'll Be No Teardrops Tonight '' `` River Boy '' / `` Opportunity to Cry '' `` I Never Cared For You '' / `` You Left Me ( A Long Time Ago ) '' `` Pretty Paper '' / `` What A Merry Christmas This Could Be '' 1965 `` She 's Not For You '' / `` Permanently Lonely '' `` Healing Hands of Time '' / `` One Day at the Time '' `` I Just Ca n't Let You Say Goodbye '' / `` And So Will You, My Love '' 1966 `` One In A Row '' / `` San Antonio Rose '' `` Colombus Stockade Blues '' / `` He Sits at my Table '' `` I 'm Still Not Over You '' / `` I Love You Because '' 1967 `` The Party 's Over '' / `` Make Way for a Better Man '' `` Blackjack County Chain '' / `` Some Other World '' `` San Antonio '' / `` To Make a Long Story Short '' 1968 `` Little Things '' / `` Sweet Memories '' `` Good Times '' / `` Where Do You Stand '' `` Johnny One Time '' / `` She 's Still Gone '' 1969 `` Bring Me Sunshine '' / `` Do n't Say Love or Nothing '' `` I Hope So '' / `` Right or Wrong '' 1970s 1970 `` Once More With Feeling '' / `` Who Do I Know in Dallas '' `` Laying My Burdens Down '' / `` Truth Number One '' 1971 `` I 'm a Memory '' / `` Fire and Rain '' `` Yesterday 's Wine '' / `` Me and Paul '' 1972 `` Words Do n't Fit the Picture '' / `` A Moment '' 1973 `` Shotgun Willie '' ( mono ) / `` Sad Songs and Waltzes '' `` Stay All Night ( Stay a Little Longer ) '' / `` Devil in a Sleepin ' Bag '' `` I Still Ca n't Believe You 're Gone '' / `` Heaven and Hell '' `` Bloody Mary Morning '' / `` After the Fire is Gone '' ( with Tracy Nelson ) `` Sister 's Comin ' Home '' ( mono ) / `` Pick Up The Tempo '' `` Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain '' / `` Bandera '' 1976 `` Remember Me ( When the Candle Lights Are Gleaming ) '' / `` Time of the Preacher '' `` I 'd Have to Be Crazy '' ( mono ) / `` Amazing Grace '' `` If You 've Got the Money I 've Got the Time '' / `` The Sound in Your Mind '' 1977 `` Uncloudy Day '' / `` Precious Memories '' `` I Love You A Thousand Ways '' / `` Mom and Dad 's Waltz '' 1978 `` Georgia on My Mind '' / `` On The Sunny Side Of The Street '' `` Blue Skies '' / `` Moonlight in Vermont '' `` All of Me '' / `` Unchained Melody '' 1979 `` Whiskey River '' / `` Under the Double Eagle '' `` September Song '' / `` Do n't Get Around Much Anymore '' `` White Christmas '' / `` Blue Christmas '' 1980s 1980 `` Help Me Make It Through the Night '' / `` The Pilgrim, Chapter 33 '' `` My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys '' / `` Rising Stars '' `` Midnight Rider '' / `` So You Think You 're A Cowboy '' `` On the Road Again '' / `` Jumpin ' Cotton Eyed Joe '' ( performed by Johnny Gimble ) 1981 `` Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground '' / `` I Guess I 've Come to Live Here in Your Eyes '' `` Mona Lisa '' / `` Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star '' `` I 'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter '' / `` Over the Rainbow '' `` Heartaches of a Fool '' / `` Uncloudy Day '' 1982 `` Always on My Mind '' / `` The Party 's Over '' `` Let It Be Me '' / `` Permanently Lonely '' `` Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning '' / `` Old Fords and a Natural Stone '' `` Little Old Fashioned Karma '' / `` Beer Barrel Polka '' `` Why Do I Have to Choose '' / `` Would You Lay with Me ( In a Field of Stone ) '' `` Take It to the Limit '' / `` Till I Gain Control Again '' `` Without a Song '' 1984 `` City of New Orleans ( Unedited version ) '' / `` Why Are You Pickin ' On Me '' 1985 `` Forgiving You Was Easy '' / `` You Would n't Cross the Street '' `` Me and Paul '' / `` I Let My Mind Wander '' 1986 `` Living in the Promiseland '' / `` Bach Minuet in G '' `` I 'm Not Trying to Forget You '' / `` I 've Got the Craziest Feeling '' `` Partners After All '' / `` Home Away From Home '' `` Heart of Gold '' / `` So Much Like My Dad '' `` Island in the Sea '' / `` There Is No Easy Way '' `` Nobody There But Me '' / `` Wake Me When It 's Over '' `` Spanish Eyes '' ( with Julio Iglesias ) / `` Ole Buttermilk Sky '' `` Twilight Time '' / `` Ac - Cent - Tchu - Ate the Positive '' `` Nothing I Can Do About It Now '' / `` If I Were a Painting '' `` There You Are '' / `` Spirit '' `` Is The Better Part Over '' / `` Mr. Record Man '' 1990s `` The Highway '' / `` Spirit '' `` Ai n't Necessarily So '' / `` I Never Cared For You '' ( `` Ai n't Necessarily So '' also on CD Single ) 1991 `` The Piper Came Today '' / `` ( I Do n't Have a Reason ) To Go To California Anymore '' ( `` The Piper Came Today '' also on CD Single ) `` Ten With a Two '' / `` You Decide '' `` Graceland '' `` Still is Still Moving to Me '' / `` Valentine '' 1995 `` Turn Me Loose and Let Me Swing '' 1998 `` I Never Cared for You '' 2000s and 2010s 2002 `` Mendocino County Line '' ( with Lee Ann Womack ) / `` Maria ( Shut Up and Kiss Me ) '' ( Both single tracks released on CD and 7 '' record ) 2003 `` Wurlitzer Prize '' ( with Norah Jones ) `` Beer for My Horses '' ( with Toby Keith ) 2005 `` I 'm a Worried Man '' ( with Toots Hibbert ) `` The Harder They Come '' 2006 `` You Do n't Know Me '' `` Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other '' 2008 `` Gravedigger '' `` You Do n't Think I 'm Funny Anymore '' 2011 `` The Scientist '' 2012 `` Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die '' `` Just Breathe '' `` Come On Back Jesus '' 2013 `` From Here to the Moon and Back '' ( with Dolly Parton ) `` Grandma 's Hands '' ( with Mavis Staples ) `` It Wo n't Be Long '' ( with The Secret Sisters ) `` Somewhere Between '' ( with Loretta Lynn ) 2014 `` The Wall '' `` Bring It On '' `` Laws of Nature '' `` Who 'll Buy My Memories '' 2015 `` It 's All Going to Pot '' Book : Willie Nelson Category : Willie Nelson Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_Eyes_Crying_in_the_Rain&oldid=800221947 '' Categories : 1945 songs 1975 singles Willie Nelson songs Elvis Presley songs Billboard Hot Country Songs number - 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Question: who wrote blue eyes cryin in the rain
Answer: Fred Rose