Shania Twain feat Willie Nelson - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (SongDecor)

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Shania Twain And 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 1946, then made more popular by Roy Acuff in 1947, 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.

Before 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 No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 1975 at the 18th Annual Grammy Awards, "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" won Willie a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male. It was his first Grammy out of twelve he would go on to win.

In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" No. 302 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Rolling Stone also ranked "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" No. 48 on its list of the 100 Greatest Country Songs of All Time in June 2004.

LATER VERSIONS:

Elvis Presley 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 February 7, 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.

Olivia Newton-John covered the song on her 1976 album Come on Over.

Maria Tyl's version reached No. 7 in South Africa in 1981.

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.

In 2017 a posthumously released album of newly found recordings by George Jones, George Jones & The Smoky Mountain Boys included the song.

Ramblin' Jack Elliot recorded the song for his 1981 album Kerouac's Last Dream.