Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain [UPDATED]

"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" was written in 1946 by the great Fred Rose. It was released by Roy Acuff in 1947, and later covered by Hank Williams, Charlie Pride, Elvis Presley, and pretty much everyone in country music. People today are probably most familiar with Willie Nelson's version. Fred Rose was Roy Acuff's partner in Acuff-Rose Music, which was the first Nashville-based music publisher. In addition to Acuff, some of its writers included Hank Williams, Roy Orbison, Phil and Don Everly, Marty Robbins, and Doug Kershaw. (The Acuff-Rose catalog is now owned by Sony). Be sure to check out the duets at the bottom of the post, including Roy Acuff on the ukulele.

Hank Williams on live radio. Music begins at 0:52, but it's worth listening to the introduction:

Audio only:

Elton Britt's release preceded Roy Acuff's by about a year, and did not leave much impression on future artists:

Interesting for the different time signature:

Marty Robbins chose not to sing along:

Sorry about the sound quality

I wish we'd see more of Roy Acuff's ukulele playing:

UPDATE: Friend of the Blog Cory Franklin wisely suggested adding this clip because "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain is the key verse" in the song.

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Comments

[anon]

Genius! Pure genius!
These brilliant collections with insightful commentaries are even more than precious.
Once again, well done!

[VinnyDaG]

Many good versions in your post. Here are some more:

A wonderful rendition by Eva Cassidy. She died much too young:
https://youtu.be/QxjVVsE-iSc?feature=shared

Another wonderful version by Oesch’s die Dritten, a Swiss family group
https://youtu.be/Bm3kxojYGyY?feature=shared

Harry Dean Stanton plays a mean harp on this version
https://youtube.com/shorts/z3fR1sFL2pA?feature=shared

[SL]

Thanks for these, Vinny.