Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain

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Written by: Fred Rose
Produced by: Nelson
Released: July '75 on Columbia
Charts: 18 weeks
Top spot: No. 21

Nelson had started writing hits for Patsy Cline and others, but his own breakthrough was a cover of an old country standard written by Rose in 1945 and originally recorded by Roy Acuff. Delivered with Nelson's jazz-singer phrasing, it's the beating heart of Red Headed Stranger, his 1975 concept album about love and death in the Old West.

Appears on: Red Headed Stranger (Sony)

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