Song · Willie Nelson
“Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain” by Willie Nelson
From the album Red Headed Stranger (1975)
“Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain” by Willie Nelson appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2001 and 2024. It was first released in 1975 on the album Red Headed Stranger. Its best result is #166 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,366 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Willie Nelson reached back nearly three decades for "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain", a Fred Rose song that Elton Britt first cut in 1947 and Roy Acuff made popular later that same year, and he set it down on Red Headed Stranger, his 1975 album for Columbia. Between them, the song and the album put Nelson's career as a singer and recording artist back on its feet.
He produced and arranged it himself. Nelson, Jody Payne and Bucky Meadows play the guitars, with Payne doubling on mandolin, Bobbie Nelson is on piano, Mickey Raphael on harmonica and Bee Spears on bass, while Paul and Billy English share the drums. Phil York engineered it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1698 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2014 | 881 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2020 | 1141 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 522 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2023 | 166 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2024 | 268 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
Also listed as: Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.
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