Willie Nelson has recorded countless country classics throughout his legendary career, but few have endured quite like “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” — a song that Ella Langley later put her own acoustic spin on.
The “Choosin’ Texas” songstress once uploaded a recording of her singing the country ballad on social media, and like many of her other old school covers, Langley’s rendition left fans utterly amazed.
Shared in a 2024 TikTok post, Langley’s cover featured nothing but an acoustic guitar and her effortlessly smooth vocals. She revealed in her caption that the Nelson track was not only one of her grandfather’s favorite songs to play, but it was also one of the first songs she herself ever learned.
@ellalangleymusic1This was one of my grandpas favorites to play and sing, and one of the first songs I learned ?
♬ original sound – Ella LangleyFans on TikTok flooded the post with praise, with many commenters offering their stamps of approval on Langley’s “true country” voice.
“You have one of the most traditional country music voices I’ve heard in a long time,” one user wrote, while someone else told Langley, “You should sing this song as a duet with Willie.”
“Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain,” included on Nelson’s album Red Headed Stranger, was released as a single in 1975, and wound up becoming his first-ever No. 1 hit.
The song has since become one of the defining tracks from Nelson’s catalog, even though he also wasn’t the first artist to record it.
It was originally sung by Roy Acuff in 1947, and had already been covered by several other stars before Nelson, including Conway Twitty (1970), Elvis Presley (1976), Olivia Newton-John (1976) and more. But that didn’t stop the song from becoming widely associated with Nelson, who even earned his first Grammy award with his 1975 recording.
More than 50 years later, it’s regarded as one of the best songs of Nelson’s prolific career. It’s been crowned as the No. 1 Best Willie Nelson Song by Rolling Stone, which also ranks it #27 on the list of the 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time.
Related: 1973 Outlaw Country Ballad, Later Recorded By Elvis Presley, Is Ranked One of the King’s ‘Best Country Songs’
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