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.: Don't It Make My Br Eyes Blue :. KaraTroll Date Submitted:  2023-04-01 [Archive Date: 2023-06-30] Genre:  Country Original Artist:  Crystal Gayle Additional Info:  Disc Mfg:    Disc #:   Description:  "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" composer Richard Leigh had been responsible for all three of Crystal Gayle's previous Top Ten C&W hits, the third of which "I'll Get Over You" had reached number 1. According to Gayle's regular producer Allen Reynolds, he was advised by Leigh's landlady, songwriter Sandy Mason Theoret, that Leigh was "a little down in the dumps lately because nothing much was happening" after the success of "I'll Get Over You". At Theoret's suggestion, Reynolds visited Leigh to cheer him up. Reynolds explained, "we were sittin' on the floor... singing songs to one another". Leigh mentioned a song that his publisher was gonna get to Shirley Bassey... and sang it for me: "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". I said, "Shirley Bassey my ass, I want that song!". Reynolds recalls that when he played "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" for Gayle "she was just as excited by the song as I was". - Thank you for listening. Challenge: Anatomy Overall Rank:  Rank Unavailable Total Comments:  0 Listen:    Sorry, this submission has been archived.

KaraTroll performs Don't It Make My Br Eyes Blue on Karaoke Showcase of Karaoke Scene Magazine Online: KaraTroll performs Don't It Make My Br Eyes Blue on Karaoke Showcase - "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" composer Richard Leigh had been responsible for all three of Crystal Gayle's previous Top Ten C&W hits, the third of which "I'll Get Over You" had reached number 1. According to Gayle's regular producer Allen Reynolds, he was advised by Leigh's landlady, songwriter Sandy Mason Theoret, that Leigh was "a little down in the dumps lately because nothing much was happening" after the success of "I'll Get Over You". At Theoret's suggestion, Reynolds visited Leigh to cheer him up. Reynolds explained, "we were sittin' on the floor... singing songs to one another". Leigh mentioned a song that his publisher was gonna get to Shirley Bassey... and sang it for me: "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". I said, "Shirley Bassey my ass, I want that song!". Reynolds recalls that when he played "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" for Gayle "she was just as excited by the song as I was". - Thank you for listening.
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