"Little White Cloud That Cried"

I went walking down by the river
Feeling very sad inside
When all at once I saw in the sky
The little white cloud that cried.

He told me he was very lonesome
And no one cared if he lived or died
And said sometimes the thunder and lightning
Make all the little clouds hide.

He said, "Have faith in all kinds of weather
For the sun will always shine
Do your best and always remember
The dark clouds pass with time."

He asked me if I'd tell all my world
Just how hard those little clouds try
That's how I know I'll always remember
The little white cloud that sat right down and cried.

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"The Little White Cloud That Cried"
Words and Music by Johnnie Ray
Recorded by Johnnie Ray
#2 on the Charts in 1951

Johnnie Ray was born in Hopewell, Oregon, and eventually moved to Portland, Oregon. At the age of 12 he became deaf in his right ear as a result of an accident when was a Boy Scout.  Complications from a later operation left him almost totally deaf in both ears.

His unique rhythm-based style would later become known as "rock and roll".  He first attracted attention when he was performing in a R&B nightclub where he was the only white performer.  His emotional delivery of songs earned him the nicknames of "Mr. Emotion" and "The Cry Guy".  His popularity grew and at one time had four of the top songs on the charts in one week.  As the younger "rock and roll" artists began dominating the charts, his career began to fail.

He married Marilyn Morrison in 1952, who know of his homosexuality, but believed she could "straighten him out".  A chronic alcoholic, he died in 1990 of liver failure in Los Angeles at the age of 63.

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September 2002