"Raining in My Heart" is a popular rock and roll

Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...

 ballad recorded by Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly

Charles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...

 with the orchestral backing by Dick Jacobs

Dick Jacobs

Dick Jacobs was an American musician, conductor, arranger, orchestrator, music director and an artists-and-repertoire director for several record labels who helped Jackie Wilson, Buddy Holly, Bobby Darin and others form their careers in the late 1950s and early 1960s.-Life and career:He was born...

. The music

Music

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 and lyrics

Lyrics

Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...

 are written by the songwriting team of Felice Bryant and Boudleaux Bryant

Felice and Boudleaux Bryant

Felice Bryant and Boudleaux Bryant were an American husband-and-wife country music and pop songwriting team best known for songs such as "Rocky Top," "Love Hurts" and numerous Everly Brothers hits, including "All I Have to Do Is Dream" and "Bye Bye Love".-Beginnings:Boudleaux was born Diadorius...

. It was released as a single on Coral Records

Coral Records

Coral Records was a Decca Records subsidiary formed in 1949. It recorded pop artists McGuire Sisters and Teresa Brewer, as well as rock and roller Buddy Holly....

 in 1959, peaking at #88 on the Billboard charts as the B-side of "It Doesn't Matter Anymore

It Doesn't Matter Anymore

"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" is a pop ballad written by Paul Anka and recorded by Buddy Holly in 1958. The song reached #13 as a posthumous hit on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in early 1959 shortly after Holly was killed in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. The single was a two-sided hit, backed...

". This recording was included on Buddy Holly's first "greatest hits" compilation album

Compilation album

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 titled The Buddy Holly Story

The Buddy Holly Story (album)

The Buddy Holly Story is the first posthumously released compilation album by American rock and roll musician Buddy Holly. The album was released on February 28, 1959 by the Coral record label less than a month after his death....

that was released in March 1959.

Cover versions

The song was also a 1978 minor-hit for Leo Sayer

Leo Sayer

Leo Sayer is a British singer-songwriter, musician, and entertainer whose singing career has spanned four decades. Sayer became a naturalised Australian citizen in 2009. Sayer was a top singles and album act on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1970s...

 when his recording of the song peaked at #47 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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. In addition, the song was performed live by Rick Danko

Rick Danko

Richard Clare "Rick" Danko was a Canadian musician and singer, best known as a member of The Band.-Early years :...

 throughout his solo career. Others who have covered the song include Status Quo on their album Don't Stop

Don't Stop (Status Quo album)

Don't Stop is the twenty-second studio album by English rock band Status Quo. The album of cover versions includes guest appearances from Tessa Niles on tracks 6 and 14, The Beach Boys on track 1, Brian May of Queen fame on track 7 and Maddy Prior of Steeleye Span fame on track 15.Fun, Fun, Fun,...

in 1996, and Don McLean

Don McLean

Donald "Don" McLean is an American singer-songwriter. He is most famous for the 1971 album American Pie, containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent".-Musical roots:...

 on his album Starry Starry Night

Starry Starry Night (album)

Starry Starry Night is a live album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released in 2001.-Track listing:#Every Day#La La Love You#Homeless Brother#If We Try#Winterwood#Crossroads#Castles in the Air#Tulsa Time/Deep in the Heart of Texas...

in 2001.

In 1968, The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 paraphrase

Paraphrase

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d the first line of "Raining in My Heart" in their song "Dear Prudence

Dear Prudence

"Dear Prudence" is a song written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released by The Beatles as the second track on their 1968 double-disc album entitled The Beatles, commonly known as The White Album.-Composition:...

" as "The sun is up [instead of "out"]; the sky is blue."

Anne Murray

Anne Murray

Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....

 did a cover of the song in her album "Let's Keep It That Way".

This song is referenced in Alvin Stardust

Alvin Stardust

Alvin Stardust is an English pop singer and stage actor.-Career:...

's song "I Feel Like Buddy Holly." That song's refrain is: "Well, I feel like Buddy Holly, 'cause it's raining In my heart."

In 1996, Hank Marvin

Hank Marvin

Hank Brian Marvin is an English guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist for The Shadows. The group, which primarily performed instrumentals, was formed as a backing band for vocalist Cliff Richard...

 did an instrumental of the song on Hank Plays Holly.

Eric Idle has recently contributed a cover of "Raining In My Heart" for the upcoming tribute album, Listen to Me: Buddy Holly to be released in Sept 2011.