Bloodshot Eyes (song)

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"Bloodshot Eyes"
Song by Hank Penny
Released1949
Genre Country
Length2:38
Label King
Songwriter(s) Hank Penny, Ruth Hall

"Bloodshot Eyes" is a country music song written by Hank Penny and Ruth Hall, sung by Penny, and released on the King label. In February 1950, it reached No. 4 on the country juke box chart. [1] It spent 12 weeks on the charts and was the No. 18 juke box country record of 1950. [2] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 242. ISBN   0823076326.
  2. "The Year's Top Country & Western Records" (PDF). The Billboard. January 13, 1951. p. 19. Retrieved November 30, 2020.