<Table> <Tr> <Td> "I'll Do It All Over Again" (1977) </Td> <Td> "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" (1977) </Td> <Td> "I've Cried (The Blue Right Out of My Eyes)" (1977) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "I'll Do It All Over Again" (1977) </Td> <Td> "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" (1977) </Td> <Td> "I've Cried (The Blue Right Out of My Eyes)" (1977) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" is a song written by Richard Leigh, and recorded by American country music singer Crystal Gayle . It was released in March 1977 as the first single from Gayle's album We Must Believe in Magic . Despite the title, Gayle herself has blue eyes . </P> <P> "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 ." </P>

Who sings don't it make your brown eyes blue