Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (Official Video)

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  • Опубликовано: 25 дек 2024

Комментарии • 10 тыс.

  • @keeptraditionalcountryalive
    @keeptraditionalcountryalive Год назад +610

    My father passed away earlier this afternoon. 62 years old.
    Every Sunday he would make breakfast for us growing up, and he would have this album on cassette just playing on repeat and singing every word.
    My father is the reason I love Keith Whitley and country music the way that I do.
    Listening to this one loud as hell tonight for you old man. Hope you're singing along too.

    • @brianluce5277
      @brianluce5277 Год назад +14

      Sorry to hear

    • @badanamu9249
      @badanamu9249 11 месяцев назад +17

      Most sincere condolences

    • @JohnGauder
      @JohnGauder 10 месяцев назад +20

      Sorry for your loss but a great memory

    • @pattyfarghaly1821
      @pattyfarghaly1821 10 месяцев назад +8

      😢😢🙏🙏🙏🙏

    • @Candyce-gq8oy
      @Candyce-gq8oy 9 месяцев назад +20

      😢Music will take you right back to those Sundays and you can reflect on those precious memories. Sorry for your loss.. May God bless you and your family ❤

  • @ChristinaVaughn-r3f
    @ChristinaVaughn-r3f 10 месяцев назад +173

    My dad cried when he passed away . I have seen my dad cry not to many times . Thanks for the music. RIP

  • @cowboygamer9952
    @cowboygamer9952 9 месяцев назад +159

    One of the best songs ever written.

  • @mpaiva7
    @mpaiva7 9 месяцев назад +88

    I am not a country music guy by any means, very selective, BUT Keith Whitley made me into a fan. His voice, his music is timeless Country. The greatest of all-time👍 👌

  • @dmack7328
    @dmack7328 9 месяцев назад +60

    I never get tired of this song... Country like it should be!!!

  • @PuritaDebuque-kn4ud
    @PuritaDebuque-kn4ud Год назад +334

    Sometimes, It’s not the song that makes you emotional. It’s the people and things that come to mind when you hear it. 😚

  • @BOGSTVE
    @BOGSTVE 8 месяцев назад +12

    A old man on the beach sing this song last night.. Thanks granfa

  • @PatsyStoneberger
    @PatsyStoneberger 41 минуту назад +1

    I listen all the time to him and George Glenn Jones!!♥️🙏🏻♥️

  • @ElviraLopez-v3m
    @ElviraLopez-v3m 9 месяцев назад +13

    ❤❤ I've been enjoying this song for yrs and it still makes me cry 😢😢

    • @tonyaokins9138
      @tonyaokins9138 17 дней назад

      So sorry prayers and (((HUGS))) coming your way 🙏♥️

    • @tonyaokins9138
      @tonyaokins9138 17 дней назад

      I have 1 Question? If you were with Keith Whitley why in the name of common sense would you close your eyes? 😱

  • @waynejohnson8843
    @waynejohnson8843 Год назад +140

    He sang this song for every man who lost their first love....

  • @thethorpean9997
    @thethorpean9997 4 года назад +416

    This is REAL COUNTRY!!! bring it back, Nashville!!!

    • @danhennis7165
      @danhennis7165 4 года назад +6

      I agree!

    • @williammccloud5579
      @williammccloud5579 3 года назад +3

      @@danhennis7165 agree with you

    • @boogitybear2283
      @boogitybear2283 3 года назад +5

      I’m from Nashville. I left years ago and glad I did. I can’t stand the city anymore. It’s a mainstream joke.

    • @billydow1971
      @billydow1971 3 года назад +3

      Yes, the new age country is just not country. Country pop.

    • @jaysmith179
      @jaysmith179 3 года назад +3

      @@boogitybear2283 Turning more Liberal Hollywood every day. Very sad what has happened to Nashville.

  • @CountryMusicPlaylist3638
    @CountryMusicPlaylist3638 8 месяцев назад +198

    I believe that somewhere in the world, there are people who feel the same emotions that I feel when I listen to masterpieces like this song.

    • @shyannecutright8914
      @shyannecutright8914 6 месяцев назад +2

      This is one of the most heart-wrenching feelings.Of course i'm gonna rap watching somebody that you're desperately in love with being in love with and hurt over somebody else

    • @georgesimmons4923
      @georgesimmons4923 4 месяца назад +1

      Empathy is part of it but there's a word for us and it's nothing to be ashamed of.

    • @DonnieWhite-vl1qq
      @DonnieWhite-vl1qq 2 месяца назад +1

      90 I'm 38 years old I was born in 1985 8941 I know I don't get to have a girlfriend now and I can't have one❤😢

    • @bobgomez9481
      @bobgomez9481 Месяц назад +1

      This was on in the background when Keith blackened one of Lorrie's eyes with a whiskey bottle.

    • @carlramsey1117
      @carlramsey1117 Месяц назад +1

      Don't you ever doubt that fact my music loving friend

  • @leosemmler308
    @leosemmler308 2 года назад +954

    I'm SOOO happy Keith is FINALLY being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame...LONG overdue.

  • @flood1962
    @flood1962 Год назад +183

    Sometimes I need this music. We all have pain inside us and when we’re sitting all alone, well I believe a good cry helps with the stress,especially when you have no one to be with.

    • @jamgirl933
      @jamgirl933 Год назад +9

      Exactly! I always believe a good cry helps to cleanse the heart and soul.

    • @elsajones6325
      @elsajones6325 Год назад +1

      😘

    • @cherilynjetton313
      @cherilynjetton313 Год назад +4

      We are never alone ❤❤

    • @kandygibson6778
      @kandygibson6778 Год назад +4

      Well said my friend.

    • @hgrossano
      @hgrossano Год назад +5

      If you believe in Jesus, give your life to Him, He will transform you beyond what you can ever imagine. His Holy Spirit will indwell you and you will never, ever be alone. You will realize that this world is no longer your focus. Everything will change and your eternity will be secure in Heaven. Prayers to you in abundance 🙏🏻❤️

  • @gbfan100
    @gbfan100 3 года назад +3376

    My dad would sing this at a local bar for karaoke. He sounded a lot like Keith. Lost my dad 2 years ago and I can still hear my dad singing this..

    • @dyanlondon7057
      @dyanlondon7057 3 года назад +48

      🙏🏼

    • @katvlogs6208
      @katvlogs6208 3 года назад +58

      Jesus will take care!

    • @dennisberry9793
      @dennisberry9793 3 года назад +32

      So sorry for your loss oh a Nd from Qld Australia .

    • @brannonmcpherson7119
      @brannonmcpherson7119 3 года назад +29

      Sorry for your lost

    • @territucker7926
      @territucker7926 3 года назад +41

      So sorry for ur dads passing. It’s never easy to lose someone we love. Hold ur memories close. ❤️🙏
      Ur dad had great taste in songs this is def one of my
      top 3.

  • @thelastjohnwayne
    @thelastjohnwayne 10 месяцев назад +212

    Alcoholism is a horrible thing. Get help. RIP Keith.

    • @Deborah-vx8tu
      @Deborah-vx8tu 7 месяцев назад +1

      Also Weaser! RIP!❤❤❤😢❤❤❤

    • @zk6754
      @zk6754 5 месяцев назад +11

      3+ months sober. Sometimes it takes that right person to get through

    • @richardcortez6252
      @richardcortez6252 5 месяцев назад +12

      Twenty eight years of sobriety. Just don't drink today, and it does work.

    • @richardcortez6252
      @richardcortez6252 4 месяца назад +8

      Yes, alcohol ruins life's, relationships and divides us. Help is available if one wants it.

    • @linorestrepolobo3620
      @linorestrepolobo3620 4 месяца назад

      @@richardcortez625229 years here by the mercy of God

  • @terryadams1336
    @terryadams1336 3 года назад +789

    Back in 1990 this song would fill up a dance floor faster than any other song.

    • @jefferyronson8950
      @jefferyronson8950 3 года назад +19

      I believe that, plus it's almost a tear jerker.

    • @angelagartenstein7975
      @angelagartenstein7975 3 года назад +26

      I sadly admit I was not aware of country music in the early 90s! There is a lot I have missed but no more! I have heard this song several times and today, 08/28/2021, I’ve declared this song and Keith Whitley my FAVORITE!♥️

    • @TristanandIsolt
      @TristanandIsolt 3 года назад +14

      @@angelagartenstein7975 Friends of mine and I went over all the best country songs and singers from Hank Williams to Luke Combs and we declared this the greatest country song of all time when we we were done.

    • @sidneyclay396
      @sidneyclay396 3 года назад +7

      my mom and dad danced to this song 🙂

    • @TristanandIsolt
      @TristanandIsolt 3 года назад +3

      @@cameronvelthuis1844 Yep that's what David Allen Coe and the writer believe. They're biased. My friends and I took months going over all the best country songs of every year from 1960 to now. Of course it's possible we got it wrong, but not for lack of effort. Hank Williams was before 1960 but we added him in.

  • @cheyanneskye
    @cheyanneskye 2 года назад +77

    My husband just died and everytime I close my eyes I see him. God knows I would give him anything for just five minutes with my soulmate

    • @stevemichalski226
      @stevemichalski226 2 года назад

      I’m so sorry he died

    • @stevemichalski226
      @stevemichalski226 2 года назад +1

      You should listen to more of his songs you will enjoy them

    • @hookednrolling2009
      @hookednrolling2009 2 года назад +2

      I want ask my wife if she loved me when she pasted away in 2013 I cry every day for her

    • @deerhunter4585
      @deerhunter4585 2 года назад +3

      I lost my wife 5 years ago, and everytime I close my eyes I ser her. God bless you for the love you have for him

    • @cheyanneskye
      @cheyanneskye 2 года назад +1

      @@deerhunter4585 I don't think soulmates ican ever get over each other... Im sorry for your loss

  • @12verjef
    @12verjef 2 года назад +943

    I recently discovered Keith, and I have got to say, I haven't heard more emotion or pain from any other singers. Really tugs at your soul this stuff. Glad I found you Keith , better late than never, RIP

    • @izabellaplayz7515
      @izabellaplayz7515 2 года назад +37

      Tragic lost he's gives you chills it's sad how he died drank his self to death in 45 mins so sad.

    • @carolej.6067
      @carolej.6067 2 года назад +7

      Hi vertig 🎶🇨🇦🙋‍♀️ Me too. May 2022

    • @TheGlen775
      @TheGlen775 2 года назад +16

      Yes same here,brotherly love is beautiful. Everytime I hear it I think about my big brother Nick who I lost in a tragic drowning accident 5 years ago. Wish I could go back in time.

    • @johnhopkins4983
      @johnhopkins4983 2 года назад +17

      Your Correct ya can tell he feels his lyrics and music when he sings

    • @stephensimpson6205
      @stephensimpson6205 2 года назад +21

      I've listened to so many tear jerking songs in my life I thought I ran out of tears lol

  • @moonlightdancer5495
    @moonlightdancer5495 Месяц назад +4

    I wished someone loved me like this

  • @terryhogan6205
    @terryhogan6205 4 года назад +233

    My God, this man could sing. What a shame he left us....

  • @tonydemedeiros3674
    @tonydemedeiros3674 Год назад +98

    My dad passed 3 years ago today. He used to sing this song all the time on his guitar. Was one of his favorite songs. My 12 year old daughter has been crying missing him so much . Breaks my heart he was an amazing person who put everyone fist. Miss you so much daddy think of you every day ❤luv you see you in heaven.

    • @keithfinnell7505
      @keithfinnell7505 Год назад

      He will be waiting on you! May God Bless you and keep you in His Precious Care !!!

    • @christinebrowncudney1195
      @christinebrowncudney1195 11 месяцев назад +1

      Sending healing hugs, lost mine also. The pain is unbelievable 💔

  • @nhmichael03104
    @nhmichael03104 Год назад +110

    Truly a timeless song... KW's voice is classic and pure. He was the gold standard.

  • @DianaBlauvelt-cs4ud
    @DianaBlauvelt-cs4ud 9 месяцев назад +4

    One of the Best Voices in Country music Ever! A joy to listen to & gone way too soon! Still listening after 30 years! Love you Keith!!

  • @amandanicole6914
    @amandanicole6914 2 года назад +189

    As a kentucky girl who's grown up on Keith, and loves him dearly I'm so thankful they finally gave him the recognition he so rightfully deserves
    Rest in peace Keith❤️

    • @oscarlandrum
      @oscarlandrum Год назад +2

      I always enjoy what you share here on RUclips but we're not friends yet, I will love to be friends with you.. so how are you feeling today..😊

    • @anelladambrosio2513
      @anelladambrosio2513 Год назад +1

      ​@@oscarlandrumciao Oscar!🙋😍😘💘🍀

    • @shannonnichols3415
      @shannonnichols3415 Год назад +3

      It’s not acceptable for an adult to “want to be friends with” someone you don’t know much less to have “been watching them for months! That’s inappropriate & disgusting! ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE CONTACTING KIDS! Stop it now

  • @LarryBouley1
    @LarryBouley1 4 года назад +52

    My favorite Keith Whitley song

  • @ziggyblue782
    @ziggyblue782 3 года назад +571

    His life of addiction and death made for one hell of a sad documentary. He was absolutely brimming with talent and by all accounts was a super good guy. Those addiction demons are sure hard to shake.

    • @dgonzalez650
      @dgonzalez650 3 года назад +24

      Sadly many have internal demons that are just hard to shake or ever fully overcome, addiction being one of the worst. You try to live life as best as you can but sometimes theres no warning before those demons take hold and might take you all the way to your death bed.

    • @jameshuddleston4736
      @jameshuddleston4736 3 года назад +6

      They sure are ,!!!

    • @Atlas_Mohler
      @Atlas_Mohler 3 года назад +31

      I’m a month in to trying to shake mine, I’ve relapsed a couple of times

    • @mountaindreamer2145
      @mountaindreamer2145 3 года назад +18

      Stay strong, go to therapy, talk to family or friends that love you. You deserve the best life can offer you. There are so many wonderful times ahead of you.

    • @elijahmorgan7620
      @elijahmorgan7620 3 года назад +25

      Yes.... I haven't watched the documentary but I lost both of my parents in the last like 5 months over addiction... It's terrible... I'm only 19 so it's hard. I really hate how drugs change the people you love.

  • @audreycooper-b9m
    @audreycooper-b9m Месяц назад +6

    I am just watched CMA awards pitiful. This is real country ❤

    • @JohnnyNunn-y9l
      @JohnnyNunn-y9l 9 дней назад +1

      Me too. i did'nt know most of them and its rock with a country twang. not real country like this. it was a shit show.

  • @garytodd5605
    @garytodd5605 Год назад +286

    A voice silenced by alchol addiction. R i p Mr. Whitley you are missed not only by those that loved you but by millions of others.

    • @charlesswilling5814
      @charlesswilling5814 Год назад +10

      He died from alcohol but it wasn't the alcohol that poisoned him.

    • @johnbartlett9568
      @johnbartlett9568 Год назад

      ​@@charlesswilling5814only Jesus saves from Sin

    • @lindacarbone9576
      @lindacarbone9576 Год назад +2

      @@charlesswilling5814 Amen to that

    • @benjaminhodge5110
      @benjaminhodge5110 Год назад

      @@charlesswilling5814it was the drugs that got him

    • @AmisH-q4h
      @AmisH-q4h Год назад +6

      The report stated his blood was still half full of alcohol when they autopsied his body.

  • @bensaunders399
    @bensaunders399 5 лет назад +907

    I played guitar for him back in the day. He was a great song writer and a better person. Love you brother.

    • @stevelehenbauer5158
      @stevelehenbauer5158 5 лет назад +23

      A great singer, and song writer

    • @jackiehollaway4520
      @jackiehollaway4520 5 лет назад +28

      Love his voice. Don't think I have heard one likes his ever since he passed away.

    • @quentindugger5389
      @quentindugger5389 5 лет назад +22

      You have my respect sir & my subscription.

    • @careyduggan1228
      @careyduggan1228 5 лет назад +18

      Man I would of loved the privilege to experience that

    • @penmarie7123
      @penmarie7123 5 лет назад +20

      How COOl is that, Ben!!...my daddy was a guitar player all his life (lead guitar and steel - gave up going to Nashville to stay and raise my brother and me, but always played music as his living)...he played with some amazing country artists. My daddy's where I got my LOVE for music!! LOVE this song and Keith's voice!

  • @ThePoeticKing
    @ThePoeticKing 3 года назад +1104

    It's 2021 and I'm still listening to this classic.

    • @jessiemaness1469
      @jessiemaness1469 3 года назад +6

      Me to

    • @hyphix03
      @hyphix03 3 года назад +18

      who doesent i just turned 18 in april i was raised on this music

    • @songcoverswithnoah8409
      @songcoverswithnoah8409 3 года назад +9

      Same

    • @annward4149
      @annward4149 3 года назад +12

      Me too. I just can't stop listening to the old songs. They're just about experiences in life.

    • @tombergman5419
      @tombergman5419 3 года назад +10

      That's because you have taste my friend

  • @trevorgwelch7412
    @trevorgwelch7412 4 года назад +597

    How many people are still in Love with someone from decades long ago ? Holding on to long lost memories , wondering if they ever think of You . Crazy this life we live .... never knowing

    • @byronackermann5404
      @byronackermann5404 4 года назад +15

      Amen brother....most definitely so...

    • @zk6754
      @zk6754 4 года назад +18

      Goin on 12 years. Love at first sight. But we both had to grow as people. Those feelings have never faded on my part. I know she hates country. But she is the yin to my yang. My equal but my opposite.

    • @wholesgetsloud5102
      @wholesgetsloud5102 4 года назад +4

      @@zk6754 crazy on THAT map of the truth

    • @zk6754
      @zk6754 4 года назад +10

      Brian Holmes I know she thinks of me. She got engaged to some schmuck. You have people you look at and you don’t say it but you know they won’t make it. I know her well enough to know they won’t. When she has relationship problems she’s on Facebook a lot. She’s been on Facebook a lot lately. She’s admitted she has a bad problem with cheating. That tells me this is the beginning of the end for them.

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  • @doofdudes7067
    @doofdudes7067 4 года назад +661

    It’s June 2020 who’s till
    Checking out this song with me.. classic!!!!

  • @chrisramsey3603
    @chrisramsey3603 4 года назад +490

    True singer, effortlessley as if he was just talking to you. Rare talent. So sad he is gone and way too early.

    • @williammccloud5579
      @williammccloud5579 4 года назад +13

      True very true we lost Keith Whitley to soon to alcohol addiction at the age of 33 years old when he passed away his music will always lives on forever the king of COUNTRY music singer number one and always will be

    • @bernadettemintmier9618
      @bernadettemintmier9618 3 года назад +8

      Yes, may he rest in peace. What a voice he had. God-given talent, for sure.

    • @williammccloud5579
      @williammccloud5579 3 года назад +3

      @@bernadettemintmier9618 agreed

    • @gmandersonjr
      @gmandersonjr 3 года назад +2

      He couldn't take the pain.

    • @williammccloud5579
      @williammccloud5579 3 года назад

      @@gmandersonjr agreed we lost Keith Whitley to soon at the age of 33 years old when he passed away from alcohol poisoning is my favorite COUNTRY music singer number one and always will be number one

  • @michaelpringle7011
    @michaelpringle7011 11 месяцев назад +8

    I love this singer. Remarkable voice

  • @martinhowerton9038
    @martinhowerton9038 2 года назад +304

    Sure miss voices like Keith's with today's country music. His voice is timeless!

    • @dianelibsack6058
      @dianelibsack6058 2 года назад +4

      Hello,.Mr. Howerton. Wantd 2 reply 2 yor Nice Comment u made. I agree,
      Mr. Whitley's Voice & Singing. Is,Timeless.& Sure Wud,Be Nice,Hearing More of It. Like His. Its Be NICE. Surely.

    • @lynncameron9885
      @lynncameron9885 Год назад +2

      They just don’t make them like this anymore

    • @billysmith667
      @billysmith667 Год назад +3

      This was when country music was music

  • @glorialee5354
    @glorialee5354 4 года назад +786

    Alot of people don't want to admit but there is one person in thier life they will always treasure!!!

    • @lisavinton9396
      @lisavinton9396 3 года назад +14

      Truth ❤️

    • @karenfall7540
      @karenfall7540 3 года назад +48

      I know I do. He passed away before I could see him again. We were 16. I'm now 58. My heart hurts sometimes

    • @glorialee5354
      @glorialee5354 3 года назад +17

      @@karenfall7540 I am so sorry.i know what it is like, believe me.prayers for u.

    • @ericoakes5709
      @ericoakes5709 3 года назад +33

      So true. Even undeserved and irrational. You can't help who you love.

    • @johnksharp1197
      @johnksharp1197 3 года назад +1

      @@lisavinton9396 tiger

  • @Dadee3
    @Dadee3 3 года назад +599

    *I'm into Jazz and R&B as a pianist, but this kind of music isn't even about the chords to me but the lyrics, something I usually never pay attention to. This music is beautiful.*

    • @joyceshaver8654
      @joyceshaver8654 3 года назад +17

      Just setting here crying listening to Keith Whitley song so many memories from thee past. Wish he was here playing beautiful music.

    • @MrGlussier
      @MrGlussier 3 года назад +10

      Wow just heard this fir first time the lyrics the voice and music are amazing.

    • @Dadee3
      @Dadee3 3 года назад +6

      @@MrGlussier *Indeed!*

    • @lisarossman313
      @lisarossman313 3 года назад +8

      Just brings me to tears Everytime I hear this song.

    • @stephaniewright340
      @stephaniewright340 3 года назад +9

      It tells a story .that's why I love old country...

  • @missbeautifullyleleleanna7876
    @missbeautifullyleleleanna7876 11 месяцев назад +41

    This song was sang deep from the heart ❤️ Ive been in recovery and will celebrate 8 years on January 21st.
    I can relate to his struggles with addiction. Through my time of self discovery and going through the physical/ Emotional sobriety,
    I have to say that there's very few artists that helped me through the hard times .. but Keith's story and his music inspired me to continue to "keep fighting the good fight."
    All is not lost, Your Victory is just beginning."
    I still take it one day at a time ❤ & I'm so grateful to have a 2nd chance at life again 💯❤️

  • @patricklynch1065
    @patricklynch1065 Год назад +104

    72 years old and crying listening to this wonderful 😢man who is only here in his music. So sadly missed

    • @ScarlettEmeraldASMR
      @ScarlettEmeraldASMR Год назад +1

      ❤❤🎵

    • @oscarlandrum
      @oscarlandrum Год назад

      I always enjoy what you share here on RUclips but we're not friends yet, I will love to be friends with you.. so how are you feeling today..❤️

    • @jamesrobert672
      @jamesrobert672 Год назад

      I always enjoy what you share here on RUclips but we're not friends yet, I will love to be friends with you.. so how are you feeling today..?

    • @JaniceHebert
      @JaniceHebert Год назад

      Oh so sad to hear about that. So far I hope. You doing good now and by the way I’m Janice Mind if I know about your name hearty man.

    • @Miguel-st6ny
      @Miguel-st6ny Год назад

      This song will make you 😢 😭 😿 😢

  • @johnhepfer4484
    @johnhepfer4484 Год назад +43

    Rest In Peace Keith Whitley. I love his voice.

  • @LorraineO.Valdez
    @LorraineO.Valdez 2 месяца назад +2

    I am … most beautiful song of all time reminds me of my cielo who I lost back in 2013 to cancer this was our song

  • @RickSrFlood
    @RickSrFlood 5 лет назад +589

    Billboard needs to rate this song in the top 50 songs of all time......enuf said

    • @TrevorM4ZT
      @TrevorM4ZT 5 лет назад

      Agreed!

    • @travisbannon3216
      @travisbannon3216 5 лет назад +5

      Rick Sr. Flood top 10 not 50 !!!

    • @ronriggs9954
      @ronriggs9954 5 лет назад +1

      This "Cuckold song"?

    • @theyoutuber4933
      @theyoutuber4933 5 лет назад +2

      Hell Yeah Brother 💪💯 you said it

    • @alexbeggs1847
      @alexbeggs1847 5 лет назад +2

      Most definitely! Tim McGraw sung this at a Pittsburgh concert a few years back. Said it was one of the most influential songs for his music he could credit.

  • @mattyjay8896
    @mattyjay8896 2 года назад +152

    One of the greatest country voices of all time!!

    • @bababaker2657
      @bababaker2657 2 года назад +2

      Yes he is. He was one the greatest . Such passion in his singing

    • @lindamon5101
      @lindamon5101 Год назад +1

      And songs!

    • @williammccloud5579
      @williammccloud5579 Год назад +1

      Agreed

    • @jamesrobert672
      @jamesrobert672 Год назад

      I always enjoy what you share here on RUclips but we're not friends yet, I will love to be friends with you.. so how are you feeling today..?

    • @RobLents
      @RobLents Год назад

      100%

  • @stephaniewright340
    @stephaniewright340 3 года назад +212

    Keith was an amazing song writer and singer...this song is very powerful...and he does one hell of a job singing this song..it brings tears to my eyes everytime I hear this song!!!

    • @stevemichalski226
      @stevemichalski226 2 года назад +10

      He was so talented

    • @stevemichalski226
      @stevemichalski226 2 года назад +5

      Which of his songs is your favorite?

    • @robertmilly6018
      @robertmilly6018 2 года назад +4

      Hello friend how are you doing 🌹 🌹

    • @lindadawson5928
      @lindadawson5928 2 года назад +5

      Yes he sings great, but he didnt write this song...

    • @pepesilvia1924
      @pepesilvia1924 2 года назад +7

      He was a great singer and performer but he didn't write this or most of his other hits if any.. most older country musicians didnt write their own songs.

  • @HazelCarter-i4b
    @HazelCarter-i4b 2 месяца назад +57

    October 2024..Beautiful

  • @TrapMusicNow
    @TrapMusicNow Год назад +246

    Dad was awesome. Rip pops. Mom doesn’t know it but you’ll forever be the champ.

    • @MsBandrews
      @MsBandrews Год назад +10

      That must be a beautiful memory for you Thanks for sharing.

    • @kandygibson6778
      @kandygibson6778 Год назад +13

      Sweetie, I am sorry that you lost your father so young. I feel sure that your father knows that he's your champ, and it thrills him.

    • @roniegaleano217
      @roniegaleano217 Год назад +2

      ❤❤❤❤❤

    • @rinavandijk-dc5zg
      @rinavandijk-dc5zg Год назад +2

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @rinavandijk-dc5zg
      @rinavandijk-dc5zg Год назад +4

      I close my eyes because the memories are better than the real things some time he always on my mind be cos hic already go tho heaven long time ago ❤

  • @mandya.4314
    @mandya.4314 5 лет назад +2579

    It's January 2020, who is still checking out this song? 🙋‍♀️ Love it!

    • @birdiecurry2100
      @birdiecurry2100 5 лет назад +28

      Mandy A. ❤️

    • @bradcampbell475
      @bradcampbell475 5 лет назад +41

      This song calms my 10 month old daughter and puts her to sleep. It has since she was born

    • @1956buffalobill
      @1956buffalobill 5 лет назад +23

      My all time favorite country song! I go to a lot of horse trail rides, and this is one of the most requested dance songs - especially by me. One of my horse buddies knew whenever this song was played, that he had to dance with me. Such a great voice, gone way to soon!

    • @sidm479
      @sidm479 5 лет назад +33

      I found this song and it made me cry. Alcohol killed this poor guy. Being a good looking guy with all he had going for him and he drank himself to death. I haven't anything to offer anyone. I lost the only girl I ever loved and now I am supposed to start over at 48. Just doesnt feel like I'll be ok :'(

    • @DeborahLowe9
      @DeborahLowe9 5 лет назад +16

      @@sidm479 you will be okay just hold on and the right girl will come into your life..

  • @roadperry8768
    @roadperry8768 2 года назад +28

    FEBRUARY 2022 Whose Still CHECKING OUT THIS SONG ... 😉 BEAUTIFUL VOICE & RHYTHMs PERFECT

  • @muhammadosama9628
    @muhammadosama9628 10 месяцев назад +1658

    Anyone enjoying this masterpiece in 2024?

    • @zeca5254x
      @zeca5254x 9 месяцев назад +29

      I am today, March 6, 2024, in São Paulo, Brazil.

    • @pocahontas1836
      @pocahontas1836 9 месяцев назад +13

      Course, just found IT. Lovely Song. Make me cry...

    • @KevinMiller-xn5vu
      @KevinMiller-xn5vu 9 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@zeca5254xMarch 11, 2024 and beyond, even if I have to do it on RUclips, because even though Willie's Roadhouse specializes in traditional country music, they don't play ALL the old songs, and they play some songs that I don't remember listening to in the past.

    • @candylynn87
      @candylynn87 9 месяцев назад +9

      This music is the soundtrack to summers in the backyard with the above ground swimming pool and dancing with my daddy when I was little

    • @Texas-Chris
      @Texas-Chris 9 месяцев назад +16

      Keith Whitley is timeless !!!

  • @tedunseth3966
    @tedunseth3966 4 года назад +336

    Powerful. His voice gives chills and hits the soul.

    • @juliemont.999
      @juliemont.999 4 года назад +3

      Ted Unseth, he is so romantic 😌 I love his music

    • @tedunseth3966
      @tedunseth3966 4 года назад +5

      @@juliemont.999 He should be in the hall of fame. He has the best voice I have ever heard in country music.

    • @pandavelli8176
      @pandavelli8176 4 года назад +4

      Ted Unseth one of the G.O.A.T’s of country, he grew up about an hour away from me and sadly it seems he is extremely under appreciated today, he brought back that classic sound when country was going in a more pop direction

    • @williammccloud5579
      @williammccloud5579 4 года назад +3

      Ted Unseth i love his music as well just lost him to soon to alcohol addiction at the age of 34 years old when he passed away he was such a very talented man just lost him to soon and every song he sang there was a purpose for every song he sang there will never be another Keith Whitley the king of COUNTRY music singer number one and always will be number one and his music will always live on forever

    • @lisaklein1486
      @lisaklein1486 4 года назад

      His son has a new album coming out.

  • @barbarasmith4560
    @barbarasmith4560 2 года назад +14

    My sons father sang this to me because our 12 year marriage was ending that was in 1996 God rest his soul he passed in 2013 at 64 from COPD. I still cry today over this

    • @mommatis8275
      @mommatis8275 Год назад

      I'm so sorry for your loss

    • @mommatis8275
      @mommatis8275 Год назад

      Scott Williams is TJ we never met but I love what you wrote and you made me smile and nobody really does that anymore I hope you're smiling too I hope life is being really good to you I hope you're staying safe and staying warm it's been a long cold winter now we're finally getting the snowyou seem like a really nice person you can tell a lot about the words of person rights it's almost like you have Windows into the eyes of their soul well I just want to let you know you made me smile thank you maybe I'll chat with you again on another day so long for now for Maine

    • @jamesrobert672
      @jamesrobert672 Год назад

      I always enjoy what you share here on RUclips but we're not friends yet, I will love to be friends with you.. so how are you feeling today..?

  • @donnasmith8301
    @donnasmith8301 3 года назад +473

    THE GREATEST country voice to have EVER existed and will exist until the Lord himself comes back. His heart may stop beating but his memory will not die. Thanks for reading this 😁

    • @brucetodd4258
      @brucetodd4258 3 года назад

      P

    • @brucetodd4258
      @brucetodd4258 3 года назад +1

      What are the best

    • @williammccloud5579
      @williammccloud5579 3 года назад +10

      We lost Keith Whitley to soon to alcohol addiction at the age of 33 years old when he passed away his music lives on forever

    • @bama8868
      @bama8868 3 года назад +5

      I agree the greatest

    • @williammccloud5579
      @williammccloud5579 3 года назад +3

      @@bama8868 agreed

  • @oviedoc5454
    @oviedoc5454 2 месяца назад +2

    Simply The BEST VOCALIST, Ever

  • @stevieray56
    @stevieray56 4 года назад +77

    He couldn’t have known it, but Keith Whitley was on his way to becoming a legend during the late 1980s resurgence of a more-traditional country music sound (though Whitley seldom wore a cowboy hat like many). Having worked with Ricky Skaggs in Ralph Stanley’s band as a teenager, Whitley had the voice and the chops for Nashville. The number-one title track from his 1988 album Don’t Close Your Eyes made him a bona fide country star, but he died of alcohol poisoning at 33 about a year after its release.
    A song about a man’s request for his partner to forget a previous paramour and make love with her eyes open, “Don’t Close Your Eyes” has since become a slow-dance classic in every honky-tonk and roadside bar. It was written by Bob McDill, the Nashville songwriting giant whose songs were recorded by Waylon Jennings, Pam Tillis and many others.
    Don’t close your eyes let it be me
    Don’t pretend it’s him in some fantasy
    Darling just once let yesterday go
    And you’ll find more love than you’ve ever known
    Just hold me tight when you love me tonight
    And don’t close your eyes
    The song would later be cut by Alan Jackson and, taking it from the female point of view, Kellie Pickler. Where most country singles from those days are now a fond memory, the “Don’t Close Your Eyes” single today is, almost inexplicably, one of that era’s strongest sellers digitally.

    • @donnahainline6531
      @donnahainline6531 3 года назад +1

      Enough said! Nhi mop

    • @ritaflatt7605
      @ritaflatt7605 2 года назад +1

      ❤💖♥️⚓⚓⚓

    • @larrypike2365
      @larrypike2365 2 года назад +1

      @Steve Cabral - Your observations are incredibly insightful. I remember seeing Keith's Harley in the front entrance area of the CM Hall of Fame in Nashville a few years ago. Sad to think of all he had to live for and yet he couldn't stand the pain of life as it was for him. :-( What a tragic loss for lovers of country music. I think the Harley in this video is the one I saw at CMHOF a few years ago... ruclips.net/video/xNU7iIdw7Ss/видео.html

    • @jamesrobert672
      @jamesrobert672 Год назад

      hello do you really believe in God....?

    • @stevieray56
      @stevieray56 Год назад

      @@jamesrobert672 No, why do you ask?

  • @jacobmccoy2899
    @jacobmccoy2899 5 лет назад +1575

    This is country. Not the bs on the radio now. Don’t even get me started.

    • @kevino1489
      @kevino1489 5 лет назад +14

      Relax

    • @Ryanlexz
      @Ryanlexz 5 лет назад +34

      I agree the pop is so overated

    • @peytonvaneik737
      @peytonvaneik737 5 лет назад +4

      Jacob McCoy honestly tho

    • @joseposada988
      @joseposada988 4 года назад +3

      Today artist are better then these trash y'all call classic

    • @joes4593
      @joes4593 4 года назад +31

      Keith could have been among the greatest country artists ever. It just wasn't meant to be. Thank God for the sample we got. A great talent. RIP Mr. Whitley...

  • @zaxxtraxx7088
    @zaxxtraxx7088 3 года назад +93

    Just imagine how good country music would STILL sound if this man never died.

    • @sunshineforever6582
      @sunshineforever6582 2 года назад +2

      You got that right ⁉️ imagine how life could have been ....if only he was strong enough to withhold. This would been better place.

  • @kenhansen3227
    @kenhansen3227 Месяц назад +2

    I had the honor and privilege of standing on that very stage exactly where the Stars stand I am so blessed

  • @jefferywilliams5878
    @jefferywilliams5878 2 года назад +96

    Probably one of country music greatest. Extremely underrated. He put his entire heart and soul in his music. You can actually feel the music deep inside your body. He left us way too soon. His music could make a cowboy shed tears.
    Fortunately his music will be around forever.

    • @jamesrobert672
      @jamesrobert672 Год назад

      I always enjoy what you share here on RUclips but we're not friends yet, I will love to be friends with you.. so how are you feeling today..?

    • @doreentimmers8436
      @doreentimmers8436 11 месяцев назад

      You know I was sitting in my car while my wife was shopping and I sang this..a lady stopped next to me and thanked me for singing it, she was crying and did it was so beautiful, her mom listened to KW quite often, made me feel kinda cool that someone else was appreciating his song.❤❤

    • @doreentimmers8436
      @doreentimmers8436 11 месяцев назад

      Said* typo

    • @doreentimmers8436
      @doreentimmers8436 11 месяцев назад

      Oh by the way, I'm not Doreen, I'm her Dad on he account.

  • @dennisdemark8151
    @dennisdemark8151 2 года назад +65

    We lost the one and only Keith Whitley 33 years ago today 9, May 1989 😢🙏🏼🕯️✝️🕯️🙏🏼
    He absolutely had a one in a million singing voice 🎤🎶🎸 that his fans will never forget.

    • @stupendous1068
      @stupendous1068 2 года назад +1

      He died in 1989. Making it 33 years in May 2022.

    • @dennisdemark8151
      @dennisdemark8151 2 года назад +1

      @@stupendous1068 This is correct Stu....gone but never forgotten 😢🙏🏼🕯️🕊️🙏🏼

    • @salomonalvarez3263
      @salomonalvarez3263 2 года назад

      @@stupendous1068 what happened to him?

    • @stupendous1068
      @stupendous1068 2 года назад

      @@salomonalvarez3263 Died of alcoholism.

    • @donniewinter5331
      @donniewinter5331 Год назад +1

      And married to lorie morgan

  • @justinsmith413
    @justinsmith413 3 года назад +322

    To me he has more emotion in his voice than almost any other male country singer, and thats saying alot. He makes it seem so easy, yet he still hits me hard in the feels when he sings. An all time great country voice.

    • @anotherdaystronger153
      @anotherdaystronger153 3 года назад +10

      Yes! Exactly. This song plays in my head every so often and I just have to hear his voice

    • @Symnsn
      @Symnsn 3 года назад +7

      He’s not only singing it, he lived it. It’s gut wrenching to me to hear so much pain in his voice, and know all the heartbreak behind it

    • @lorrainekliendienst3732
      @lorrainekliendienst3732 3 года назад +6

      Such beautiful music.makes me CRY.xxxxxx

    • @timothystephenson2498
      @timothystephenson2498 3 года назад +8

      I feel so bad for what music we could have had from him if he hadn't have passed away at such a young age. Always remember to drink responsibly.

    • @dianelibsack6058
      @dianelibsack6058 2 года назад +2

      Very Nice Comment,U made. Mr. Smith. I agree wirh you. He ,Sure Does,Have a Beaut. Voice.& Sings Beautifilly.& Divine. Also.

  • @LStegall-lmh3
    @LStegall-lmh3 Месяц назад +2

    K...I think he really is my soulmate. He keeps coming back.❤

  • @chriswilson1551
    @chriswilson1551 5 лет назад +368

    Lost one of the greatest country music singers of all time on this day 30 years ago. 7/1/1955 - 5/9/1989. Keiths music will forever live on.

    • @rucitukana5375
      @rucitukana5375 5 лет назад +3

      One of my favs❤

    • @williammccloud5579
      @williammccloud5579 5 лет назад +7

      Chris Wilson true very true we lost Keith Whitley to soon to alcohol addiction at the age of 34 years old when he passed away he was such a very talented person he learned the guitar at the age of 6 years old

    • @williammccloud5579
      @williammccloud5579 5 лет назад +1

      Ruci Tukana mine to

    • @richelleimingan1054
      @richelleimingan1054 5 лет назад +1

      I was 10 then

    • @richelleimingan1054
      @richelleimingan1054 5 лет назад +3

      @@williammccloud5579 he was 34? Omg

  • @nancybaladad9311
    @nancybaladad9311 4 года назад +77

    I could listen to this song over and over again. I just get lost in the song and it brings lots and lots of good memories.

  • @joedirt7519
    @joedirt7519 5 лет назад +665

    Sad to say the music they play today will be called "Classic Country" 20 years from now. I'm so glad I grew up to 80's and 90's Country... I'd give anything to go back to those days.

    • @dragoninwinter
      @dragoninwinter 5 лет назад +10

      Amen brother.

    • @waynekeyes1732
      @waynekeyes1732 4 года назад +16

      I was born in88 and still listen to the real country music not this new crap

    • @dakotayoung5717
      @dakotayoung5717 4 года назад +12

      I was born early 2000's but I grew up with real country. If people forget this beautiful music- it's their own loss 🤷‍♀️ sad to say that preservation isnt exactly easy with my generation... stubborn (and pretty hateful)
      I'd say I'm one of the only kids I know that has a listens to this: much less maintains a traditional mindset

    • @bloggingky
      @bloggingky 4 года назад +4

      Joe Dirt one the best songs describing my era is Mark Wills, 19 something. It’s probably not one I think about when I think about my favorite songs/artists (I can never decide between Conway Twitty and The King of Country, George Strait, and of corse, Reba!) but whenever I see or hear someone talking about how they miss the music they grew up, that one always comes to mind.

    • @dakotayoung5717
      @dakotayoung5717 4 года назад

      @Chris Russell I can understand that

  • @hunterjones4475
    @hunterjones4475 9 месяцев назад +1

    My great aunt passed away yesterday and Keith Whitley was her favorite. Moments before she passes my mother suggested to my cousin that maybe hearing some of her favorite music in her final moments would be good for her and make passing on easier. My cousin asked if she really believed she could still hear them and my mom said she did so my cousin played this song on her phone and laid the phone next to her head on the pillow. She passed on before it finished playing.

  • @doncorleone5149
    @doncorleone5149 4 года назад +83

    Lyrics
    I know you loved him, a long time ago
    Even now in my arms, you still want him I know
    But darling this time, your memories die
    When you hold me tonight, don't close your eyes
    Don't close your eyes, let it be me
    Don't pretend it's him, in some fantasy
    Darling just once, let yesterday go
    And you'll find more love than you'll ever know
    Just hold me tight, when you love me tonight
    And don't close your eyes
    Maybe I've, been a fool, holding on all this time
    Lying here in your arms, knowing he's in your mind
    But I keep hoping someday, that you'll see the light
    Let it be tonight and don't close your eyes
    Don't close your eyes, let it be me
    Don't pretend it's him, in some fantasy
    Darling just once, let yesterday go
    And you'll find more love than you'll ever know
    Just hold me tight, when you love me tonight
    And don't close your eyes
    Don't close your eyes, let it be me
    Don't pretend it's him, in some fantasy
    Darling just once, let yesterday go
    And you'll find more love than you'll ever know
    Just hold me tight, when you love me tonight
    And don't close your eyes
    Just hold me tight, when you love me tonight,
    And don't close your eyes

  • @maryskelton458
    @maryskelton458 6 лет назад +434

    they don't make them like this anymore 😕 such a beautiful song 👌 RIP Keith God bless ❤

    • @mistymusic2857
      @mistymusic2857 6 лет назад

      Xo 2018

    • @1lyonman766
      @1lyonman766 6 лет назад

      Goodness Ms. Mary....yur beautiful!....If I buy a Superman outfit can we hang out?!?!.....lol.....God bless u....(& my sincere apologies if yur a Mrs!!!!

    • @maryskelton458
      @maryskelton458 6 лет назад +1

      1lyonman hi there bless you for you lovely comment, I'm flattered, thank you very much, but I am a Mrs lol sorry, been married for ten years now, God bless x

    • @1lyonman766
      @1lyonman766 6 лет назад +2

      Great for u Mrs. Mary!!!....& also, no disrespect meant towards your hubby!!....I pray that y'all have a blessed marriage & life!...If u don't already do so, pray together & read God's Word together...combat the enemy together!!....God bless!

    • @kilasantana274
      @kilasantana274 6 лет назад +3

      Keith whitley is a legendary singer and always well be rest in peace love his music and love the song the song brings so much tears to my eyes

  • @melissasunday7797
    @melissasunday7797 3 года назад +17

    The Man could sing. Beautiful voice-God given

  • @mariagriffis1348
    @mariagriffis1348 Месяц назад +2

    His voice is what made this song perfect

  • @billyrice9711
    @billyrice9711 4 года назад +448

    It's January 2021 and the country is falling apart who's still listening

  • @dwade6322
    @dwade6322 2 года назад +25

    I think EVERYONE can relate to this kind of sorrow.❤️

  • @kameronstewart8851
    @kameronstewart8851 Год назад +127

    I am a 12 year old boy that grew up listening to 80s and 90s country, and a little rock. Keith is one of my all time favorite singers, and I will never stop playing his stuff

  • @kennethbrimm2572
    @kennethbrimm2572 2 месяца назад +2

    Keith left us all too soon,but he left us with this beautiful love song.

  • @teresariggs6523
    @teresariggs6523 Год назад +16

    Keith Whitley's songs had so much inspiration to everyone .

    • @Urbankeith1254
      @Urbankeith1254 Год назад

      Hello teresariggs6523
      How’re you doing?
      Thanks for all your love and support, also for being an amazing fan.
      It’s nice meeting you here ❤🎉

    • @anelladambrosio2513
      @anelladambrosio2513 Год назад

      @@oscarlandrum ciao Oscar!🙋😍😘🌅🍀

    • @oscarlandrum
      @oscarlandrum Год назад

      I always enjoy what you share here on RUclips but we're not friends yet, I will love to be friends with you.. how are you feeling today.👆💯💯🥰

  • @retta300
    @retta300 2 года назад +11

    Kieth Whitley wil always one the greatest.His gift o a voice to move you. lost too soon but never forgotten

    • @JamesSmith-im2pd
      @JamesSmith-im2pd 2 года назад

      I agree with you and admire your good sense of humor, I guess you're a country music lover? you deserve a compliment How are you doing today? God bless you and your family

  • @oscarwildeghost
    @oscarwildeghost 4 года назад +33

    Keith passed way too soon. I loved his voice when he first came out. What a tragedy such a treasure was lost.

  • @IngridTanner-w7l
    @IngridTanner-w7l 2 месяца назад +3

    I love this song, there is someone out there that I loved so much but it didn't work out. I hope he is doing well and is happy, I still have days that I think of him and my heart just fills up for him.❤️😇🙏❤️😇🙏

  • @sloopynumber1
    @sloopynumber1 5 лет назад +700

    2020 and still listening to real country music.

  • @PastorMattSkiles
    @PastorMattSkiles 4 года назад +23

    There will never be another voice like Keith Whitley's voice. His voice had a richness and feeling that has never been heard before or since. There have been great singers and great voices that have graced country music, but nobody ever sang like Keith Whitley. RIP

    • @rosariomendez6640
      @rosariomendez6640 4 года назад

      Hello dear

    • @frankmaxfield7025
      @frankmaxfield7025 4 года назад

      You sir are exactly right. Keith Whitley had a true gift from God and was taken way too soon from us. He had so much more to give us but it was cut way too short. RIP Keith Whitley.

    • @rosariomendez6640
      @rosariomendez6640 4 года назад

      @@frankmaxfield7025 kindly drop your gmail so that we can chat more better on hangout..... 36rosariomendez@gmail.com

    • @brittanyjeter793
      @brittanyjeter793 4 года назад

      His and Lori Morgan's son sounds a lot like his Daddy. His voice is just a little bit rougher than Keith's but other than that they sound a lot alike. Especially when he sings the song his Dad wrote "Tell Lori I Love Her"

  • @voiceimage
    @voiceimage 2 года назад +31

    Always and forever. A masterpiece.

  • @CherylBooth-ey2zg
    @CherylBooth-ey2zg 2 месяца назад +1

    Í still have my mama with out her my world would not be the same thank you Lord for a caring. And loving mama I have

  • @jimsmith2763
    @jimsmith2763 3 года назад +135

    Keith Whitley would have been a superstar if it wasn’t for his demons. But he will always be remembered for the amazing music he made in his short life. This song may have been his best.

  • @CecilHearndon2015
    @CecilHearndon2015 6 лет назад +249

    One of the greatest country singers gone too soon.

    • @littlemichelle6993
      @littlemichelle6993 6 лет назад +3

      Yes your right my god what a lovely singer gone not for gotten

    • @cindysmith8349
      @cindysmith8349 6 лет назад

      Cecil C. Hearndon amen brother!!

    • @quincylefevers1559
      @quincylefevers1559 6 лет назад

      Cecil C. Hearndon yes

    • @cindysmith8349
      @cindysmith8349 6 лет назад +1

      Cecil C. Hearndon absolutely I agree 💯 percent! I just love this song .👍

    • @williammccloud5579
      @williammccloud5579 6 лет назад +1

      Cecil C. Hearndon true very true we lost Keith Whitley to soon to alcohol poisoning at the age of 34 years old when he passed

  • @joyceshaver8654
    @joyceshaver8654 3 года назад +62

    I could listen to this beautiful music 24 hours a day. Keith Whitley was the best. Wish he was here today.. love his music.

    • @robertmilly6018
      @robertmilly6018 2 года назад +1

      Hello friend 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹

    • @dannyzbigniew
      @dannyzbigniew 2 года назад

      Me too, thanks... Happy New Year from my family to yours, I wish you all the best in the New Year 2023. I hope that the coming year is full of amazing opportunities and experiences for you.

  • @latoyagilreathcomer4561
    @latoyagilreathcomer4561 7 месяцев назад +2

    This is my first time hearing it and I am absolutely in love with this song already.
    ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @tazman1946
    @tazman1946 3 года назад +17

    One of the greatest country songs ever sung by one of the greatest country singers ever.

  • @janicebradford9780
    @janicebradford9780 3 года назад +68

    About the time I fell in love with his music, he was gone but I still listen to what I have. I love listening to him and Lorrie Morgan sing together.

  • @aubreebarbosa3647
    @aubreebarbosa3647 2 года назад +411

    Im sure we all think about someone we miss when this song is on. Hands down one of my favorite country artists of all time, RIP Keith Whitley 🙏

  • @lindabraysford250
    @lindabraysford250 2 месяца назад +4

    Never heard his music before but certainly will now. So sad he passed far too young.

  • @speakerbasstester1639
    @speakerbasstester1639 5 месяцев назад +41

    I am 17, older country is so much better than this modern rubbish. Wish I could go back one day to the 50s thru the 90s.

    • @kendavonhamm4063
      @kendavonhamm4063 2 месяца назад

      Wait til your 37 and you admit to yourself that the Love of Your Life "settled" for you but their heart belongs to someone else who is long gone but their memory lives on In Your Relationship 😢

    • @stilllovethoseOsmonds
      @stilllovethoseOsmonds 2 месяца назад +1

      I'm so sorry, I can't even imagine how you feel. That's got to be a hard pill to swallow. I made a very big mistake & remarried after me & the love of my life went our separate ways. It didn't work out, I compared everything he did to my true love. I just couldn't stand even being with him, much less him touching me. And when our divorce was made finale I remarried the love of my life. What he thought he wanted he realized he didn't . True love just doesn't die, a divorce decree doesn't change a heart just one's life. I heard it took a long time for the other man to get over me. And I have always felt so bad about it. I pray that he did find his one true love & had a very happy life. I am sorry I hurt him. This song makes me go back to that time & how he must have felt because he knew my heart & soul still belonged to my only true love. I've been in love with this man for 49 years. He was killed in a car wreck in 2003 & he was only 44. We both remarried but we both were still very much in love with each other. He told me just a few years before he passed that I was his soulmate & that I was the only one that really knew him at all. I'm 67 now & never remarried. He is my soulmate, the love of my life & I know he's waiting on me in Heaven to cross over to be with him again only this time for all eternity. God bless you at least she stayed with you & you got to love her. She has to have some love for you & care about you or she would've never stayed . Please believe that. 😔

  • @williammccloud5579
    @williammccloud5579 3 года назад +28

    Wish that he didn't cut his life so short he had everything going for him lost him to soon to alcohol poisoning at the age of 33 years old when he passed away his music will always lives on forever

    • @cnc90210
      @cnc90210 3 года назад

      The pain was overwhelming for him. I. Can feel and relate to that heart ache. 😭

    • @williammccloud5579
      @williammccloud5579 3 года назад +2

      @@cnc90210 i can too lost him to soon to alcohol addiction at the age of 33 years old when he passed away his music will always lives on forever my favorite COUNTRY music singer and always will be

    • @williammccloud5579
      @williammccloud5579 3 года назад +1

      @@cnc90210 thanks for the nice comment about Keith Whitley

    • @ClassicTVMan1981X
      @ClassicTVMan1981X 3 года назад

      34, actually. His record label and his gravestone got his birth year wrong. He was born in 1954 according to his birth certificate and passport.

  • @normacampbell947
    @normacampbell947 10 месяцев назад +1

    I love all Keith Whitley songs and Lori Morgan ❤🎉

  • @johnpage7380
    @johnpage7380 4 года назад +16

    So sad that alcohol silence this wonderful voice and talent. Lying silent in the grave, just heart breaking. I have a son who played guitar and sang and drank himself to death. Now I have to live out my life never hearing his voice again!

    • @janeward5184
      @janeward5184 4 года назад

      So sorry for your loss

    • @mikadown1353
      @mikadown1353 4 года назад

      What happened? Fyi I'm an alcoholic

  • @stevependley956
    @stevependley956 6 лет назад +91

    one of the best vocalists in ANY genera of music ever!!!

    • @joedirt7519
      @joedirt7519 5 лет назад

      Be hard to argue probably the best

  • @Christenwicker
    @Christenwicker 2 года назад +15

    Everyone has the "one that got away"
    If you're lucky enough to get that person back, never let go.......❤

    • @JamesSmith-im2pd
      @JamesSmith-im2pd 2 года назад

      I agree with you and admire your good sense of humor, I guess you're a country music lover? you deserve a compliment How are you doing today? God bless you and your family

    • @kevinkess8689
      @kevinkess8689 2 года назад

      @meryl smelko. Hello beautiful lady how are you doing. You look familiar are you from Cali?

    • @jamesrobert7444
      @jamesrobert7444 Год назад

      What a good voice sweet lyrics I love this song. How are you Meryl ?

    • @jamesrobert672
      @jamesrobert672 Год назад

      I always enjoy what you share here on RUclips but we're not friends yet, I will love to be friends with you.. so how are you feeling today..?

  • @PearlMartin-y2o
    @PearlMartin-y2o 2 месяца назад +3

    I just can help it i keep playing this song over and over

  • @charlesschaefer-yy3fn
    @charlesschaefer-yy3fn Год назад +21

    I lived through the 90s singing these words to many beautiful women as we danced the nights away. Thank you Keith, my friend... for the memories. My friends have died one by one, alcohol takes some, drugs take some, bad health and carelessness. None of us are immortal. I guess I'm no stranger to the rain.

  • @BonnieBlue1861
    @BonnieBlue1861 5 лет назад +135

    One of the most beautiful voices ever! Will always listen just like it was the first time!

    • @davidparkinson6372
      @davidparkinson6372 5 лет назад +1

      I love this song makes me think back to sad memories

    • @joegarza1854
      @joegarza1854 5 лет назад

      That's what I call orginal music I miss those days but glad to go back an remember how good we had back then wow

    • @williammccloud5579
      @williammccloud5579 5 лет назад

      Joe Garza true very true we lost Keith Whitley to soon to alcohol addiction

    • @kennethmarks886
      @kennethmarks886 4 года назад

      @@williammccloud5579 yes. I agree. This man's voice was awesome.

    • @williammccloud5579
      @williammccloud5579 4 года назад

      Kenneth Marks thanks for agreeing with me on Keith Whitley thanks William mccloud the number one the king of COUNTRY music singer number one and always will be number one in COUNTRY music singer

  • @alfredgonzalez1564
    @alfredgonzalez1564 2 года назад +26

    I just discovered this artist, man singing with so much emotion, heart ake, such a class act. R.I.P. Keith

    • @jamesrobert672
      @jamesrobert672 Год назад

      I always enjoy what you share here on RUclips but we're not friends yet, I will love to be friends with you.. so how are you feeling today..?