“I was walking down by the river. I lay down under a tree. I was broke. I felt pretty low. Then I looked up at the sky—all blue except for one little, white, fleecy cloud. The words came to me for the song—quicker than it's taking me to tell it to you. I got up—and I had new hope. That was the turning point in my life.”

—  Johnnie Ray

On writing "The Little White Cloud That Cried", The Chicago Tribune (16 March 1952)

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American singer, actor, songwriter and composer 1927–1990

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