Rainin' in My Heart (song)

"Rainin' in My Heart"
Single by Slim Harpo
from the album Slim Harpo Sings "Raining in My Heart..."
A-side"Don't Start Cryin' Now"
ReleasedJanuary 1961 (1961-01)
GenreSwamp blues
Length2:11
LabelExcello
Songwriter(s)
  • Slim Harpo
  • Jerry West
Producer(s)J. D. "Jay" Miller
Slim Harpo singles chronology
"Blues Hang-Over"
(1960)
"Rainin' in My Heart"
(1961)
"I Love the Life I'm Living"
(1963)

"Rainin' in My Heart" is a song written by James Moore (aka Slim Harpo) and Jerry West (an alias used by J. D. "Jay" Miller) and performed by Harpo. It reached number 17 on the U.S. R&B chart and number 34 on the U.S. pop chart in 1961.[1] It was featured on his 1961 album Slim Harpo Sings "Raining in My Heart..."[2] It is not to be confused with the similarly titled Buddy Holly song, "Raining in My Heart".

  1. ^ "Slim Harpo, "Rainin' in My Heart" Chart Positions". Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  2. ^ "Slim Harpo, Slim Harpo Sings "Raining in My Heart..."". Discogs. 1961. Retrieved March 1, 2019.