Top Ten Hit Eye Songs: These Eyes (#10)

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Too easy, right? Someone already guessed this song would show up on my list of favorite hits that have "eyes" in the title. Well, now, won't that make your brown eyes blue? (Sorry, that song won't show up.) Here's the first "big hit" on the list. #10: These Eyes - Guess Who Aw, go on, guess who! (No, not Bruce Who, we covered that already.) The first hit by the Guess Who as the Guess Who (before that they were Chad Allen & the Expressions) was the beginning of a whirlwind two years of great collaboration between piano player/lead singer Burton Cummings and guitarist Randy Bachman. Bachman didn't stay long in the band, leaving for a number of reasons (he was married to a Mormon woman at the time and had converted to the religion, so the rock and roll lifestyle wasn't for him; and, he had gallbladder issues that frequently had him in emergency rooms). He and Cummings reconciled, but not before Bachman wrote "Hey You" for BTO about Burton. As for this song, it's a showcase of Cummings' great vocals, going from soft to soulful in a heartbeat. What a great beginning of a great band. These Eyes Written by Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman Recorded by the Guess Who From Wheatfield Soul, 1968 The hurtin's on me: