Keith Whitley/Allison Krauss-"When You Say Nothing At All"

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In light of a recent comment left by a viewer on May 3, 2009, viewers should be aware that there is a lot of erroneous information about Keith's bio, most notably the bio on CMT.com, which is chock full of glaring errors. Keith's given name at birth was JACKIE Keith Whitley, not Jesse Keith Whitley. Jesse Keith Whitley is the biological son of Jackie Keith Whitley and Loretta Lynn "Lorrie" Morgan, born in 1987. Jackie Keith Whitley was born in Kings Daughters Hospital in Ashland, KY on July 1, 1954, the son of the late Elmer Jackson Whitley and Nannie Faye Ferguson Whitley. Back when Keith was lead singer for J. D. Crowe and the New South in the late 1970's and early 1980's, he found he had lost his birth certificate, and he needed one for his passport. So when he received his new one from Frankfort, it came back with the wrong birth date, July 1, 1955. All this information was given to me by his mother during a phone conversation I had with her in 1991. I'm sure Lorrie knew his real birthdate, but why she insisted on putting the wrong one on his tombstone no one seems to know. If you need more proof, I have a digital copy of his original birth announcement provided to me by the Whitley family with his birth date, place of birth, and birth weight. If you need a copy of this, send me a message.

This Paul Overstreet/Don Schlitz-penned gem was Keith's 2nd straight #1 song and the second single from his 1988 album "Don't Close Your Eyes." Keith's original stayed at #1 in the US for 2 weeks at the end of 1988. Allison Krauss covered the song in 1995. While Krauss' version was on the charts, Mike Cromwell, then the production director at WMIL-FM in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, concocted a duet merging elements of Krauss' version with Whitley's original hit version. The "duet" garnered national attention, and it spread from at least Philadelphia to Albuquerque. It was never officially serviced to radio and has never been available commercially. Krauss' recording won the 1995 CMA award for "Single of the Year". Then in 2004 Keith's version was #12 on the list of CMT's 100 Greatest Love Songs of All Time.

UPDATE 8/3/08--So many of you have asked for it. You can download this song now! Go to:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ijfutw

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[2121Acer]

this was mine and my wifes wedding song and the day she left it starting playing on the radio and she stopped and turned around for one last kiss and she will return i pray everyday she returns to me i miss her everyday and i have listened to this song everyday for six months now waiting and wishing

[shane kinder]

Keith Whitley is a music legend!!!

[Traci DaZeD]

I only wish it was Lorrie Morgan who did the remix of this song! After all the song was written for her, by Keith...



[Dennis Brown]

while NEVER serviced to am/fm radio, this version received a lot of air play on the old radio show AFTER MIDNIGHT hosted by Blair Garner in 95 which is where I first heard it

[314Draven]

this is awesome.



[UndeadRado]

do you know if there is an accurate list anywhere of songs written by keith? i know he wrote quite a bit before he started really coming out and know of a few songs. but if i search discography even the sites with the most songs i have more in my personal collection of off the shelf albums

[Bunny Pratt]

don't just wait and wish, go do something about it

[dpavkovich]

thanks for posting! Keith is a legend , and Allison nails this song! Keith was one of my first favorite country singers and has been a huge influence among todays singer songwriters

[49erfanoz]

it started and ended with the same exact song, life's full of irony ain't it? Sorry for your loss man I hope me and my wife are happy together forever and ever

[Maribel Cervantes]

awesome song. great voices. great duet. I've been in love with this song since 6th grade :D

[laarbe]

I love this version of both of them together. I love their own versions of the song as well.