"Drown in My Own Tears" (also billed as "I'll Drown in My Own Tears") is a 1956 Blues single, written by Henry Glover and released by the singers Ray Charles & Dinah Washington on the Atlantic & EmArcy record labels respectively.
The song was one of Charles' most important singles during his Atlantic period, where he dominated the R&B & Jazz singles charts.
The song would later influence Charles to recruit a singing group he later called the Raelettes. It was also his third number-one single on the Billboard R&B singles chart.
The song was first recorded in 1951 by Lula Reed, on the King label (KING 4527) as part of a split-single 78rpm (blues pianist Sonny Thompson was featured on the A-side with the instrumental track, "Clang, Clang, Clang"). The record was a #5 Billboard R&B hit.
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