"1982 on the album ""Pinky Blue"". Bobby Darin performed the song in 1972 during his summer television show, and his version was included on the 2004 album, ""Aces Back to Back"". Frank Sinatra also recorded a version on his """" album (1980). The Nolan Sisters recorded a version which is on their 1978 ""20 Giant Hits"" album. Song Sung Blue ""Song Sung Blue"" is a 1972 hit song written and recorded by Neil Diamond, inspired by the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto #21. It was released on Diamond's album, ""Moods"" and later appeared on many of Diamond's live and"
"number seven spot that The Hollies attained with their original recording of the song that was released in 1969 and had also been to number three in the UK by the time that Mathis released this album. Song Sung Blue (album) Song Sung Blue is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on September 13, 1972, by Columbia Records and featured his renditions of mostly recent chart hits. The album made its first appearance on ""Billboard"" magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated October 21, 1972, and remained there for 18 weeks, peaking"
"Song Sung Blue (album) Song Sung Blue is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on September 13, 1972, by Columbia Records and featured his renditions of mostly recent chart hits. The album made its first appearance on ""Billboard"" magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated October 21, 1972, and remained there for 18 weeks, peaking at number 83. In the UK it was retitled ""Make It Easy on Yourself"" and reached number 49 on the album chart. The song ""Make It Easy on Yourself"" was the first single from the album and"
"I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song) """"I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)"""" is a song written by Ike Turner, produced by Ike & Tina Turner and recorded and released as a single by Ike & Tina's backing trio, The Ikettes. Recorded in 1961, it became a hit for the Ikettes in 1962. ""Billboard"" named the song #63 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. Like most of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue's music during this time, it was recorded while the group was on the road. By 1961, the formerly known Artettes had been singing with"
"Song in Blue ""Song in Blue"" is a 1955 song co-written by Les Paul and recorded by Les Paul and Mary Ford. The song was released as a single. The song was released as a 7"" vinyl 45 single on Capitol Records, 45-13229, F3015, backed with ""Someday Sweetheart"", in 1955. The song was composed by Les Paul, Monty Ford, and Celia Ryland and was published by the Iris-Trojan Music Corporation in New York. The single reached #17 on the ""Cash Box"" singles chart in January, 1955 during an 8-week chart run. The single reached no. 71 on the ""Record World"""
"Serenade in Blue ""Serenade in Blue"" is a 1942 Big Band song composed by Harry Warren, with lyrics written by Mack Gordon. It was introduced in the 1942 film ""Orchestra Wives"" by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, sung by Lynn Bari in the film but dubbed by Pat Friday. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra released the song as an RCA Victor 78, 27935-A, which peaked at #2 on the ""Billboard"" pop singles chart. The RCA Victor recording by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra featured vocalist Ray Eberle with backing vocals by The Modernaires. This record was the year's eleventh-best selling"
"Midnight Blue (Louise Tucker song) ""Midnight Blue"" is the title of a 1982-3 international hit by Louise Tucker which served as the title cut for Tucker's debut album ""Midnight Blue"". The single also features Charlie Skarbek on vocals. In the spring of 1982 opera singer Louise Tucker met record producer Tim Smit when she accompanied his sister-in-law who'd come to babysit for him: this meeting led to Tucker recording the demo for the track ""Midnight Blue"" - which utilized the melody of the second movement of ""Sonata Pathétique"" by Beethoven - with Smit and his friend Charlie Skarbek producing. Smit"
"Mamy Blue ""Mamy Blue"" is a 1970 song written by French songwriter Hubert Giraud. Originally written with French lyrics, the song was rendered in English in 1971 to become an international hit for the Pop-Tops, Joël Daydé () and Roger Whittaker. A hit in Italy in Italian lyrics for Dalida and in France in its original French for Nicoletta, ""Mamy Blue"" was also rendered in a number of other languages in cover versions recorded by a good number of local recording artists across continental Europe, while a ""local cover"" of the English-language version by Charisma reached #1 in South Africa."
"Blue (Diana Ross album) Blue, also referred to as The Blue Album, is a 1970s studio album released in 2006 on Motown Records by American singer Diana Ross. Recorded in late 1971 and early 1972, the album was originally conceived as a follow-up to her #1 ""Lady Sings the Blues"" soundtrack. Berry Gordy and Motown subsequently decided to shelve the album, and Ross's next release was the ""Touch Me in the Morning"" single and album. ""Blue"" was initially sold through Starbucks' US stores for the first 30 days of release. Starbucks immediately sold out of its supply nationwide. The album"
"Things New"", a double-CD compilation album of her work (including many previously unreleased tracks) from the 1960s through the 1990s. Diane Renay Diane Renay (born July 13, 1945), born Renee Diane Kushner, is an American pop singer, best known for her 1964 hit song, ""Navy Blue"". Renay was born to a Jewish family in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She started singing at an early age and took voice lessons from Artie Singer, a voice teacher who also managed Danny and the Juniors (of ""At the Hop"" fame). Singer encouraged Renay to pursue a recording career. Renay attended Northeast High School (Philadelphia,"
"Sugar Blue Sugar Blue (born James Joshua ""Jimmie"" Whiting, December 16, 1949, Harlem, New York City) is an American blues harmonica player. He is probably best known for playing on the Rolling Stones' single ""Miss You"", and in partnering Louisiana Red. The ""Chicago Tribune"" said, ""The sound of Sugar Blue's harmonica could pierce any night... it's the sound of a musician who transcends the supposed limitations of his instrument."" In the mid-1970s, Blue played as a session musician on Johnny Shines' ""Too Wet to Plow"" (1975) and with Roosevelt Sykes. While in the company of the latter, he met Louisiana"
"also on reissues of the second album ""At Home""), Shocking Blue's single reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on 7 February 1970. RIAA certification came on 28 January 1970 for selling over one million copies in the US, garnering a gold record. Worldwide, the single sold over 7.5 million copies. The song's lead vocals are performed by Mariska Veres. The song's music and lyrics were written by Robbie van Leeuwen, the band's guitarist, sitarist and background vocalist, who also produced along with record producer Jerry Ross. Van Leeuwen originally miswrote the line ""...the ""goddess"" on the mountain top..."""
"Midnight Blue (Melissa Manchester song) ""Midnight Blue"" is a title of a Top Ten hit single by Melissa Manchester that was taken from her 1975 album ""Melissa"": ""Billboard"" magazine described the song as ""a classically elegant quiet ballad about a pair of longtime lovers putting aside their aggravations until the dawn in order to try making it one more time in memory of all their old times together."" The song had been written by Manchester in 1973 as her first collaboration with Carole Bayer Sager, who would be Manchester's regular lyricist over the next five years; Manchester would recall: ""the"
"Daniel Boone (singer) Daniel Boone (also known as Peter Lee Stirling, born Peter Charles Green, 31 July 1942, Birmingham, England) is an English pop musician who became a one-hit wonder in the United States with the single ""Beautiful Sunday"" in 1972. The song was written by Boone and Rod McQueen and sold over 2,000,000 copies worldwide. It peaked at #15 on The Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at the end of the summer of 1972, having already reached #21 on the UK Singles Chart earlier during that same year. In 1972, Boone was the recipient of the ""Most Likeable Singer"""
"news of his song being sampled, Ike Turner re-recorded the song with Joe Louis Walker that same year. ""I'm Blue"" is featured on the soundtrack of the 1988 film ""Hairspray"" and appears in ""Kill Bill Volume 1"", where it is performed by The 5.6.7.8's. I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song) """"I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)"""" is a song written by Ike Turner, produced by Ike & Tina Turner and recorded and released as a single by Ike & Tina's backing trio, The Ikettes. Recorded in 1961, it became a hit for the Ikettes in 1962. ""Billboard"" named the song #63 on"
"recording in the United States according to ""Billboard"" magazine, after having spent fifteen weeks on the ""Billboard"" charts. Serenade in Blue ""Serenade in Blue"" is a 1942 Big Band song composed by Harry Warren, with lyrics written by Mack Gordon. It was introduced in the 1942 film ""Orchestra Wives"" by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, sung by Lynn Bari in the film but dubbed by Pat Friday. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra released the song as an RCA Victor 78, 27935-A, which peaked at #2 on the ""Billboard"" pop singles chart. The RCA Victor recording by Glenn Miller and His"
"Blue Tango ""Blue Tango"" is an instrumental composition by Leroy Anderson, written for orchestra in 1951 and published in 1952. It was later turned into a popular song with lyrics by Mitchell Parish. Numerous artists have since covered ""Blue Tango"". An instrumental version of ""Blue Tango"" recorded by Anderson (Decca Records, catalog number 27875, with the flip side ""Belle of the Ball"") reached number one on the ""Billboard"" chart in 1952. (According to other sources, the Anderson recording first reached the charts on December 29, 1951.) ""Billboard"" ranked it as the number one song of 1952. The same recording was"
"For You Blue ""For You Blue"" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1970 album ""Let It Be"". The track was written by George Harrison as a love song to his wife, Pattie Boyd. It was also the B-side to the ""Long and Winding Road"" single, issued in many countries, but not Britain, and was listed with that song when the single topped the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and Canada's national chart in June 1970. On the ""Cash Box"" Top 100 chart, which measured the US performance of single sides individually, ""For You Blue"" peaked"
"spent seven weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary chart. It also made the pop chart in the United Kingdom, reaching #14 on the UK Singles Chart. The song has become one of Diamond's standards, and he often performs it during concerts. ""Song Sung Blue"" was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1973, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Both awards that year were won by Roberta Flack's rendition of Ewan MacColl's song, ""The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"". Diamond described ""Song Sung Blue"" in the liner notes to his 1996 compilation album, ""In My"
"Black and Blue (Chain song) ""Black and Blue"" is a 1971 song by Chain which exemplifies, ""genuine Australian blues"". It is about a chain gang from the country's convict past, and it struck a chord with young suburban audiences, such that it reached No. 10 on the ""Go-Set"" National Top 60 singles chart. The song was co-written by all four members of Chain: Barry Harvey, Phil Manning, Barry Sullivan and Matt Taylor. It was awarded a ""Go-Set"" Silver Disc for 25,000 Australian sales and appeared at No. 31 on ""Go-Set""s Top Singles for 1971. ""Black and Blue"" appears on the"
"in 1972, Simon's version of the song only became a regional hit. It was through the Joe Simon version that Malaco Records owner Tommy Couch was familiar with ""Misty Blue"" which Couch would record in 1973 with Dorothy Moore, a native of Jackson MS who had recorded a number of tracks at the Malaco Studios in Jackson. Moore would recall receiving a morning call at her home from Couch inviting Moore to Couch's studio to hear a song he deemed perfect for her: ""I didn’t have a car at the time, so I took the bus to Malaco [where] I"
"at #40 on the chart dated 14 June 1975, with the track ranked at #2 on that week's ""Billboard"" Easy Listening chart: ""Midnight Blue"" would spend the weeks of 21–28 June at #1 on the ""Billboard"" Easy Listening chart - eventually being cited as the #1 Easy Listening hit of the year 1975 - while on the Hot 100 the track would ascend to a peak of #6 (8 August 1975). The first of Manchester's fifteen Hot 100 singles, ""Midnight Blue"" would be the last song composed by Manchester herself to afford her a Top 20 hit as only the"
"recording of the song on her second studio album ""Cilla Sings a Rainbow"" which was a Top 5 hit on the UK album chart. ""Make It Easy on Yourself"" served as the title cut of a 1969 album by Burt Bacharach with the track featuring Bacharach's vocals as well as his piano playing. The Carpenters included ""Make It Easy on Yourself"" in a medley of Bacharach/David songs featured on their May 1971 album release ""Carpenters"". The 1972 Johnny Mathis album ""Song Sung Blue"" - produced by Jerry Fuller - featured a version of ""Make It Easy on Yourself""; issued as"
"Blue on Blue (song) ""Blue on Blue"" is a popular song composed by Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Hal David, first recorded by Bobby Vinton in 1963. Vinton's single spent 13 weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 3 on July 6, 1963, while reaching No. 2 on ""Billboard""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Middle-Road Singles chart. Vinton's single was a major hit in many other nations as well. The song was ranked No. 42 on ""Billboard""s end of year ranking ""Top Records of 1963"". The success of ""Blue on Blue"" prompted Vinton to record an entire album of blue-themed songs, also"
"Diane Renay Diane Renay (born July 13, 1945), born Renee Diane Kushner, is an American pop singer, best known for her 1964 hit song, ""Navy Blue"". Renay was born to a Jewish family in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She started singing at an early age and took voice lessons from Artie Singer, a voice teacher who also managed Danny and the Juniors (of ""At the Hop"" fame). Singer encouraged Renay to pursue a recording career. Renay attended Northeast High School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Record producer/songwriter Pete DeAngelis was a frequent customer at the Kushners' family jewelry store, and Renay's parents arranged for"
"Blues"" (live version). The record was nominated in the CMA awards category of Single of the Year by the Country Music Association (CMA) in 1969. ""Daddy Sang Bass"" was Cash's thirty-sixth entry on the pop charts and the last before his ""A Boy Named Sue"" became his first and only top ten hit there. No other act has ever started off a pop career with a longer such drought on the charts that was finally broken. The song appeared originally on the 1969 album ""The Holy Land"", the 1971 ""Johnny Cash: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2"" collection, the 1999 Johnny Cash"
"Boy Blue (Cyndi Lauper song) ""Boy Blue"" is a pop song written by Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Broughton Lunt, and Jeff Bova for Lauper's second album ""True Colors"" (1986). It was released as the album's fourth single in 1987 (see 1987 in music). The single version is a remix (which cuts much of Lauper's more impressive vocal wailing, presumably in effort to make it more commercially accessible). Charting at #71 on the Hot 100, it was Lauper's first solo single that failed to make a real impact on the charts. Proceeds from the sale of the single were donated to AIDS"
"1973. Cafe Manhattan in the film may refer Café Society, where Holiday first sang ""Strange Fruit."" Lady Sings the Blues (film) Lady Sings the Blues is a 1972 American biographical drama film directed by Sidney J. Furie about jazz singer Billie Holiday, loosely based on her 1956 autobiography which, in turn, took its title from one of Holiday's most popular songs. It was produced by Motown Productions for Paramount Pictures. Diana Ross portrayed Holiday, alongside a cast including Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan, and Scatman Crothers. In 1945 New York City, Billie Holiday is arrested on a"
"pop singles chart the same year. ""Someday Sweetheart"" reached #39 on the ""Cash Box"" chart in a 2-week chart run and no. 79 on the ""Record World"" chart. Song in Blue ""Song in Blue"" is a 1955 song co-written by Les Paul and recorded by Les Paul and Mary Ford. The song was released as a single. The song was released as a 7"" vinyl 45 single on Capitol Records, 45-13229, F3015, backed with ""Someday Sweetheart"", in 1955. The song was composed by Les Paul, Monty Ford, and Celia Ryland and was published by the Iris-Trojan Music Corporation in New"
"in 1989 with a remix version of ""Dancin' (On A Saturday Night)"". Throughout 1973-74, Blue appeared on many major TV shows and tours alongside artist such as Queen, Abba and Status Quo. Blue achieved a million seller in 1975 with ""Kiss Me Kiss Your Baby"" recorded by Brotherhood of Man. Two years later (1977) he co-wrote ""Devil's Gun"" a song by C. J. & Company from the album of the same name. The song went to No. 1 for five weeks on the ""Billboard"" disco/dance chart. The single also peaked at No. 36 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and No."
"as a single in 1970) - ""Days of Future Passed"" topped the US album charts on reissue in 1972, then was followed into the album charts by the new studio album ""Seventh Sojourn"". In 1974, the Moody Blues decided to take what ended up being a four-year break from performing and recording. Hayward continued working with Lodge and producer Tony Clarke, using musicians from the Moody Blues' label, Threshold, and sounding very much like the mother group. Together, they had a hit in 1975 with ""Blue Guitar"" (a Hayward recording with the band 10cc) and released an album titled ""Blue"
"as a single. His first UK chart success came with a change of name and record deal with Bell Records in 1973 billed as Barry Blue, and had five hit singles, ""Dancin' (On A Saturday Night)"" (No. 2 1973) (co-written with de Paul), ""Do You Wanna Dance?"" (No. 7 1973), ""School Love"" (No. 11 1974), ""Miss Hit and Run"" (No. 26 1974). His final Top 40 hit in the UK Singles Chart occurred in October 1974, when ""Hot Shot"", another song co-penned with de Paul, climbed to No. 23, and No. 3 in Zimbabwe. Blue returned to the UK charts"
"Wess & Dori Ghezzi for their 1975 album ""Terzo Album"" and was issued as a single. Midnight Blue (Melissa Manchester song) ""Midnight Blue"" is a title of a Top Ten hit single by Melissa Manchester that was taken from her 1975 album ""Melissa"": ""Billboard"" magazine described the song as ""a classically elegant quiet ballad about a pair of longtime lovers putting aside their aggravations until the dawn in order to try making it one more time in memory of all their old times together."" The song had been written by Manchester in 1973 as her first collaboration with Carole Bayer"