Blue Blue Day
| "Blue Blue Day" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Songwriter(s) | Don Gibson |
"Blue Blue Day" is a 1958 single written and originally performed by Don Gibson.[1]
Chart performance
[edit]"Blue Blue Day" went to number one for two weeks on the Country & Western Best Seller chart and remained on that chart for a total of six months.[2] The song also was Don Gibson's second of four Top 40 entries, where it peaked at number twenty.[3]
Other versions
[edit]- Wilburn Brothers - version peaked at number 14 on the Billboard charts in 1961.
- Anne Murray - included in her album Country Croonin' (2002)
- Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. - on the album Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. Sing Great Country Favorites (1964)
- Dean Martin - for his album Dean "Tex" Martin: Country Style (1963)
- James Intveld - for his album James Intveld (1995)
- The Kendalls - version peaked at number 69 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1989.[4]
- Val Doonican (1963).[5]
- The Spotnicks recorded a version which reached No. 1 in Norway in 1963.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cover versions of Blue Blue Day written by Don Gibson". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 133.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 255.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs 1944–2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.
- ^ "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- ^ "The Spotnicks - Blue Blue Day". Norwegiancharts.
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