Blue Guitar
1963 single by Richard Chamberlain
"Blue Guitar" | ||||
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Single by Richard Chamberlain | ||||
from the album Twilight of Honor | ||||
B-side | "(They Long to Be) Close to You" | |||
Released | 1963 | |||
Length | 2:51 | |||
Label | MGM | |||
Songwriter(s) | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | |||
Richard Chamberlain singles chronology | ||||
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"Blue Guitar" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. In 1963, Richard Chamberlain released it as the lead single from his album Twilight of Honor. It was a No. 12 hit on the Easy Listening chart and reached No. 42 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]
Background
Chamberlain's single is also notable for its B-side, another Bacharach-David composition entitled "(They Long to Be) Close to You." This is the original version of the song that became a number-one hit for the Carpenters in 1970.
It has been covered by Canadian actor Lorne Greene for his album The Ponderosa.
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 51.
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Richard Chamberlain
- Richard Chamberlain Sings (1962)
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- "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
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