Blue Blue Day

1958 song by Don Gibson

"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

"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

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

^ "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.