So Blue (De Sylva, Brown and Henderson song)
"So Blue" is a 1927 song written by Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson. The song has been covered by numerous artists and popular recordings in 1927 were by Paul Whiteman (vocal by Austin Young), Vincent Lopez (vocal by Frank Munn) and by Nick Lucas.[1]
Other versions
[edit]- Vera Lynn - on her album Vera Lynn Sings...Songs of the Twenties (1959).[2]
- Peggy Lee, on her album Dream Street (1957)
- John Warren's Strictempo Orchestra 1959,
- The Cambridge Strings
- Phil Tate And His Orchestra 1959
- The Diplomats, in a Vitaphone short[3]
- The Vibrations 1960[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 581. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ^ Roy Liebman Vitaphone Films: A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts - 2003 Page 26 "Magnolia" (DeSylva-Brown-Henderson); "I'm Coming, Virginia" (Heywood-Rob- bins-Engel); "So Blue" (DeSylva-Brown- Henderson) Scene: Curtain drop and bandstand. The Diplomats were paid $1,000.
- ^ Jay Warner -American Singing Groups: A History from 1940 to Today 1992 -- Page 471 "That same year a much-improved harmony group calling themselves the Vibrations surfaced on the tiny Bet label with a haunting version of the Brown/DeSilva/Henderson minor-key ballad "So Blue." Checker Records picked up the master ..."
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
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