"Lonely Blue Boy" (originally entitled "Danny" and sung by

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) is a song written by

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and Fred Wise and performed by

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. It reached #6 on the U.S. pop chart and #27 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1960. It was featured on his 1960 album ''

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''. The song ranked #38 on ''Billboard'' magazine's Top 100 singles of 1960.

Other versions

* Cliff Richard and The Drifters featuring the

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released a version of the song as "Danny" on their 1959 album ''

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''. *

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released a version of the song as "Danny" on the

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to his 1959 single "

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". *

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released a version of the song as a single in 1960 in

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, but it did not chart. *

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released a version of the song as "Danny" on his 1977 album ''Graham Bonnet''. The song peaked at number 79 in Australia. * Billy Hancock with The Tennessee Rockets released a version of the song as the B-side to their 1980 single "Redskin Rock 'N Roll". *

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released a version of the song on his 1980 album ''

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''. * The Spiders released a version of the song on their 1998 album ''Rock & Roll Renaissance''. *

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released a version of the song on the 2002 re-release of the album ''

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''. *

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released a version of the song on their 2001 album ''Double Bill''. *

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released a version of the song on their 2003 live album ''Live at the Spring Valley Inn, 1983''. *

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released a version of the song on his 2016 album ''Under the Influence''.

In popular culture

sang the original version of the song titled "Danny". It was intended to be in the 1958 film ''

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'' but was cut from the final release. It was featured on the 1997 re-release of the film's

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. *Twitty's version was featured in the 2002 film ''

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'' and featured on the film's

References

1958 songs 1959 singles 1960 singles Songs with music by Ben Weisman Songs with lyrics by Fred Wise (songwriter) Conway Twitty songs Cliff Richard songs Shakin' Stevens songs Elvis Costello songs Elvis Presley songs Song recordings produced by Pip Williams Song recordings produced by Nick Lowe MGM Records singles {{1950s-single-stub