"Song in Blue" is a 1955 song co-written by

Les Paul Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar, and his prototype ...

and recorded by Les Paul and

Mary Ford Mary Ford (born Iris Colleen Summers; July 7, 1924 – September 30, 1977) was an American vocalist and guitarist, comprising half of the husband-and-wife musical team Les Paul and Mary Ford. Between 1950 and 1954, the couple had 16 top-ten hi ...

. The song was released as a single.

Background

The song was released as a 7" vinyl 45 single on

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, 45-13229, F3015, backed with "Someday Sweetheart", in 1955. The song was composed by Les Paul, Monty Ford, and Celia Ryland and was published by the Iris-Trojan Music Corporation in New York. The single reached #17 on the ''

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'' singles chart in January, 1955 during an 8-week chart run. The single reached no. 71 on the ''

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'' pop singles chart the same year. "Someday Sweetheart" reached no. 39 on the ''Cash Box'' chart in a two-week chart run and no. 79 on the ''Record World'' chart.

References

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Sources

*Jacobson, Bob. ''Les Paul: Guitar Wizard''. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2012. *Shaughnessy, Mary Alice. ''Les Paul: An American Original''. New York: W. Morrow, 1993. *Wyckoff, Edwin Brit. ''Electric Guitar Man: The Genius of Les Paul. Genius at Work!'' Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 2008.

External links

1955 recording of "Song in Blue" by Les Paul and Mary Ford. archive.org.
Les Paul songs Mary Ford songs 1955 songs 1955 singles Capitol Records singles Songs written by Les Paul