Blue Blue Day Explained

"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 (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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cover versions of Blue Blue Day written by Don Gibson. Secondhandsongs.com. 26 April 2021.
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 133.
3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition . Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 255.
4. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944–2012. Record Research, Inc. 180. 2013. 978-0-89820-203-8.
5. Web site: 45cat.com. 45cat.com. December 30, 2017.
6. Web site: The Spotnicks - Blue Blue Day . Norwegiancharts .