| Blue Guitar | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Richard Chamberlain |
| Album: | Twilight of Honor |
| B-Side: | (They Long to Be) Close to You |
| Released: | 1963 |
| Length: | 2:51 |
| Label: | MGM |
| Prev Title: | I Will Love You |
| Prev Year: | 1963 |
| Next Title: | Rome Will Never Leave You |
| Next Year: | 1964 |
"Blue Guitar" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. In 1963, Richard Chamberlain released it as the lead single from his album Twilight of Honor. It was a No. 12 hit on the Easy Listening chart and reached No. 42 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]
Chamberlain's single is also notable for its B-side, another Bacharach-David composition entitled "(They Long to Be) Close to You." This is the original version of the song that became a number-one hit for the Carpenters in 1970.
It has been covered by Canadian actor Lorne Greene for his album The Ponderosa.