Indescribably Blue Explained

Indescribably Blue
Cover:Elvis_Presley_Indescribably_Blue_PS.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Elvis Presley
B-Side:Fools Fall in Love
Released:January 10, 1967
Recorded:June 10, 1966
Studio:RCA Studio B, Nashville
Genre:Pop
Label:RCA Victor
Prev Title:If Every Day Was Like Christmas
Prev Year:1966
Title2:Fools Fall in Love
Next Title:You Gotta Stop
Next Title2:The Love Machine
Next Year:1967

"Indescribably Blue" is a song written by Darrell Glenn and recorded by Elvis Presley on June 10, 1966.[1] It was released by RCA Records as a single on January 10, 1967, backed with "Fools Fall in Love".[1] The song peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on February 24, 1967.[2]

Jerry Schilling, a member of Presley's entourage, described "Indescribably Blue" as "an intense, emotional, vocally demanding ballad."[3] Biographer Peter Guralnick described the song as "a pretty, somewhat insipid ballad."[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indescribably Blue. Elvis The Music.
  2. Elvis Presley Chart History. Billboard.
  3. Book: Schilling . Jerry . Crisafulli . Chris . Me and a Guy Named Elvis: My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley . 2006 . Gotham Books . New York . 9781592403059 . 146 .
  4. Book: Guralnick . Peter . Peter Guralnick . Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley . 2012 . Little, Brown . New York . 9780316206723 .