Blue Guitar

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"Blue Guitar"
Single by Richard Chamberlain
from the album Twilight of Honor
B-side "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
Released1963
Length2:51
Label MGM
Songwriter(s) Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Richard Chamberlain singles chronology
"I Will Love You"
(1963)		"Blue Guitar"
(1963)		"Rome Will Never Leave You"
(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, No. 42 on the Billboard Hot 100, [1] and No. 30 in Canada. [2] [3]

Background

The B-side of Chamberlain's single is the first recording of the Bacharach-David composition "(They Long to Be) Close to You." The song later became a number-one hit for the Carpenters in 1970.

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1991). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990. Record Research Inc. p. 116. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 51.
  3. ↑ "CHUM Hit Parade − November 4, 1963".



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