"Blue Love" | ||||
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Single by The O'Kanes | ||||
from the album Tired of the Runnin' | ||||
B-side | "Highway 55" | |||
Released | July 1988 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jamie O'Hara, Kieran Kane | |||
Producer(s) | Kieran Kane, Jamie O'Hara | |||
The O'Kanes singles chronology | ||||
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"Blue Love" is a song written and recorded by American country music duo The O'Kanes. It was released in July 1988 as the second single from the album Tired of the Runnin. The song reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]
The O'Kanes was an American country music duo, composed of Jamie O'Hara and Kieran Kane. Active between 1986 and 1990, the duo recorded three albums for Columbia Records and charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, including the Number One "Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You". Kane charted seven singles of his own in the early 1980s, and O'Hara won a Grammy Award for co-writing "Grandpa ", a Number One hit for The Judds. After they disbanded in 1990, both members pursued solo careers, and Kane founded a record label called Dead Reckoning Records.
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Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] | 10 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks [3] | 18 |
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