Lonely Blue Boy (song)

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"Lonely Blue Boy"
Lonely Blue Boy.song.jpg
Italian release picture sleeve
Single by Conway Twitty
from the album Lonely Blue Boy
B-side "Star Spangled Heaven"
ReleasedDecember 1959 (1959-12)
Genre Rockabilly
Length2:12
Label MGM
Songwriters Ben Weisman, Fred Wise
Conway Twitty singles chronology
"Danny Boy"
(1959)
"Lonely Blue Boy"
(1959)
"What Am I Living For"
(1960)

"Lonely Blue Boy" (originally entitled "Danny" and sung by Elvis Presley) is a song written by Ben Weisman and Fred Wise. The song was earmarked originally for the soundtrack to Presley's 1958 film King Creole . It was recorded but ultimately cut from the film and soundtrack before they were released. Elvis Presley’s original recording was ultimately released twenty years later on the compilation album Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 3 (1978) and was featured on the expanded 1997 re-release of the film's soundtrack album.

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Singer Conway Twitty picked up on the song and recorded it, with a slightly revised title and lyrics, as "Lonely Blue Boy". It reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and #27 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1960. [1] It was featured on his 1960 album Lonely Blue Boy . [2]

The song ranked #38 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1960. [3]

In the United Kingdom, rock and roll singers Cliff Richard (with his backing band the Shadows under their original name, the Drifters) and Marty Wilde each recorded versions with the original “Danny” title and lyrics in 1959 (see below).

Other versions

References

  1. "Conway Twitty, "Lonely Blue Boy" Chart Positions" . Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  2. "Conway Twitty, Lonely Blue Boy". Discogs . 1960. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  3. "Billboard Top 100 - 1960". Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  4. "Cliff Richard and The Drifters, Cliff". Discogs . Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  5. "Marty Wilde, "A Teenager in Love" Single Release". Discogs . May 1959. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  6. "Vince Eager, "Lonely Blue Boy" Single Release". Discogs . 1960. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  7. "Graham Bonnet, Graham Bonnet". Discogs . 1977. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 42. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  9. "Billy Hancock with The Tennessee Rockets, "Redskin Rock 'N Roll" Single Release" . Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  10. "Shakin' Stevens, Marie Marie". Discogs . 17 October 1980. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  11. "The Spiders, Rock & Roll Renaissance". AllMusic . Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  12. "Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Blood & Chocolate". Discogs . Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  13. "Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, Double Bill". Discogs . Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  14. "The Beat Farmers, Live at the Spring Valley Inn, 1983". Discogs . Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  15. "Dale Watson, Under the Influence". AllMusic . Retrieved February 22, 2019.