Navy Blue (album)

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Navy Blue
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Studio album by
Released1964
Genre Pop
Length37:19
Label Collectables
Producer Bob Crewe
Singles from Navy Blue
  1. "Navy Blue"
    Released: 1964
  2. "Kiss Me Sailor"
    Released: 1964

"Navy Blue" is the only studio album by American performer Diane Renay, [1] released in 1964. [2] It included two Top 40 hits, "Navy Blue" and "Kiss Me Sailor." [2] [3]

Contents

Release

The album was released in 1964 following the worldwide success of "Navy Blue." [4] It reached number 54 on the Billboard Top LPs chart (now called The Billboard Hot 200), spending 11 weeks on the chart. [3]

Both of the album's singles were featured on the girl-group anthology "Growin' Up Too Fast." [5]

Critical reception

The album is retrospectively regarded as a girl-pop classic.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Kiss Me Sailor" Eddie Rambeau 2:48
2."Soft-Spoken Guy"
2:48
3."Please Forget Me"Bob Crewe3:15
4."Hello Heartaches"
2:51
5."Man of Mystery"
2:29
6."Navy Blue"
2:28
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bell Bottom Trousers" Moe Jaffe 2:56
2."Soldier Boy"2:51
3."A Present from Eddie"
  • Eddie Rambeau
  • Bob Crewe
2:59
4."Sooner or Later"Bob Crewe2:01
5."He Promised Me Forevermore"2:23
6."Unbelievable Guy"
2:45
Chart (1964)Peak
position
US Top LPs [3] 54

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