Singing the Blues (disambiguation)

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Singing the Blues (also Singin' the Blues) is a 1956 song written by Melvin Endsley and recorded by Marty Robbins.

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Singin' the Blues (1948), an animated sing-along film that is part of Sing and Be Happy (series)

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