Baby Blue (The Echoes song)

"Baby Blue"
Single by The Echoes
B-side"Boomerang"
Released1961
GenrePop[1]
doo-wop[1]
Length2:23
LabelSeg-Way
Songwriter(s)Sam Guilino & Valerien Lagueux[2]
The Echoes singles chronology
"Baby Blue"
(1961) 		"Sad Eyes (Don't You Cry)"
(1961)

"Baby Blue" is a song released in 1961 by The Echoes. It was written by Long Island assistant high school principal Sam Guilino and music teacher Val Lagueux.[3] The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart peaking at No. 12,[4] while reaching No. 8 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.[5] The song is noted for the Echoes spelling out the name of "Baby Blue" as "B B A B Y, B B L U E".

"Baby Blue" was ranked No. 66 on Billboard's end of year "Hot 100 for 1961 - Top Sides of the Year".[6]

The Echoes released a yuletide version of the song as "Merry Christmas, Baby Blue", in 1961, complete with sleigh bells, and an electronic keyboard that impersonates the festive sounds of Christmas chimes. It ends with a whisper of the title song.

  1. ^ a b Hoffmann, Frank (2004). Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound, Routledge. p. 654. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  2. ^ Lonergan, David F. (2005). Hit Records, 1950-1975, Scarecrow Press. p. 11. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  3. ^ Jancik, Wayne (1998) The Billboard Book of One Hit Wonders. p. 112.
  4. ^ Hot 100 - The Echoes Baby Blue Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  5. ^ "1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts: Chart No. 207". CHUM. April 13, 1961. Archived from the original on 2006-02-28. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  6. ^ "Chart Toppers", Billboard, December 25, 1961. p. 10. Retrieved February 13, 2018.