Blue Velvet (song)

For the Shizuka Kudo song, see Blue Velvet (Shizuka Kudo song).
"Blue Velvet"
Single by Tony Bennett
B-side"Solitaire"
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1951
RecordedJuly 17, 1951
StudioColumbia 30th Street, New York City
GenreTraditional pop
Length3:01
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Tony Bennett singles chronology
"Cold, Cold Heart"
(1951) 		"Blue Velvet"
(1951) 		"Here in My Heart"
(1952)
"Blue Velvet"
Single by Bill Farrell
B-side"Be Mine Tonight"
ReleasedSeptember 1951
GenreTraditional pop
Length2:31
LabelMGM
Songwriter(s)
Bill Farrell singles chronology
"Four Twenty A.M. (with The Girlfriends)"
(1950) 		"Blue Velvet"
(1951) 		"Heaven Knows Why"
(1952)
"Blue Velvet"
Single by Arthur Prysock
B-side"The Morningside of the Mountain"
ReleasedSeptember 1951
RecordedJuly 23, 1951
StudioDecca Studios, Pythian Temple, New York City
GenreTraditional pop
Length2:57
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)
Arthur Prysock singles chronology
"Blue Velvet"
(1951) 		"(It's No) Sin"
(1951)

"Blue Velvet" is a popular song written and composed in 1950 by Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris. A top 20 hit for Tony Bennett in its original 1951 version, the song has since been re-recorded many times, with a 1963 version by Bobby Vinton reaching No. 1.