Lady Blue (song)

"Lady Blue"
Single by Leon Russell
from the album Will O' the Wisp
B-side"Laying Right Here in Heaven"
ReleasedJanuary 1, 1975
GenreBlue-eyed soul[1]
Length3:31
LabelShelter
Songwriter(s)Leon Russell
Producer(s)Denny Cordell
Leon Russell
Leon Russell singles chronology
"If I Were a Carpenter"
(1974) 		"Lady Blue"
(1975) 		"Back to the Island"
(1976)

"Lady Blue" is the 1975 hit love song by singer–songwriter Leon Russell. It was a track on his LP album, Will O' the Wisp.

The song reached number 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on November 1, 1975.[2][3][4]

The song featured a saxophone solo in the instrumental section.

The first live play of the song in a concert was by George Benson on September 30, 1977, at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California. His studio version reached #39 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1978. Edgar Winter and Leon Russell performed Lady Blue live on July 28, 1987, at Hunts in Burlington, Vermont.[5][6]

  1. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Color Blind: Blue-eyed Soul". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 43. ISBN 031214704X.
  2. ^ Lady Blue - Leon Russell | Song Info | AllMusic, retrieved 2020-11-29
  3. ^ "US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 1st November, 1975". Top40Weekly.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  4. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  5. ^ "Lady Blue by Leon Russell Song Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  6. ^ "Leon Russell | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame". www.rockhall.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.