Blue (Bill Mack song)

"Blue"
Single by Bill Mack
B-side"Faded Rose"[1][2][3]
ReleasedMay 1958[1][2][4]
Recorded1956[5]
Nesman Recording Studios in Wichita Falls, Texas[5]
GenreCountry
Length2:28
LabelStarday
Songwriter(s)Bill Mack
Bill Mack singles chronology
"Million Miles Away" / "Cheatin' On Your Mind"
(1957) 		"Blue"
(1958) 		"Long, Long Train" / "I'll Still Be Here Tomorrow"
(1959)

"Blue" is a song released in 1958 by Bill Mack, an American songwriter-country artist and country radio disc jockey. It has since been covered by several artists, in particular by country singer LeAnn Rimes, whose 1996 version became a hit. The song won Mack the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Country Song,[6] a 1996 Academy of Country Music Award for Song of the Year,[7] a 1997 Country Music Association Awards nomination for Song of the Year,[8] a 1997 Country Radio Music Awards nomination for Song of the Year,[9] and is included on the CMT list of the top 100 country songs of all time.[10] Rimes' rendition won the 1996 Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

  1. ^ a b "Blue"/"Faded Rose" (1958), catalog 45-360, Starday Records. globaldogproductions.info
  2. ^ a b Neely, Tim and Martin Popoff (28 July 2009). Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records. Krause Publications. p. 427. ISBN 9780896899582.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Gibson, Nathan D. and Don Pierce (2011). The Starday Story: The House That Country Music Built. University Press of Mississippi. p. 185. ISBN 978-1-60473-830-8.
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  6. ^ "1996 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  7. ^ "ACM Awards - Past Winners: 1996 Song of the Year". CMT. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  8. ^ "31st Annual CMA Awards". CMT. September 24, 1997. Archived from the original on October 21, 2008.
  9. ^ "Entertainment Radio Networks Announces Nominees for Fourth Annual Country Radio Music Awards and Legend Award Winner Tom T. Hall". PRNewswire. February 10, 1997. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  10. ^ "TOP 100 COUNTRY SONGS of-all-time by CMT". CMT. Archived from the original on April 12, 2004. Retrieved 9 February 2012.