Blue Guitar
"Blue Guitar" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. In 1963, Richard Chamberlain released it as the lead single from his album Twilight of Honor. It was a No. 12 hit on the Easy Listening chart and reached No. 42 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]
| "Blue Guitar" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Richard Chamberlain | ||||
| from the album Twilight of Honor | ||||
| B-side | "(They Long to Be) Close to You" | |||
| Released | 1963 | |||
| Length | 2:51 | |||
| Label | MGM | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | |||
| Richard Chamberlain singles chronology | ||||
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Background
Chamberlain's single is also notable for its B-side, another Bacharach-David composition entitled "(They Long to Be) Close to You." This is the original version of the song that became a number-one hit for the Carpenters in 1970.
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