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Blue Guitar

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"Blue Guitar"
Single by Richard Chamberlain
from the album Twilight of Honor
B-side"(They Long to Be) Close to You"
Released1963
Length2:51
LabelMGM
Songwriter(s)Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Richard Chamberlain singles chronology
"I Will Love You"
(1963)
"Blue Guitar"
(1963)
"Rome Will Never Leave You"
(1964)

"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]

Background

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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.

It has been covered by Canadian actor Lorne Greene for his album The Ponderosa.

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 51.