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Barry Blue

{{short description|English singer, producer and songwriter (born 1950)}}

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{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Barry Blue

| image = Barry Blue - Popzien 1973 1 (cropped).png

| image_size = 250

| caption = Barry Blue on the Dutch television programme 'Popzien', 8 June 1973

| birth_name = Barry Ian Green

| alias =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|12|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = London, England

| death_date =

| death_place =

| instrument = Vocalist

| origin =

| genre = Pop, glam rock

| occupation = Singer-songwriter, record producer

| years_active =

| label = Bell Records, Decca, Private Stock, Jet, Bruton Music

| associated_acts = Bee Gees, Lynsey de Paul, Heatwave, Lydia Canaan, Bananarama, Toto Coelo, Cheryl Lynn, Brotherhood of Man, Toto Coelo, Five Star, Dina Carroll, Andrea Bocelli, Diana Ross, Celine Dion, The Saturdays, Pixie Lott, C.J. & Company

| website = https://BarryBlue.co.uk

}}

Barry Blue (born Barry Ian Green; 4 December 1950){{cite book | last=Larkin | first=Colin | title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | publisher=MUZE | issue=v. 1 | year=2006 | isbn=978-0-19-531373-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IwkKAQAAMAAJ | access-date=26 June 2022 | page=704}}{{Cite web|author=Barry Blue|url=http://www.AllMusic.com/artist/barry-blue-mn0000117771|title=Barry Blue – music biography, credits and discography|website=AllMusic.com|publisher=AllMusic|date=4 December 1950|access-date=7 January 2013}} is an English singer, producer, and songwriter. As an artist, he is best known for his hit songs "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" and "Do You Wanna Dance" (both 1973).

Blue has also been a prolific songwriter and producer for many artists and has had over forty worldwide hits, including those by Andrea Bocelli, Diana Ross, Celine Dion, The Saturdays, The Wanted, and Pixie Lott. In film and television, Blue has provided soundtracks and/or themes for productions including Eyes of Laura Mars, The Long Good Friday, and Escape to Athena.

Early days

At the age of 13, Blue (born Barry Ian Green) made his first television appearance with his school band, the Dark Knights, performing on Stubby Kaye's Silver Star Show, a weekly children's talent show hosted by Kaye via Granada TV. By the age of 14, Blue had signed with record producer Norrie Paramor, whose assistant was Tim Rice; the producer of Blue's first song "Rainmaker Girl",{{Cite web|url=https://www.Discogs.com/Gene-Pitney-Run-Run-Roadrunner/release/1722810|title=Gene Pitney – Run Run Roadrunner (vinyl)|website=Discogs.com|date=1971 |access-date=7 January 2013}} which became a hit for Gene Pitney in the United States. Later, he became a bassist in the line-up of Spice; the band featured Mick Box and David Byron, and was the precursor to the heavy rock band Uriah Heep. He followed this in 1966 with a two-year period in A&R at the Bee Gees' publishing company Abigail Music, under the direction of their manager Robert Stigwood.{{cn|date=April 2023}}

In 1970, Blue signed as a songwriter to ATV-Kirshner located in Bruton Street, London, where he joined a group of professional songwriters that included Lynsey de Paul and Ron Roker. One of their earliest songs was "Sugarloaf Hill",{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/tr7870|title=Del Davis – Sugarloaf Hill|website=45cat.com|access-date=10 April 2018}} recorded by the reggae artist Del Davis. Other early career notable songs co-written by Blue and de Paul include "Tip of My Tongue" for the British group Brotherly Love,{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicvf.com/Brotherly+Love.art|title=Brotherly Love songs ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts|website=MusicVF.com|access-date=10 April 2018}} as well as female vocal trio Ellie, and "House of Cards" recorded by a number of artists including John Christie, Australian artist Rob Guest, and the D.J. Tony Blackburn. Another from this period included "Crossword Puzzle", also co-written with de Paul, and which led to an appearance on Top of the Pops for Irish singer Dana. At the time, he was still using his real surname of Green.{{Cite web|url=https://www.Discogs.com/Lynsey-De-Paul-Sugar-Me-Storm-In-A-Teacup/release/1885598|title=Lynsey De Paul – Sugar Me (vinyl)|website=Discogs.com|date=1972 |access-date=7 January 2013}}

Blue wrote his first UK Singles Chart hit back in 1972 with de Paul, titled "Sugar Me". The song was originally written for Peter Noone, but de Paul's boyfriend at the time, Dudley Moore, suggested that she should take a demo version to manager Gordon Mills, who told her she should record it herself. The song also charted in the Netherlands, Spain, and Belgium. "Sugar Me" was also covered in the US by Nancy Sinatra{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6483586-Nancy-Sinatra-Sugar-Me|title=Nancy Sinatra – Sugar Me (1973, Vinyl)|website=Discogs.com|date=1973 |access-date=9 May 2024}} and Claudine Longet.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/613447-Claudine-Longet-The-Very-Best-Of-Claudine-Longet|title=Claudine Longet – The Very Best Of Claudine Longet (2000, CD)|website=Discogs.com|date=9 May 2000 |access-date=9 May 2024}}

Career

He released his first record in June 1971, under his real name of Barry Green, on the Ember label titled "Together", written by Jean-Pierre Mirouze,{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/jbs713|title=Barry Green – Together|website=45cat.com|access-date=10 April 2018}} taken from the French film Le mariage collectif.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215633/|title=Collective Marriage|date=9 June 1971|access-date=10 April 2018|website=IMDb.com}} He signed to Decca Records and released four singles between 1971 and 1974, including "Papa Do".{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/artist/barry-green/uk|title=Barry Green discography – UK|website=45cat.com|access-date=10 April 2018}} In a 2020 interview, he revealed that he decided to adopt Blue as a stage name after speaking with a record company employee who told him that green is considered an unlucky colour by circus performers, and because all the three singles released as Barry Green had been "quite unsuccessful", he eventually decided to be known as Barry Blue instead.{{Cite web |last=Pingitore |first=Silvia |date=2020-08-17 |title=From Dancin' on a Saturday Night in 1973 to writing songs for Michael Jackson in the 1980s: interview with Barry Blue |url=https://the-shortlisted.co.uk/barry-blue-interview/ |access-date=2021-07-23 |website=the-shortlisted.co.uk |language=en-GB}}

His first UK chart success as a performer came with the change of name, and a record deal with Bell Records in 1973. He had five hit singles, "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" (no. 2, 1973; co-written with de Paul), "Do You Wanna Dance?" (no. 7, 1973), "School Love" (no. 11, 1974), and "Miss Hit and Run" (no. 26, 1974),{{Cite web|url=https://www.Discogs.com/Barry-Blue-School-Love/release/3027888|title=Barry Blue – School Love (vinyl)|website=Discogs.com|date=1974 |access-date=7 January 2013}} followed by his final Top 40 hit in the UK Singles Chart in October 1974, "Hot Shot" (co-written with de Paul), which climbed to no. 23 in the UK{{Cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=65}} and reached no. 3 in Zimbabwe.{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/bell1345&rc=644061#644061|title=Barry Blue - School Love / Hi-Cool Woman - Bell - UK - BELL 1345|website=45cat.com|date=31 May 1975|access-date=10 April 2017}} Blue returned to the UK charts in 1989 with a remixed version of "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)".{{Cite web|url=http://www.MusicVF.com/song.php?title=Dancin'+on+a+Saturday+Night+by+Barry+Blue&id=73440|title=Dancin' on a Saturday Night (song by Barry Blue) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts|website=MusicVF.com|access-date=10 April 2018}} Throughout 1973–74, Blue appeared on many major TV shows and tours alongside artists such as Queen, ABBA, and Status Quo.

Blue achieved a million seller in 1975 with "Kiss Me Kiss Your Baby", recorded by Brotherhood of Man. Two years later, in 1977, he co-wrote "Devil's Gun", a song by C. J. & Company from the album of the same name. The song was no. 1 on the Billboard disco/dance chart for five weeks. The single also peaked at no. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, and no. 2 on the R&B chart.[2] Written by Blue, Ron Roker, and Gerry Shury, and produced by Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey, the song is notable for being the first record played at the opening of Studio 54 on 26 April 1977 by DJ Richie Kaczor.[3] The instrumental portions of "Devil's Gun" were featured prominently in the international version of the film Crocodile. It also featured in the film The Real Bruce Lee. In 2016, the song was included in The Get Down soundtrack, and the following year it was featured in the film Borg vs McEnroe.

One of his major production successes was the multi-racial, Anglo-US funk/soul band Heatwave, who enjoyed hits in the UK and US with "Boogie Nights", "Always and Forever", "Mind Blowing Decisions", and "The Groove Line".{{Cite web|url=https://www.Discogs.com/Heatwave-Boogie-Nights/release/721779|title=Heatwave – Boogie Nights (vinyl)|website=Discogs.com|date=1976 |access-date=7 January 2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.Discogs.com/Heatwave-Alwayz-And-Forever-Mind-Blowing-Decisions/release/479278|title=Heatwave – Always And Forever / Mind Blowing Decisions (vinyl)|website=Discogs.com|date=1977 |access-date=7 January 2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.Discogs.com/Heatwave-The-Groove-Line/release/2274974|title=Heatwave – The Groove Line (vinyl)|website=Discogs.com |date=1977 |access-date=7 January 2013}} Other funk songs produced by Blue include "Funk Theory"{{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/funk-theory/|title=Funk theory – full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}} by Rokotto,{{Cite web|url=https://www.Discogs.com/artist/219821-Rokotto|title=Rokotto|website=Discogs.com|access-date=10 April 2018}} which reached no. 49 in 1978, "Somebody Help Me Out"{{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/artist/18790/beggar-and-co/|title=Beggar & Co – full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}} by Beggar and Co, which reached no. 15 in the UK in 1981, and "Say Yeah"{{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/say-yeah/|title=Say yeah – full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}} by The Limit, which peaked at no. 17 on the UK Singles Chart and no. 7 on the U.S. Billboard Dance/Club Play chart in 1985. In 1989, under the artist name Cry Sisco!,{{Cite web|url=https://www.Discogs.com/artist/28083-Cry-Sisco!|title=Cry Sisco!|website=Discogs.com|access-date=10 April 2018}} Blue had another minor hit with a song called "Afro Dizzi Act", which reached no. 42 on the UK Singles Chart.{{Cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=129}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.Discogs.com/Cry-Sisco-Afro-Dizzi-Act/release/1408548|title=Cry Sisco! – Afro Dizzi Act (vinyl)|website=Discogs.com|date=1988 |access-date=7 January 2013}}

=Selected songs for other artists=

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!song title!!artist!!year!!songwriter!!producer!!album (a) / single (s)

"I Hope and I Pray"Alvin Stardust & Sheila Walsh1986Brenner, Lippell, MossBarry Blue(s) see title
"E Sara' A Settembre (Someone like You)"Andrea Bocelli2001B. Blue, A. Salerno, R. Smith(a) Cieli di Toscana
"Old Flame Burnin'"Andy Gillin1989B. Blue, J. CavanaghUno Hoo(s) see title
"We All Work Out"Beggar and Co1982Jonathan PerkinsBarry Blue(s) see title
"Trop jeune à dix-sept ans"Celine Dion1984Barry Blue, P. GreedusEddy Marnay Rudi Pascal(a) Les oiseaux du bonheur
"Who"Diana Ross1982Barry Blue, Rod BowkettDiana Ross, Michael Jackson(a) Silk Electric
"Escaping"Margaret Urlich1989Barry Blue, Robyn SmithNigel Lowis(a) Only Human
"What a Bitch Is Love"Marcia Hines1982Paul Greedus, Barry BlueDave MacKay(s) see title
"Love the Way You Love Me"Marti Caine1981Blue, GreedusBlueytunes Productions(a) Point of View
"The Little Things"Matt Monro1976Blue, WorthJohn Burgess(s) see title
"Tremblin'"Mel Smith1986Barry Blue, Paul GreedusPete Wingfield(s) see title
"No Time to Be Hurt"Pixie Lott2009Barry Blue, Pixie LottBarry Blue(a) Turn It Up (unreleased)
"Just a Disillusion"Sandie Shaw1976W. & M. J. P. VermuelemBarry Blue(s) see title
"Flashback"The Saturdays2010The SaturdaysBarry Blue(s) Ego
"Radiator Rock"The Sting-rays1982Paul Greedus, Barry BluePaul Greedus(s) see title
"Replace Your Heart"The Wanted2010Cathy Dennis, Kasia LivingstonBarry Blue, Greg Kurstin(a) The Wanted
"Don't You Remember When"Vera Lynn1976De Paul, BlueDe Paul(s) see title
"Travelin' On"Acker Bilk & Paramount Jazz Band1972Blik, Green, MaziTerry Brown(a) Acker Pie
"Je compte jusqu'à toi"Patricia Kaas1997Barry Blue, Robyn Smith, ZazieJefferey (C.J.) Vanston(a) Dans ma chair
"Love in Me"Danni Minogue2009Blue, Mallozzi, SabiuRapino Bros(a) The 1995 Sessions
"New York Moon"Louise1997Barry Blue, Robyn SmithSteve Levine(a) Woman in Me
"Love Bomb"Cheryl Lynn1980De Paul, B. BlueBarry Blue(s) see title

=Chart hits as a songwriter=

  • "Sugar Me" for Lynsey de Paul (1972) – a worldwide million seller
  • "Tip of My Tongue" for Brotherly Love (1973)
  • "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" for Barry Blue (1973){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/dancing-on-a-saturday-night/|title=Official UK Charts|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Do You Wanna Dance" for Barry Blue (1973){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/do-you-wanna-dance_qum_/|title=Official UK Charts|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "School Love" for Barry Blue (1974){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/school-love/|title=Official UK Charts|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Miss Hit and Run" for Barry Blue (1974){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/miss-hit-and-run/|title=Official UK Charts|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Hot Shot" for Barry Blue (1974){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/hot-shot/|title=Official UK Charts|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Ooh I Do" for Lynsey de Paul (1974){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/ooh-i-do/|title=Ooh I Do – full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" for Flash Cadillac & Continental Kids (1974){{Cite web|url=http://www.MusicVF.com/song.php?title=Dancin%27+%28On+a+Saturday+Night%29+by+Flash+Cadillac+%26+the+Continental+Kids&id=15695|title=USA Music VF Chart|website=MusicVF.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Kiss Me Kiss Your Baby" for Brotherhood of Man (a European million seller) (1975){{Cite web|url=https://www.Discogs.com/Brotherhood-Of-Man-Kiss-Me-Kiss-Your-Baby-Put-Out-Your-Fire/release/1062273|title=Brotherhood of Man – Kiss Me, Kiss Your Baby (vinyl)|website=Discogs.com|date=1975 |access-date=7 January 2013}}
  • "Devil's Gun" for C. J. & Company (1977){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/devil%27s-gun/|title=devil's gun – full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Funk Theory" for Rokotto (1978){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/funk-theory/|title=Official UK Charts|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "One More Minute" for Saint Tropez (USA chart hit, plus no. 9 Dance chart) (1979){{Cite web|url=http://www.MusicVF.com/song.php?title=One+More+Minute+by+Saint+Tropez&id=36346|title=One More Minute (song by Saint Tropez) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts|website=MusicVF.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "And I Wish" for The Dooleys (1979){{Cite web|url=http://www.MusicVF.com/song.php?title=And+I+Wish+by+The+Dooleys&id=73369|title=And I Wish (song by The Dooleys) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts|website=MusicVF.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "I Eat Cannibals" for Toto Coelo (1982){{Cite web|url=https://www.Discogs.com/Total-Coelo-I-Eat-Cannibals/release/597475|title=Total Coelo – I Eat Cannibals (vinyl)|website=Discogs.com|date=1983 |access-date=7 January 2013}}
  • "Dracula's Tango (Sucker for Your Love)" for Toto Coelo (1982){{Cite web|url=http://www.MusicVF.com/song.php?title=Dracula's+Tango+(Sucker+for+Your+Love)/Mucho+Macho+by+Toto+Coelo&id=75423|title=Dracula's Tango (Sucker for Your Love)/Mucho Macho (song by Toto Coelo) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts|website=MusicVF.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "All Fall Down" for Five Star (1985){{Cite web|url=https://www.Discogs.com/Five-Star-All-Fall-Down/release/1412966|title=Five Star – All Fall Down (vinyl)|website=Discogs.com |date=1985 |access-date=7 January 2013}}
  • "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" (reissue) for Barry Blue (1989){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/dancin'-on-a-saturday-night/|title=Official UK Charts|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Escaping" for Asia Blue (1992){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/escaping/|title=Official UK Charts|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Escaping" for Margaret Urlich (1989)
  • "Escaping" for Dina Carroll (1996){{Cite web|url=https://www.Discogs.com/Dina-Carroll-Escaping/release/1873323|title=Dina Carroll – Escaping (CD)|website=Discogs.com|date=1996 |access-date=7 January 2013}}
  • "Je Compte Jusqu'à Toi" for Patricia Kaas (1997){{Cite web|url=http://www.ChartsInFrance.net/Patricia-Kaas/charts.html|title=French Charts|website=ChartsInFrance.net|access-date=10 April 2018}}

=Chart hits as a producer=

  • "Fairytale" for Dana (1976){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/fairy-tale/|title=Fairy tale – full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Boogie Nights" for Heatwave (1977){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/boogie-nights/|title=Boogie nights – full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Have I the Right" for Dead End Kids (1977){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/have-i-the-right/|title=Have I the Right – full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Too Hot to Handle" / "Slip Your Disc to This" for Heatwave (1977){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/too-hot-to-handle_slash_slip-your-disc-to-this/|title=Too Hot to Handle / Slip your disc to this – full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "The Groove Line" for Heatwave (1977){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/the-groove-line/|title=The Groove Line – full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Mind Blowing Decisions" for Heatwave (1978){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/mind-blowing-decisions/|title=Mind Blowing Decisions – full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Always and Forever" for Heatwave (1978){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/always-and-forever_slash_mind-blowing-decisions/|title=Always and Forever / Mind Blowing Decisions – full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Something's Cooking in the Kitchen" for Dana (1979){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/something%27s-cookin%27-in-the-kitchen/|title=Something's Cookin' in the Kitchen – full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "I've Got Faith in You" for Cheryl Lynn (USA R&B hit) (1980){{Cite web|url=http://www.MusicVF.com/song.php?title=I've+Got+Faith+in+You+by+Cheryl+Lynn&id=133838|title=I've Got Faith in You (song by Cheryl Lynn) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts|website=MusicVF.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "(Somebody) Help Me Out" for Beggar and Co (1981){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/(somebody)%20help%20me%20out/|title=UK Official Charts|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Cheers Then" for Bananarama (1982){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/cheers-then/|title=Cheers Then – full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Say Yeah" for Limit (ft. Gwen Guthrie) (1985){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/artist/22216/limit/|title=Official UK Charts|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Mony Mony" for Amazulu (1987){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/search/singles/mony-mony/|title=Mony Mony – full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • "Afro Dizzi Act" for Cry Sisco! (1989){{Cite web|url=http://www.OfficialCharts.com/artist/25618/cry-sisco!/|title=Cry Sisco! – full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}

=Film, television and advertising=

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Blue has provided soundtracks and/or themes for various productions:

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!TV themes / songs!!film themes / songs

The Golden Shot

Alexander the Greatest

Shirley's World

Lift Off

Billy Liar

Come Midnight Monday

Praying Mantis

Puhd Aineet

Dia Spot Autogrip

Oppenheimer

Faszinationen

Sharp Intake of Breath

Sex in the City

Breaking Bad

The Getdown

Path to 911

Only Fools and Horses

Coronation Street

The Benny Hill Show

Eastenders

|Escape to Athena

Eyes of Laura Mars

The Long Good Friday

The Boy Who Won the Pools

Chico and the Man

Felicity

Ishikawa Hiduni

Kids World

The Sweeney

Girls, Girls, Girls

Mackenzie Appointed

Mompti

Side by Side

The Get Down

The Real Bruce Lee

Crocodile

Borg vs. McEnroe

Anita & Me

Top Boy

Money Heist

British Airways

Walls

Honda

Ford

Fabreze

B & Q

Airbus Industries

Camelot

McDonald's

Paramount Pictures

Wella

Discography

=Albums=

==Studio albums==

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! scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Title

! scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Album details

scope="row" |Barry Blue

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  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Bell
  • Formats: LP, MC
scope="row" |Hot Shots

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  • Released: October 1974
  • Label: Bell
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
scope="row" |Rock 'n' Roll (with Miki Antony and Dave Rowberry)

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  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Regency
  • Formats: LP
scope="row" |Disco Happening (with Miki Antony and Tom Parker)

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scope="row" |Songs from the Heart Book

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==Compilation albums==

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! scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Title

! scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Album details

scope="row" |Dancin' on a Saturday Night

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scope="row" |Dancin' on a Saturday Night – The Best of Barry Blue

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  • Released: July 1977
  • Label: Pickwick
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
scope="row" |The Best of & The Rest Of

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  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Action Replay
  • Formats: CD
scope="row" |Dancin' on a Saturday Night – The Very Best of Barry Blue

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  • Released: May 1993
  • Label: Music Club
  • Formats: CD, MC
scope="row" |Greatest Hits

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  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Hallmark
  • Formats: CD
scope="row" |Greatest Hits

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  • Released: February 1999
  • Label: Repertoire
  • Formats: CD
scope="row" |The Singles Collection

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  • Released: December 2002
  • Label: 7T's
  • Formats: CD
scope="row" |Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)... Best Of

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scope="row" |The Very Best of Barry Blue

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scope="row" |Out of the Blue – 50 Years of Discovery

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  • Released: 28 May 2021
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 4xCD, digital download

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scope="row" |Boy in the Moon

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  • Released: 24 May 2019
  • Label: Favoured Nations
  • Formats: CD, digital download

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! colspan="10" |Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | UK
{{Cite web |title=BARRY BLUE {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14868/barry-blue/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Officialcharts.com}}

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | AUS
{{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |publisher=Australian Chart Book |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |edition=illustrated |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |page= |author-link=David Kent (historian)}}

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | AUT
{{Cite web |title=Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal |url=https://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=barry%20blue&cat=s |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=austriancharts.at}}

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | BE (FL)
{{Cite web |title=ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?cat=s&search=barry+blue |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Ultratop.be}}

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | BE (WA)
{{Cite web |title=ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/search.asp?cat=s&search=barry+blue |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Ultratop.be}}

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | GER
{{Cite web |title=Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Offiziellecharts.de}}

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | IRE
{{Cite web |title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know |url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=irishcharts.ie}}

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | NL
{{Cite web |title=Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=barry%20blue&cat=s |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=dutchcharts.nl}}

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | SPA
{{cite book |last=Salaverri |first=Fernando |title=Sólo éxitos 1959–2012 |date=2015 |publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE |isbn=978-84-8048-866-2 |edition=1st |location=Spain}}

! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | ZIM
Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: Singles Chart Book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000

scope="row" |"Together" (as Barry Green; from the film Collective Marriage)

| rowspan="3" |1971

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scope="row" |"I Wanna Join the Cavalry" (as Barry Green)

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scope="row" |"Alexander the Greatest" (as Barry Green)

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scope="row" |"Papa Do" (as Barry Green)

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scope="row" |"Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)"

| rowspan="3" |1973

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scope="row" |"Shake-a-Tail" (as Big Wheel)

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scope="row" |"Do You Wanna Dance?"

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|38

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scope="row" |"School Love"

| rowspan="3" |1974

|11

|31

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scope="row" |"Miss Hit and Run"

|26

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scope="row" |"Hot Shot"

|23

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scope="row" |"You Make Me Happy (When I'm Blue)"

| rowspan="4" |1975

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scope="row" |"If I Show You I Can Dance"

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scope="row" |"Devil's Gun" (Germany-only release)

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scope="row" |"Happy Christmas to You from Me" (with Lynsey de Paul)

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scope="row" |"Tough Kids"

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scope="row" |"Billy"

| rowspan="2" |1977

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scope="row" |"A Lover Lovin' You"

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scope="row" |"Dancin' (on a Saturday Night) '89"

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Honours, awards, and achievements

  • 1965: Silver Star (Stubby Kaye’s talent show)
  • 1973: Carl Allan Award – Record of The Year (Dancing’ On A Saturday Night)
  • 1977: 6 BMI / ASCAP Awards (Heatwave USA)
  • 1977: Councillor – BASCA
  • 1977: Music Week – Market Survey Top Record Producer
  • 1986: Founded Aosis Studios in London{{Cite web|url=https://www.Discogs.com/label/273477-Aosis-Studios|title=Aosis Studios|website=Discogs.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • 1989: Founded The Escape Artist Company{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZIjT8PgJMEC&q=the+escape+artist+company+barry+blue&pg=PA50|title=The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002|first=Andy|last=Gregory|date=10 April 2018|publisher=Psychology Press|access-date=10 April 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9781857431612}}
  • 1995: Founded Connect 2 Music{{Cite web|url=https://www.Discogs.com/label/998658-Connect-2-Music-Ltd-PRS-UK|title=Connect 2 Music Ltd. PRS (UK)|website=Discogs.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • 2007: Founded Plan 8 Music{{Cite web|url=https://www.Discogs.com/label/914230-Plan-8-Music|title=Plan 8 Music|website=Discogs.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}
  • 2010: Director, PRS for Music Ltd (2010–2019)
  • 2014: Director, Karma Songs[http://www.KarmaSongs.co.uk] {{Dead link|date=June 2020|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}

References

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External links

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  • [https://Myspace.com/barrybluesongs Barry Blue] on Myspace
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  • [http://www.FavoredNationsMusic.com FavoredNationsMusic.com]
  • [http://www.M-Magazine.co.uk/interviews/m-meets-barry-blue/ Barry Blue interview with M Magazine]

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