Blue Boy (DJ)

{{Short description|Scottish DJ}}

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Blue Boy (also styled The Blue Boy) is a pseudonym for the Scottish DJ Alexis 'Lex' Blackmore. He is best known for "Remember Me", which peaked at No. 8 in the UK in 1997.{{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= 66}} Blackmore first worked as a DJ in Glasgow and London, touring with the British electronic group the Shamen in 1991. After working in various guises, Blackmore established the Blue Boy name in 1995 with the single "Sandman" on Ascension Records, followed by the four-track EP, Scattered Emotions.

A re-release of "Sandman" in August 1997 reached No. 25 on the UK Singles Chart.

Discography

=Singles=

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rowspan="2"| Date

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! style="width:30px;"| UK
{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/31187/blueboy/

| title= Blue Boy| work= The Official Charts Company}}

! style="width:35px;"| AUS
{{cite web |url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Blue+Boy&titel=Remember+Me&cat=s |title=The Blue Boy - Remember Me (song)|work=Australian Charts }}{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf|pages=34}}

! style="width:35px;"| FR
{{cite web |url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Blue+Boy&titel=Remember+Me&cat=s |title=The Blue Boy - Remember Me (chanson)|work=Lescharts }}

! style="width:35px;"| GER
{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-3438 |title=The Blue Boy - Remember Me |work=Offizielle Deutsche Charts }}

! style="width:35px;"| IRE
{{cite web |url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&search_type=artist&placement=Blue_Boy |work=Irish Charts |title=Blue Boy}}

! style="width:35px;"| NED
{{cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Blue+Boy&titel=Remember+Me&cat=s |title=The Blue Boy - Remember Me|work=Dutch Charts }}

! style="width:35px;"| SPA
{{cite magazine|title= Hits of the World |magazine= Billboard |date= 19 July 1997 |volume= 109 |issue= 29 |page= 59 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59 |id= see last week position}}

! style="width:35px;"| SWE
{{cite web |url=https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Blue+Boy&titel=Remember+Me&cat=s |title=The Blue Boy - Remember Me (song)|work=Swedishcharts.com }}

! style="width:35px;"| SWI
{{cite web |url=https://hitparade.ch/song/The-Blue-Boy/Remember-Me-3438 |title=The Blue Boy - Remember Me |work=hitparade.ch }}

! style="width:35px;"| US
(Dance)

1995

|style="text-align:left"|"Sandman"

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1996

|style="text-align:left"|"It's Up to You"

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rowspan="2"|1997

|style="text-align:left"|"Remember Me"

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| 8

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style="text-align:left"|"Sandman" (re-release)

| 25

| 63

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colspan="12" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that territory

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References

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