Blue Champagne
{{short description|1941 song performed by Jimmy Dorsey}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Blue Champagne
| cover =
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| type = single
| published =
| artist = Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly
| B-side = "All Alone and Lonely"{{Cite web |title=Decca 3775 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/312725/Decca_3775 |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}
| released = {{Start date|1941|6}}
| recorded = {{Start date|1941|4|29}}{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 69091. Blue Champagne / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000297204/69091-Blue_Champagne |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}
| studio = Decca Studios, New York City
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| genre =
| length =
| label = Decca 3775
| writer = {{hlist|Grady Watts|Jimmy Eaton|Frank L. Ryerson}}
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| misc = {{extra chronology
| artist = Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
| type = single
| prev_title = My Sister and I
| prev_year = 1941
| title = Blue Champagne
| next_title = Jim
| next_year = 1941}}
}}
"Blue Champagne" is a song written by Grady Watts, Jimmy Eaton and Frank L. Ryerson and recorded and first released by American bandleader Jimmy Dorsey in 1941, featuring vocals by singer Bob Eberly.{{cite book|last1=Tyler|first1=Don|title=Hit Songs, 1900–1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era|date=2007|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, North Carolina and London|isbn=978-0-7864-2946-2|page=254|url={{Google books|hSCfBQAAQBAJ|page=254|plainurl=yes}}|accessdate=7 November 2016}}{{cite web |title=ACE Repertory: Work ID 320061394 |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/320061394?page=1 |website=ASCAP |access-date=16 October 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211016220540/https://www.ascap.com/repertory%23/ace/search/workID/320061394?page=1 |archive-date=16 October 2021 |url-status=live}}
Background
It was first released by Jimmy Dorsey on Decca Records in 1941, backed with "All Alone and Lonely". It topped The Billboard
Other recordings
Other recordings included those by Xavier Cugat, Ray Eberle, Freddy Martin, Anita O'Day, and Tex Beneke. Glenn Miller also performed the song with his orchestra and released a version on V-Disc as 144B with the Army Air Force Training Command Orchestra.
References
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Sources
- Stockdale, Robert L. Jimmy Dorsey: A Study in Contrasts. (Studies in Jazz Series). Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1999.
External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/release/5393743-Jimmy-Dorsey-And-His-Orchestra-Blue-Champagne-All-Alone-And-Lonely Blue Champagne by Jimmy Dorsey. Discogs.]
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Category:Number-one singles in the United States
Category:Decca Records singles
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