I Used to Be Color Blind
"I Used to Be Color Blind" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1938 film Carefree, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire.{{cite book|last=Levinson|first=Peter|title=Puttin' On the Ritz: Fred Astaire and the Fine Art of Panache, A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=59yGOQmBWloC&pg=PA109|date=17 March 2009|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-0-312-35366-7|page=109}} The Astaire recording was very popular in 1938.{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |date=1986 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-083-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/37 37] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/37 }}
Notable recordings
- Fred Astaire recorded the song again for his album The Astaire Story (1952){{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-astaire-story-vol1-2-mw0000202081|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=May 5, 2024}}
- Anita O'Day - Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day (1957){{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pick-yourself-up-with-anita-oday-mw0000090447|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=May 4, 2024}}
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958){{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sings-the-irving-berlin-song-book-mw0000312795|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=May 4, 2024}}
- Tony Bennett - Life Is Beautiful (1975){{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000033513|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=May 5, 2024}}
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