Invitation to the Blues
{{Infobox song
| name = Invitation to the Blues
| cover =
| type = single
| artist = Ray Price
| album =
| A-side = City Lights
| released = 1958
| recorded = 1958
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 2:49
| label = Columbia
| writer = Roger Miller
| producer =
}}
"Invitation to the Blues" is a song written by Roger Miller, sung by Ray Price, and released on the Columbia label. In July 1958, it peaked at No. 3 on Billboard{{'}}s country and western jockey chart and spent a total of 19 weeks on the charts.{{cite book|title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits|author=Joel Whitburn|publisher=Billboard Books|year=1996|isbn=0823076326 |page=253}} It was the "B" side to "City Lights", and the record ranked No. 4 on Billboard{{'}}s 1958 year-end country and western chart.{{cite news|title=Chart Toppers of 1958|newspaper=The Billboard|date=December 15, 1958|page=44|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7AoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44}}
Cover versions
- Rex Allen, ("B" side to "Knock Knock Rattle": Decca 9-30651, 1958)
- Faron Young, (This Is Faron, 1963)
- Reba McEntire (Reba McEntire, 1977)
- Willie Nelson & Roger Miller (Old Friends, 1982)