Navy Blue (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Navy Blue
| type = Studio album
| artist = Diane Renay
| cover = Navy Blue (album).jpg
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| released = 1964
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| genre = Pop
| length = {{Duration|m=37|s=19}}
| label = Collectables
| producer = Bob Crewe
| chronology = Diane Renay
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| misc = {{Singles
| name = Navy Blue
| type = studio
| single1 = Navy Blue
| single1date = 1964
| single2 = Kiss Me Sailor
| single2date = 1964
}}
}}
"Navy Blue" is the only studio album by American performer Diane Renay,{{cite web|title=Diane Renay Discography|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1498106-Diane-Renay|website=Discogs|accessdate=18 December 2016}} released in 1964.{{cite web|last1=Unterburger|first1=Richie|title=Allmusic review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/navy-blue-mw0000033583|website=Allmusic|accessdate=18 December 2016}} It included two Top 40 hits, "Navy Blue" and "Kiss Me Sailor."{{cite web|title=Diane Renay Chart History|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3ADiane%20Renay&f[1]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Diane%20Renay|website=Billboard.biz|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=18 December 2016}}
Release
The album was released in 1964 following the worldwide success of "Navy Blue."{{cite web|last1=James|first1=Gary|title=Gary James' Interview With Diane Renay|url=http://www.classicbands.com/DianeRenayInterview.html|website=Classic Bands|accessdate=18 December 2016}} It reached number 54 on the Billboard Top LPs chart (now called The Billboard Hot 200), spending 11 weeks on the chart.
Both of the album's singles were featured on the girl-group anthology "Growin' Up Too Fast."{{cite web|last1=Unterberger|first1=Richie|title=Growin' Up Too Fast|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/growin-up-too-fast-the-girl-group-anthology-mw0000184147|website=Allmusic|accessdate=18 December 2016}}
Critical reception
The album is retrospectively regarded as a girl-pop classic.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Writer(s)
| title1 = Kiss Me Sailor
| extra1 = Eddie Rambeau
| length1 = 2:48
| title2 = Soft-Spoken Guy
| extra2 = {{hlist|Eddie Rambeau|Bob Crewe}}
| length2 = 2:48
| title3 = Please Forget Me
| extra3 = Bob Crewe
| length3 = 3:15
| title4 = Hello Heartaches
| extra4 = {{hlist|Bob Crewe|Sid Bass}}
| length4 = 2:51
| title5 = Man of Mystery
| extra5 = {{hlist|Bob Crewe|Charles Calello}}
| length5 = 2:29
| title6 = Navy Blue
| extra6 = {{hlist|Eddie Rambeau|Bob Crewe|Bud Rehak}}
| length6 = 2:28
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Writer(s)
| title1 = Bell Bottom Trousers
| extra1 = Moe Jaffe
| length1 = 2:56
| title2 = Soldier Boy
| extra2 = {{hlist|Luther Dixon|Florence Greenberg}}
| length2 = 2:51
| title3 = A Present from Eddie
| extra3 = {{hlist|Eddie Rambeau|Bob Crewe}}
| length3 = 2:59
| title4 = Sooner or Later
| extra4 = Bob Crewe
| length4 = 2:01
| title5 = He Promised Me Forevermore
| extra5 = {{hlist|Bob Crewe|Sandy Linzer}}
| length5 = 2:23
| title6 = Unbelievable Guy
| extra6 = {{hlist|Bob Crewe|Sandy Linzer|Denny Randell}}
| length6 = 2:45
}}
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!Chart (1964) !Peak |
| US Top LPs
|align="center"|54 |