Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby

De Paul performed the song live on BBC TV's Top of the Pops on 17 July 1975, with the show being presented by Dave Lee Travis.{{Cite web |title="Top of the Pops" Episode #12.29 (TV Episode 1975) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0730341/fullcredits |access-date=10 January 2018 |website=IMDb.com}}{{Cite web |title=Top of the Pops (UK) - S12E29 |url=https://www.tvtime.com/it/show/78332/episode/5855555 |access-date=20 May 2019 |website=Tvtime.com}} It was the tenth song on episode 596 of the show.{{Cite web|url=https://totparchive.co.uk/episode?id=596|title=Top of the Pops Archive - 17/07/1975|website=Totarchive.co.uk|access-date=27 May 2023}} This episode was thought to have been lost from the BBC archives, but was tracked down in 2013 and found to be in the private collection of record producer and songwriter Ian Levine,{{Cite web |date=26 April 2013 |title=Kaleidoscope uncover treasure trove of lost Pan's People performances |url=http://wipednews.com/2013/04/26/kaleidoscope-uncover-treasure-trove-of-lost-pans-people-performances/ |access-date=29 January 2018 |website=Wipednews.com}} along with performances by Elton John, Marc Bolan and T. Rex, Barry White, Diana Ross and various Pan's People appearances."Lost film is found to get Pan's People back in step" by Andrew Turton, page 6, Thursday 9 May 2013, Wolverhampton Chronicle{{Cite web |title=TV Pop Diaries : Pop Music on British Television 1955- |url=http://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/1975.html?LMCL=g3IdA0H |access-date=19 November 2020 |website=Tvpopdiaries.co.uk}} It was the 10th song of this episode, being preceded by David Essex and being followed by Typically Tropical.{{Cite web |title=Top of the Pops (UK) - 17th July 1975 |url=https://www.thetvdb.com/series/top-of-the-pops-uk/episodes/5855555 |access-date=17 August 2018 |website=Thetvdb.com}} This version of the song suffered from part of the backing music being omitted. De Paul also performed the song, sat on a motorcycle, rather than at her more usual piano on the Bay City Rollers show Shang a Lang on 7 July 1975.{{Cite web |title=Shang-a-Lang (1975– ): Episode #1.13 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1923844/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_84 |access-date=2017-07-25 |website=IMDb.com}} Another TV performance of the song was on "Rock on with 45".Disc, p. 3, 5 July 1975 De Paul also performed the song as a special international guest on German TV's Die aktuelle Schaubude,{{Cite web |title=Aktuelle Schaubude: Ein TV-Dauerbrenner |url=https://www.ndr.de/der_ndr/unternehmen/chronik/Die-Geschichte-der-Aktullen-Schaubude,sbude110.html |access-date=19 November 2020 |website=Ndr.de}} where she played it on a gold painted upright piano.

Although originally a non-album single, it was released for the first time on CD on the de Paul album, Greatest Hits,{{Cite web |title=Lynsey de Paul - Greatest Hits |url=https://www.discogs.com/Lynsey-De-Paul-Greatest-Hits/master/759552 |access-date=2017-07-25 |website=Discogs.com}}{{Cite web |title=Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby - Lynsey de Paul | Song Info |url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/rhythm-and-blue-jean-baby-mt0007072193 |access-date=2017-07-25 |publisher=AllMusic}} and has since appeared on a number of CD albums such as Best of the Seventies.{{Cite web |title=Lynsey de Paul - Best of the 70's (CD) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Lynsey-De-Paul-Best-Of-The-70s/release/1246813 |access-date=2017-07-25 |website=Discogs.com}} More recently, it appeared in a remastered form with an additional backing track, giving it a fuller sound, on Into My Music Anthology 1975-1979, where also the B-side "Into My Music" was included as an album track for the first time.{{Cite web |date=2013-11-09 |title=Lynsey de Paul - Into My Music Anthology 1975-1979 (CD) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Lynsey-de-Paul-Into-My-Music-Anthology-1975-1979/release/4665346 |access-date=2017-07-25 |website=Discogs.com}} Both songs also recently appeared on the MP3 album, Singles Collection 1974-1979.{{Cite web |title=Singles Collection 1974-1979 by Lynsey de Paul album lyrics - Musixmatch - The world's largest lyrics catalog |url=https://www.musixmatch.com/album/Lynsey-De-Paul/Singles-Collection-1974-1979 |website=Musixmatch}}

The single received favourable reviews, including from DJ and music journalist James Hamilton{{Cite web |title=James Hamilton - Biography & History - AllMusic |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/james-hamilton-mn0000804803 |access-date=17 August 2017 |website=AllMusic}} who, in his first column for Record Mirror, wrote "With a bass line not unlike ‘Bend Me Shape Me’ and some sexy stop/starts, Lynsey makes straight happy pop noises that sound fine to me".Record Mirror, 28 June 1975{{Cite web |date=28 June 1975 |title=James Hamilton's First Column: June 28, 1975 |url=https://jameshamiltonsdiscopage.com/1975/06/28/james-hamiltons-first-column-june-28-1975/ |access-date=17 August 2017 |website=JamesHamiltonDiscoPage.com}} It was reported to be a dance floor hit according to a reaction report.Record Mirror, "Lynsey's whimsey wins", 5 July 1975, p. 14 Deborah Thomas, music critic at the Daily Mirror wrote "de Paul will captivate her adoring fans with this light, pacey rocker.page 11, Daily Mirror, 1 July 1975 It was also a Radio Luxembourg "Hot Shot" single as well as a BBC Radio London "Favoured Play" and play listed by BRMB (now Hits Radio Birmingham).page 25, Music Week, 28 June 1975

The song reached no. 16 on the Poporama Swedish chart,{{Cite web |date=9 October 1975 |title=October 9, 1975 - poporama.nu |url=http://poporama.nu/october-9-1975/ |access-date=2 August 2017 |website=Poporama.nu}}Stefan Heiding: Poporama - Heta högen (1992) {{ISBN|91-971894-1-3}} and it reached no. 30 and spent two weeks on Capital London Radio's "Capital Countdown chart" (where it was wrongly listed as "Rhythm And Blue Jeans Baby") on 12 July 1975 (now Capital FM).{{Cite web |date=2017-07-17 |title=Capital - The No. 1 Hit Music Radio Station |url=http://www.capitalfm.com |access-date=2017-07-25 |website=Capitalfm.com}}page 6, Sounds, 19 July 1975 It was also included on the "Disco Top Ten" as a breaker published in the British music industry paper Record Mirror.Record Mirror, 19 July 1975, p. 14 The song was playlisted on Radio London, BRMB and it was a Radio Luxembourg Hot Shot in June 1975,{{Cite web |date=28 June 1975 |title=Music Week |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1975/Music-Week-1975-06-28.pdf |access-date=14 November 2021 |website=Worldradiohistory.com |format=PDF}} while still being played on radio stations such as Radio Mi Amigo a year later in 1976.{{Cite web |title=1976.06.23 : 17:00-18:00 : Radio Mi Amigo |url=http://www.janfrevos.nl/1976.htm |access-date=28 June 2021 |website=Janfrevos.nl}}

"Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby" was used as backing music for Karlie Kloss at the Sonia Rykiel Spring/Summer 2008 Fashion Show in Paris, France.Karlie Kloss at the Sonia Rykiel Spring/Summer 2008 Fashion Show It still receives radio play, for example in 2018 on the German programme, "Musik á la Carte".{{Cite web |title=Musik á la Carte - Hauptsache Musik |url=http://www.hauptsachemusik.eu/hauptsache-musik-die-welt-des-easy-listening-im-radio/musik-la-carte/ |access-date=17 August 2018 |website=Hauptsachemusik.eu}}

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• {{Discogs release|12491746}}
• {{Cite web |title=ISNI 0000000065685048 De Paul, Lynsey (1950-2014) |url=http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000065685048 |access-date=17 August 2018 |website=Isni.org}}
• {{Cite web |title=Release group "Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby" by Lynsey de Paul - MusicBrainz |url=https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/4b5c256f-2f6b-448b-8549-9e1800f6f87c |access-date=17 August 2018 |website=Musicbrainz.org}}

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