Guy Mitchell - Singing The Blues (Live!)

[paulmccartney7ElvisP]

THIS IS MUSIC 

[lilwill3104]

@paulmccartney7ElvisP you deserve more thumbs ups...

[paulmccartney7ElvisP]

@lilwill3104 Ahaha xD thanks 

[mkl62]

This hit by Guy Mitchell hit #1 on both the Top 40 charts and in the United Kingdom. It would finish the year 1956 at #40.

[mkl62]

This hit by Guy Mitchell hit #1 on the Top 40 charts and in the United Kingdom. It would finish at #40 for the year, 1956. And the hits are starting to get big as we head to #1 for 1956.

[nintendude85]

Number one song the last week of Dec. when I was born on Christmas Day, 1956.

[kaydivine11]

This 45 record was the first in my collection. I won it at a 4th or 5th grade Valentine's party by drawing a cupid behind my back. I still have the record.

[paulmccartney7ElvisP]

This is music!! What a legend <3

[sooznd]

I remember humming this song when I was a kid! Loved it.

[cromartie117]

all you guys are pretty old haha, im 17 and i love this!

[mhahse57]

January 19, 1957 Cool Song for my B-day. :~}

[leo7251998]

Same her January 11, 1957

[tomfooleryme1]

Cool, we were born on the same day. Me in '57 and Guy in '27.

[subwaygoddess]

This was #1 on the charts the week I was born! What a sweet sound!

[davidimrie239]

@subwaygoddess - Same here - Jan.12/1957

[proaudiorep]

@subwaygoddess Same here - Jan 4th 1957

[mllejojo1]

@proaudiorep me too Jan 4th 1957

[MrEamusCatuli]

@subwaygoddess Same here. February 8, the last day at #1.

[mymusicroom1]

that was cute

[MrFendisteel]

I wish we still had music like this today

[MagicGary1960]

The one and only Guy Mitchell? Born Al Cernick February 27th 1927 In Detroit, Michigan Died July 1st 1999 In Las Vegas, Nevada! Oh what a voice he could'nt be beat.

[sukomsanru]

I've never listened this song before, but I like it. The lyrics is so beautiful & nice. Thanks.

[yunorisson]

What memories!

This was the very first record (78rpm breakable) record I bought in the late 1950's. It will always remind me of my first purchase of a record ever!

Thanks!

[youngest0]

thanks for special memories

[jmsramsey1963]

This was a huge hit for Columbia records! It was number one for 14 weeks on the Country and Western charts then number one for ten weeks by Guy on Billboard - a great song!

[wolfm59]

wow super

[gloheart1]

My parents liked this song !

Thumbs up.

[sulanash3]

I knew him from the VA Hospital. My brother was in for alcoholism and so was Guy. He gave my mom and I an autographed 45 of Singing The Blues.

[Kalvin40]

The America I knew, come back please, don't die

[jamesstafforduk]

Mad to think this song is based on true feelings!

Why does Hollywood need fiction!

[zs6ysaka]

Here in Japan, I always heard this "Singing the blues" by FEN (far east network) radio. That was when I was in senior junior school. This is the first time to know the appearance of Guy Michel, this gives me very strong memories at that time. I would like to say many thanks to give me this kind of picture, thank you very much!

[chkjns]

@zs6ysaka On the recording of this, Ray Conniff is the arranger & conductor! Conniff had a hand in many hits of the late 50s. The bouncy sound of this tune is the sound of Ray Conniff. My channel of 700 playlists is the history of 20th Century music. I added this to my 1956 playlist, one of 112 lists for every year since 1900. Come have a listen. chuck

[mkworkman]

2:08 YouTube video from the Ed Sullivan Show

[CTNWB]

Just replaced the expired video on post #28 at WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC with this great one... The post is about GUY MITCHELL's role in my life and has links to his official site and the GUY MITCHELL APPRECIATION SOCIETY in Great Britain!

Please pay us a visit! Wes and Christine

[toddthedrysocket]

Great to see this video. Bob Dylan liked this song so much that he wrote one very much like it - "Living the Blues." The first time I heard LtB I knew it was based on/inspired by "Singing the Blues". You can find it on YouTube - see if you agree.

[tez601]

bloody brilliant

[HoboGus]

Great song! Cool Video too. Thanks for sharing!

[19chiefs57]

Singing the Blues was a MONSTER hit - spending ten weeks atop the BB chart (wiki incorrectly says 9 weeks, only one song, Elvis' double sided Don't Be Cruel and Hound Dog, ever topped it - that for a record 11 weeks. Funny thing is this live version is pablum compared to record itself.

[dinyjo]

Great singer and he should get more regonition.

[1956MercM260]

Oh my gosh, who is that gorgeous woman appearing with Guy?

[MrMoonlightgambler]

This is a great song

[MikeBlitzMag]

I had the considerable pleasure of seeing Guy Mitchell live at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles in the early 1990s and having dinner with him and his wife after his show. He was phenomenal on stage, and after the show was a master storyteller. And seeing him to Knee Deep In The Blues live was answered prayer! He is greatly, greatly missed.

[TheJimb007]

My Dad used to sing at clubs and I remember him buying this record and playing it over and over on our 45 RPM record player ar home to write down the lyrics. A great song and lot's of pleasant memories Thanks.

Jim (age 62)

[Symone853]

@IVORIESMAN Thx for the info, much appreciated!

[TheWhitehall]

Guy Mitchell`s best known and most successful song. Also a hit for Britain`s Tommy Steele. Covered many times since. The "original" is invariably the best.

[sasdfdfsdfsdf]

I never felt more like singing the blues, when wednesday win, United loose oh wednesdayyy you got me singin the blues

[Raineoncy]

Read the book "Outliers" by M. Gladwell and think how Guy would have done in R&R age - just 8 years older than Elvis. Great orchestration and a lovely clip. The girl is drop dead georgeous/cute OMG - she must be 70-ish now........ Is there a DVD with more stuff like this?

[Symone853]

Often heard this song as a kid on BFN = British Forces Network in Germany in the 1950s.

Thought it was great and still do. We later had the record and I also liked the 'B' side, but unfortunately,I can't remember the title.

[IVORIESMAN]

@Symone853 Crazy with Love

[barrybluebird]

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[bobdylan4evr]

whaat a douche

[joomuck]

A great artist; a great song; thanks for the posting.

Ted

[kennbix]

This was the first record I bought as a 13 year old teenager. I think I paid .50 cents. It has always been my favorite.

[alzahad]

Love Guy Mitchell....but, yep....Marty Robbins is the absolute GREATEST performer of this song ! Brad Savage ---

[rwthom]

Guy Mitchell is a decent singer, but the real singer of this song was Marty Robbins. Now that is a singer.

[dgarnes1]

Loved his voice...I remember a lot of his hits and also a strange movie musical he made with Rosemary Clooney called "Red Garters." Anyone else remember it?

[Juliaflo]

@dgarnes1 Hand-raise from here. It had great songs written by the movies' ampersand Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. (Uh-uh, don't figure out my age, LOLOLOL).

[Featureman]

I think it was Ray Coniff whistling on the record of this song. He also whistled on Johnny Ray's Walkin' in the Rain, but that does not sound like him in this live version. Great to see Guy young and healthy. I saw him in person in the 1950s on NBC Comedy Hour on Vine Street across from Capitol Records. Nice video.

[steve7138]

The women in the video a complete bitch!!!!--a perfect role model for most young girls today.

No wonder why guys now sing the blues, do drugs, join gangs and do driveby kilings.

[msc2002]

Steve your first paragraph is very funny, but I do not agree with your comment. All acting and shes rather pretty

[xicalhada]

steve, you were for sure negated by a girl. Dont worry keep looking, my friend

[redredreds100]

@steve7138 you are the epithomany of an idiot

[randolphmarshall]

@redredreds100 epithomany???

[randolphmarshall]

@redredreds100 "epitome"

[mlssvs]

My mother and I have known Guy since the 50s I still have the pictures with him and his second wife elsa in london and manchester my mother kept every program souvenir up to 1994 i will miss both.

[PitaLeCatt001]

Love to you mssvs

Please know that Guy's song is a favourite amongst bluenoses ( Birminghmam City football fans ) and has been for about 30 years.

Sung every match home and away.

:-)

[baldandold]

up the villa!

up the baggies!

up the wolves!

[sfarnell]

Our family was very close to Guy Mitchell. In fact, we called him uncle Guy. We knew his father and his second wife, Elsa.  My mother was in the music business in the '50's and worked with Guy. We used to visit his ranch in Chatsworth, CA, where I learned to ride horses and fish in the pond on his property. I have really fond memories of him. The last time I saw him in the '70's I gave him some lyrics that I wrote. I miss him.

[macoe67]

@sfarnell what u talking shit for ??

[akiraislove1]

@sfarnell WOW what fantastic memories you must have......I always loved him not to mention he was a real HUNK !! LOL I remember my Mom liked this song and played it alot....as a little kid then I liked the music and thought I was a really great dancer......but in truth I had a major crush on Guy ....I mean what red-blooded American girl at the ripe old age of 9 could resist his looks....thankyou for sharing your memory of him...I enjoyed reading it... SKW in Cape Coral FL

[pete9320]

@sfarnell Sweet story :P

[Duffy5021]

@sfarnell bollocks

[MagicGary1960]

@sfarnell Wow lucky you It must have been a real thrill to have known such a living legend like Guy Mitchell AKA Al Cernick! I'm Jealous.

[bigtramcar]

clockers678t

If you are still about, the song is called "Hannah Lee". I've got it on a 78 here in the UK but it might well have been issued on a 45 in the USA.

Over here the 'A' side was the more well known "Chick a boom" but I know that the couplings were often different in the USA from those in the UK.

[runslowaf]

Hes no marty robbins for sure

[clockers678t]

can anybody help me ... many years ago guy mitchell sang a song i cant remember the name of it

but some of the lyrics where high high high long is the rope that waits for me because of the girl anna maria

they went something like that and was about a girl who commited a crime and tried to get him hung for it

[Steerpike07]

Try typing Guy Mitchell Songs into Wikipedia. That gives a list of his hits. Or type some of the lyrics into Google & see if that gets you a result, Clockers678t. Good Luck!

[jujututu]

my uncle, melvin endsley wrote this song!!! a big hit!!!

[wavewaterwave]

no way! can i meet him?

[jujututu]

im sorry to say but he passed away several years ago. he had polio as a child and was in a wheel chair all his life but that didnt stop him from writing several hit songs. but by far singing the blues was his biggest hit. over 100 artist have done this song on an album!!!

[Steerpike07]

For real? When I was four years old (1967) I used to creep downstairs at 6 in the morning to play my mum & dad's records. My mum had this on a 78rpm & was one of my favourites. Sadly years later I didn't see that someone had left it on the armchair and I sat on it! I later replaced it though on a 45.

[jujututu]

glad you liked it!! the original sung by my uncle melvin endsley was on mel-ark records!! my parents have a copy and you might be able to find a copy thru a collector. by far my uncle- who wrote the song was THE BEST version. but he was in a wheelchair and record companies would'nt put him on stage in the 1950's sadly.

[MagicGary1960]

@jujututu Did'nt he write other songs for other artist?

[misteradamb]

WHEN IPSWICH WIN AND NORWICH LOSE

[wingully]

aslaam waley come.dove eye come in the night like a theaf bright light as all are sleep to see your face of grace ,kiss your pain away as long as there are lips to be kissed, love will never die or say bye as my eye will all ways blink and wink and skate my lips over lips to slide my lips against and steal the kiss of tears from your eyes for it is not a crime . 4 eye am kiss me dove there is no place to hide. kissmass dove kissmet frishtha

[justmusicandme]

Great posting! Thanks for sharing, friend. Five stars. Will fave after Red Wings win the Cup. Go Wings!

[dkfelix]

"WELL. i never felt more like singing the blues"

[Promoagent]

Really nice guy met him in the 80s at Huddersfield Town Hall nice guy always got time for his fans

[psychodamned]

Disn't the poor bugger go crackers !! Great song !

[sfarnell]

No. He had some problems like a lot of people but he did not go "crackers."

[ToffeeNoseJW]

never felt more like singing the blues,

when everton win - and everton loose,

oh everton you got me singing the blues

[odysseetheater]

it remembers me on the time i was at the dance school...long time ago ... :) eva