Am I Blue?/Ricky Nelson

"Am I Blue?" is a song written by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke in 1929, and was a big hit that year for Ethel Waters. It has become a standard, recorded hundreds of times by numerous artists since its initial appearance, and was even performed by the character of Batman (sung by Kevin Conroy, Batman's voice over) in the animated series Justice League Unlimited. In 1969 Judy Garland and Johnnie Ray performed an (unreleased) duet cover of the song.

A recording of the song in a medley with "Blue Room" was made on July 14, 1942 by Eddy Duchin and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 36746, with the flip side a medley of "Sometimes I'm Happy" and "Pretty Baby."

In 1944 the song was performed by Hoagy Carmichael and Lauren Bacall in the Howard Hawks directed film To Have and Have Not.

In 1957, early teen idol Ricky Nelson included the song on his debut album, Ricky.

In 1972, Bette Midler recorded the song for her album The Divine Miss M (1972).

In 1973, Cher released the song as the first and only single from her album of standards, Bittersweet White Light. It missed the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at 111 in Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.

Billie Holliday's 1929 version of the song appeared in the 2009 movie Public Enemies.

Barbra Streisand recorded a version of "Am I Blue" (with a comedic ending) for her 1975 film, Funny Lady.

Eddie Cochran, an early performer of rock and roll music, also recorded the song.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• pop
• vocal
• Ricky
• Nelson
• Harry
• Akst
• Grant
• Clarke

[TheCaptFlashback]

Hey Rey, loved this one. Haven't heard it for many years. Thanks for sharing it with us all. I'm listening...Cap...

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Hi Cap -

So glad you enjoyed this post. Thanks for the great comment.

Rey

[Maribo33]

Another great entertainer died too young...I do miss him, have a lot of his songs on my MP3 player.

Wonderful video Rey, Thank you!

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Hi Marie -

Thank you for your lovely comment. I'm so happy you enjoyed this post.

Rey

[Magryd3344]

.....and another one I´ve missed on my Rick´s playlist. Thank you!

Maggan

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Hi Maggan -

Thank you. I greatly appreciate it.

Rey

[TheHaxman999]

Batmans better singing this

[pomping14]

Kevin Conroy should do a cover of this, just like with the JLU episode where Batman sang this. ♥

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Hi Greg -

Thank you for your comment on this post. I'm happy you enjoyed it.

Rey

[singingkid]

Brilliant job, Rey! 5 stars! :)