Lady Blue (song)

1975 song by Leon Russell

"Lady Blue"

Single by Leon Russell
from the album  Will O' the Wisp
B-side| "Laying Right Here in Heaven"
Released| January 1, 1975
Genre| Blue-eyed soul[1]
Length| 3:31
Label| Shelter
Songwriter(s)| Leon Russell
Producer(s)| Denny Cordell
Leon Russell
Leon Russell singles chronology
| "If I Were a Carpenter"
(1974)  | "Lady Blue"
(1975)  | "Back to the Island"
(1976)

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"Lady Blue" is the 1975 hit love song by singer–songwriter Leon Russell. It was a track on his LP album, Will O' the Wisp.

The song reached number 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on November 1, 1975.[2][3][4]

The song featured a saxophone solo in the instrumental section.

The first live play of the song in a concert was by George Benson on September 30, 1977, at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California. His studio version reached #39 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1978. Edgar Winter and Leon Russell performed Lady Blue live on July 28, 1987, at Hunts in Burlington, Vermont.[5][6]

## Charts

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Chart (1975)  | Peak
position

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Canadian RPM Top Singles  | 44
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 14

## References

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1. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Color Blind: Blue-eyed Soul". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 43\. ISBN 031214704X.
2. ^ Lady Blue - Leon Russell | Song Info | AllMusic, retrieved 2020-11-29
3. ^ "US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 1st November, 1975". Top40Weekly.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
4. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
5. ^ "Lady Blue by Leon Russell Song Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
6. ^ "Leon Russell | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame". www.rockhall.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.

## External links

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* YouTube, Leon Russell, Lady Blue 1975

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Studio albums|

| Smash Records|

* Look Inside the Asylum Choir

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Shelter Records|

* Asylum Choir II
* Leon Russell
* Leon Russell and the Shelter People
* Carney
* Hank Wilson's Back Vol. I
* Stop All That Jazz
* Will O' the Wisp
* Wedding Album
* Make Love to the Music

Leon Russell Records|

* Guitar Blues
* Moonlight & Love Songs
* Legend in My Time: Hank Wilson Vol. III
* Face in the Crowd
* Rhythm & Bluegrass: Hank Wilson, Vol. 4
* Bad Country
* Angel in Disguise
* In Your Dreams
* A Mighty Flood

Paradise Records|

* Americana
* Life and Love
* Blues: Same Old Song
* Solid State
* Hank Wilson, Vol. II

Other labels|

* One for the Road
* Looking Back
* Anything Can Happen
* The Union
* Life Journey
* On a Distant Shore

Live albums|

* Mad Dogs and Englishmen with Joe Cocker
* Leon Live
* Live in Japan
* Live at Gilley's

Songs|

* "Lady Blue"
* "A Song for You"
* "Tight Rope"
* "This Masquerade"
* "Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms"
* "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
* "If I Were a Carpenter"
* "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"

See also|

* The Church Studio
* Tulsa Sound
* The Wrecking Crew
* The Asylum Choir
* A Poem Is a Naked Person
* The Concert for Bangladesh
* The Union Tour
* The Union (film)

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