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{{Infobox album|
| name       = Blue on Blue
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Bobby Vinton]]
| cover      = Bluevelvet.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = August 1963
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Bradley Studios|Columbia]] (Nashville, Tennessee)
| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length     = 28:46
| label      = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| producer   = Bob Morgan
| prev_title = [[The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups]]
| prev_year  = 1963
| next_title = [[There! I've Said It Again (album)|There! I've Said It Again]]
| next_year  = 1964
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = Blue on Blue
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[Blue on Blue (song)|Blue on Blue]]
| single1date = May 1963
| single2     = [[Blue Velvet (Tony Bennett song)|Blue Velvet]]
| single2date = 1963
}}
}}
'''''Blue on Blue''''', later renamed '''''Blue Velvet''''', is [[Bobby Vinton]]'s sixth studio album, released in [[1963 in music|1963]]. [[Cover version]]s include the [[jazz]] songs "[[St. Louis Blues (song)|St. Louis Blues]]" and "[[Blueberry Hill (song)|Blueberry Hill]]", "[[Am I Blue?|Am I Blue]]", "Blue, Blue Day", [[the Fleetwoods]]' hit "Mr. Blue", "[[My Blue Heaven (song)|My Blue Heaven]]", three [[show tune]]s ("[[Blue Skies (1926 song)|Blue Skies]]", "[[Blue Hawaii (song)|Blue Hawaii]]" and "[[Blue Moon (1934 song)|Blue Moon]]"), and [[The Clovers]] [[Rhythm and blues]] hit, "[[Blue Velvet (Tony Bennett song)|Blue Velvet]]".
The song "Blue on Blue" was mentioned in [[Kim Mitchell]]'s hit song "[[Patio Lanterns]]".
==Composition and background==
Completely devoted to songs that refer to the color [[blue]], this album contained two [[Single (music)|singles]]: "[[Blue on Blue (song)|Blue on Blue]]", which reached #3 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. Pop charts]] and "[[Blue Velvet (Tony Bennett song)|Blue Velvet]]", which went on to #1 for three weeks on the same chart.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|last=Adams|first=Greg|title=Bobby Vinton - Blue Velvet: Songs, Reviews|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/blue-velvet-mw0000842343|work=[[Allmusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi]]|accessdate=10 November 2012}}</ref> Both songs served as title tracks during their popularity.<ref name=allmusic/> The album was released after the success of the song "Blue on Blue", but when "Blue Velvet" became a hit, the album's title was changed with it being the title track.<ref name=allmusic/> It was only after the title change that the album managed to enter the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] list of popular albums; it reached #10.<ref name=allmusic/>
==Track listing==
{{track listing
| headline        = Side 1
| title1          = [[Blue on Blue (song)|Blue on Blue]]
| writer1         = [[Hal David]], [[Burt Bacharach]]
| length1         = 2:26
| title2          = [[Am I Blue?|Am I Blue]]
| writer2         = [[Harry Akst]], [[Grant Clarke|Grant Clark]]
| length2         = 2:19
| title3          = Blue, Blue Day
| writer3         = [[Don Gibson]]
| length3         = 1:53
| title4          = [[Mr. Blue]]
| writer4         = DeWayne Blackwell
| length4         = 2:30
| title5          = [[Blue Velvet (Tony Bennett song)|Blue Velvet]]
| writer5         = Bernie Wayne, Lee Morris
| length5         = 2:47
| title6          = [[St. Louis Blues (song)|St. Louis Blues]]
| writer6         = [[W.C. Handy]]
| length6         = 2:27
}}
{{track listing
| headline        = Side 2
| title1          = [[Blue Skies (1926 song)|Blue Skies]]
| writer1         = [[Irving Berlin]]
| length1         = 2:17
| title2          = [[Blue Hawaii (song)|Blue Hawaii]]
| writer2         = [[Leo Robin]], [[Ralph Rainger]]
| length2         = 2:08
| title3          = [[Blue Moon (1934 song)|Blue Moon]]
| writer3         = [[Lorenz Hart]], [[Richard Rodgers]]
| length3         = 2:40
| title4          = Little Miss Blue
| writer4         = [[Bobby Vinton]], [[Shirley Formosa]]
| length4         = 2:08
| title5          = [[Blueberry Hill (song)|Blueberry Hill]]
| writer5         = [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]], [[Larry Stock]], [[Vincent Rose]]
| length5         = 2:31
| title6          = [[My Blue Heaven (song)|My Blue Heaven]]
| writer6         = [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]], [[George A. Whiting|George Whiting]]
| length6         = 1:50
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==Personnel==
*Bob Morgan - producer
*[[Burt Bacharach]] - arranger, conductor
*Hank Parker - cover photo
==Charts==
'''Album''' - ''Billboard'' (United States)
{|class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1963
|align="left"|The Billboard 200
|align="left"|10
|}
'''Singles''' - ''Billboard'' (United States)
{|class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1963
|align="left"|"Blue on Blue"
|align="left"|[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="left"|3
|-
|align="left"|1963
|align="left"|"Blue on Blue"
|align="left"|[[Adult Contemporary (chart)|''Billboard'' Middle-Road Singles]]
|align="left"|2
|-
|align="left"|1963
|align="left"|"Blue Velvet"
|align="left"|''Billboard'' Hot 100
|align="left"|1
|-
|align="left"|1963
|align="left"|"Blue Velvet"
|align="left"|''Billboard'' Middle-Road Singles
|align="left"|1
|-
|align="left"|1963
|align="left"|"Blue Velvet"
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="left"|2
|}
== References ==
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{{Bobby Vinton}}
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[[Category:1963 albums|Blue on Blue (album)]]
[[Category:Bobby Vinton albums|Blue on Blue (album)]]
[[Category:Epic Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums conducted by Burt Bacharach]]
[[Category:Albums arranged by Burt Bacharach]]
[[Category:1960s covers albums]]