"Blue Velvet" | ||||
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Single by Tony Bennett | ||||
B-side | "Solitaire" | |||
Released | September 21, 1951 | |||
Recorded | July 17, 1951 | |||
Studio | Columbia 30th Street, New York City | |||
Genre | Traditional pop | |||
Length | 3:01 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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Tony Bennett singles chronology | ||||
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"Blue Velvet" | ||||
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Single by Bill Farrell | ||||
B-side | "Be Mine Tonight" | |||
Released | September 1951 | |||
Genre | Traditional pop | |||
Length | 2:31 | |||
Label | MGM | |||
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Bill Farrell singles chronology | ||||
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"Blue Velvet" | ||||
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Single by Arthur Prysock | ||||
B-side | "The Morningside of the Mountain" | |||
Released | September 1951 | |||
Recorded | July 23, 1951 | |||
Studio | Decca Studios, Pythian Temple, New York City | |||
Genre | Traditional pop | |||
Length | 2:57 | |||
Label | Decca | |||
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Arthur Prysock singles chronology | ||||
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"Blue Velvet" is a popular song written and composed in 1950 by Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris. A top 20 hit for Tony Bennett in its original 1951 version, the song has since been re-recorded many times, with a 1963 version by Bobby Vinton reaching No. 1.