Blue Bayou

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Name =Blue Bayou


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Artist =Roy Orbison
Album =In Dreams
B-side ="Mean Woman Blues"
Released =August 1963
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Label =Monument 824
Writer =Roy Orbison, Joe Melson
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Last single ="Falling"
(1963)
This single ="Blue Bayou"
(1963)
Next single ="Pretty Paper"
(1963)
Misc ="Blue Bayou" is the title of a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson and sung by Orbison and also made popular by vocalist Linda Ronstadt. A ballad, it was released as a 45rpm single on the Monument Records label in August 1963 (backed with the rock song "Mean Woman Blues") [ [http://royorbison.musiccitynetworks.com/index.htm?id=4385&loc=2 Roy Orbison ] ] .

In 1977, Ronstadt took the song to #3 on the Billboard pop chart and the single was RIAA certified platinum (over 1 million US copies shopped). It was also popular in a Spanish-language version called "Lago Azul".

"Blue Bayou" also appears on Orbison's 1963 album, "In Dreams" and his 1989 posthumous album "A Black & White Night Live" from the 1988 HBO television special.

As proof of its durability, the song has been recorded by other artists in many languages, including in the French language by France's Mireille Mathieu.

The song was also recorded by Australian a cappella group Idea of North

This song has been used in several motion pictures including:
*"Man on Fire" (2004)
*"Dreamcatcher" (2003)
*"Mulholland Drive" Best Director (2001) Cannes FF
*"Last Orders" (2001)
*"The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1976) starring David Bowie

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