Blue Bayou (English)

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:Joe Melson (in 1963)
Roy Orbison (in 1963)
composer:Joe Melson
Roy Orbison
publisher:Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (in 1961)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/Roy-orbison-blue-bayou-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/27599 [info]
Wikidata:Q4928860 [info]
later translated parody versions:Ćevapčići Blues (Blue Bayou)
later translated versions:À Blue Bayou (French)
Blue Bayou (german)
Blue Bayou (dutch)
Ik mis je zo
Mijn eiland
Rakkauden saari
Tuun Blue Bayou'uun

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1961-11-15Blue BayouRoy Orbison2:30
1965-03-23Blue Bayou (live, 1965-03-23: Paris' Olympia in Paris, France)liveRoy Orbison?:??
1969-05-09Blue Bayou (live, 1969-05-09: Batley Variety Club, Batley, England)liveRoy Orbison2:23
1977-05-23 – 1977-07-22Blue BayoucoverLinda Ronstadt3:55
1980-03-25Blue Bayou (live, 1980-03-25: Club Fiesta, Stockton-on-Tees, England)liveRoy Orbison2:54
1980-07-03Blue Bayou (live, 1980-07-13: Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum, Birmingham, AL, USA)liveRoy Orbison3:03
1980-08-24Blue Bayoucover and liveLinda Ronstadt4:47
1982-08-05Blue Bayou (live, 1982-08-05: Studio 6A, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA)liveRoy Orbison3:04
1986-01Blue Bayou (1986 studio re-recording)Roy Orbison2:50
1987-09-30Blue Bayou (live, 1987-09-30: Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveRoy Orbison3:16
1987-09-30Blue Bayou (live, 1987-09-30: Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveRoy Orbison3:21
1987-09-30Blue Bayou (live, 1987-09-30: Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveRoy Orbison3:21
1987-09-30Blue Bayou (5.1 Mix) (live, 1987-09-30: Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveRoy Orbison3:17
1988-12-04Blue Bayou (live, 1988-12-04, The Front Row Theater, Highland Heights, OH, USA)liveRoy Orbison3:27
1992-07-16Blue Bayou (live bootleg, 1992-07-16: Flood Zone, Richmond, VA, USA)cover and livePhish3:34
1992-12-29Mike's Song > Blue Bayou (live bootleg, 1992-12-29: Palace Theatre, New Haven, CT, USA)livePhish12:08
1995-10-26 – 1995-10-27Blue Bayoucover and liveGeschwister Pfister2:57
1998-02-20 – 1998-02-21Blue Bayou (live, 1998-02: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA)cover and liveLinda Ronstadt4:27
2007-05-08Blue Bayou (live, 2007-05-08: Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA)liveM. Ward feat. Norah Jones4:33
2014-04-10Blue Bayou (live) (live, 2014-04-10: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA)cover and liveEmmylou Harris4:11
Bleu BayoucoverAndy Tielman & The Tielman Brothers3:32
Blue BajouRoy Orbison2:52
Blue BayoninstrumentalOrchester Ambros Seelos3:07
Blue bayoucoverTamra Rosanes3:57
Blue BayouRoy Orbison3:01
Blue BayouRoy Orbison2:57
Blue Bayou (live, 1969-05-09: Batley Variety Club, Batley, England)Roy Orbison2:23
Blue Bayou (live, 1980-07-13: Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum, Birmingham, AL, USA)Roy Orbison3:03
Blue Bayou (live, 1980-03-25: Club Fiesta, Stockton-on-Tees, England)Roy Orbison2:54
Blue BayouRoy Orbison2:59
Blue BayouRoy Orbison2:05
Blue BayouRoy Orbison3:03
Blue BayouRoy Orbison?:??
Blue BayoucoverAnita Meyer, Metropole Orkest4:13
Blue Bayoucover and liveLinda Ronstadt4:36
Blue BayoucoverLinda Ronstadt2:39
Blue BayoucoverBillie Jo Spears3:07
Blue BayoucoverTulsa?:??
Blue BayoucoverFrank Ifield2:17
Blue BayoucoverMelinda Schneider & Beccy Cole4:01
Blue BayoucoverAdele Harley?:??
Blue BayoucoverLynn Anderson3:56
Blue BayoucoverLynn Anderson3:30
Blue Bayoucover and instrumentalThe Mantovani Orchestra3:08
Blue BayoucoverAnita Meyer4:12
Blue BayoucoverTracy Huang3:45
Blue BayoucoverDanny Vera, Barry Hay, J.B. Meyers4:04
Blue BayouinstrumentalThe Midland Radio Orchestra?:??
Blue BayouLauren White5:45
Blue BayoucoverTony Christie2:46
Blue BayoucoverLinda Ronstadt?:??
Blue BayouLynn Anderson?:??
Blue BayouLynn Anderson3:46
Blue BayouRoy Orbison3:09
Blue BayoucoverRick Price & Jack Jones3:58
Blue BayouNashville Train3:59
Blue Bayoucover and instrumentalGoodknight Productions3:00
Blue BayoucoverKelly Clarkson3:52
Blue Bayoucover[unknown]4:07
Blue Bayou (live, 1980-04-24: Television Center Studios, Hollywood, CA, USA)cover and liveLinda Ronstadt4:32
Blue BayoucoverLinda Ronstadt3:49
Blue BayoucoverLynn Anderson?:??
Blue BayoucoverLynn Anderson?:??
Blue BayoucoverLynn Anderson?:??
Blue BayoucoverLynn Anderson?:??
Blue BayoucoverLynn Anderson?:??
Blue BayoucoverLynn Anderson?:??
Blue BayoucoverLynn Anderson2:06
Blue BayoucoverLynn Anderson?:??
Blue BayoucoverLynn Anderson?:??
Blue BayoucoverLynn Anderson?:??
Blue BayoucoverLynn Anderson?:??
Blue BayoucoverLynn Anderson?:??
Blue Bayoucover and liveLinda Ronstadt4:46
Blue BayoucoverLinda Ronstadt?:??
Blue BayoucoverLinda Ronstadt?:??
Blue BayoucoverLinda Ronstadt?:??
Blue BayoucoverLinda Ronstadt4:56
Blue Bayoucover and liveEmmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt?:??
Blue BayouSimone Kopmajer4:13
Blue BayoucoverAnne Bisson4:20
Blue BayoucoverAd & Karin3:41
Blue BayouRoy Orbison?:??
Blue BayoucoverPiet Veerman and The New Cats3:49
Blue BayouRoy Orbison?:??
Blue BayouRoy Orbison?:??
Blue BayouRoy Orbison?:??
Blue Bayou (updated version with additional music, 2018)Roy Orbison with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra2:55
Blue BayouRoy Orbison?:??
Blue BayouRoy Orbison?:??
Blue BayouRoy Orbison?:??
Blue BayouRoy Orbison2:44
Blue BayouRoy Orbison2:56
Blue BayouRoy Orbison3:56
Blue Bayou (mono)Roy Orbison2:29
Blue BayoucoverLynn Anderson?:??
Blue BayoucoverLynn Anderson?:??
Blue BayoucoverAudrey Landers3:30
Blue BayoucoverTexas Lightning4:19
Blue BayoucoverThe Cox Family4:02
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