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Single by Vic Dana | ||||
from the album Red Roses for a Blue Lady | ||||
B-side | "Blue Ribbons (For Her Curls)" | |||
Released | January 1965 | |||
Genre | Easy Listening | |||
Length | 2:45 | |||
Label | Dolton | |||
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Producer(s) | Dick Glasser | |||
Vic Dana singles chronology | ||||
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Single by Bert Kaempfert | ||||
B-side | "Lonely Nightingale" | |||
Released | January 1965 | |||
Genre | Easy Listening | |||
Length | 2:20 | |||
Label | Decca | |||
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Bert Kaempfert singles chronology | ||||
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Single by Wayne Newton | ||||
B-side | "One More Memory" | |||
Released | February 1965 | |||
Genre | Easy Listening | |||
Length | 2:20 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
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Wayne Newton singles chronology | ||||
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"Red Roses for a Blue Lady" is a 1948 popular song by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett (alias Roy Brodsky). It has been recorded by a number of performers. Actor-singer John Laurenz (1909–1958)[1] was the first to record the song for Mercury Records. It rose to #2 on the weekly “Your Hit Parade” radio survey in the spring of 1949. The original 78rpm single was issued on Mercury 5201 - Red Roses For A Blue Lady (Roy Brodsky-Sid Tepper) by John Laurenz.[2]
The song is about a man who wishes to give flowers as a gift to the woman he loves after the two have had a disagreement and that said disagreement made her blue (i.e., sad). He hopes that if his sweetheart accepts his plea for forgiveness, the two will marry and that he will soon return to pick out the florist’s “best white orchid for her wedding gown."
Chart (1949) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] | 4 |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] | 10 |
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Chart (1965) | Peak position |
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Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[12] | 3 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] | 23 |
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 4 |
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [13] | 18 |