Blue Velvet (song)
| "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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| "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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| 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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"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.