Blue Guitar

For the Celeste Buckingham song, see Blue Guitar (Celeste Buckingham song). For the song recorded by Justin Hayward and John Lodge, see Blue Jays (album).

"Blue Guitar" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. In 1963, Richard Chamberlain released it as the lead single from his album Twilight of Honor. It was a No. 12 hit on the Easy Listening chart and reached No. 42 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Blue Guitar"
Single by Richard Chamberlain
from the album Twilight of Honor
B-side	"(They Long to Be) Close to You"
Released	1963
Length	2:51
Label	MGM
Songwriter(s)	Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Richard Chamberlain singles chronology
"I Will Love You" (1963) "Blue Guitar" (1963) "Rome Will Never Leave You" (1964)

Background

Chamberlain's single is also notable for its B-side, another Bacharach-David composition entitled "(They Long to Be) Close to You." This is the original version of the song that became a number-one hit for the Carpenters in 1970.

It has been covered by Canadian actor Lorne Greene for his album The Ponderosa.