Misty Blue Song

If my mother was out there i d dedicate this to her tonight oh it s been such a long long time looks like i d get you off of my mind.

Misty blue song. Although montgomery wrote the song for a different artist in mind it was brought first to the attention of wilma burgess in 1966. Oh it s been such a long long time looks like i get you off my mind oh but i can t just the thought of you turns my whole world a misty blue. A decade later blues artist dorothy moore released the highest charting version of the song and it reached the top ten in several different radio f. Misty blue is a song written by bobby montgomery that has become a pop standard.

Stephen from adelaide australia the crystals recorded a fabulous expanded cover of this song called misty blue as the days go by. Oh it s been such a long long time looks like i d get you off my mind oh but i can t just the thought of you turns my whole world misty blue oh honey just the. Lyrics to misty blue by mary j. Originally written as a country song for eddy arnold the song grew in popularity after it was covered by jazz vocalist ella fitzgerald in 1967.

And my whole world turns misty blue misty blue ooh baby i should forget you heaven knows i tried heaven knows i tried baby when i say that i m glad we re through deep in my heart i know i ve lied i ve lied i ve lied just the thought of you misty blue ooh honey it s been such a long long time looks like i d get you off my mind but i can t. By the mid 1970s moore had begun a career as a solo vocalist and released a series of best selling singles and albums. Find album reviews stream songs credits and award information for misty blue ella fitzgerald on allmusic 1968. She formed a vocal group the poppies who had hits in 1966 with the songs lullaby of love and he s ready.

It is available on the album the best of the crystals ref. Among her hits of this period was misty blue featuring backing vocals by her poppies bandmate fern kinney.