Bye Bye Blues (song)

"Bye Bye Blues"
Single by Les Paul and Mary Ford
B-side	"Mammy's Boogie"
Released	January 1953
Genre	Vocal
Length	2:05
Label	Capitol Records 2316
Writer(s)	Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray
Les Paul and Mary Ford singles chronology
"My Baby's Coming Home" (1952) "Bye Bye Blues" (1953) "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" (1953)

"Bye Bye Blues" is a popular and jazz standard written by Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown, and Chauncey Gray and published in 1930.

Background

The year it was introduced it was sung by The Vikings on the NBC radio series, The Vikings.

It has been recorded by many artists, but the best-known recording is one made in 1952 by Les Paul and Mary Ford. This recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2316 backed with the Les Paul instrumental composition "Mammy's Boogie". It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on December 27, 1952 and lasted 5 weeks on the chart, peaking at #5.

Movie Appearances

The song appeared as the title track of the 1989 film Bye Bye Blues. The song also appeared in the 1957 film The Joker is Wild and the 2005 film The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio.

Recorded versions

• Oscar Alemán (1942)
• Mose Allison (1958)
• Ambrose and his orchestra (1930)
• Ann-Margret (1961)
• Count Basie and his orchestra
• Tex Beneke and his orchestra
• Cab Calloway and his orchestra (1941)
• Freddy Cannon (1960)
• Chas and Dave
• The Chenille Sisters (1992)
• Jill Corey (1957)
• Mark Cosgrove
• Bing Crosby
• Duane Eddy (1967)
• Ferrante and Teicher (1958)
• Nat Gonella and His Georgians (1936)
• Benny Goodman and his orchestra (1948)
• Fred Hamm and His Orchestra (May 01, 1925 Victor 19662-B <Discography of American Historical Recordings (DAHR)>
• Al Hirt
• Harry James and his orchestra
• Rebecca Jenkins in the movie of the same name (1989)
• Bert Kaempfert (1966 Top 100 single)
• The Spotnicks (1964)
• Kay Kyser and his orchestra
• Brenda Lee (1966)
• Peggy Lee (recorded December 26, 1947)
• Liberace
• Julie London (1957)
• Bert Lown and his orchestra (1930)
• Helen O'Connell
• Oscar Peterson
• Leo Reisman and his orchestra (vocal: Philip Steele) (1930)
• Jimmy Roselli (1981)
• Dinah Shore (1949) (1960)
• Hank Snow
• Nino Tempo and April Stevens (1968)
• Merle Travis
• Frankie Trumbauer and his orchestra (vocal: Scrappy Lambert) (1930)
• Dinah Washington (1953)
• Andy Williams in (1966) as the B-side to the single, "May Each Day"
• Mary Lou Williams (1949)
• Teddy Wilson
• Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass on Atras Da Porta (1983)
• Doyle Dykes on "Chameleon"
• Henri Salvador in "avec la bouche"
• Juan García Esquivel on "Infinity In Sound Vol. 2" (1961)
• James Last (1966)