Blue, released in 1958 by Bill Mack, an American songwriter-country artist and country radio disc jockey. The song won Mack the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Country Song, a 1996 Academy of Country Music Award for Song of the Year, a 1997 Country Music Association Awards nomination for Song of the Year, a 1997 Country Radio Music Awards nomination for Song of the Year, and is included on the CMT list of the top 100 country songs of all time.
It has since been covered by several artists, in particular by country singer LeAnn Rimes, whose 1996 version became a hit. Rimes' rendition won the 1996 Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
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It has since been covered by several artists, in particular by country singer LeAnn Rimes, whose 1996 version became a hit. Rimes' rendition won the 1996 Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
LeAnn Rimes
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Patsy Cline
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Bill Mack
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Bill Mack On Writing "Blue" and Patsy Cline
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