Bluebird (Anne Murray song)
"Bluebird" | ||||
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Single by Anne Murray | ||||
from the album You Will | ||||
Released | November 1990 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:34 | |||
Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ron Irving | |||
Producer(s) | Jerry Crutchfield | |||
Anne Murray singles chronology | ||||
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"Bluebird" is a song recorded by Canadian country pop singer Anne Murray for her 1990 album release You Will from which it was the second track sent for promotion to radio.[1]
The song had first been recorded by its composer Ron Irving in 1980 as "Bluebird Lullaby",[2] reaching #28 on the RPM Country 50 Singles chart in March 1981:[3] Irving, a native of Powell River (BC) then playing guitar and singing in lower mainland clubs, had written the song to be performed at his wedding.[2] From 1985 Irving had fronted the group Bootleg whose 1988 self-titled album had included a remake of "Bluebird Lullaby": (quote Irving:) "My band had kind of run its course and was breaking up. Then I got the call that there was a song from our album that Anne [Murray] was going to record."[4] On the strength of Murray's recording "Bluebird Lullaby" (as "Bluebird") Irving would be signed as a staff writer at BMG Publishing Group.[5]
Murray would say of "Bluebird": "It had been twenty years since I did a bird song so I figured it was time for another" [6] - referencing her 1970 breakout hit "Snowbird".[6] Sung to a calypso arrangement,[7][8] "Bluebird" would be the follow-up to Murray's Top Ten C&W hit "Feed This Fire", "Bluebird" would peak at #39 on the Billboard C&W chart where Murray would subsequently have one final chart showing: "Everyday" (#56/ 1991).[9] "Bluebird" was more of a success in Canada, rising as high as #3 on the RPM100 Country Tracks chart in March 1991.[10]
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References[]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2009). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005. NYC: Crown Publishing. p. 265. ISBN 978-0898201772.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Powell River Living October 2016 p. 30
- ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.0368.pdf
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2017-01-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.pentictonwesternnews.com/entertainment/260027051.html
- ^ Jump up to: a b http://www.deseretnews.com/article/124384/SNOWBIRD-SONGBIRD-AT-SYMPHONY-HALL.html?pg=all
- ^ http://www.deseretnews.com/article/125168/CANADIAN-ANNE-MURRAY-PERFORMS-HIT-AFTER-HIT-FOR-ADORING-UTAH-FANS.html?pg=all
- ^ Billboard vol 102 #46 (17 November 1990) p. 77
- ^ http://www.musicvf.com/Anne+Murray.art
- ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.1466.pdf
- ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1466." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. March 16, 1991. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
- ^ "Anne Murray Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
- 1980 songs
- 1990 singles
- Anne Murray songs
- Capitol Records Nashville singles
- Song recordings produced by Jerry Crutchfield
- 1981 country song stubs