song "Blue Bayou" by Roy Orbison

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single song

"Blue Bayou" is a classic 1963 Roy Orbison ballad known for its haunting melody and emotional vocals, later popularized again by Linda Ronstadt's hit cover.

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song "Blue Bayou" by Roy Orbison canonical 1
“Blue Bayou” by Roy Orbison 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Linda Ronstadt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roy Orbison NERFINISHED ⓘ
bSideOf Mean Woman Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Joe Melson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roy Orbison NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
famousCoverArtist Linda Ronstadt NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre ballad ⓘ
country rock ⓘ
pop ⓘ
pop ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasChartingCover Blue Bayou (Linda Ronstadt version) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableCoverVersion Blue Bayou (Linda Ronstadt version) NERFINISHED ⓘ
includedIn Roy Orbison Sings (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Simple Dreams (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
English ⓘ
originallyPerformedBy Roy Orbison NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalSong Blue Bayou NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Linda Ronstadt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roy Orbison NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Fred Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Asylum Records ⓘ
Monument Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseYear 1963 ⓘ
1977 ⓘ
theme homesickness ⓘ
homesickness ⓘ
longing ⓘ
longing ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
vocalStyle emotional ⓘ
emotional ⓘ
haunting ⓘ
melodic ⓘ
writer Joe Melson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roy Orbison NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Simple Dreams → basedOn → song "Blue Bayou" by Roy Orbison ⓘ
Monument Records → catalogIncludes → song "Blue Bayou" by Roy Orbison ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Blue Bayou” by Roy Orbison