Blue Guitar

"Blue Guitar" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. In 1963, Richard Chamberlain released it as the lead single from his album Twilight of Honor. It was a No. 12 hit on the Easy Listening chart, No. 42 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 30 in Canada.

Background

The B-side of Chamberlain's single is the first recording of the Bacharach-David composition " Close to You." The song later became a number-one hit for the Carpenters in 1970.