Songs with Colors in the Title

 May 30, 2015

Songs with Colors in the TitleHow many tunes can you remember that were inspired by colors?

Here are a few you may have heard in and around the Keener era:

  • Baby Blue – 1972 – Badfinger
  • Baby’s In Black – 1964 – The Beatles
  • Ballad Of The Green Berets, The – 1966 – Sgt. Barry Sadler
  • Big Yellow Taxi – 1970 – Joni Mitchell
  • Black Dog  – 1972 – Led Zeppelin
  • Black Magic Woman – 1971 – Santana
  • Black Night – 1970 – Deep Purple
  • Blackbird – 1968 – The Beatles
  • Blue Bayou  – 1963 – Roy Orbison
  • Blue Moon – 1956 – Elvis Presley
  • Blue On Blue – 1963 – Bobby Vinton
  • Blue Velvet – 1963 – Bobby Vinton
  • Blueberry Hill  – 1957 – Fats Domino
  • Brown Eyed Girl – 1967 – Van Morrison
  • Brown Sugar – 1971 – The Rolling Stones
  • Color Him Father – 1969 – The Winstons
  • Colour My World – 1970 – Chicago
  • Colours – 1965 – Donovan
  • Crimson And Clover – 1969 – Tommy James & the Shondells
  • Crystal Blue Persuasion – 1969 – Tommy James & the Shondells
  • Deep Purple – 1963 – Nino Tempo and April Stevens
  • Don’t Make My Baby Blue – 1965 – Shadows
  • Goldfinger – 1965 – Shirley Bassey
  • Grass Is Greener, The – 1963 – Brenda Lee
  • Green Eyed Lady  – 1970 – Sugarloaf
  • Green Grass – 1966 – Gary Lewis & the Playboys
  • Green Green Grass Of Home – 1966 – Tom Jones
  • Green Onions  – 1962 – Booker T. & MG’s
  • Green River  – 1969 – Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Green Tambourine  – 1968 – The Lemon Pipers
  • Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) – 1973 – Helen Reddy
  • Lil’ Red Riding Hood  – 1966 – Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
  • Love Is Blue  – 1968 – Paul Mauriat
  • Maxwell’s Silver Hammer  – 1969 – Beatles
  • Mellow Yellow  – 1966 – Donovan
  • Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter – 1965 – Herman’s Hermits
  • My Blue Heaven – 1956 – Fats Domino
  • Navy Blue – 1964 – Diane Renay
  • Nights In White Satin – 1972 – The Moody Blues
  • 1, 2, 3, Red Light – 1968 – 1910 Fruitgum Co.
  • Paint It Black – 1966 – The Rolling Stones
  • Pink Panther Theme – 1963 – Henry Mancini
  • Purple Haze  – 1967 – Jimi Hendrix Experience
  • Red Red Wine – 1968 – Neil Diamond
  • Red Roses For A Blue Lady – 1965 – Bert Kaempfert
  • Red Roses For A Blue Lady – 1965 – Vic Dana
  • Red Rubber Ball  – 1966 – The Cyrkle
  • Roses Are Red (My Love) – 1962 – Bobby Vinton
  • Say It Loud- I’m Black And I’m Proud (Part 1) – 1968 – James Brown
  • Silence Is Golden – 1964 – The Four Seasons
  • Silence Is Golden – 1967 – The Tremeloes
  • Silver And Gold – 1991 – Dolly Parton
  • Silver Bird – 1970 – Mark Lindsay
  • Song Sung Blue  – 1972 – Neil Diamond
  • Suite: Judy Blue Eyes  – 1969 – Crosby, Stills and Nash
  • White Rabbit  – 1967 – Jefferson Airplane
  • White Room – 1968 – Cream
  • Whiter Shade Of Pale – 1967 – Procol Harum
  • Yellow River – 1970 – Christie
  • Yellow Submarine  – 1966 – The Beatles