TOP 100 COLOR SONGS
OF THE '50S AND '60S
- Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado - 1955
- Blue Tango - Leroy Anderson - 1952
- The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller - 1955
- Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat - 1968
- The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley - 1958
- The Ballad of the Green Berets - SSgt. Barry Sadler - 1966
- Roses Are Red (My Love) - Bobby Vinton - 1962
- Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino - 1956
- The Green Door - Jim Lowe - 1956
- Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton - 1963
- Blue Moon - The Marcels - 1961
- Mr. Blue - The Fleetwoods - 1959
- Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter - Herman's
Hermits - 1965 - Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones - 1966
- The Little White Cloud That Cried - Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads - 1952
- Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins - 1956
- Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini -
Brian Hyland - 1960 - Deep Purple - Nino Tempo and April Stevens - 1963
- A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation) - Marty
Robbins - 1957 - Greenfields - The Brothers Four - 1960
- Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers - 1968
- The Blacksmith Blues - Ella Mae Morse - 1952
- Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James and the
Shondells - 1969 - Snoopy Vs. the Red Baron - The Royal Guardsmen - 1967
- Charlie Brown - The Coasters - 1959
- Pink Shoe Laces - Dodie Stevens - 1959
- Lavender-Blue - Sammy Turner - 1959
- Lil' Red Riding Hood - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - 1966
- Little Green Apples - O.C. Smith - 1968
- Sail Along Silvery Moon - Billy Vaughn - 1957
- Green Onions - Booker T. and the MG's - 1962
- Mellow Yellow - Donovan - 1966
- Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival - 1969
- Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrkle - 1966
- Blue on Blue - Bobby Vinton - 1963
- Band of Gold - Don Cherry - 1956
- Devil with a Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly - Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - 1966
- Black Night - Charles Brown - 1951
- Pink Champagne - Joe Liggins - 1950
- Yellow Submarine - The Beatles - 1966
- Red River Rock - Johnny and the Hurricanes - 1959
- Black is Black - Los Bravos - 1966
- Yellow Bird - Arthur Lyman Group - 1961
- Lonely Blue Boy - Conway Twitty - 1960
- Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots -
The Cheers - 1955 - Blue Monday - Fats Domino - 1957
- Blue Light Boogie - Louis Jordan - 1950
- A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum - 1967
- The Jolly Green Giant - The Kingsmen - 1965
- 1,2,3, Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Company - 1968
- Blue Tango - Hugo Winterhalter - 1952
- Pretty Blue Eyes - Steve Lawrence - 1959
- Navy Blue - Diane Renay - 1964
- White Room - Cream - 1968
- White Lightning - George Jones - 1959
- The House of Blue Lights - Chuck Miller - 1955
- Venus in Blue Jeans - Jimmy Clanton - 1962
- Color Him Father - The Winstons - 1969
- Quicksilver - Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters - 1950
- Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey - 1965
- Blue Angel - Roy Orbison - 1960
- White on White - Danny Williams - 1964
- Reverend Mr. Black - The Kingston Trio - 1963
- White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane - 1967
- White Silver Sands - Don Rondo - 1957
- Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison - 1967
- White Silver Sands - Bill Black's Combo - 1960
- Red Roses for a Blue Lady - Vic Dana - 1965
- The Golden Rocket - Hank Snow - 1951
- Orange Colored Sky - Nat "King" Cole and Stan
Kenton - 1950 - Silence is Golden - The Tremeloes - 1967
- Say it Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud - James Brown - 1968
- Beautiful Brown Eyes - Rosemary Clooney - 1951
- 18 Yellow Roses - Bobby Darin - 1963
- Green Grass - Gary Lewis and the Playboys - 1966
- Blue Shadows - Lowell Fulson - 1950
- Red Roses for a Blue Lady - Bert Kaempfert - 1965
- Green, Green Grass of Home - Tom Jones - 1967
- Band of Gold - Kit Carson - 1956
- Little Red Rooster- Sam Cooke - 1963
- A Walk in the Black Forest - Horst Jankowski - 1965
- Black Slacks - Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones - 1957
- Baby Blue - The Echoes - 1961
- Black Pearl - Sonny Charles and the Checkmates, Ltd. - 1969
- The Man with the Golden Arm - Richard Maltby - 1956
- The Girl with the Golden Braids - Perry Como - 1957
- Green, Green - The New Christy Minstrels - 1963
- When the White Lilacs Bloom Again - Helmut Zacharias - 1956
- My Blue Heaven - Fats Domino - 1956
- Gonna Find Me a Bluebird - Marvin Rainwater - 1957
- The Little Blue Man - Betty Johnson - 1958
- That Old Black Magic - Louis Prima and Keely Smith - 1958
- I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song) - The Ikettes - 1962
- Blue Blue Day - Don Gibson - 1958
- Blue Tango - Guy Lombardo - 1952
- Color My World - Petula Clark - 1966
- Little Band of Gold - James Gilreath - 1963
- Deep Purple - Billy Ward and his Dominoes - 1957
- Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley - 1956
- My Coloring Book - Kitty Kallen - 1963
Songs with titles containing primary colors (red, yellow, blue, black, white), secondary colors (green, purple, orange, brown), other color variations (gold, silver, pink, lavender) as well as "color" songs in general can be found on this list. The blues, as a category of music, is not treated as a color, so "Blues" songs are omitted (unless a color is also included in the title). Rankings are based on the popularity of each recording during the period of 1950 through 1969.
The color blue dominates the list with mentions in 31 song titles. Green, black and white each make eleven appearances. Red comes up nine times, followed by gold with eight and yellow with six. There are seven entries with two different colors in the title, including the song at number one, "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White." In addition, six songs have the same color used in the title twice, such as "Blue on Blue."
Only two artists are on the list with more than one song: Bobby Vinton and Fats Domino have three apiece. Three other artists (Charles Brown, James Brown and Bill Black's Combo) have common colors as part of their names; in each instance, their represented song also happens to contain one or more colors. "Blue Tango," with three versions, is the most popular song with a color in the title; five others are on the list in two different versions.