"Blue Room" is ashow tune from the 1926Rodgers and Hart musicalThe Girl Friend,^[1] where it was introduced byEva Puck andSammy White.^[2] It is also ajazz standard.

• It was recorded byThe Revelers on June 8, 1926, and originally released by Victor as catalog number 20082B, with the flip side "Valencia";^[3] it was re-released by Victor as catalog number 24707, with the flip side "Dancing in the Dark".^[4]
• In June 1927, while the Hamilton Sisters and Fordyce were on tour in England, they recorded two versions of this song: one with The Savoy Orpheans, and the other with Bert Ambrose and His Orchestra.
• Another recording was made on October 17, 1933, by theDorsey Brothers Orchestra, and released byBrunswick Records as catalog number 6722, with the flip side "Fidgety Feet".^[5]
• Another recording was made on July 16, 1934, byIsham Jones and his orchestra, and released byVictor Records as catalog number 24701A, with the flip side "Georgia Jubilee".^[4]
• Another recording was made on December 15, 1936, byJan Garber and his orchestra, and released byBrunswick Records as catalog number 7870, with the flip side "Moonlight and Roses".^[6] The same recording was later released byVocalion Records as catalog number 5484 and byConqueror Records as catalog number 9496, both with the flip side "Home on the Range".^[7][8]
• Another recording was made on January 16, 1938, byBenny Goodman and his orchestra, as part ofthe live Carnegie Hall jazz concert; but it was re-released as a 45 rpm record byColumbia Records as catalog number 39312, with the flip side "Swingtime in the Rockies".^[9]
• A recording of the song in a medley with "Am I Blue?" was made on July 14, 1942, byEddy Duchin and released byColumbia Records as catalog number 36746, with the flip side a medley of "Sometimes I'm Happy" and "Pretty Baby".^[10]
• Another recording was made byMark Warnow and released byMGM Records as catalog number 30040, with the flip side "Bess, You Is My Woman".^[11]

• It was recorded in 1952 byBlue Barron and released byMGM Records as catalog number 30687, with the flip side "Blue Moments."^[12]
• Bing Crosby recorded the song on his 1956 albumBing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings.^[13]
• Another 1956 recording was made byElla Fitzgerald as part of herElla Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book album.^[14]
• Another recording was made byTommy Dorsey and his orchestra, released byDecca Records as catalog number 29057, with the flip side "Liza Jane."^[15]
• Eliane Elias included the song on her 2013 albumI Thought About You.^[16]
• Notable small group recordings of "Blue Room" include Miles Davis (1951), Thad Jones (1956), Jimmy Smith (1957), Hank Jones (1958), Gene Ammons (1960), The Jazztet (1961), and Bill Charlap (1999)

• It was featured in the 1948 filmWords and Music,^[1] where it was sung byPerry Como, who played Eddie Lorrison Anders. Como would later record it twice in 1948: the first on May 29;^[1] the second, withHenri René conducting, on December 17.^[1] The first recording was included on the soundtrack album ofWords and Music;^[1] while the second, released as a single, (RCA Victor Records catalog numbers 20-3329-A on 78 rpm^[1][17] and 47-3329-A on 45 rpm,^[1] with the flip side "With a Song in My Heart"^[1][17]) reached the position of #18 on the charts.^[1] It was also released by theHis Master's Voice (UK), catalog number BD 1280.
• In 1946, it was featured in a scene inThe Big Sleep starringHumphrey Bogart andLauren Bacall.
• In 1950, it was used inYoung Man with a Horn when it was played byKirk Douglas (dubbed byHarry James).^[18]
• In 1970,Cass Elliot covered the song onThe Ed Sullivan Show (salute toRichard Rodgers).^[19]

• 1920s jazz standards
• 1926 songs
• 1948 singles
• Perry Como songs
• Compositions in the Real Book
• Songs from Rodgers and Hart musicals
• Songs with lyrics by Lorenz Hart
• Songs with music by Richard Rodgers

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