Blue On Blue and Blue Velvet are performed live by Bobby Vinton in 1973. The popular studio HQ recording follows. Blue Velvet reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. 23 years later, director David Lynch named his movie Blue Velvet after the song.
Bobby Vinton's version of Blue Velvet was ranked No. 5 on Billboard's end of year ranking "Top Records of 1963."