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Blue" is a song written and recorded in 1956 but released in 1958 by
Bill Mack, an American songwriter-country artist and country radio
disc jockey. It has since been covered by several artists, in particular by
country singer LeAnn Rimes, whose 1996 version became a hit. The song won Mack the 1996
Grammy Award for Best Country Song, a 1996
Academy of Country Music Award for Song of the Year, a 1997
Country Music Association Awards nomination for Song of the Year, a 1997 Country Radio Music Awards nomination for Song of the Year, and is included on the
CMT list of the top 100 country songs of all time.