Australian singles chart:
Baby Blue entered the Kent charts on 15 May 1972 and peaked at #16. The song was #95 on the Top 100 of 1972.
Album:
The song is on Straight Up which entered the Kent album charts on 1 May 1972 and peaked at #22.
Songwriter:
Peter Ham
Producer:
Todd Rundgren
Record label of Australian release:
Apple
Wikipedia:
Baby Blue was written by Pete Ham, produced by Todd Rundgren, and released on Apple Records.
Ham wrote the song about a woman named Dixie Armstrong, whom he had dated during Badfinger’s last US tour.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Blue_(Badfinger_song)
Songfacts:
George Harrison started producing the Straight Up album but turned it over to Rundgren when he decided to organise the benefit Concert for Bangladesh, which Badfinger played as part of Harrison’s backing band. Harrison produced the album’s other hit Day After Day.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/badfinger/baby-blue
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Lyrics:
Guess I got what I deserved
Kept you waiting there too long, my love
All that time without a word
Didn’t know you’d think that I’d forget or I’d regret
The special love I had for you, my baby blue
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