Peak
16
Weeks
10
Score
1,403
Chart Year
1960
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position16
Peak DateDec 19, 1960
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted10
Weeks in Top 407
Weeks in Top 100
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc505
Weekly Calc898
Total Score1,403
Rankings
Year Ranking#165
Decade Ranking#1,568
Billboard Year#155
Top 5000#10,246
Details
- Album
- Single
- Label
- Hi Records
- Genre
- Rhythm & Blues
- Media Type
- 45
- Duration
- 1:58
- Composer(s)
- Leroy Anderson;Mitchell Parish
- Entered Chart
- Nov 28, 1960
- Peak Date
- Dec 19, 1960
- Released
- Nov 1960
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Hi 2027
- B-Side
- Willie
- Original Artist
- Leroy Anderson
Music Video
Notes
"Blue Tango" is an instrumental composition by Leroy Anderson, written for orchestra in 1951 and published in 1952. It was later turned into a popular song with lyrics by Mitchell Parish. Numerous artists have since covered "Blue Tango". Leroy Anderson copied heavily from the overture to Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata. There decorations by string and other instruments appear around minute 3:00. Anderson used this motive throughout the Blue Tango. The song was subsequently revived by Bill Black's Combo. This recording was released by Hi Records as catalog number 2027, with the flip side "Willie". It first reached the Billboard charts on December 12, 1960, and lasted 7 weeks on the chart. On the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached No. 16. This version (with the same flip side) was also released in Australia by London Records, as catalog number HL-1735
Instrumental
Chart History (10 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 28, 1960 | 75 | 51 |
| 2 | Dec 5, 1960 | 41 | 85 |
| 3 | Dec 12, 1960 | 22 | 104 |
| 4 | Dec 19, 1960 | 16 | 110 |
| 5 | Dec 26, 1960 | 25 | 101 |
| 6 | Jan 2, 1961 | 26 | 100 |
| 7 | Jan 9, 1961 | 21 | 105 |
| 8 | Jan 16, 1961 | 22 | 104 |
| 9 | Jan 23, 1961 | 40 | 86 |
| 10 | Jan 30, 1961 | 74 | 52 |