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Written by George Jones, also We’re Gonna Hold On (George Jones & Tammy Wynette), Why Baby Why (Red Sovine) and Just One More (George Jones)
Released on F-Beat, also Shipbuilding, A Good Year for the Roses and Clubland
Part of Almost Blue, also A Good Year for the Roses, Brown to Blue and How Much I Lied
Written by Lawton Williams, also Señor Santa Claus (Jim Reeves), Fraulein (Townes Van Zandt) and Fräulein (Chris Howland)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
George Jones wrote 73 songs on fono
George Jones’s most frequent co-writer is Earl Montgomery (13 songs together)
George Jones first appears on fono in 1955, 26 years before this song
Lawton Williams first appears on fono in 1963, 18 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- George Jones and Lawton Williams
- Part of
- Almost Blue
- Released on
- F-Beat
- Written by
- George Jones and Lawton Williams
- Part of
- Almost Blue
- Released on
- F-Beat
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: George Jones
Same writer: Lawton Williams
Same label: F-Beat
Same release: Almost Blue
Same writer: George Jones
Same writer: Lawton Williams
Same release: Almost Blue
Same writer: George Jones
Elsewhere
Sources (5)
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1MusicBrainz Colour of the Blues was written by George Jones
Colour of the Blues was written by George Jones
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Colour of the Blues was written by Lawton Williams
Colour of the Blues was written by Lawton Williams
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Colour of the Blues is part of the release Almost Blue
Colour of the Blues is part of the release Almost Blue
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz F-Beat is the label of the song Colour of the Blues
F-Beat is the label of the song Colour of the Blues
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Colour of the Blues was released on 1981-10-23
Colour of the Blues was released on 1981-10-23
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026