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Released on ABC-Paramount, also Unchain My Heart (Ray Charles), Georgia on My Mind (Ray Charles) and Lawdy Miss Clawdy (take 1, alternate) (Lloyd Price)
Part of Travelin’ Light, also Big City, Sunday in New York and Confession
Written by Woody Harris, also Clementine (Bobby Darin), Early in the Morning (Buddy Holly) and Queen of the Hop (Bobby Darin)
Written by Al Byron, also Roses Are Red (My Love) (Bobby Vinton), Something Blue (Elvis Presley) and C'est à nous (Eddy Mitchell)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Al Byron’s most frequent co-writer is Paul Evans (3 songs together)
Woody Harris first appears on fono in 1959, 6 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Al Byron and Woody Harris
- Part of
- Travelin’ Light
- Released on
- ABC-Paramount
- Written by
- Al Byron and Woody Harris
- Part of
- Travelin’ Light
- Released on
- ABC-Paramount
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Woody Harris
Same writer: Al Byron
Same label: ABC-Paramount
Same release: Travelin’ Light
Same writer: Woody Harris
Same writer: Al Byron
Same label: ABC-Paramount
Same release: Travelin’ Light
Elsewhere
Sources (5)
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1MusicBrainz Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues was written by Al Byron
Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues was written by Al Byron
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues was written by Woody Harris
Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues was written by Woody Harris
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues is part of the release Travelin’ Light
Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues is part of the release Travelin’ Light
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz ABC-Paramount is the label of the song Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues
ABC-Paramount is the label of the song Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues was released on 1965
Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues was released on 1965
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026