Blue Bayou

:This article is about Roy Orbison album. For the Disneyland restaurant see :Blue Bayou Restaurant.

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Blue Bayou is the title of a 1963 song written by Americans Roy Orbison and Joe Melson and sung by Orbison. A ballad, it was released as a 45rpm single on the Monument Records label as the flip side to the rock song, Mean Woman Blues.

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1963 - American - Roy Orbison - Joe Melson - 45rpm single - Monument Records - Flip side - Mean Woman Blues

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"Blue Bayou" also appears on Orbison's 1963 album, In Dreams and his 1989 posthumous album A Black & White Night Live from the 1988 HBO television special.

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Album - In Dreams - A Black & White Night Live - HBO

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The song would later be recorded by several others including Linda Ronstadt and in the French language by France's, Mireille Mathieu.

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Linda Ronstadt - French language - France's - Mireille Mathieu

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This song has been used in several motion pictures including:

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• Man on Fire (2004)
• Dreamcatcher (2003)
• Last Orders (2001)