Song 821: This week the playlist comes around to Blue Velvet by Bobby Vinton, written by Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris, and you can find a YouTube video of it by clicking on the title. Around the time I reached the end of my first decade, my folks gave me a transistor radio, and a couple of years later, I really liked hearing this Bobby fellow doing his descriptions of an attractive female wearing indigo apparel. Fairly soon, I learned the chorus lines and I would sing along with Mr. BV when his vivid melodic portrayal came floating from the radio speaker. At the time, I felt obsessed by a certain young woman, to the point that seeing her could make me feel warmer than May, even though we rarely got close enough to even speak with each other. About a year-and-a-half after this gem hit the charts, her family moved to California, and when she left, gone was the glow, but I still carried a memory through the years for a while after she disappeared.
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