Beaucoups of Blues (song)
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| "Beaucoups of Blues" | ||||
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 US picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Ringo Starr | ||||
| from the album Beaucoups of Blues | ||||
| B-side | "Coochy Coochy" | |||
| Released | 5 October 1970 (US only) | |||
| Recorded | 25–26 June 1970 | |||
| Studio | Music City Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:35 | |||
| Label | Apple | |||
| Songwriter | Buzz Rabin | |||
| Producer | Pete Drake | |||
| Ringo Starr singles chronology | ||||
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"Beaucoups of Blues" is the title song from Ringo Starr's 1970 country album of the same name. It was released as Starr's first solo single on 5 October 1970 on Apple[nb 1][2] in several countries,[3] but not the UK, and entered the charts in both the US and Germany where it reached number 87 and number 43 respectively.[4][5] The song was written by Nashville singer-songwriter Buzz Rabin,[6] and appeared on his 1974 solo album Cross Country Cowboy.[7]
The song was later included on Starr's greatest hits albums Blast from Your Past[8] and Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr.[9] In 2015, it was included on the album Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City,[10] released to accompany the similarly titled exhibition at the Country Music Hall of Fame.[11]
