Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby

"Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby" is a song that was written by Lynsey de Paul, and released in 1975 as her third single on the newly designed yellow Jet Record label in the UK as a follow up to the hit single "My Man and Me".[1][2] It was released on Polydor in Belgium, France and Germany (with different picture sleeves in each country); backed with another de Paul composition "Into My Music".[3][4] It received favourable reviews, including from DJ James Hamilton[5] who, in his first column for Record Mirror, wrote "With a bass line not unlike ‘Bend Me Shape Me’ and some sexy stop/starts, Lynsey makes straight happy pop noises that sound fine to me".[6][7] It was reported to be a dance floor hit according to a reaction report.[8]

The song reached no. 16 on the Poporama Swedish chart,[9][10] and it reached no. 30 and spent two weeks on Capital London Radio's "Capital Countdown chart" (where it was wrongly listed as "Rhythm And Blue Jeans Baby") on 12 July 1975 (now Capital FM).[11] It was also included on the "Disco Top Ten" as a breaker in Record Mirror.[12]

De Paul performed the song live on BBC TV's Top of the Pops on 17 July 1975 with the show being presented by Dave Lee Travis[13]. The show was thought to have been lost from the BBC archives but was tracked down in 2013 and found to be in the private collection of record producer and songwriter Ian Levine.[14] It was the 10th song of this episode, being preceded by David Essex and being followed by Typically Tropical.[15] This version of the song suffered from part of the backing music being omitted. De Paul also performed the song, unusually sat on a motorbike, rather than at her more usual piano on the Bay City Rollers show Shang a Lang on 7 July 1975.[16] She also performed the song as a special international guest on German TV's Die aktuelle Schaubude, where she played it on a gold upright piano.

It was released for the first time on CD on the de Paul album, Greatest Hits,[17][18] and has since appeared on a number of CD albums such as Best of the Seventies.[19] More recently, it appeared with an additional backing track, giving it a fuller sound, on Into My Music Anthology 1975-1979, where also the B-side "Into My Music" was included as an album track for the first time.[18][20] Both songs also recently appeared on the MP3 album Singles Collection 1974-1979.[21]

"Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby" was used as backing music for Karlie Kloss at the Sonia Rykiel Spring/Summer 2008 Fashion Show in Paris.[22] It still receives radio play for example recently on the German programme "Musik á la Carte".[23]

References

  1. ↑ "Lynsey De Paul - Rhythm And Blue Jean Baby". 45cat.com. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Lynsey De Paul - Rhythm And Blue Jean Baby". Discogs.com. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Lynsey de Paul - Rhythm And Blue Jean Baby / Into My Music - Jet - UK - JET 755". 45cat.com. 1975-07-12. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  4. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offiziellecharts.de. 1975-07-13. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  5. ↑ "James Hamilton - Biography & History - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  6. ↑ June 28, 1975, Record Mirror
  7. ↑ "James Hamilton's first column: June 28, 1975". Jameshamiltondiscopage.com. 28 June 1975. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  8. ↑ Record Mirror, "Lynsey's whimsey wins", 5 July 1975, p. 14
  9. ↑ "October 9, 1975 - poporama.nu". Poporama.nu. 9 October 1975. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  10. ↑ Stefan Heiding: Poporama - Heta högen (1992) ISBN 91-971894-1-3
  11. ↑ "Capital - The No. 1 Hit Music Radio Station". Capitalfm.com. 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  12. ↑ Record Mirror, 19 July 1975, p. 14
  13. ↑ ""Top of the Pops" Episode #12.29 (TV Episode 1975)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "Kaleidoscope uncover treasure trove of lost Pan's People performances". Wipednews.com. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "Top of the Pops (UK) - 17th July 1975". Thetvdb.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "Shang-a-Lang (1975– ): Episode #1.13". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  17. ↑ "Lynsey De Paul - Greatest Hits". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  18. 1 2 "Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby - Lynsey de Paul | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  19. ↑ "Lynsey de Paul - Best Of The 70's (CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  20. ↑ "Lynsey de Paul - Into My Music Anthology 1975-1979 (CD)". Discogs.com. 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  21. ↑ "Singles Collection 1974-1979 by Lynsey De Paul album lyrics - Musixmatch - The world's largest lyrics catalog". Musixmatch.
  22. ↑ Karlie Kloss at the Sonia Rykiel Spring/Summer 2008 Fashion Show
  23. ↑ "Musik á la Carte - Hauptsache Musik". Hauptsachemusik.eu. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  • "ISNI 0000000065685048 De Paul, Lynsey (1950-2014)". Isni.org. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  • "Release group "Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby" by Lynsey de Paul - MusicBrainz". Musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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