Learnin’ the Blues

Track 30 on The Complete Capitol Singles Collection

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Apr. 25, 19551 viewer8.4K views

Learnin’ the Blues Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The tables are empty
The dance floor's deserted
You play the same love song
It's the 10th time you've heard it

[Chorus]
That's the beginning
Just one of the clues
You've had your first lesson
In learnin' the blues

[Verse 2]
The cigarettes you light
One after another
Won't help you forget her
And the way that you love her

[Chorus]
You're only burnin'
A torch you can't lose
But you're on the right track
For learnin' the blues

[Verse 3]
When you're at home alone
The blues will taunt you constantly
When you're out in a crowd
The blues will haunt your memory

[Verse 4]
The nights when you don't sleep
The whole night you're crying
But you can't forget her
Soon you even stop trying

[Chorus]
You'll walk that floor
And wear out your shoes
When you feel your heart break
You're learnin' the blues

[Bridge]
When you're at home alone
The blues will taunt you constantly
When you're out in a crowd
Those blues will haunt your memory

[Verse 4]
The nights when you don't sleep
That whole night you're crying
But you can't forget her
Soon you even stop trying

[Chorus]
You'll walk the floor
And you'll wear out your shoes
When you feel your heart break
You're learnin' those blues

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Learnin' the Blues" is a big band popular song written by Dolores “Vicki” Silvers and performed by Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra in 1955.[1] Initially published on the B side of the EP Session With Sinatra (Capitol Records EAP 1-629), Learnin' the Blues was subsequently re-released in June 1955 as a single with Sinatra’s If I Had Three Wishes on the B side (Capitol 3102).
In the weeks of 3-9 and 24-30 July 1955, Sinatra’s rendition was briefly the most frequently played song on U.S. radio.[2] The single’s sales peaked at #2 on the NME British charts in August 1955, and at #1 on the Australian charts for the week of 13–19 November 1955. In cumulative year-end charts for 1955, Learnin' the Blues ranked #14 (Billboard Year-End) in the United States and #17 (NME Year-End) in the United Kingdom. Sinatra re-recorded the song in 1962 for the album Sinatra-Basie.