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'"Turn Blue"' is a 1965 single by jazz organist Jimmy McGriff. The song was a tribute to Ghoulardi's catchphrase "turn blue!".Eric Weisbard Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop Music - - 2007 - Page 99 " Ghoulardi hated pop. He was a jazz fan. He and Schodowski orchestrated the musical side of their mayhem with mainly instrumental rock, jazz, and blues... Jimmy McGriff (who wrote "Turn Blue" for Ghoulardi) along with . . . polkas."American Film - Volume 10, Issues 1-10 -1984 Page 57 "... guy named Ghoulardi who dressed like a beatnik (this was in the mid- sixties), set off firecrackers in the studio during commercial breaks, called every movie he ever showed "a dog," and coined phrases ("Turn blue!" was his trademark) that ..". Stereo Review noted that the track sounded similar to Ray Charles' "A Fool For You".Stereo Review - Volume 15 1965 -- Page 117 "Except for a few numbers like Turn Blue (quite similar to Ray Charles' A Fool For You) and The Party's Over, he just plays blues chorus after blues chorus, with that beat, of course, but over and over until it becomes numbing and ceases to ..." The track was reissued on the Greatest Hits album in 1968. Billboard - 20 Apr 1968 - Page 60 JIMMY McGRIFF'S GREATEST HITS-Veep VP 13522 (M); VPS 16522 (S) Jazz organist Jimmy McGriff rocks and swings with all the vigor and soul he can push from his organ. ... "Turn Blue" and "Last Minute" move both easily and sensitively.

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