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165: 63: 22: 634: 338:#903 b/w "Rag Man Boogie" in 1950. Many artists have recorded the song throughout the years, sometimes with a variation of the title including: "Blue Diamond", "Big Blue Diamond", and "Big Blue Diamonds". 853: 823: 688: 186: 661: 759: 577: 80: 35: 642: 226: 208: 146: 49: 326:" is a song written by Earl J. (Kit) Carson in 1950 and published by Lois Music, BMI. It was first recorded by the country singer, 127: 731: 99: 833: 84: 415: 106: 752: 651: 327: 843: 838: 803: 607: 179: 173: 828: 681: 113: 73: 818: 813: 808: 190: 95: 375:
Although "Big Blue Diamonds" was originally written as a country song it has been able to switch genres from
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by Rick Koster, published by St. Martin's Press, USA, 1996, page 84, ref: 'Gene Summers / Big Blue Diamonds'
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and it became his signature song throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Country singer
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One of the best-selling versions of the song was recorded in 1962 by
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by Billy Poore, published by Hal Leonard Corporation, USA, 1998,
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covered the Summers version in 1972, where it reached #39 on the
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had his biggest-selling single with the song in 1964 on
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