"Blue Monday" is a song

Song

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 originally written by Dave Bartholomew

Dave Bartholomew

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, and first recorded by Smiley Lewis

Smiley Lewis

Smiley Lewis was an American New Orleans rhythm and blues musician. The journalist, Tony Russell, in his book The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, stated "Lewis was the unluckiest man in New Orleans...

 in 1954

1954 in music

-Events:*January 14 - First documented use of the abbreviated term "Rock 'n' Roll" to promote Alan Freed's Rock 'n' Roll Jubillee, held at St. Nicholas Arena in New York, New York...

.

It was later popularized in a recording by Fats Domino

Fats Domino

Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino, Jr. is an American R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter. He was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Creole was his first language....

 in 1956

1956 in music

-Events:*January 26 – Buddy Holly's first recording sessions for Decca Records take place in Nashville, Tennessee*Roy Orbison signs with Sun Records*January 27 – Elvis Presley's single "Heartbreak Hotel" / "I Was the One" is released...

, on Imperial Records

Imperial Records

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 (catalog # 5417), on which the songwriting credit was shared between Bartholomew and Domino. Most later versions have credited Bartholomew and Domino as co-writers. Fats Domino's version was featured in the 1956 film The Girl Can't Help It

The Girl Can't Help It

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. It became one of the earliest rhythm and blues

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 songs to make the Billboard magazine pop music

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 charts, peaking at number five and reaching the number one spot on the R&B Best Sellers chart. It was included on the 1957

1957 in music

-Events:*January 5 – Renato Carosone and his band start their American tour in Cuba.*January 6 – Elvis Presley makes his final appearance on the The Ed Sullivan Show.*January 16 – The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool, UK....

 album This Is Fats and the 1959

1959 in music

-Events:*January 5 – The first sessions for Ella Fitzgerald's George and Ira Gershwin Songbook are held.*January 12 – Tamla Records is founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in Detroit, Michigan....

 album Fats Domino sings 12,000,000 Records.

This song is often used by Michael Savage

Michael Savage (commentator)

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 on his radio program, The Savage Nation

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, particularly after Savage plays a clip of someone (such as George W. Bush

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, John McCain

John McCain

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, or Barack Obama

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) saying something that Savage deems to be ridiculous.

Cover versions

Cat Stevens

Cat Stevens

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 has covered the song. Tim Curry

Tim Curry

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 did a cover of this song for the theme song of a 1986 British made-for-TV movie, Blue Money. Gene Summers

Gene Summers

Gene Summers is an American rock/rockabilly singer and entertainer. Some of his classic recordings include "School of Rock 'n Roll", "Straight Skirt", "Nervous", "Gotta Lotta That", "Twixteen", "Alabama Shake" and his biggest-selling single "Big Blue Diamonds"...

 included "Blue Monday" on his 1981 LP Gene Summers in Nashville

Gene Summers in Nashville

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for the French Big Beat label. Bob Seger

Bob Seger

Robert Clark "Bob" Seger is an American rock and roll singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist.As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s...

 covered the song for the 1989 film Road House

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. Huey Lewis and the News

Huey Lewis and the News

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 covered the song on the 1994 album Four Chords & Several Years Ago

Four Chords & Several Years Ago

Four Chords & Several Years Ago is the seventh album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1994 . The title is a play on the first sentence in Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address .It is a collection of 1960s rhythm & blues covers influential to the members of the group during...

. Keith Almgren

Keith Almgren

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 wrote lyrics in Swedish where the song was named "Härliga Lördag" and covered by Sten & Stanley live 1994. Recently released as a cover on The Jolly Boys

The Jolly Boys

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album Great Expectations.