| Blue Kentucky Girl | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Loretta Lynn |
| Album: | Blue Kentucky Girl |
| B-Side: | Two Steps Forward |
| Released: | 22 May 1965 |
| Recorded: | 14 October 1964 |
| Studio: | Columbia (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Decca |
| Producer: | Owen Bradley |
| Prev Title: | Happy Birthday |
| Prev Year: | 1965 |
| Next Title: | Our Hearts Are Holding Hands |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
"Blue Kentucky Girl" is a song written by Johnny Mullins, and originally recorded by American country music artist Loretta Lynn. It was released in May 1965 as the first single and title track from the album Blue Kentucky Girl. The song reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]
| Blue Kentucky Girl | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Emmylou Harris |
| Album: | Blue Kentucky Girl |
| B-Side: | Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight |
| Released: | 22 September 1979 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:21 |
| Label: | Warner Bros. Nashville |
| Producer: | Brian Ahern |
| Prev Title: | Save the Last Dance for Me |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | Beneath Still Waters |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
"Blue Kentucky Girl" was also a single for American country music artist Emmylou Harris. Harris' version released in September 1979 as the second single and title track from her album Blue Kentucky Girl. The song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[2] Based on this version, the song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1980.
Skeeter Davis recorded the song for her 1982 album Live Wire.