"Blue Guitar" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
In 1963, Richard Chamberlain released it as the lead single from his album Twilight of Honor.
[1] Chamberlain's single is also notable for its B-side, another Bacharach-David composition entitled "(They Long to Be) Close to You."
This is the original version of the song that became a number-one hit for the Carpenters in 1970.
It has been covered by Canadian actor Lorne Greene for his album The Ponderosa.