Leroy Anderson - Blue Tango (his original #1 version) - 1952
" Blue Tango " is an instrumental composition by Leroy Anderson , written for orchestra in 1951 and published in 1952. It was later turned into a popular song with lyrics by Mitchell Parish . Numerous artists have since covered "Blue Tango." An instrumental version of "Blue Tango," recorded by Anderson ( Decca Records , catalog number 27875, with the flip side "Belle of the Ball"), reached number one on the Billboard chart in 1952. (According to other sources, the Anderson recording first reached the charts on December 29, 1951.) Billboard ranked it as the number one song of 1952. The same recording was released in 1952 by Brunswick Records (United Kingdom) as catalog number 04870, with the same flip side. - source