, "Singing the Blues" is a popular song. It was written by Melvin Endsley and was published in 1956. Note that it is not related to the song "Singin' the Blues," written by Sam Lewis, Joe Young, Con Conrad and J. Russel Robinson and recorded by Frank Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke in 1927.

The best-known recording of Endsley's song was released in October 1956 by Guy Mitchell, and spent nine weeks at #1 on the U.S. Billboard chart from December 8, 1956 - February 2, 1957. Mitchell's version was also number 1 in the U.K. for three (non-consecutive) weeks in early 1957.

Two other charting versions of the song were released amost simultaneously with Mitchell's, one by U.K. cover specialist Tommy Steele & The Steelmen, the other by U.S. country singer Marty Robbins.

Tommy Steele's version of "Singing The Blues" made #1 in the UK Singles Chart for one week on 11 January 1957, sandwiched by two of the weeks that Guy Mitchell's version of the same song topped the charts. Steele's recording of the song was not a chart success in the US.

The Marty Robbins version made it to number one on the U.S. C&W Best Seller charts for thirteen weeks in 1956/57, and peaked at number seventeen on the U.S. pop charts .

The song is often revived, and on three occasions new recordings of "Singing The Blues" have become U.K. Top 40 hits. These latter-day hit versions were by Dave Edmunds (1980); Daniel O'Donnell (1994); and Cliff Richard & The Shadows (2009).

Other notable cover versions include a 1960 recording by Bill Haley & His Comets, a 1963 version by Dean Martin, and a 1971 version by Black Oak Arkansas. The tune was also sung by Vivian Vance and William Frawley (Ethel and Fred of I Love Lucyfame) for a Ford Motor Company television commercial promoting the Edsel.

A cover version was released by Marie Osmond on her 1975 album In My Little Corner of the World.(MGM SE4944)

"Singing the Blues" was performed live by Paul McCartney on the MTV show Unpluggedin 1991 and included on the subsequent soundtrack, Unplugged (The Official Bootleg).

A cover version was released by the Kentucky Headhunters on their 1997 album Stompin' Grounds.

A "Singing The Blues" cover version was released by Gene Summers on his 1981 French album Gene Summers In Nashville(Big Beat Records BBR-0011)

The first line of this song is famously the last line of London Calling by the Clash, cut short and echoed in the final mix of the song (I never felt so much a-like, a-like, a-like...).

This song has also famously been used by Sheffield Wednesday fans since the 'Boxing Day Massacre', on December 26, 1979, where the Owls beat their fierce rivals, Sheffield United, 4-0. One of the Wednesday scorers on that day,Terry Curran, even recorded a version of the song and it is still used at Hillsborough to this day.

A version appears on the Crimson Moon CD by Bert Jansch.

The song has been covered by Cliff Richard and the Shadows and released as a single by Cliff Richard and the Shadows on 14th September 2009.

Birmingham City-supporting radio presenters Tom Ross and Ian Danter released a version to celebrate Birmingham's promotion to the Premier League.