Name: BarryNet Message Board Date/Time: 8/8/2020 2:38 AM Subject: Bluer Than Blue Song for the Day - August 8, 2020: Barry Manilow's version of "BLUER THAN BLUE" from his 1996 album SUMMER OF '78!        "Bluer Than Blue" was written by Randy Goodrum and was a Top 15 hit for Michael Johnson on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1978. Pop and country singer Michael Jay Johnson (1944 - 2017) was born on August 8th.