"Red Roses for a Blue Lady" is a 1948 popular song by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett (alias Roy Brodsky)... It has been recorded by a number of performers... Actor-singer John Laurenz (1909–1958) was the first to record the song for Mercury Records... It rose to #2 on the weekly “Your Hit Parade” radio survey in the spring of 1949... The original 78rpm single was issued on Mercury 5201 - Red Roses For A Blue Lady (Roy Brodsky-Sid Tepper) by John Laurenz... It was a hit again for Wayne Newton in 1965...