Blue Moon

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:Lorenz Hart (in 1934)
composer:Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:EMI Catalogue Partnership
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
Robbins Music Corporation
SBK United Partnership Ltd.
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label)
sub-publisher:EMI Music Publishing Belgium NV
Francis Day Editions (SABAM)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/Frank-sinatra-blue-moon-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/8837 [info]
Wikidata:Q804574 [info]
later parody versions:Moulsecoomb - Govt. Health Warning
later translated versions:Blå lys
later versions:Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)
part of:New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
is the basis for:Mondnacht am Meer
arrangements:Concerto Grosso no. II: II. Blue Moon
music quoted in:Opening Production (from Jane Froman's album, "With a Song in My Heart")

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1934-11-16Blue MoonGlen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra?:??
1934-11-16Blue MoonGlen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra3:14
1934-11-16Blue MoonCasa Loma Orchestra3:21
1934-11-20Blue MoonFrankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra3:13
1935-01-15Bue MoonBenny Goodman and His Orchestra3:15
1935-03-02Blue Moon (1935-03-22: Salle Chopin, Paris, France)coverColeman Hawkins acc. par Michel Warlop et son orchestre avec Arthur Briggs3:15
1938-01-25ЛунаДжаз-оркестр под управлением А. Варламова3:00
1939-02-16Blue Moon (1939-02-16, mx. 033732-1)Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:20
1940-01-10Medley: My Melancholy Baby / Moon Love / Stomping at the Savoy / Blue MoonGlenn Miller & His Orchestra?:??
1940-11-21Blue MoonFrank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey, His Orchestra and Band Chorus3:41
1944-08-20Blue MoonliveBillie Rogers?:??
1945-01-17Blue MooninstrumentalBoyd Raeburn & His Orchestra2:40
1945-10-23Blue MoonGeorgie Auld2:56
1946-01-15Blue MoonGeorgie Auld & His Orchestra2:54
1946-01-15Blue MoonGeorgie Auld3:05
1946-04-03Blue MoonOscar Peterson2:53
1946Blue MooninstrumentalOscar Peterson Quartet2:52
1947-11Blue MoonCharlie Barnet and His Orchestra feat. Clark Terry3:02
1949Blue MoonMel Tormé3:12
1951-04Blue Mooncover and instrumentalStrings and Keys3:33
1951-07-25Blue MooninstrumentalWynton Kelly3:09
1952-01-26Blue MooninstrumentalThe Oscar Peterson Trio2:39
1952-03-26Blue MoonBillie Holiday3:31
1952-04-06Blue MooninstrumentalDizzy Gillespie4:27
1953-02Blue Mooninstrumental and liveDave Brubeck Quartet Featuring Paul Desmond8:16
1953-12-07Blue MooninstrumentalThe Oscar Peterson Trio2:57
1953-12-11Blue MooninstrumentalBud Freeman2:43
1953-12-15Blue MoonDuke Ellington2:46
1954-01-05Blue MoonliveBillie Holiday2:15
1954-01-23Blue Moon (live, 1954-01-23: Kölner Messe Halle V, Cologne, Germany)liveBillie Holiday2:05
1954-04-19Blue MooninstrumentalRed Norvo Quintet3:24
1954-06-08Blue MoodDizzy Gillespie Sextet3:30
1954-08-15 – 1954-08-19Blue MooncoverElvis Presley2:44
1954-08-19Blue MooncoverElvis Presley2:41
1954-08-19Blue Moon (alternate take)coverElvis Presley3:15
1954-08-19Blue Moon (alternate take)coverElvis Presley3:05
1954-08-19Blue Moon (outtake)coverElvis Presley2:55
1954-09-14Blue MooninstrumentalRoy Eldridge3:57
1954-09-14Blue MooninstrumentalRoy Eldridge and His Orchestra4:00
1954-10-29Blue MooninstrumentalRoy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie9:07
1954-10-29Blue MooninstrumentalRoy and Diz9:05
1955-01-20Blue MooninstrumentalClifford Brown3:16
1955-10-11Blue MooncoverLyle Murphy?:??
1955-10-11Blue MooninstrumentalLyle Murphy?:??
1955-10-14Blue MooninstrumentalRuby Braff, Ellis Larkins4:11
1955Blue MooninstrumentalBlossom Dearie2:43
1956-03-28Blue MoonCarmen McRae2:37
1956-08-29Blue Moon (1956-08-29)coverElla Fitzgerald3:14
1957-02-13Blue MooninstrumentalJimmy Smith8:44
1957-09-07Blue Moon (live, 1957-09-07: Orpheum Theater, Seattle, WA, USA)Louis Armstrong5:55
1957-09-29Blue Mooninstrumental and liveColeman Hawkins & Roy Eldridge2:23
1957-09-29Blue Mooninstrumental and liveRoy Eldridge2:18
1957-10-10Blue MooninstrumentalRussell Garcia and Strings with Roy Eldridge3:17
1958-07Blue MoonJulie London2:31
1958-12-26Blue MoonRosemary Clooney with The Buddy Cole Trio2:26
1959-02-18Blue MooninstrumentalLou Donaldson with The Three Sounds3:05
1959-09-14 – 1959-09-15Bue MooninstrumentalThe Lou McGarity Big Eight2:29
1959-11-23Blue MooninstrumentalTed McNabb & Co.?:??
1960-03-23Blue MooninstrumentalLionel Hampton3:40
1960-09-01Blue Moon (1960-09-01 studio recording)coverFrank Sinatra2:52
1961-03Blue Mooninstrumental and liveJohnny Hodges2:08
1961Blue MoonThe Marcels2:17
1961Blue MooncoverElla Fitzgerald3:18
1961Blue MoonThe Marcels2:22
1962-03-18Blue Mooninstrumental and liveArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers6:02
1962-03Blue MooncoverArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers6:01
1963Blue MoonCaterina Valente1:41
1965Blue MoonAmália Rodrigues, Norrie Paramor?:??
1968-09-16Blue Moon (studio jam)coverThe Beatles1:11
1969-05-03Blue Moon (take 1)coverBob Dylan2:30
1969-05-03Blue Moon (take 2)coverBob Dylan2:21
1969-09-07Blue Moon (live, 1969‐09‐07: Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA, USA)cover and liveGrateful Dead1:56
1969-12-06Blue MoonliveBetty Carter2:00
1975-03Young Americans Medleycover, live and medleyDavid Bowie With Cher6:32
1975-11-23Duet with Cher: Can you hear me? / Young Americans Medley (live, 1975-11-23: “Cher”)cover, live and medleyDavid Bowie?:??
1975-11-23Medleycover, live and medleyDavid Bowie feat. Cher6:41
1975-11-23Young Americans (medley)cover, live and medleyDavid Bowie6:32
1975Young Americans Medleycover, live and medleyDavid Bowie with Cher6:33
1977Blue MoonRobert De Niro & Mary Kay Place3:28
1978-07-20Blue MooninstrumentalClark Terry, Red Mitchell, Horace Parlan7:26
1978-08Blue MooncoverSpider Murphy Gang2:15
1983Blue Moon (live, 1983-7-25: Βουλιαγμένη, Greece)cover and liveΜαντώ Σταματοπούλου & Κουαρτέτο Μανώλη Μικέλη2:57
1986-12-17 – 1986-12-19Blue MoonChet Baker Quartet6:28
1986-12Blue MoonChet Baker6:32
1987-11-12Blue MooninstrumentalArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers9:52
1989-06-16 – 1989-06-17Medley: Book of Love / Blue Moon / Do You Wanna Dance / Chantilly Lace / At the Hop / Rock ’n’ Roll Is Here to Staycover, live and medleyCliff Richard, Vernon Girls, Dallas Boys & Kalin Twins6:42
1991-03Blue MooncoverTeresa Brewer6:02
1992-02-15Blue MooninstrumentalJoe Pass with Red Mitchell5:46
1993-01Blue MooninstrumentalArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers4:39
1993Blue Mooninstrumental and liveBrad Goode, Von Freeman, Paul McKee, Ron Perrillo, Stewart Miller, Bob Rummage12:38
1997-01Blue MoonliveLorenz Hart et Richard Rodgers4:35
1998-06-01Blue MooninstrumentalHouston Person5:46
1999-05Blue MoonWesla Whitfield2:02
2004-02Blue MooninstrumentalBob Kindred with John Di Martino, George Mraz, Ben Riley7:25
2004-10-13Blue Moon (live, 2004-10-13: Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, UK)liveRod Stewart4:27
2004Blue MoonRebecca Kilgore4:18
2006-02-13 – 2006-02-15Blue MooncoverAnn Hampton Callaway5:40
2006-06-16I Don’t Blame You / All I Have To Do Is Dream / Blue Moon (live, 2006-06-16: Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN, USA)cover, live and medleyCat Power5:54
2009-12-31Blue Moon (live, 2009-12-31: AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL, USA)cover and livePhish3:54
2011-10Blue MooninstrumentalAhmad Jamal9:55
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