JazzStandards.com: The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. Elvis Presley's recording for Sun in '54 Some obvious versions are missing from this selection simply because they aren’t my favorites. The song was not recorded (the movie was released without Harlow in 1934[1]) and MGM Song No. … 18 - 1938 - 1939) by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra Now. Hart was initially reluctant to write yet another lyric but was persuaded and the result was ‘Blue moon/you saw me standing alone/without a dream in my heart/without a love of my own’.” “Glen Gray had a long musical career that led to the movies, a number of hit recordings and widespread popularity, especially among the college set. The cover of Robbins' 1934 sheet music edition credits Ted Fio Rito (vocal by Muzzy Marcellino) as introducing the song, recorded on Brunswick 7315, October 19, 1934. Eric Clapton and Rod Stewart sang the first verse in their 2004 version of the song (Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III). 6 on the C&W Territorial Best Sellers. [5] The song charted in the Top Ten for 18 weeks in Variety, reaching number 1 on January 26, 1935. Stream ad-free with Amazon Music Unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Hart was initially reluctant to write yet another lyric but he was persuaded. The song was a hit twice in 1949 with successful recordings in the U.S. by Billy Eckstine and Mel Tormé. The Marcels doo-wop version is one of three different versions used in the 1981 film An American Werewolf in London with this version appearing at the end credits of the film. To place an order or for customer service, call toll-free 1-800-336-4627 or outside the United States, call 1-610-649-7565 Billie Holiday's recording career can be viewed in three distinct phases.The singer's evolution begins with the Vocalion/OKeh/Columbia years, steadily maturing throughout the Commodore, Decca, and latter-day Columbia sessions, then ripening into music of incredible poignancy as she recorded almost exclusively with Norman Granz for his Clef and Verve labels during the 1950s. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. Listen. 21 Essays is my cultural history blog. Three different versions of the song appear in the 1981 film An American Werewolf in London: by … It was released by MGM Records as catalog number 10311. It first reached the Juke Box chart on March 5, 1949, and lasted three weeks on the chart, peaking at number 21. The Cowboy Junkies recorded the song on their album The Trinity Sessions. American jazz singer Billie Holiday recorded a cover of "Blue Moon" in her 1952 album Billie Holiday Sings. A version by Bobby Vinton plays during the film's opening titles while a version by Sam Cooke plays during the film's famous werewolf transformation scene. In addition, he writes a tourism/history blog called "Tour America's Treasures" and recently concluded two limited-duration blogs, "June and Art" and "Preserving a Family Collection. Blue Moon" is a classic popular song written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934. ", "A Woman's Touch", and "Me Too". [17] The famous introduction to the song ("bomp-baba-bomp" and "dip-da-dip-da-dip") was an excerpt of an original song that the group had in its act. How the sequence fitted into the movie I haven't the foggiest notion, but the purpose was to express Harlow's overwhelming ambition to become a movie star ('Oh Lord, if you're not busy up there,/I ask for help with a prayer/So please don't give me the air ...')." It first reached the Best Seller chart on April 8, 1949, and lasted five weeks on the chart, peaking at number 20. In Jim Jarmusch's 1989 film Mystery Train, the three distinct stories that make up the narrative are linked by a portion of Presley's version of "Blue Moon" (as heard on a radio broadcast) and a subsequent offscreen gunshot, which are heard once during each story, revealing that the three stories occur simultaneously in real time. ", "There's something I'm finding out as I'm aging--that I am in love with the world. The first world wide release from LD3 ‘This Is Our Day’ only on Mesa/Bluemoon Recordings. "Blue Moon" is a classic popular song written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934. The recordings are sorted by date.Click the year links to view recordings for a … “Blue Moon” was recorded in July, 1973 and released in 1976 on Tony Bennett Sings 10 Rodgers & Hart Songs. The reworked result, "Blue Moon," was a number one hit on Decca for Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra in '35. It may be the first instance of the familiar "50s progression" in a popular song and has become a standard ballad. [19] It is featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. So you won’t find Mel Torme’s jazzy hit from 1949, The Marcels’ doo-wop Producer Stu Phillips did not like any of the other songs except one that had the same chord changes as "Heart and Soul" and "Blue Moon". Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for The Complete Studio Recordings: 1973-1988 - Showaddywaddy on AllMusic - 2013 American country music group the Mavericks covered the song for the soundtrack of the 1995 film Apollo 13. 225 "Prayer (Oh Lord, make me a movie star)" dated June 14, 1933, was registered for copyright as an unpublished work on July 10, 1933.[2]. The latest box set contains both DVD-A and BD-A versions, offering both the 1973 quadraphonic mix alongside the 2003 5.1 mix. They were soon commissioned to write the songs for Hollywood Party, a film that was to star many of the studio's top artists. [12][13], American jazz singer Mel Tormé did a cover version of "Blue Moon" that reached the Billboard charts in 1949. Hart, Lorenzo; Hart, Dorothy; Kimball, Robert. Rodgers recalled, "One of our ideas was to include a scene in which Jean Harlow is shown as an innocent young girl saying—or rather singing—her prayers. Blue Moon, now I’m no longer alone Without a dream … Civilian 2020 Wrap-Up and Year-End Stats! By 1946, Monroe and band were recording for Columbia and on September 22nd, 1946, 71 years ago today, recorded the song for which Monroe is perhaps best known: “Blue Moon of Kentucky.” Related The Marcels, a doo-wop group, recorded the track for their album Blue Moon. Rodgers still liked the melody so Hart wrote a third lyric: "The Bad in Every Man" ("Oh, Lord ... /I could be good to a lover,/But then I always discover/The bad in ev'ry man"[3]), which was sung by Shirley Ross. If you like us then like us on Facebook. Eddie Mack. Download our mobile app now. Blue Moon was the only Rodgers and Hart song to become a hit, that was not written for a show or movie; but Blue Moon has a remarkable history. Classical, jazz, and classic rock are some of the most well-represented genres here, with Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon being one of the most oft-recommended. Over the years, "Blue Moon" has been covered by various artists, including versions by Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, The Platters, The Mavericks, Dean Martin, Yvonne De Carlo, The Supremes, Cyndi Lauper, Bob Dylan, Beck, and Rod Stewart. Blue Moon, you knew just what I was there for You heard me saying a prayer for Someone I really could care for do wah wah wah. "Richard Rodgers: Enigma Variations". 330 were here. It also charted on the RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, peaking at number 15. In 2007, I challenged myself to write 21 essays in 21 days on a single focused topic—the classic German silent film The Golem (1920). When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold. (1913) by Willa Cather, 6 Essays on N.C. Wyeth's Illustrations for Kidnapped (1913), 9 Essays on The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel (1951), 6 Essays on "Fire Watch" (1953) by Thomas Merton, 15 Essays on Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century (1953), 6 Essays on Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Preserving a Family Collection (completed 9/2011), The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Portrait of the Artist as a Hoochie Coochie Dancer, Oscar’s Siren Song (A Slight Return): Original Score, THE 2021 CLASSIC LITERATURE ON FILM BLOGATHON: The Wind in the Willows, 1949 and 1983. Listen to your favorite songs from Blue Moon (The Bluebird Recordings In Chronological Order, Vol. The last line of the first verse is: "Life was a bitter cup for the saddest of all men. Richard Rodgers later recalled, "One of our ideas was to include a scene in which Jean Harlow i… Blue moon, you knew just what I was there for you heard me saying a prayer for somebody I really could care for. He asked them if they knew either, and one knew "Blue Moon" and taught it to the others, though with the bridge or release (middle section – "I heard somebody whisper ...") wrong. The recordings are sorted by date.Click the year links to view recordings for a specific year. [6] The song was also recorded by Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra for Decca Records in November 1934[7] and Connee Boswell for Brunswick Records in 1935. After the film was released by MGM, Jack Robbins—the head of the studio's publishing company[4]—decided that the tune was suited to commercial release but needed more romantic lyrics and a punchier title. "Blue Moon" spent seventeen weeks on the Billboard Top 100, although it reached only No. Showing recordings that were created recently for the song "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold" by Elvis Presley. Showing recordings that were created recently for the song "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" by Bill Monroe. I liked that format and so I’m reviving it here as a way of exploring favorite things (movies, books, paintings, etc.) Listen to Elvis Presley’s recording of “Blue Moon of Kentucky” below. In 1961, the Marcels had three songs left to record and needed one more. Kanfer, Stefan. It was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 15428. [3] The song, which was also titled "It's Just That Kind of Play", was cut from the film before release, and registered for copyright as an unpublished work on March 30, 1934. "Blue Moon"'s first crossover recording to rock and roll came from Elvis Presley in 1954, produced by Sam Phillips. Suffice to say, the song “Blue Moon” is part of the American cultural zeitgeist, not nearly as rare as an actual blue moon. “This disk, with emphasis on ‘Blue Moon,’ is stepping out and starting to move,” Billboard reported. [2] There are two introductory verses in the original Robbins sheet music edition. The song with the lyric most of us now know as "Blue Moon" was released later in 1934 independent of any film after Jack Robbins, head of MGM's music publishing division, heard the melody, liked it and convinced Hart to write a third set of lyrics with a "moon, spoon, June" motif, promising the songwriters he would plug it until it became a hit. Mel Tormé sang this in the 1948 movie Words And Music, which was loosely based on the story of Rodgers and Hart's partnership.It was also used in the movies Malaya (1949); East Side, West Side (1950); and With A Song In My Heart (1952) before Elvis Presley recorded it for Sun Records in 1954. The Marcels' version of the song is referenced in the 1962 Academy Award-nominated animated short Disney musical film, A Symposium on Popular Songs during the song, "Puppy Love Is Here to Stay" written by Robert & Richard Sherman. If you want to buy our music go to iTunes. "[8], On September 16, 2018, an article in The New York Times disclosed that Liz Roman Gallese, a documentary filmmaker, has provided evidence on her website of a 1936 lawsuit contending "Blue Moon" was written by her late father, Edward W. Roman. The order is chronological, with two bonus tracks at the She Says Her Father Wrote It", "Billy Eckstine - Blue Moon / Fools Rush In", "Billy Eckstine| Music Biography, Credits and Discography", "Mel Tormé | Music Biography, Credits and Discography", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_Moon_(1934_song)&oldid=1018837236, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 20 April 2021, at 04:40. Presley's remake of "Blue Moon" was coupled with "Just Because" as a single in August 1956. The song was a hit twice in 1949 with successful recordings in the U.S. by Billy Eckstine … It soon became apparent that of the seven singles, Blue Moon/Just Because was selling the best. Oooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh. The studio then asked for a nightclub number for the film. Ted Chapin, the chief creative officer of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, said that he had not heard of Gallese's story and that it seemed “a little far-fetched. This recording released on: 1976: Improv LP 12″: 7113 — Tony Bennett Sings 10 Rodgers & Hart Songs 55. Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III, List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1961 (U.S.), List of number-one R&B singles of 1960 (U.S.), List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK), "Elvis and Ella Fitzgerald Sang It. The third album of his career and his only album for A&M Records, it was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies in the United States. Suffused with a feeling reminiscent of his greatest periods with Chess and Impulse, the album features original compositions of pure majesty and brilliant new interpretations of classics and standards. 2013 | Blue Moon Rhythm & Blues The Complete Recordings 1947-1952 Eddie Mack, Cootie Williams, Willis Jackson, Bobby Smith, Bill Jennings, Haywood Henry | 01-01-2013 Total duration: 1 h 03 min. 01. Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart were contracted to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in May 1933. We will send you funny shit and free punk rock. end: Lee Price is the Director of Development at the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (Philadelphia, PA). A music video was produced, directed by Todd Hallowell. ARTISTS. Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album On the Happy Side (1962). Finally, I’ve left off some dazzling instrumental jazz Billy Eckstine and Mel Torme each did likewise in 1949. Their version was released as a single in early 2005 and peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in the US.[24]. They were soon commissioned to write the songs for Hollywood Party, a film that was to star many of the studio's top artists. The record reached number one on the Billboard Pop chart for three weeks and number one on the R&B chart. It subsequently was featured in at least seven MGM films, including the Marx Brothers' At the Circus (1939) and Viva Las Vegas (1964). 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