Image by Willfried Wende from Pixabay
Welcome to our sound journey through the world of „moon“ songs.
Since the moon has inspired a lot of artists in the history of pop(ular) music, this will be a comprehensive journey.
In other words, we will be travelling by stages. Not in four stages like the moon who grows, quarter by quarter. But in three.
So let’s go.
Stage one of our sound journey takes us back to the 1940s & 1950s and reveals 27 moony songs from that era.
Please explore and enjoy.
Fly Me To The Moon | Moony Songs 1 | Track Listing
| Title | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Fly Me To The Moon | Frank Sinatra;Count Basie | Nothing But The Best |
| Blue Moon | The Marcels | Blue Moon |
| Moonlight Serenade | Glenn Miller | In the Mood |
| Velvet Moon | Harry James | The Hits Collection 1938-53 |
| Moonlight Bay | Bing & Gary Crosby | Best Songs |
| Moon River | Audrey Hepburn | Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany's) |
| Howlin' At The Moon | Hank Williams;Drifting Cowboys | The Complete Hank Williams |
| Dark Moon Part | Bonnie Guitar | Dark Moon |
| Moon Talk | Perry Como | The Definitive Collection |
| Blue Moon | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers And Hart Song Book |
| Moon River | Sarah Vaughan | Sarah Vaughan Sings The Mancini Songbook |
| Dark Moon | Gale Storm | Dark Moon |
| Sugar Moon | Pat Boone | Pat Boone's Greatest Hits |
| Moon River | Henry Mancini | Moon River |
| Allegheny Moon | Patti Page | Golden Hits |
| Old Devil Moon | Margaret Whiting | The Complete Capitol Hits Of Margaret Whiting |
| I See the Moon | The Mariners | In Command |
| In The Moon Mist | The Pied Pipers;Jo Stafford | Capitol Collectors Series |
| How High The Moon | Les Paul & Mary Ford | How High the Moon |
| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Elvis Presley | A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings |
| Aba Daba Honeymoon | Debbie Reynolds | Am I That Easy To Forget? |
| Moonlight Gambler | Frankie Laine | Frankie Laine's Greatest Hits |
| Moon River | Louis Armstrong | Hello, Dolly! |
| Blue Moon | Billie Holiday | Solitude |
| Moonlight Becomes You | Frank Sinatra | Moonlight Sinatra |
| Moon Song | Louis Armstrong;Oscar Peterson | Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson |
| Oh, You Crazy Moon | Frank Sinatra | Moonlight Sinatra |
Stage two of our journey through the world of moony songs brings us to the
songs from the 1960s and the 1970s. Broadened perspective this time. Not only the moon but wider outer space.
If you like to learn more about the moon, this entertaining Discovery Channel documentary is a good start:
How The Universe Works – The Secret History of the Moon
I’m sure (at least this happened to me), next time you’re out for a moonwalk, you will look at our planetary neighbor 🌖🌖🌖 with different eyes and thoughts.
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The third and final stage of our discovery tour on „moon“ songs. Now, it’s up to the 1980s, 1990s, and beyond to show what’s on offer in those places in time.
