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"Shine On, Harvest Moon" is a popular early-1900s song credited to the married vaudeville team Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth. It was one of a series of moon-related Tin Pan Alley songs of the era. The song was debuted by Bayes and Norworth in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1908 to great acclaim. It became a pop standard, and continues to be performed ...
Leon Redbone (born Dickran Gobalian; [2] [3] August 26, 1949 – May 30, 2019) was a singer-songwriter and musician specializing in jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley classics. Recognized by his hat (often a Panama ), dark sunglasses, and black tie, he was born in Cyprus of Armenian ancestry and first appeared on stage in Toronto, Canada , in the ...
Leon Redbone – vocals, guitar, throat tromnet, background whistling on "Crazy Blues" Jack Noseworthy – pan flute; Milt Hinton – double bass; Jo Jones – drums; Bob Greene – piano; Don McLean – banjo on "Mississippi Delta Blues" Eric Weissberg – banjo on "Shine On Harvest Moon" Dominic Cortese – accordion; Jonathan Dorn – tuba
They performed together, and were credited with co-writing the hit song "Shine On, Harvest Moon", included in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1908, along with several other songs in the show. [3] Bayes was the star performer, commanding a much higher salary than Norworth, and sometimes challenging the authority of theatre managers and promoters.
Leon Redbone, who specialized in old-school vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley-style music, died earlier today, his family confirmed. He was 69.
Leon Redbone performs "Shine On, Harvest Moon" and "Walking Stick". [7] Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson performs "Heaven Only Knows". Writers Al Franken and Tom Davis perform a comedy bit together, announced by Don Pardo in the opening credits as "new talent Franken and Davis."
On the Track is the debut album by Leon Redbone, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1975, [1] [2] and reissued on CD in 1988. The album features a cover illustration by Chuck Jones depicting the character Michigan J. Frog .
An astrologer sheds light on what to expect. September’s full moon will cast a spell over the early autumn sky. Its golden glow is nature’s way of celebrating the transition from summer to fall.