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"Blue Moon" is a popular song written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934 that has become a standard ballad. Early recordings included those by Connee Boswell and by Al Bowlly in 1935. The song was a hit twice in 1949, with successful recordings in the U.S. by Billy Eckstine and Mel Tormé .
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One of Rodgers and Hart's best known songs, "Blue Moon", had an unusual genesis. The tune was originally called "Prayer," and was to be sung by Jean Harlow in the 1934 film Hollywood Party, but was cut. Hart then wrote a new lyric, intended to be the title song for Manhattan Melodrama (1934), which was cut again.
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"It's Only a Paper Moon" [4] [77] [78] is a song from the short-lived Broadway show The Great Magoo, composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg and Billy Rose. Originally titled "If You Believed in Me", the current title was introduced in the 1933 film Take a Chance .
The song has been a staple of his live set ever since and is included on many of his live releases. A sample of "My Woman", recorded by Bowlly with Lew Stone in November 1932, appeared on White Town's UK chart topper "Your Woman" (1997). Al Bowlly’s rendition of the song “Guilty” was used in the Jean-Pierre Jeunet film, Amélie (2001).
Constance Foore "Connee" Boswell (December 3, 1907 – October 11, 1976) [1] was an American vocalist born in Kansas City, Missouri, but raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. With sisters Martha and Helvetia "Vet", she performed in the 1920s and 1930s as the trio The Boswell Sisters.
A blue supermoon will light up the sky on Monday, in a rare event that is expected to be one of the biggest and brightest moons of the year. A blue moon is not named after the colour, but for the ...