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      • "Blue Moon " 's first crossover recording to rock and roll came from Elvis Presley in 1954, produced by Sam Phillips.
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  2. "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 .

  3. The story behind Rodgers & Hart's classic song, "BLUE MOON" (1934). Discover the original Blue Moon song history, how and why Blue Moon was written, and the different Lorenz Hart Blue Moon lyrics...

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  4. "Blue Moon" is a 1934 song recorded by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart and has become a standard jazz ballad. It was hit single in 1935, 1949, Elvis Presley released his version of Blue Moon for his 1956 album Elvis Presley. It became a huge hit for The Marcels in 1961 as an international number one hit single. It has been covered by numerous ...

  5. Mar 1, 2021 · A timeless staple of movie soundtracks, cabaret shows and football grounds, “Blue Moon” is one of the jewels in the crown of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s illustrious songwriting catalogue. Or...

    • What Is A Blue Moon?
    • Original Blue Moon Definition
    • Is The Moon Ever The Color Blue?
    • Dark Moon

    The modern day definition of a Blue Moon is when there are 2 Full Moons in one month. A Full Moon occurs roughly every 29.5 days and on the rare occasion when the Full Moon falls at the very beginning of a month there is a good chance a Blue Moon will occur at the end of the month. According to this definition the next Blue Moon will occur on Janua...

    The modern definition of a Blue Moon was derived from an earlier idea of what a Blue Moon was. This earlier definition says a Blue Moon is when there are 4 Full Moons in a season rather than the usual 3. The Blue moon is the 3rd Full Moon out of the 4. This definition gets a bit complicated and its origins are murky. One school of thought has to do...

    This is a very rare event but it does happen. There are a few recorded events when forest fires or ash volcanic eruptions have given the Moon a bluish color. The Moon can also have a blueish color on very cold winter nights when ice crystals in the air form a ring around the Moon. Of course the idea of the Moon being blue is very subjective and lef...

    An interesting twist to the idea of a Blue Moon is the idea of Dark Moon. Sometimes the reference of a Dark Moon is given when there are 2 new Moons in a calendar month, the opposite of a Blue Moon. Other definitions say it is when there is no Full Moon in a calendar month. Neither of these definitions or the term Dark Moon is used very often. Neit...

  6. Moon‘s film debut came in the 1949 Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland R&H movie bio, Words and Music, and Mel Tormé recorded it early that year. In his autobiography, Mel tells of Richard Rodgers’ heated objections to Tormé’s conversational approach to the song (vs. strict emphasis of the rhymes).

  7. But where did this classic song come from? Let’s take a look at the history of “Blue Moon.” The song was originally written for a 1932 movie called Hollywood Revue.