Moon Dreams
"Moon Dreams" is a 1942 jazz and pop song composed by Chummy MacGregor and Johnny Mercer. The song was first recorded by Martha Tilton on Capitol Records.
"Moon Dreams" was recorded by Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band on January 21, 1944 and was released as a V-Disc, No. 201A, in October, 1944, featuring Sgt.
"Moon Dreams" also appeared in the 1988 motion picture 36 fillette.[2]
"Moon Dreams" was also featured on the soundtrack collection Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music (2000), in a performance by Miles Davis, arranged by Gil Evans. Miles Davis first performed the song in 1948 in concert in New York, a performance which appears on The Complete Birth of the Cool sessions collection.
In 2008, "Moon Dreams" was featured in the Fox series The Simpsons in the episode "Mypods and Boomsticks" in a performance by Miles Davis.[3]
Other recordings
"Moon Dreams" has been recorded and performed by
Footnotes
- ^ Sears, Richard S. V-Discs: A History and Discography. Westport, Connecticut, The Greenwood Press, 1980.
- ^ Soundtracks: 36 fillette, IMDB.
- ^ The Simpsons: "Mypods and Boomsticks", Season 20, Episode 7, November 30, 2008. IMDB.
Sources
- Flower, John. Moonlight Serenade: A Bio-discography of the Glenn Miller Civilian Band. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1972.
- Simon, George Thomas. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1974.
- Simon, George T. Simon Says: The Sights and Sounds of the Swing Era, 1935–1955. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1971.
- Simon, George T. The Big Bands. New York, NY: Macmillan, 1967.
- Chummy MacGregor.IMDB.