Swingin' on the Moon

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Swingin' on the Moon
Studio album by
Mel Tormé
Released1960
RecordedAugust 3–5, 1960
GenreVocal jazz
Length38:12
LabelVerve (MG VS-62144[1])
ProducerRussell Garcia
Mel Tormé chronology
Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley
(1960) 		Swingin' on the Moon
(1960) 		Broadway, Right Now!
(1960)
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
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Swingin' on the Moon is a 1960 album by Mel Tormé. The Moon is the connecting theme, and every track, but one, contains the word "Moon" in the title.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Swingin' on the Moon" (Mel Tormé) – 3:32
  2. "Moonlight Cocktail" (Kim Gannon, Luckey Roberts) – 3:04
  3. "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 3:56
  4. "
    Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
    ) – 3:16
  5. "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) – 3:13
  6. "Don't Let That Moon Get Away" (Johnny Burke, James V. Monaco) – 2:39
  7. "Blue Moon" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:46
  8. "A Velvet Affair" (Fred Reynolds, Sid Ramin) – 3:00
  9. "No Moon at All" (Redd Evans, Dave Mann) – 2:39
  10. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:05
  11. "Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 3:16
  12. "The Moon Was Yellow" (
    Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie
    ) – 2:46

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Swingin' on the Moon - Mel Torme". Cash Box. December 24, 1960. p. 28. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  2. ^ a b AllMusic review
  3. ^ Kofsky, Frank (February 16, 1961). "Mel Tormé - Swingin' on the Moon". DownBeat. p. 42. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  4. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0
    .
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