By the Light of the Silvery Moon (song)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (also By the Light of the Silv'ry Moon ) is a pop song written by Gus Edwards (music) and Edward Madden (lyrics) and published in 1909.
background
The song was first introduced in Vaudeville by Lillian Lorraine; the song was one of a series of Tin Pan Alley songs related to the moon .
First recordings and later cover versions
The musicians who recorded the song in the United States from 1909 included Billy Murray and the Haydn Quartet (Victor 16460), the Peerless Quartet and Ada Jones (1910, Edison cylinder 10362). Billy Murray recorded a parody of the song in 1923 ( Stand Up and Sing for Your Father an Old Time Tune ). Bing Crosby sang the song in the soundtrack of the musical film The Birth of the Blues in 1941 , accompanied by the Jack Teagarden Orchestra. Musicians who covered the song from 1942 included Bob Chester , Fats Waller , Les Paul , Harry James , Johnny Guarnieri , Frank Froeba , The Mills Brothers / Hal McIntyre , Boyd Raeburn , Lizzy Miles , Lenny Breau , Etta James and Ray Charles . The Ray Noble Orchestra came in 1944 with By the Light of the Silv'ry Moon (vocals Snooky Lanson) at # 17 on the US charts; the song was also covered in later years by pop and R&B singers such as Teresa Brewer , Gene Vincent and Little Richard . The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 26 (as of 2015) cover versions in the field of jazz . The song was also used in numerous films; u. a. in the feature film of the same name (German title Marjorie Marjorie? ), where he is presented by Doris Day and Gordon MacRae .
Web links
- Inclusion in the catalog of the German National Library: DNB 1003869653