Swingin' on the Moon

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Swingin' on the Moon
File:Swinginonthemoon.jpg
Studio album by
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)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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DownBeatStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStarHalf star[4]

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

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  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

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References

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