Blue Moon (1934 song)
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"Blue Moon" is a classic popular song. It was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934, and has become a standard ballad. In 1961 it became a doo-wop hit when recorded by The Marcels and later by Jan & Dean.
Elvis Presley cover
"Blue Moon"'s first crossover recording to rock and roll came from Elvis Presley in 1956. His cover version of the song was included on his self-titled debut album Elvis Presley.
In Jim Jarmusch's 1989 film Mystery Train, the three distinct stories that make up the narrative are linked by a portion of Elvis Presley's version of "Blue Moon" (as heard on a radio broadcast) and a subsequent offscreen gunshot, which are heard once during each story, revealing that the three stories occur simultaneously in real time.
See also
- Blue Moon of Kentucky
- List of 1930s jazz standards
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1961 (U.S.)
- List of number-one R&B singles of 1960 (U.S.)
- List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK)
