Rock Evolution – The History of Rock ’n’ Roll - Pop pre-1960 (pg 38)

[Saddleworth2]

Our favourite song is of course Blue Moon, sung by many including Frank Sinatra and Billy Eckstine and Mel Tormé.

Has to make the playlist.

 

[RobMCFC]

Our favourite song is of course Blue Moon, sung by many including Frank Sinatra and Billy Eckstine and Mel Tormé.

Has to make the playlist.

I just thought that the Doo-wop version from the 60s is the best so I didn't bother nominating any of the other versions!

 

[threespires]

Our favourite song is of course Blue Moon, sung by many including Frank Sinatra and Billy Eckstine and Mel Tormé.

Has to make the playlist.

Thank you! There are so many great versions. Feel free to suggest an alternative to my thought below.

I just thought that the Doo-wop version from the 60s is the best so I didn't bother nominating any of the other versions!

Can you imagine SS1 trying to do the Marcels version version!!

The issue is we sing it at a slower tempo than The Marcels but quicker than the likes of Mel Torme.

The band at my wedding were 'under instruction' to play it in the style of Billie Holiday's which caused a bit of a hoohaa as the band leader made it very clear the phrasing was a nightmare for her and wanted extra moolah to practice it, as she was either doing it properly or not all!

Bit left field but how about Al Bowly's version? It's said that had he not died in a Luftwaffe raid on London he'd have given Crosby a run for his money.

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Wasn't Blue Moon by The Marcels number one fifty years prior to the day we won the FA Cup under Bobby Manc?