DING A DING A DANG DANG DANGBLUE-UUUU MOON, YOU SAW ME STANDING BY THE BLUE-UUUU MOON
>>131302401this is the most famous version of this pop standard which went back to 1934. it was probably more famous for introducing the (in)famous I–vi–IV–V chord progression.
>>131302537Another early Elvis Sun cover. His version seems to follow the Al Bowlly "Blue Moon" due to the guitar and singing. The significant part is that it's sung in falsetto, the only time Elvis ever used that on a record, and nobody else but Bowlly sang the song that way.
>>131302572i'm old and my aunt gave me her copy of Elvis S/T back in the 80s. she said (paraphrasing) that she used to love 50s rock-and-roll but grew out of it and it didn't appeal to her anymore. i mostly loved the album excepting "Blue Moon" which filtered me.
>>131302572Several of the Sun Elvis recordings didn't exist in a tape transfer because Sam Phillips lost the tapes, but they did have the tape for this song.
>>131302572Elvis recorded seven different GASB tunes in his career (Blue Moon, White Christmas. Are You Lonesome Tonight?, True Love, You'll Never Walk Alone, Love Letters, and Fools Rush In). He did others live that he never put on vinyl, and he covered different singers who were primarily known for doing standards. He definitely knew the GASB canon pretty well, and it's another part of his artistic makeup that rock critics tried to downplay as they didn't consider it cool.
>>131302537The Marcels hit rendition was one of the last big doo-wop hits. They were also notable as a mixed-race group who found they couldn't tour the segregated South.
>>131302877they also want to not mention that Bob Dylan liked GASB stuff as well
Blossom Dearie's first (instrumental and France-only) LP featured a rendition of Blue Moon.
