Recording: It's Only a Paper Moon

Performed by
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
Recording date
June 18, 1945
First release
On Audio single I'm Gonna Love That Guy (1945)
Rating

Song info

Song
If You Believed in Me
Music written by
Harold Arlen
Lyrics written by
E.Y. Harburg, Billy Rose
First performance
If You Believed in Me by Claire Carleton in stage production The Great Magoo (December 2, 1932)
First recording
It's Only a Paper Moon by George Olsen and His Music (September 7, 1933)
Language
English

Versions

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 If You Believed in Me Claire Carleton December 2, 1932 (performance date)
2 It's Only a Paper Moon George Olsen and His Music 1933
3 It's Only a Paper Moon Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra 1933
4 It's Only a Paper Moon Hal Kemp and His Orchestra 1933
5 It's Only a Paper Moon Cliff Edwards 1933
6 It's Only a Paper Moon The King Cole Trio 1944
7 It's Only a Paper Moon Ella Fitzgerald and The Delta Rhythm Boys June 1945
8 It's Only a Paper Moon Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1945
9 It's Only a Paper Moon Milt Page Trio Featuring Oscar Pettiford 1945
10 It's Only a Paper Moon Lester Young and His Band 1946
11 It's Only a Paper Moon Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra 1949
12 It's Only a Paper Moon Frank Sinatra 1950
13 It's Only a Paper Moon Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins 1951
14 It's Only a Paper Moon Miles Davis 1952
15 Paper Moon Marian McPartland 1953
16 It's Only a Paper Moon David Rose and His Orchestra 1954
17 It's Only a Paper Moon Oscar Peterson 1955
18 It's Only a Paper Moon The Lionel Hampton Quintet 1955
19 It's Only a Paper Moon The Kenny Drew Trio 1956
20 It's Only a Paper Moon Nat King Cole 1957
21 It's Only a Paper Moon Bonnie Guitar 1957
22 It's Only a Paper Moon Diahann Carroll with Ralph Burns and His Orchestra 1957
23 It's Only a Paper Moon Stephane Grapelly et son quintette 1957
24 It's Only a Paper Moon Morgana King 1958
25 It's Only a Paper Moon Mel Tormé 1958
26 It's Only a Paper Moon Mary Ann McCall 1958
27 It's Only a Paper Moon Ames Brothers with Sid Ramin's Orchestra 1958
28 It's Only a Paper Moon Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith 1958
29 It's Only a Paper Moon Dion and The Belmonts 1960
30 It's Only a Paper Moon Art Tatum 1960
31 It's Only a Paper Moon Albert Nicholas 1960
32 It's Only a Paper Moon Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers 1960
33 It's Only a Paper Moon Ella Fitzgerald 1961
34 It's Only a Paper Moon The Four Freshmen 1961
35 It's Only a Paper Moon Jim Reeves May 1964
36 It's Only a Paper Moon Sammy Davis Jr. 1965
37 It's Only a Paper Moon Marvin Gaye 1965
38 It's Only a Paper Moon Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra 1965
39 It's Only a Paper Moon Bobby Darin April 1966
40 It's Only a Paper Moon Coleman Hawkins 1970
41 It's Only a Paper Moon Acker Bilk & The Stan Tracey Strings 1971
42 It's Only a Paper Moon Count Basie and Zoot Sims 1976
43 It's Only a Paper Moon Ove Lind 1978
44 It's Only a Paper Moon Maxine Sullivan, The Ike Isaacs Quartet 1978
45 It's Only a Paper Moon Bert Kaempfert 1978
46 It's Only a Paper Moon Rod Mason 1979
47 It's Only a Paper Moon Joe Newman 1979
48 Medley: You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby / It's Only a Paper Moon / Pick Yourself Up The Mormon Tabernacle Choir 1980
49 It's Only a Paper Moon The Dave Brubeck Quartet 1982
50 It's Only a Paper Moon Richard Rodney Bennett 1983
51 It's Only a Paper Moon Oliver Jones 1984
52 It's Only a Paper Moon J.J. Johnson + Al Grey 1984
53 It's Only a Paper Moon Harry Nilsson December 1988
54 It's Only a Paper Moon Earl Klugh September 1989
55 It's Only a Paper Moon Julie Wilson 1990
56 It's Only a Paper Moon Richard Carr 1991
57 Paper Moon Natalie Cole 1991
58 It's Only a Paper Moon Carla White 1992
59 It's Only a Paper Moon James Taylor 1992
60 It's Only a Paper Moon Rosemary Clooney 1993
61 It's Only a Paper Moon John Pizzarelli 1994
62 It's Only a Paper Moon The Kicks Band 1995
63 It's Only a Paper Moon Phil Wilson [1] and Paul Schmeling 1995
64 It's Only a Paper Moon Frank Morgan 1995
65 It's Only a Paper Moon Martha Lorin and Paul Smith January 30, 1996
66 It's Only a Paper Moon Sylvia McNair & André Previn May 1996
67 It's Only a Paper Moon Maureen McGovern 1996
68 It's Only a Paper Moon Ralph Sharon Trio 1996
69 It's Only a Paper Moon Ray Brown Trio With Ulf Wakenius March 1998
70 It's Only a Paper Moon Tony Bennett 1998
71 Paper Moon David Holladay 1998
72 It's Only a Paper Moon James Darren 1999
73 It's Only a Paper Moon Jimmy Smith 1999
74 It's Only a Paper Moon Nnenna Freelon 2000
75 Paper Moon Laura Pursell 2000
76 It's Only a Paper Moon John Greaves 2001
77 Paper Moon The Shauna Antoniuc Trio 2002
78 It's Only a Paper Moon Rufus Wainwright February 11, 2003
79 Paper Moon The Old Spice Boys March 25, 2003
80 It's Only a Paper Moon Abbie Gardner 2004
81 It's Only a Paper Moon Maarten med Wenche April 11, 2005
82 Paper Moon Over the Rhine March 2006
83 Paper Moon Erin McKeown October 2006
84 It's Only a Paper Moon Monday Off 2006
85 It's Only a Paper Moon Toots Thielemans with Laura Fygi 2006
86 It's Only a Paper Moon Steve Abbruzzi 2006
87 It's Only a Paper Moon Laurence Juber 2006
88 Papermoon Lise Haavik January 2007
89 It's Only a Paper Moon The Bill Charlap Trio May 22, 2007
90 It's Only a Paper Moon Ute Lemper June 7, 2007
91 (It's Only a) Paper Moon John Cassel October 24, 2007
92 It's Only a Paper Moon Linda Davis 2007
93 (It's Only a) Paper Moon Etowah Jazz Society 2008
94 It's Only a Paper Moon The Tierney Sutton Band March 3, 2009
95 It's Only a Paper Moon Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott 2009
96 Paper Moon Darius de Haas & Steven Blier December 2010
97 It's Only a Paper Moon Lisa Lindsley March 8, 2011
98 It's Only a Paper Moon Joanna MacGregor 2011
99 It's Only a Paper Moon Paul McCartney February 7, 2012

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