Song: The Bad in Every Man

Artist:	Shirley Ross
Music written by:	Richard Rodgers
Lyrics written by:	Lorenz Hart
First performance date:	1934
Language:	English
Comments:	The song was originally titled "Prayer", and written for Jean Harlow to sing in the movie "Hollywood Party". However, it was never used in this movie. The lyrics were then rewritten for the movie "Manhattan Melodrama" where it was sung by Shirley Ross. Finally, the lyrics were again rewritten and the song released as the famous pop song "Blue Moon" in 1935.

Cover hierarchy

The Bad in Every Man by Shirley Ross (1934)
- Blue Moon by Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra (November 16, 1934)
  - Blue Moon by Coleman Hawkins avec Michel Warlop & son Orchestre (1935)
  - Blue Moon by Billie Holiday & her Orchestra (1953)
  - Blue Moon by Ella Fitzgerald (1956)
  - Blue Moon by Elvis Presley (March 1956)
  - Blue Moon by Carmen McRae (1957)
  - Blue Moon by Tony Bennett (July 28, 1958)
  - Blue Moon by Santo & Johnny (1959)
  - Blue Moon by Lou Donaldson with the Three Sounds (1959)
  - Blue Moon by Sam Cooke (1959)
  - Blue Moon by Frank Sinatra (January 1961)
  - Blue Moon by Cliff Richard (1961)
  - Blue Moon by The Marcels (1961)
  - Blue Moon by The Ventures (October 1961)
  - Blue Moon by The Lettermen (October 1964)
  - Blue Moon by The Supremes (May 22, 1967)
  - Blue Moon by Betty Carter (1969)
  - Blue Moon by Bob Dylan (June 8, 1970)
  - Blue Moon by Sha Na Na (1971)
  - Blue Moon by Mud (1974)
  - Blue Moon by Showaddywaddy (December 1, 1980)
  - Blue Moon by Elkie Brooks (1984)
  - Blue Moon by Robot (1987)
  - Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) by Cowboy Junkies (1988)
  - Blue Moon by Jonathan Richman (August 1989)
  - Blue Moon by Chris Isaak (1994)
  - Blue Moon by The Mavericks (1995)
  - Blue Moon by J. Spencer (1995)
  - Blue Moon by MxPx (1997)
  - Blue Moon by Da Vinci's Notebook (1997)
  - Blue Moon by The Alley Cats (October 24, 2000)
  - Blue Moon by Less Than Jake (2001)
  - Blue Moon by Rod Stewart Featuring Eric Clapton (2004)
  - Blue Moon by Mina (November 11, 2005)
  - Blue Moon by Jacqui Naylor (2006)
  - Blue Moon by Helmut Lotti (September 15, 2006)

Added by Bastien on 2003-10-21
Modified by Bastien on 2007-08-18
Page generated on 2008-10-11 23:03:12

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