Swingin' on the Moon

Swingin' on the Moon
Swingin' on the Moon
Studio album by Mel Tormé
Released	1960
Recorded	August 3–5, 1960
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	38:12
Label	Verve (MG VS-62144)
Producer	Russell Garcia
Mel Tormé chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
DownBeat	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Swingin' on the Moon is a 1960 album by Mel Tormé. The Moon is the connecting theme, and every track, but one, contains the word "Moon" in the title.^[2]

Track listing

"Swingin' on the Moon" (Mel Tormé) – 3:32
"Moonlight Cocktail" (Kim Gannon, Luckey Roberts) – 3:04
"I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 3:56
"Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:16
"How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) – 3:13
"Don't Let That Moon Get Away" (Johnny Burke, James V. Monaco) – 2:39
"Blue Moon" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:46
"A Velvet Affair" (Fred Reynolds, Sid Ramin) – 3:00
"No Moon at All" (Redd Evans, Dave Mann) – 2:39
"Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:05
"Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 3:16
"The Moon Was Yellow" (Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie) – 2:46

Personnel

Mel Tormé - vocals
Russell Garcia - arranger, conductor

References

^ "Swingin' on the Moon - Mel Torme". Cash Box. December 24, 1960. p. 28. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
^ ^a ^b AllMusic review
^ Kofsky, Frank (February 16, 1961). "Mel Tormé - Swingin' on the Moon". DownBeat. p. 42. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1408. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] "Swingin' on the Moon - Mel Torme". Cash Box. December 24, 1960. p. 28. Retrieved August 10, 2023.

[AllMusic_review-2] AllMusic review

[3] Kofsky, Frank (February 16, 1961). "Mel Tormé - Swingin' on the Moon". DownBeat. p. 42. Retrieved August 10, 2023.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1408. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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