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[edit]

"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[edit]

Mel Tormé - vocals
Russell Garcia - arranger, conductor

References[edit]

^ "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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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	It's a Blue World (1955) Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette (1956) Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire (1956) Mel Tormé's California Suite (1957) Prelude to a Kiss (1957) Tormé Meets the British (1957) Tormé (1958) Back in Town (1959) ¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May (1959) Broadway, Right Now! (1961) Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley (1960) I Dig the Duke! I Dig the Count! (1960–61) Swingin' on the Moon (and Margaret Whiting, 1960–61) My Kind of Music (1961) Mel Tormé Sings Sunday in New York & Other Songs About New York (1963) That's All (1964–66) Right Now! (1966) A Day in the Life of Bonnie and Clyde (1968) Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (1969) Tormé: A New Album (1977) Together Again: For the First Time/When I Found You (and Buddy Rich, 1978) Top Drawer (and George Shearing, 1983) Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass (1986) Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette – Reunion (1988) Nothing Without You (and Cleo Laine, 1991) Christmas Songs (1992) A Tribute to Bing Crosby (1994) Velvet & Brass ( and Rob McConnell, 1995)
Live albums	Mel Tormé at the Crescendo (1955) Mel Tormé at the Crescendo (1957) Songs for Any Taste (1957) Mel Tormé at the Red Hill (1962) Mel Tormé live at the Maisonette (1975) An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé (1982) The Classic Concert Live (and Gerry Mulligan, George Shearing, 1982) An Evening at Charlie's (and George Shearing, 1983) A Vintage Year (and George Shearing, 1987) Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette – In Concert Tokyo (1988) Mel and George "Do" World War II (1990) Mel Tormé Live at the Fujitsu–Concord Festival 1990 (1990) Night at the Concord Pavilion (1990) Sing Sing Sing (1992) Mel Tormé Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival (1993) The Great American Songbook: Live at Michael's Pub (1992) An Evening with Mel Tormé (1996)
Selected singles	"Comin' Home Baby" (1962)