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Blue Moon

from Sweet Sue by Greg Poppleton

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The original lyrics to Blue Moon were:
1. 'Oh Lord, if you're not busy up there,/I ask for help with a prayer/So please don't give me the air . . .')." Titled MGM Song #225 "Prayer (Oh Lord, make me a movie star)" June 14, 1933, was registered for copyright as an unpublished work on July 10, 1933.

2. For the 1934 film Manhattan Melodrama: "Act One:/You gulp your coffee and run;/Into the subway you crowd./Don’t breathe, it isn’t allowed". Titled "It's Just That Kind of Play", was cut from the film before release. Registered for copyright as an unpublished work, March 30, 1934.

3. "Oh, Lord . . . /I could be good to a lover,/But then I always discover/The bad in ev’ry man". Titled The Bad In Every Man. Sung by Shirley Ross in MGM film. Released but not a hit.

4. MGM decided the tune was suited to commercial release but needed more romantic lyrics and a punchier title. In his anger, Hart wrote a string of cliches. The result was "Blue moon/you saw me standing alone/without a dream in my heart/without a love of my own" - a big hit and pop standard.

lyrics

LYRICS:
Blue moon, you saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart, without a love of my own
Blue moon, you knew just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for

And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will hold
I heard somebody whisper "please adore me"
And when I looked, the moon had turned to gold
Blue moon, now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

credits

from Sweet Sue, released November 18, 2013
Song: Richard Rodgers (music) and Lorenz Hart (lyrics) (1934)

Band: Greg Poppleton

Singer - Greg Poppleton
Saxes (soprano / alto / tenor) and Clarinet - Paul Furniss
Trumpet and Trombone - Al Davey
Guitar - Grahame Conlon
Double Bass - Darcy Wright
Double Bass - Mark Harris
Drums - Lawrie Thompson

Album Cover Design:
Damon Poppleton (Age 10)

Engineers,
Peter Gage, Peter O'Malley and Paul Mirtschin.

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Greg Poppleton Sydney, Australia

I saw Louis Armstrong on TV when I was 3 and have been hooked on 1920s-1930s jazz and swing ever since. I sing songs with some musician characters

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