No Moon at All

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No Moon at All (m. David A. Mann, w. Redd Evans)

Nat King Cole Trio – recorded 3 November 1947

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Doris Day – recorded, says the video provider, on 26 November 1947

George Siravo – leader, Anthony ‘Tony’ Mottola – guitar, Robert ‘Bob’ Haggart – bass, Norris ‘Bunny’ Shawker – drums, Robert E. Kitsis – piano, Nuncio ‘Toots’ Mondello – tenor saxophone, Melvin ‘Red’ Solomon – trumpet, Muni Moore – trombone, Arthur Drelinger – clarinet

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Mary Osborne — recorded on 30 December 1947; issued on Coral 60058, b/w “Thank You Mother Nature”

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Jerry Gray and his Orchestra, vocal: Jo Ann Greer — recorded on 28 November 1952; issued on Decca 28561, c/w “My Heart Belongs to Only You”

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Julie London — with guitar accompaniment only, from her debut album Julie is Her Name, released December 1955

Tracks

1. Cry Me a River
2. I Should Care
3. I’m in the Mood For Love
4. I’m Glad There Is You
5. Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man
6. I Love You
7. Say It Isn’t So
8. It Never Entered My Mind
9. Easy Street
10. ‘S Wonderful
11. No Moon At All
12. Laura
13. Gone With the Wind

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Anita O’Day — recorded in Hollywood, California, on 8 December 1955; released on the 1956 album Anita, Verve Records ‎MG V-2000

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George Shearing Quintet with String Choir — from the 1956 album Velvet Carpet, Capitol Records ‎T 720 (Mono), Capital DT-720 (Stereo)

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Brazilian Jazz Quartet – from the album Coffee and Jazz, 1958 — José Ferreira “Casé” Godinho (as), Moacyr Peixoto (p), Luiz Chaves Oliveira Da Paz (b), Rubens “Rubinho” Alberto Barasotti (ds)

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Rita Reys and the Pim Jacobs Trio – from the album Marriage in Modern Jazz, released in 1960

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Fran Jeffries — from the 1961 album Fran Can Really Hang You Up the Most, Warwick W 2020

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Nana Mouskouri — Her first album made in the US, The Girl from Greece Sings, features a recording of “No Moon at All” as the initial track. The album was recorded and released in 1962. In the Netherlands it was released in the same year under the title Nana Mouskouri in New York. Later reissues on vinyl and CD, featuring additional tracks, incorporate both of the aforementioned titles.

From the 1962 album The Girl from Greece Sings, (US) Fontana ‎MGF 27504 (Mono), SRF 67504 (Stereo)

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Lorez Alexandria — from the 1962 LP Deep Roots, Argo Records ‎LP 694

album personnel:
Israel Crosby – bass
Vernel Fournier – drums
George Eskridge – guitar
John Young – guitar
Howard McGhee – trumpet
Lorez Alexandria – vocals

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Nada Knežević –  1964 cover by a “Serbian jazz diva” under the title “O kakva noć” — The singer was an entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967. However, I’ve yet to find a biography.

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Warren Kime and the Brass Impact Orchestra — from their 1968 album Explosive Brass Impact

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Gil and Cartas — from the 2010 album En Mi Corazon

Gil Gutierrez – guitars
Pedro Cartas – violin
Agustin Bernal – acoustic bass
Ricardo Sebastian – percussion

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