IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON (SONG)

'"It's Only a Paper Moon"' is a popular song.
The music was written by Harold Arlen, the lyrics by E. Y. Harburg and Billy Rose. The song was published in 1933.
The song was recorded by Ella Fitzgerald in 1938 and by many others since. It has since become a pop standard, as well as a jazz standard.
The song was included in the Tennessee Williams play ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', which opened in 1947.
The song lent its title to the Peter Bogdanovich film ''Paper Moon'' and the subsequent television series of the same name.
The song, with a newly composed counter-melody by Kander and Ebb, is a musical segment in the film ''Funny Lady'', starring Barbra Streisand and James Caan.

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Recorded versions

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Recorded versions

★ Nat King Cole

★ Adam Ant

★ Ray Anthony

★ Fiona Apple & Maude Maggart (duet)

★ Harold Arlen

★ Count Basie

★ Richard Rodney Bennett

★ Tony Bennett

★ Les Brown

★ Dave Brubeck

★ June Christy

★ Rosemary Clooney

★ Bing Crosby

★ Bobby Darin

★ Miles Davis

★ Kenny Drew

★ Sammy Davis Jr.

★ Dion & the Belmonts

★ Ella Fitzgerald

★ The Four Freshmen

★ Erroll Garner

★ Marvin Gaye

★ Dizzy Gillespie

★ Benny Goodman

★ Betty Grable

★ Stephane Grappelli

★ Lionel Hampton

★ E.Y. "Yip" Harburg

★ Dick Haymes

★ Woody Herman

★ Earl Hines

★ Bert Kaempfert

★ Stan Kenton

★ Morgana King

★ Andre Kostelanetz

★ Gene Krupa

★ Johnny Mathis

★ Maureen McGovern

★ Ray McKinley

★ Vaughn Monroe

★ Red Nichols

★ Harry Nilsson

★ Les Paul Trio

★ Oscar Peterson

★ The Pied Pipers

★ Jim Reeves

★ Django Reinhardt

★ Buddy Rich

★ George Shearing

★ Frank Sinatra

★ Barbra Streisand

★ Maxine Sullivan

★ Art Tatum

★ Mel Tormé

★ Paul Whiteman Orchestra

★ Rufus Wainwright

★ Coco d'Or

★ James Darren

★ Al Grey & J.J. Johnson

★ Erin McKeown

★ Natalie Cole

★ James Taylor

★ Havalina Rail

★ Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike)

External links

★ Story of the song

★ Song lyric