Full Moon and Empty Arms

{{Short description|Popular song by Buddy Kaye and Ted Mossman}}

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"Full Moon and Empty Arms" is a 1945 popular song by Buddy Kaye and Ted Mossman, based on Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070618010238/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,798001,00.html "Full Moon and Empty Arms", Time, 23 June 1947]

The best-known recording of the song was made by Frank Sinatra in 1945{{Gilliland |year=197X |show=15 |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1633238/m1/#track/4 }} and reached No. 17 in the Billboard charts. A version by Ray Noble & His Orchestra (vocal by Snooky Lanson) also charted, reaching the No. 18 position briefly.{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |date=1986 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-083-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/501 501] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/501 }}

Other recordings include:

• Bob Eberly with Carmen Cavallero, piano (1946)
• Erroll Garner Trio (Instrumental, 1946)
• Eddie Fisher (1955)
• Donna Brooks (1956)
• Nelson Eddy (1960)
• Robert Goulet (1961)
• Sarah Vaughan (1963)
• Jerry Vale (1964)
• Mina (1966)
• Freddie Hubbard (1976)
• Bob Dylan (2015)
• Maureen Moore (1964)

It has also been recorded by Caterina Valente 1960, The Platters 1963, Carmen Cavallaro 1946, Jim Nabors, June Valli, and Billy Vaughn 1958.{{cite web |title=secondhandsongs.com |url=https://secondhandsongs.com/work/98138/versions |website=secondhandsongs.com |access-date=April 26, 2021}}