Swingin' on the Moon

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{{Infobox album

| name = Swingin' on the Moon

| type = studio

| artist = Mel Tormé

| cover = swinginonthemoon.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1960

| recorded = August 3–5, 1960

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Vocal jazz

| length = 38:12

| label = Verve (MG VS-62144{{Cite magazine |date=December 24, 1960 |title=Swingin' on the Moon - Mel Torme |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox22unse_13/page/28/mode/2up |magazine=Cash Box |page=28 |access-date=August 10, 2023}})

| producer = Russell Garcia

| prev_title = Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley

| prev_year = 1960

| next_title = Broadway, Right Now!

| next_year = 1960

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r149058|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]

|rev2 = DownBeat

|rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Kofsky |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Kofsky |date=February 16, 1961 |title=Mel Tormé - Swingin' on the Moon |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_down-beat_1961-02-16_28_4/page/42/mode/2up |magazine=DownBeat |page=42 |access-date=August 10, 2023}}

|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1408}}

}}

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.

Track listing

  1. "Swingin' on the Moon" (Mel Tormé) – 3:32
  2. "Moonlight Cocktail" (Kim Gannon, Luckey Roberts) – 3:04
  3. "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 3:56
  4. "Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:16
  5. "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) – 3:13
  6. "Don't Let That Moon Get Away" (Johnny Burke, James V. Monaco) – 2:39
  7. "Blue Moon" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:46
  8. "A Velvet Affair" (Fred Reynolds, Sid Ramin) – 3:00
  9. "No Moon at All" (Redd Evans, Dave Mann) – 2:39
  10. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:05
  11. "Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 3:16
  12. "The Moon Was Yellow" (Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie) – 2:46

Personnel

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