Hi all! It’s National Walk your Dog Day so walk ‘em
if you’ve got them ;-) I’m not sure what the trouble is with my favorite BOTB
music hunting ground, but I’ve had to toss two ideas before landing (with a
heavy sigh) on one last moon theme. I’m guessing you haven’t heard of either Artist/Band,
but I’m fairly sure one will strike your fancy. Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart wrote a song entitled ”The Bad in
Every Man” for a 1933 movie musical called “Hollywood Party” before it was cut
from the film (!). The song was eventually used in “Manhattan Melodrama”,
starring Clark Gable, but not before MGM demanded the title be changed to Blue Moon. The Marcels original doo-wop version (1961) was recorded in only two takes
and although covered by a great many artists, was their most successful single
reaching #1
First up, the distinctive
sound of Cowboy Junkies, featuring Margo Timmins
Next up, wildly popular Grammy Award-winning Country artist Toby Keith offered his own take on the Blue Moon theme in 1996
There
you have it, folks! Which do you like best? And how come? Let me know in the
comment section below. Oh! And, before you go, hop around and see the rest of
today’s battles (participating sites are located in the top right sidebar of
this page)
~ “There are nights when the wolves are silent
and only the moon howls”
