Blue Moon is the debut studio album by the doo-wop group The Marcels. It was released in 1961 on Colpix Records and included 12 songs. The album was available in mono, catalogue number CP-416. Blue Moon was produced and arranged by Stu Phillips and recorded in New York at RCA Studios. Blue Moon features a cover version of the Judy Garland hit "Over the Rainbow". Four decades after the group's debut album was released, the Marcels were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.[1]
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| Released | July 1961 | |||
| Recorded | 1961 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Label | Colpix | |||
| Producer | Stu Phillips | |||
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| Singles from Blue Moon | ||||
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Reception
editAlthough the album Blue Moon failed to chart on the Billboard albums chart, the first single "Blue Moon" did well. The single charted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks,[2] charted at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart,[3] sold one million copies and the group was awarded a gold disc.[4]
Track listing
edit- Side one
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Blue Moon" | 2:17 |
| 2. | "Goodbye to Love" | 2:35 |
| 3. | "Sweet Was the Wine" | 2:10 |
| 4. | "Peace of Mind" | 2:34 |
| 5. | "A Fallen Tear" | 2:39 |
| 6. | "Over the Rainbow" | 2:40 |
- Side two
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 7. | "I'll Be Forever Loving You" | 2:21 |
| 8. | "Two People in the World" | 2:22 |
| 9. | "Most of All" | 2:12 |
| 10. | "Teeter Totter Love" | 2:02 |
| 11. | "Sunday Kind of Love" | 2:22 |
| 12. | "Crazy Bells" | 2:21 |
References
edit- ^ "The Marcels - Inductees - The Vocal Group Hall of Fame Foundation". Vocalgroup.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^ Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits: The Inside Story Behind Every Number One Single on Billboard's Hot 100 from 1955 to the Present (5 ed.). Billboard Books. p. 87. ISBN 0-8230-7677-6.
- ^ "Marcels - Blue Moon". Official Charts Company. 1961-04-15. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 137. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.