1949 HITS ARCHIVE: Blue Moon - Billy Eckstine

Blue Moon (Rodgers-Hart) by Billy Eckstine, orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter After Mel Torme was seen performing this ballad standard in the Rodgers & Hart biopic “Words And Music,” both the Torme and Eckstine recordings enjoyed multi-week appearances on the Billboard singles charts. THE 1949 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1949 (some were recorded in 1948). . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here:    / @the78prof72   ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music! The78Prof The45Prof AnotherProf