"Moonlight Becomes You" is a popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Burke.^[3] The song was written for the Paramount Pictures release Road to Morocco (1942) and published in 1942 in connection with the film. Vic Schoen (staff arranger for Paramount) wrote the arrangement.

The song has been recorded many times, becoming a standard, but the recording by Bing Crosby on June 12, 1942^[4] is the best known. This topped the Billboard charts in 1942 and spent a total of 17 weeks in the lists.^[5]

Other recordings

Chet Baker covered the tune in his album My Funny Valentine (1980).
Dick Haymes - included in his 1956 album Moondreams.^[6]
Ella Fitzgerald - Verve release Get Happy! (1959), with Herb Ellis on guitar and Lou Levy on piano.
Engelbert Humperdinck on his album The Very Thought of You (1995).^[7]
Frank Sinatra recorded the song for his Moonlight Sinatra album (1966).
Nora Aunor - her winning song in 1967 Tawag ng Tanghalan Championship.
Glenn Miller Orchestra - their 1942 recording reached No. 5 in the Billboard charts the same year.^[8]
Bobby Hackett - 1965 album of the same name.^[9]
Harry James and His Orchestra - their recording reached No. 15 in the Billboard charts in 1942.^[10]
The Hi-Lo's - included in the 1957 album Ring Around Rosie.
Jack Jones - included in his 1961 album Lollipops and Roses.^[11]
Jerry Vale - included in his 1959 album The Same Old Moon.^[12]
Johnny Mathis - included in his 1959 album Heavenly.
Mel Tormé - in his 1994 album A Tribute to Bing Crosby.
Michael Holliday - included in the 1962 album To Bing - From Mike.^[13]
Val Doonican - included in the 1982 album Val Sings Bing.^[14]
Paul Williams recorded this song for his 1979 album A Little on the Windy Side.
Seth MacFarlane - in his 2017 album In Full Swing.

Popular culture

A clip of the song by Julie Morgan was also featured in Star Trek: First Contact, also a Paramount film.
The Glenn Miller Orchestra version of the song. sung by Skip Nelson, is featured in a dance sequence in the New York City immersive theater production Sleep No More.

References

External links

Bing Crosby singles

Bing Crosby singles
Discography
1920s	"My Blue Heaven" (with Paul Whiteman) "Ol' Man River" (with Paul Whiteman) "Mississippi Mud" (with Paul Whiteman) "Silent Night, Holy Night" (with Paul Whiteman) "Makin' Whoopee" (with Paul Whiteman) "Let's Do It" (with Dorsey Brothers) "Louise"
1930s	"Three Little Words" (with Duke Ellington) "I Surrender Dear" (with Gus Arnheim) "Just a Gigolo" "At Your Command" "Stardust" "Goodnight, Sweetheart" "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)" (Bing's Theme Song) "Waltzing in a Dream" "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" "Temptation" "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" "June in January" "Love Is Just Around the Corner" "I Wished on the Moon" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "I Can't Escape from You" "Pennies from Heaven" "Silent Night" "Adeste Fideles" "Sweet Leilani" "Blue Hawaii" "Never in a Million Years" "Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon" "My Reverie" "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" "God Bless America" "Ciribiribin (They're So in Love)" (with Andrews Sisters)
1940s	"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" "Only Forever" "It's Always You" "New San Antonio Rose" (with Bob Crosby) "Dolores" "Deep in the Heart of Texas" (with Woody Herman) "Easter Parade" "White Christmas" "Moonlight Becomes You" "Sunday, Monday, or Always" "People Will Say We're in Love" (with Trudy Erwin) "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (with Trudy Erwin) "Pistol Packin' Mama" (with Andrews Sisters) "I'll Be Home for Christmas" "Jingle Bells" (with Andrews Sisters) "Poinciana" "I Love You" "I'll Be Seeing You" "Swinging on a Star" "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (with Andrews Sisters) "Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" (with Andrews Sisters) "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)" "Amor" "Long Ago (and Far Away)" "Don't Fence Me In" (with Andrews Sisters) "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (with Andrews Sisters) "You Belong to My Heart" "Along the Navajo Trail (with Andrews Sisters) "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" "If I Loved You" "It's Been a Long, Long Time" (with Les Paul Trio) "I Can't Begin to Tell You" "The Bells of St. Mary's" "McNamara's Band" "Sioux City Sue" "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" (with Andrews Sisters) "Night and Day" "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (with Andrews Sisters) "Galway Bay "Ballerina" "Now Is the Hour" "But Beautiful" "Far Away Places" "Careless Hands" "Riders in the Sky" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" "Mule Train"
1950s	"Quicksilver" (with Andrews Sisters) "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" (with Andrews Sisters) "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" "Play a Simple Melody" (with Gary Crosby) "Sam's Song " (with Gary Crosby) "La Vie en rose" "All My Love" "Beyond the Reef" "Harbor Lights" "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" "A Marshmallow World" "Sparrow in the Treetop" (with Andrews Sisters) "Gone Fishin'" (with Louis Armstrong) "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (with Jane Wyman) "The Isle of Innisfree" "Zing a Little Zong" (with Jane Wyman) "Silver Bells" (with Carol Richards) "Down by the Riverside" (with Gary Crosby) "Young at Heart" "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" "Stranger in Paradise" "In a Little Spanish Town" (with Buddy Cole Trio) "True Love" (with Grace Kelly) "Now You Has Jazz" (with Louis Armstrong) "Well, Did You Evah!" (with Frank Sinatra)
1970s	"That's What Life Is All About"
1980s	"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" (with David Bowie)

Harry James

Harry James
Singles	"Goodnight, My Love" "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" "One O'Clock Jump" "It's the Dreamer in Me" "Boo-Woo" "Woo-Woo" "I Found a New Baby" "Ciribiribin" "The Flight of the Bumblebee" "You Made Me Love You" "Misirlou" "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" "Easter Parade" "Sleepy Lagoon" "Skylark" "I Remember You" "But Not for Me" "I Cried for You" "Mr. Five by Five" "I Had the Craziest Dream" "Manhattan Serenade" "I've Heard That Song Before" "Moonlight Becomes You" "All or Nothing at All" "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" "On a Little Street in Singapore" "Memphis Blues" "I'm Beginning to See the Light" "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" "The More I See You" "If I Loved You" "It's Been a Long, Long Time" "I Can't Begin to Tell You" "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" "Who's Sorry Now" "Heartaches" "Jalousie (Jealousy)" "Stella by Starlight" "Mona Lisa" "Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)" "You'll Never Know"
Albums	Boogie Woogie Harry James and His Orchestra 1948–49 Young Man with a Horn Wild About Harry! The New James Harry's Choice!
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Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

Number one hits

1939	"Stairway to the Stars" "Over the Rainbow" "In the Mood"
1940	"Tuxedo Junction" "The Woodpecker Song"
1941	"Song of the Volga Boatmen" "Chattanooga Choo Choo" "Elmer's Tune"
1942	"A String of Pearls" "Moonlight Cocktail" "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo"
1943	"That Old Black Magic"

Other notable songs

"American Patrol"
"Anvil Chorus"
"At Last"
"Blueberry Hill"
"Crosstown"
"Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)"
"Here We Go Again"
"I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem"
"I Know Why (And So Do You)"
"It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake like That)"
"Jukebox Saturday Night"
"Little Brown Jug"
"Moonlight Becomes You"
"Moonlight Serenade"
"The Nearness of You"
"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"
"Pennsylvania 6-5000"
"Perfidia"
"St. Louis Blues"
"Serenade in Blue"
"Skylark"
"(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover"

Albums

Chicago Jazz Classics (1943)
Up Swing (1944)
Smoke Rings (1944)
Glenn Miller (1945)
Glenn Miller Masterpieces, Volume II (1947)
Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film "The Glenn Miller Story" (1954)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert (1958)
Pure Gold (1975)
In the Digital Mood (1983)

Members

Vocalists	Marion Hutton Ray Eberle Tex Beneke Jack Lathrop Ernie Caceres Kay Starr Dorothy Claire Paula Kelly The Modernaires Skip Nelson
Musicians	Al Klink Al Mastren Paul Tanner Toby Tyler Tommy Mack Frank D’Annolfo Howard Gibeling Jimmy Priddy Wilbur Schwartz Stanley Aronson Hal McIntyre Tex Beneke Ernie Caceres Jimmy Abato Gabe Galinas Hal Tennyson Benny Feman Babe Russin Skip Martin Johnny Austin Lou Mucci Bob Price Charlie Hill Legh Knowles Mickey McMickle Clyde Hurley Johnny Best Zeke Zarchy Charles Frankhauser Billy May Ray Anthony Alec Fila Bill Graham Steve Lipkins Allan Reuss Arthur Ens Dick Fisher Jack Lathrop Bobby Hackett Bill Conway Chummy MacGregor Bob Spangler Cody Sandifer Frankie Carlson Maurice Purtill Rollie Bundock Tony Carlson Trigger Alpert Doc Goldberg
Arrangers	Jerry Gray Bill Finegan Glenn Miller Billy May
Composers	Glenn Miller Harry Warren Mack Gordon

Army Air Force
band alumni

Media

Films	The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935) Sun Valley Serenade (1941) Orchestra Wives (1942) Upbeat in Music (1943) The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Publications	125 Jazz Breaks for Trombone (1927) Glenn Miller's Method for Orchestral Arranging (1943)