Swingin' on the Moon

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.

Swingin' on the Moon
Studio album by Mel Tormé
Released	1960
Recorded	August 3–5, 1960
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	38:12
Label	Verve (MG VS-62144)
Producer	Russell Garcia
Mel Tormé chronology
Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley (1960) Swingin' on the Moon (1960) Broadway, Right Now! (1960)

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Review scores
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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

• Mel Tormé - vocals
• Russell Garcia - arranger, conductor