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"Old Devil Moon" is a popular song composed by Burton Lane
Burton Lane
Burton Lane was an American composer and lyricist. His most popular and successful work is the musical Finian's Rainbow, "the score for which Lane will always be most remembered."-Biography:...

, with lyrics by E.Y. Harburg for the 1947 musical Finian's Rainbow
Finian's Rainbow
Finian's Rainbow is a musical with a book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg, and music by Burton Lane. The 1947 Broadway production ran for 725 performances. Several revivals and a 1968 film version followed. A Broadway revival ran from October 8, 2009 until January 17, 2010...

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Notable recordings

  • Rosemary Clooney
    Rosemary Clooney
    Rosemary Clooney was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit "Come On-a My House" written by William Saroyan and his cousin Ross Bagdasarian , which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me" Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 –...

     - Out Of This World (2000), At Long Last
    At Long Last
    At Long Last is a 1998 studio album by Rosemary Clooney, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra.This was Clooney's first recording with the Basie band...

    (with the Count Basie Orchestra) (1998)
  • Billy Eckstine
    Billy Eckstine
    William Clarence Eckstine was an American singer of ballads and a bandleader of the swing era. Eckstine's smooth baritone and distinctive vibrato broke down barriers throughout the 1940s, first as leader of the original bop big-band, then as the first romantic black male in popular...

     and Sarah Vaughan
    Sarah Vaughan
    Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century."...

     - Passing Strangers (2009)
  • Cheyenne Jackson
    Cheyenne Jackson
    Cheyenne Jackson is an American actor and singer. He started in regional theater when he moved to Seattle, and after moving to New York City, made his 2002 Broadway theatre debut understudying both male leads in the Tony Award-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie...

     - The Power of Two
    The Power of Two
    -Track listing:# "I'm Nothing without You" - 3:20# "Me and My Shadow" - 3:31# "Old Friend" - 4:17# "A Foggy Day" - 3:04...

    (2009) (who also starred as Woody in the 2009 revival of Finian's Rainbow
    Finian's Rainbow
    Finian's Rainbow is a musical with a book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg, and music by Burton Lane. The 1947 Broadway production ran for 725 performances. Several revivals and a 1968 film version followed. A Broadway revival ran from October 8, 2009 until January 17, 2010...

    )
  • Stan Kenton
    Stan Kenton
    Stanley Newcomb "Stan" Kenton was a pianist, composer, and arranger who led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. In later years he was widely active as an educator....

     - At The Rendezvous, Vol 2 (2000)
  • Anita O'Day
    Anita O'Day
    Anita O'Day was an American jazz singer.Born Anita Belle Colton, O'Day was admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances shattered the traditional image of the "girl singer"...

     - Anita Sings the Most
    Anita Sings the Most
    Anita Sings the Most is a 1957 album by Anita O'Day. Its first release was titled Anita Sings for Oscar on the American Recording Society label and also features Oscar Peterson on piano.- Track listing :...

    (1957)
  • Carmen McRae
    Carmen McRae
    Carmen Mercedes McRae was an American jazz singer, composer, pianist, and actress. Considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century, it was her behind-the-beat phrasing and her ironic interpretations of song lyrics that made her memorable...

     - The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets (1987)
  • Frank Sinatra
    Frank Sinatra
    Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...

     - Songs for Swingin' Lovers
    Songs for Swingin' Lovers
    Songs for Swingin' Lovers! is the eighth studio album recorded by the American singer Frank Sinatra for Capitol Records, it was arranged by Nelson Riddle and released in March 1956....

    (1956), Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre
    Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre
    Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre is a series of albums released in 1963 , and released in this box set in 2000.The four discs feature the scores of four popular Broadway musicals of the time, namely Finian's Rainbow , Kiss Me, Kate , South Pacific and Guys and Dolls .-Track listing:Disc One -...

    : Finian's Rainbow
    (2000)
  • Mel Torme
    Mel Tormé
    Melvin Howard Tormé , nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known for his jazz singing. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books...

     - Mel Torme in Hollywood (1992)
  • Margaret Whiting
    Margaret Whiting
    Margaret Whiting was a singer of American popular music and country music who first made her reputation during the 1940s and 1950s.-Youth:...

     - Complete Capitol Hits of Margaret Whiting (1999)
  • Jamie Cullum
    Jamie Cullum
    Jamie Cullum is an English pop and jazz-pop singer-songwriter. Though he is primarily a vocalist/pianist he also accompanies himself on other instruments including guitar and drums. Since April 2010, he has been presenting a weekly jazz show on BBC Radio 2, broadcast on Tuesdays from 19:00.- Early...

     - Heard It All Before
    Heard It All Before
    Heard It All Before was released by Jamie Cullum when he was without a record deal and copies are now highly sought after.-Track listing:# "Old Devil Moon"# "They Can't Take That Away from Me"# "Night and Day"# "My One and Only Love"# "Caravan"...

     and Twentysomething
    Twentysomething (album)
    Twentysomething is the third album by Jamie Cullum. It was released in 2003 in his native UK, and in May 2004 in the United States.On this release Cullum performs some original material as well as some covers and standards...

    (1999 & 2003)
  • Chet Baker
    Chet Baker
    Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...

     - (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You
    (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You
    -CD Reissue bonus tracks:-Personnel:*Chet Baker - vocals, trumpet*Kenny Drew - piano*Sam Jones - bass*George Morrow - bass*Philly Joe Jones - drums*Dannie Richmond - drums...

    (1958)
  • Lurlean Hunter - Stepping Out (1958)
  • Miles Davis - Blue Haze (1954)
  • Miles Davis - Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet (1956)
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