The Marcels-Blue Moon

[whateveheath]

Best version ever!

[HarlyGuy13]

Number one hit the day I was born!

[TheMissShevy]

I'll see you again …wait 4 me...

[fallenemobaby]

Oh my gosh! It took me forever to find this verison! Tied who's better though. This one one or the classics. Love the 50s music for forever!!! XD

[grenade923]

En to this in music class and I love it

[grenade923]

I'm 9 and we had to list

[channelschmannel1]

Brilliant reworking of the Rodgers and Hart song from the 1930's. Fun story: Richard Rodgers wrote the music (the tune) first, around 1933. Then Lorenz Hart wrote and published 4 completely different sets of words to go with the tune. Only the fourth caught on. It was on the Billboard charts in 1949 with Mel Torme, 1957 with Elvis Presley and in 1961 came the blockbuster doo-wop version with The Marcels. Great tune, great talent every one.

[Th3N3onSpaZ]

this actually isn't my fave version, i like the slower ones but its a relly good song. a true golden oldie. lol I'm just a teen and i like it ^^

[Quiett55]

That song is Great!! Thank you for posting it, cool video too!!

[memphisangel6]

b4 my time but i love it

[TheEmcee1]

put a snare drum behind the instruments and u got a hot hip hop beat 

[Nixcilak]

@TheEmcee1

No, more like a ballad beat.

[SWEETGYPSY]

Long live the oldies!

[marthinusvs]

To use foul language doesn't make you knowledgeable. Go ply marbles

[ctcon77]

fuck they cant sing! :O

[Itru32012x]

Good song

[Killswitch7900]

I don't really listen to the radio and never was really exposed to this kind of music until Fallout 3 and New Vegas but since then, hell yea this shit is great

[crazychris1123]

grrr i wish i was born when music was relevant! lol not saying the 90's was bad it was GREAT but that was the last good music decade unfortunately -.-

[OnHindleyStreet]

I am too one of the teenagers that like this kind of music.

[cheezkid]

@OnHindleyStreet I am 24 years old and grew up listening to this type of music, like in my parents car, and I still love this music to this day. Oldies will never die.

[buckmann64]

15 people don't like any kind of music at all

[LittleSweety]

This song was 50 years ago no.6 in the world-year-end-charts #marcels

[TheHitDetector]

This is such a fantastic track....Always loved this from the first time I heard this....What a beat it is dynamic full of energy and life.....It is exhilarating and refreshing...and imagine this sound all those years ago....WOW!!!!...

[RSCANSX]

i'm 13, heard this song on the telivision in a quiz. al that shit like JB... THIS is music!!

[MrSlendermanxLove]

I don't care if I am 15 I was raised on this great stuff! I always go to work, listening to this, Buddy Holly, and many others 50-60 artists

[BSODProductionz]

I'm drinking a blue moon ... listening to blue moon. :)

[WhyYouJelly]

I had blue moon and you'll never walk alone in my sidebar at the same time! It's like the scousers and the blue bastards are out to get me! :D

[snackguru1]

Good songs like this never go away. Thank God for that.

[Hendrixcloud]

too bad this is not the original song

[ERIMATT]

@Hendrixcloud you are absolutely correct..good "ear" my man!

[isaiaselcaco]

If i had to do a short list of the greatest version of this song, it would be this:

1. Billie Holiday cover

2. Elvis Presley cover

3. This bunch of bad-ass cover.

[joker43602]

@isaiaselcaco frank sinatra's is my favorite 

[antidiz]

A TRUE CLASSIC BABY!

[davedude160]

The world is fuckin' complicated place.

[0816243240]

aDOOOOORO

[Thecalsterr]

Hahagaha edbassmaster ftw!!!!!

[sparrow111260]

This is when America was the place to be!!

[17snaggle]

this is the sound of america

[rooo829]

Had to come to this after today's score...... :)

[HellasRocks4Evar]

i m the 700th person who liked this

[Dannypnny]

Wasn't this done better by the platters?!? now i can't find it anywhere by them... maybe im just crazy... im only 23 so i don't know enough about this music :(

[CharlieBarkinTheDog]

is anyone here because of An American Werewolf In London?

[paladindarknite]

@CharlieBarkinTheDog fuck yea! 

[EATIT41]

@CharlieBarkinTheDog you sir are a boss

[alexcohane]

I wish City fans sang it like this!

[DamoEmuSmall]

To SORTILEGUS - i am 32 and share your belly shaking wnjoyment at this song. If only this was played on street corners across the country by every council on lous speakers.....

[LifeIsArtist]

I am in the MGCCC Voices Choir in at the Jackson County campus and we are doing this song. I love this song. Hahaha

[Tallcansintheair]

perfect for american wearwolf in london!

[jorgemarroquin66]

The original and the best

[ralphyboy25]

There have been a lot of versions of this song, but I like the Marcels' version the best.

[youngmindedman]

@ralphyboy25 Me too!

[christophe323]

@ralphyboy25 Same here. My grandfather got me hooked on doo-wop as I was growing up, and I have loved it ever since.

[ralphyboy25]

@christophe323 I think one of the appealing aspects of doo-wop is it has that sense of 'fun' The melody, the delivery.... fun. A trait you don't find too much any more in this over serious world.

[morewi]

@ralphyboy25 Since 1934 over 30 at least.

[bigman001000]

fallout new vegas should have used this version =(

[whogivesacrapp25]

Im 15 I love This Song And The 50s .. What Do I WIN? ^.^

[sanjuz]

shit-pop began in the mid-90s, shit-hop in the 2000s - now it's nearly all un-music on the radio - that said there's still so much real stuff to enjoy from the 1920s to the 1990s

[thinr1]

@sanjuz yo honestly i disagree wit u..hip hop is dope that shit u listen to on the radio isnt hip hop nd hip hop has been around since before 2000 it was even befor the 70's i luv hip hop the only reason im here is cuz of hip hop

[MusicFanOnline]

@thinr1 I think that person knows that hip-hop has been around since the 70s. I think he/she meant that hip-hop took a turn for the worse (became "shit-hop", as he/she put it) in the 2000s and that mainstream pop music took a turn for the worse (became "shit-pop") even earlier in the 1990s. I basically agree because I think mainstream pop-music these days is generally not good and today's hip-hop is also not as good as it used to be used to be back in the 80s and 90s.

[MusicFanOnline]

@thinr1 By the way, when I said that music today isn’t as good as it used to be, I’m just talking in GENERAL terms and refer to today’s music as a whole and how it used to be easier to find good music back in the day by just turning on the radio whereas now the music on the radio isn’t that good so you have to spend more time sorting through the bad music to find the good music. I know there are also good music artists out there today, and I don’t mean disrespect to those good artists.

[thinr1]

@MusicFanOnline yea and i completly agree hip hop isnt wut it used to be i myself am a real hip hop artist nd beleive me my stuff is no where near wut kums out on the radio..but i guess imma have to wait til my mixtape is complete to prove it..

[SamyJuradoBaez]

yo tengo 17 y amo esta cancion

[ian3150]

i wonder what Rogers and Hart would think of this version....i think it would bring a smile to their faces.......

[Gracitagouv]

I woke up with this song in my head.....and i just turnend 30 :D

[Gracielahr1]

Grandiosa versión, más rápida, más rítmica y el coro de bombombombom se oye genial. Me encanta.

[RaintreeLDS]

It was #1 Hit for 3 weeks in April '61, and also in several countries incl. New Zealand and Germany.

[DowntownBoyz17]

My favorite ice-cream!!

[TURBODORK2]

a certain American werewolf led me here

[oscar8175]

Thorpe park

[nikki213ify]

lol..... -_-

[finalfantasyiluvzack]

I LUV THIS SONGGGG!!! <3 <3 <3

[MrRichardLester]

City 4 life

[Tuber71You]

Love this song. Even at the end of the American Werewolf in London after David got shot.

[rawdog20]

awesome song.....when walkin in the mall i sing it makes me laugh and my girl

[freakyfish02]

the first time i heard this song was in a flash animation of a blue vampire mooning

[anxi75]

An american were Wolf in London.

[MiLLwallpaul231258]

God bless you yanks.....great do waddy waddy music

[sortilegus]

they don't make em like they used to. and i'm only in my twenties.

[ThreePipeProblems]

@sortilegus I second this. I'm not even yet twenty :)

[SGSHADOWOD]

@sortilegus I'm 18 years old and I grew up listening to two things: lots of death metal AND stuff like this. This song was one of my best childhood memories, no style of music can ever defeat the genius minds behind this.

[debbiedamooseful]

@sortilegus Ya got that right! The Marcels...........the best. Sorry that you are only in your twenties........I'm in my sixties, and lived this stuff. You missed out on a bunch of fun. Keep listening!

[rockabettyhellcat]

@sortilegus smartboy. ;)

[grundy901]

@sortilegus why do soooo many people put i love old music and im only 13,14,15 or im still at school,or im still in my twenties what difference does it make are you after acceptence from older people why dont you just put i like this kinda music my friends like shit

[sortilegus]

@grundy901 Because young people today are bombarded with the absolute worst music in history. Most people just assume it's because they like bad music, so why's it a bad thing for a young person to say, "Look, I'm not a complete moron, even though I'm surrounded by them"?

[VonSpiegel]

@sortilegus Some people still do, believe it or not! Look for The Baseballs, if you don't know them already. =)

[poyete]

@sortilegus so what?

[bamatommy]

@sortilegus This song was from 1961, before I was even before. But it's one of my all-time favorites.

[SwagTight32]

@sortilegus Cool bro. nobody cares how old you are.

[xTHExFALLx]

@sortilegus

Well aren't you a unique individual, you crazy non-conformist. :D

[bladesofglory12]

@sortilegus i agree..and i'm fifteen.

[goldwing661]

a great oldy, especially for this old guy born 1947. Of course I was at an impressional age when they came out in the 50s

[debbiedamooseful]

@goldwing661 What does the word Impressional mean? DUH.

[supersk8er8456]

how can people not like this song:)

[mcfcchris63]

man city 4eva

[sammi515rawr]

Somone should make a troll version with "TROLOLOLOLOL" sung in the background in quartet form. That would make me DIE of laughter.

[JubalCalif]

Heavens to Murgatroid! One of the GREATEST doo wop classics ever. THANK YOU for posting it....you have MADE my day & my week! CHEERS, mate! :)

[CaptainCarnageMP]

MAN CITYYYYYYYYYY :)

[GialloHorror]

Man, no offense, but I hate the rerecorded versions of the old songs. I don't know why complaition albums do that

[princeofthemods69]

@GialloHorror They do it to get around the copyright. A certain label may own the rights to the original recording, but not the song itself. To avoid having to pay the label, or if the label has denied the use of the original recording, they rerecord it. Thought I'd just let you know the reason why, though I agree 100%, don't think I've ever heard a rerecording that I like or comes anywhere near the original. Usually cos it's done on the cheap and quickly as possible using a computer!

[GialloHorror]

@princeofthemods69 I should've known it had something to do with the copyright, and the cost of money.

I bought some compilation albums before, and was really disappointed when I heard the versions of older songs. From then on, I always look at the fine print and if I see "rerecording" I will not buy the CD

[TJCATLOVER]

Absolutely fantastic song!!!!!!

[chkjns]

@TJCATLOVER This beast actually sold 2.5 million copies!!! I spent an hour with Stu Phillips last week - he was the producer who put the Marcels on the map with this song 50 years ago. An amazing composer/arranger/conductor, he did the music for Battlestar Gallactica, Buck Rogers & Knight Rider as well as 12 albums as leader of Hollyridge Strings. go to his channel at bsgkr2000 & show Stu some love, we wouldn't have this song without him !!! He's earned it! chuck

[marionhood]

I've heard a better version. Love to the awesome chamber choir of St Modans.

[modelprisoner]

sure we thank frank and give nat a tip of the hat but this version is the cat's uknowwhat!

[gmjgboggs]

And what a great Knock off it is ;)

[JColeM7785]

sorry...Nat King Cole had the best version EVER

[dillis2005]

Its a fun - up tune, nice we all need at bit off up!

[MrGrreatness]

Frank Sinatra Blue Moon>The Marcels Blue Moon

[alec9000]

CITY <3<3<3

[lazorlasso]

@m13ui knock off! stop praising it! frank sinatra is rolling over in his god forsaken grave!

[lusteraliaszero]

@lazorlasso Frank didn't make this song, you realize?

[lazorlasso]

knock off! stop praising it!

[lazorlasso]

knock off!

[lazorlasso]

knock off!!!!!!!

[lazorlasso]

knockoff of frank sinatra version, made in 1945. fail

[m13ui]

@lazorlasso Frank Sinatra did this song as a cover, which means someone did it before him. Just appreciate the music for how each artist interpreted it.

[DarkApostleMatt]

@lazorlasso Bohoo, its called a cover, many bands do it.

[mecmathes]

Awesome



[LaVeyCharkusVeros]

No mames, apuesto a que más de uno sintió MEYO!

[imagenpagana]

bluuuuuuuuue mooooooooooooon...

jajaja lol

Saludos paganos.

[rebel123hate]

Lol love this song <3

[alexandre915414]

legal d +

[suprsonickath]

Manchester City fan here.

[DVROFFMAN]

"What's that star on the wall for?"

[t4b5klh]

ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba, BA-ba, ba-ba, Ba-ba ba ba, Dang ah dang dang, ah Ding ah Dong Ding BLLUUE MOOONN, dip da dip da, BLLLLUUUEE MMOOOONN

[themaniacboy]

Finally i found this song, heard it in the movie " An American werewolf in London" and loved it

[Pablo1992daniel]

3 negros, 1 burro quando foge, e 1 branco,

eu jamais ia imaginar que o cower deles seria melhor que Frank Sinatra, Cole, Bennett, Rod Stewart, e grandes mestres...

Parabéns...

[TheDEATHSTARIII]

when in florida visit Universal studios

[rockinw401]

Oh shit theres an American werewolf in my house.... But im in london!!!! OH NOOOOOOOO!!!

[muzzikka]

Yeah! :D

[DaveWollenberg]

Billboard's 87th #1 hit of the rock era. God bless!

[Philby1964]

check out the showaddywaddy version lol.

[MeistroMac91]

lol I have an uncle named marcel

[acefox92]

@KeldoDAntrell yea he does take a breath when he shouldn't have but watever still a great song!:)

[NeewenSchorsch]

einfach nur geil :D

[nandabun]

Somehow I remember this song being a little different. I know a LOT of bands have done different covers, but wasn't it the Marcels that have the only one in this particular style? Hmm.. it's the "scat-like" part I'm remembering differently. Not sure how else to describe this, it's 3:57 AM and I am very tired. :D

[oktony61]

@nandabun  the delltones

[nandabun]

@oktony61

Hey, you're right. :D Thanks~

[oktony61]

@nandabun

you're very welcome

[KeldorDAntrell]

This version is flawed: right at the start the base takes a breath where he shouldn't after the first time he says "moon". Ruins the big intro for me.

[AceofRock78]

@KeldorDAntrell ...you're senseless bud...kneel down on me? are you a musician?

[Jurk182]

Crankitup!!!! OOOOHHHHYYYYYEEEEEAAAAHHHHHH!!­!!!!!!!!!

[amirgoncalves]

O Beijo do Vampiro

[nejileon12345]

1:50 is my favorite part...but why is this song so short XO

[MauLu96]

@nejileon12345 Back in the 30s--60s, 7" single records could only hold up to 3 minutes of music and most songs were shorter than that. Only in the 70s did 12" singles appear, allowing songs 4-8 minutes long, but they weren't very popular.

[SuperElm]

@MauLu96

They were pretty popular weren't they?

[nomiclas]

@MauLu96 actually you are incorrect on many levels.EP's held several(at least 4)and as many as 6 tunes."el paso" was the first real long song at over 4 minutes.a lot has to do with record speed but i am referencing 7' 45 rpm.

[MauLu96]

@nomiclas My bad.--and thanks for the info.

[LiaSnape]

3 people who doesnt like this tune deserve to die

[Featgary1]

A que les recuerda esta entrada?

[ohil78]

if it wasnt for john landis i'd have never heard this

amazing

[cultureodowd]

I've got a blue moon!!

[marcelthemaoist]

I started this band. True story.

[LiaSnape]

@marcelthemaoist Aham Claudia, senta lá !

[kikomiko1]

This really caught me by surprise at the end of American Werewolf in London.

[miloesalazar]

An American werewolf in London.

[sunnygrace57]

@miloesalazar I just watched that last weekend...it was weird but still pretty cool!

[ferrers88]

@miloesalazar always!

[JLC31383]

@miloesalazar What I think of everytime I listen to the song

[xMITZEYx]

@miloesalazar FUCK YES!

[MCJA94]

@miloesalazar fuck yes

[DitisDope]

@miloesalazar

I know that version yeah because of this movie and that version is Great :)

[NatalyaSperanzza]

@miloesalazar Right! Let's search Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival...

[atxboy80]

oldies are so cool espically on sundays

[miLchshaake]

i cant sit still when i hear this

[Jewelmp3]

@miLchshaake I know, same here

[Paco19900]

One of my very first songs I can remember listening to, wayyyy back in my childhood. this song makes me smile sooo much. haha

[american1476]

If White Power was so bad? Then why were black people classier, more middle class and damn well much more talented and successful and respected back then!

[ChampionsBall91]

@american1476

Die.

[bacon2boy]

@american1476 70's and 80's it was "cool" to be black

[treyhoov3]

Why does this song remind me so much of Yu Yu Hakusho??

[GNRSlashLover]

on the bottom left that guy looks like the guy i like

[tiffadee]

so true

[miscapb]

The guy with the deep voice is my favorite part lol

Bom BOm Bom

Bom BOm Bom

Bom BOm Bom

Dang Dang Dang

Dinga Dong Ding

BLUE MOON :)

he keeps the song flowing this song makes me smile hahaha

[TSaxman74]

First pop song I learned. I was about 2 or 3.

Who knew it was a pioneering mixed race group?