| "By The Light of the Silvery Moon" | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Silvery-Moon-1909.jpg) Sheet music cover, 1909 | |
| Song | |
| Published | 1909 by Jerome H. Remick & Co. |
| Composer(s) | Gus Edwards |
| Lyricist(s) | Edward Madden |
"By the Light of the Silvery Moon" or "By the Light of the Silv'ry Moon" is a popular love song. The music was written by Gus Edwards, and the lyrics by Edward Madden. The song was published in 1909 and first performed on stage by Lillian Lorraine in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1909. It was one of a series of moon-related Tin Pan Alley songs of the era. The song was also used in the short-lived Broadway show Miss Innocence (September 27-October 9, 1909) when it was sung by Frances Farr.[1]
Popular recordings in 1910 were by Billy Murray and The Haydn Quartet; Ada Jones; and The Peerless Quartet.[2]
The song has been used in a great many television shows and motion pictures. In 1935, the song in short was used in the Charles Laughton film Ruggles of Red Gap in a segue. Later, the movie of the same title was released in 1953, starring Doris Day. It served as a sequel to On Moonlight Bay, which also starred Doris Day.
The song was originally recorded in C major, but has since been sung in E major (Day) and A major (Jimmy Bowen).
- ^ "Internet Broadway Database". ibdb.com. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 481. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.