"Blue Moon" by Michael Monagan published on 2022-06-23T02:54:15Z By the mid 30’s Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (who wrote the song) had had enough success on Broadway that they moved to Hollywood to try their hand at the movies. “Blue Moon” was originally written for a Jean Harlow movie but didn’t start as “Blue Moon”- it was first called “Prayer (Oh Lord Make Me a Movie Star)”- but was cut from the movie. Larry Hart rewrote the lyrics a second time changing the title to “Manhattan Melodrama” for an MGM movie of the same name but the producers didn’t like it and asked him to rewrite the song a THIRD time for another scene in the movie. That version was called “The Bad in Every Man.” It was recorded but nothing came of it. Not long after Hart ran into the MGM movie executive he had worked with who insisted that he rewrite the lyrics again! Exasperated, Hart said, “Oh, I suppose you want me to write something corny like Blue Moon!” Ah, yes….. that will work…. Fed Sokolow- guitar Tony Jones- drums Gabe Davis- bass Joe Turano- B3 Michael Monagan- solo Tony Phillips- mix Maura Monagan- photo Kylie Monagan- graphics You can find “Blue Moon” as well as (“I Got Rhythm/Christopher Columbus,” “The Nearness of You”, “Fever” and “(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons”) in all the usual places: Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Amazon Music, etc. “Hey Siri! Play Blue Moon by Michael Monagan!” “Hey Alexa!” Genre Jazz & Blues