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Blue Moon

song written and composed by Rodgers and Hart; reworking of the earlier "The Bad in Every Man" with new lyrics
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Summary

Blue Moon is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,211 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Richard Rodgers[3]
  • Genre: popular music[4]
  • Performer: Glen Gray[5], Billie Holiday[6], Elvis Presley[7], Frank Sinatra[8], The Supremes[9], Bob Dylan[10], Rod Stewart[11], Billy Eckstine[12], Mel Tormé[13], The Marcels[14], The Platters[15], The Mavericks[16], Dean Martin[17], Yvonne De Carlo[18]
  • Language of work or name: English[19]
  • Country of origin: United States[20]
  • Publication date: 1934[21]
  • Lyricist: Lorenz Hart[22]
  • Described by source: JazzStandards.com[23]
  • Title: Blue Moon[24]
  • Has characteristic: evergreen[25], jazz standard[26], ballad[27]
  • Different from: Blue Moon[28]
  • Chord progression: I–vi–IV–V progression[29]
  • Form of creative work: song[30]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[31]

  • Genre(s): pop[32]

  • Community tags: pop[33]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3c339d3d-c76d-3eb5-b3bc-98c8c2d18620[34]

Why It Matters

Blue Moon has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Billie Holiday Bob Dylan Cyndi Lauper Dean Martin Elvis Presley Frank Sinatra Ramones Richard Rodgers Rod Stewart United States Yvonne De Carlo

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Present in work → Q1625242
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Present in work: The Remains of the Day, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787473016051"
  2. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Glen Gray, Billie Holiday, Elvis Presley +14
    Form of creative work → song
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Iswc: T0700117469, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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