Old Devil Moon
“Old Devil Moon” is a popular song composed by Burton Lane, with lyrics by E.Y. Harburg for the 1947 musical Finian’s Rainbow. It was introduced by Ella Logan and Donald Richards.
Notable recordings
Miles Davis – Blue Haze (1954)
Sarah Vaughan – Make Yourself Comfortable (1954)
Mickey Baker (1955)
Jack Pleis, His Piano, Orchestra and Chorus – Broadway Goes Hollywood (1955)
Bob Dorough – Devil May Care (1956)
Frank Sinatra – Songs for Swingin’ Lovers (1956)
Jay Jay Johnson – Jay (1956)
Andrew Hill Trio – So in Love (1956)
Sonny Rollins – A Night at the Village Vanguard (1957)
Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine – Passing Strangers (1957)
Anita O’Day – Anita Sings the Most (1957)
Chet Baker – (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You (1958)
Totlyn Jackson [with Lance Hayward] – Lance Hayward at the Half Moon (1958), Jamaica Jazz 1931-1962
Lurlean Hunter – Stepping Out (1958)
Judy Garland – That’s Entertainment (1960)
Ahmad Jamal – Poinciana (1963)
Milt Jackson with Hubert Laws – Goodbye (1974)
George Benson & Joe Farrell – Benson & Farrell (1976)
Peter Magadini – Bones Blues featuring Don Menza, Wray Downs (1977)
Carmen McRae – The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets (1987)
Mel Torme – Mel Torme in Hollywood (1992)
Jamie Cullum – Twentysomething (2003)
Carmen Lundy – Old Devil Moon (1997)
David Campbell – Taking the Wheel (1997)
Rosemary Clooney – Out of This World (2000), At Long Last (with the Count Basie Orchestra) (1998)
Margaret Whiting – Complete Capitol Hits of Margaret Whiting (1999)
Cheyenne Jackson – The Power of Two (2009) (who also starred as Woody in the 2009 revival of Finian’s Rainbow)
Stan Kenton – At the Rendezvous, Vol 2 (2000) (vocal by Ann Richards)
Josh Groban – Stages (2015)
McCoy Tyner Trio – Reaching Fourth (1962)