Moonlight Becomes You

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As of the year 2000, Moonlight Becomes You is the bestselling album in the catalog of Justice Records, the Houston-based former independent now partnering with Buddha, and a low-key gem in Nelson's vast archive of recordings. Originally released in 1993, Moonlight features much of the same cast who contributed to Nelson's 1981 classic standards album, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, including coproducer-mandola player Paul Buskirk, fiddler Johnny Gimble, rhythm guitarist Freddie Powers, and bassist Dean Reynolds. The idea was to play popular standards--the title track, "Sentimental Journey," "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise," "You Always Hurt the One You Love"--in an intimate acoustic-swing style. The concept works splendidly, of course, thanks to Nelson's seemingly effortless vocals and the consistently high quality of the accompaniment. Nelson bookends the album with a pair of his own exquisite compositions, "December Day" and "In God's Eyes." --Rick Mitchell

Moonlight Becomes You,Willie Nelson,Buddha,Country,Country & Western,Pop

Average customer rating: Not for first-timers.

Moonlight Becomes You: The Songs of Jimmy Van Heusen Jimmy Van Heusen Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classic Female Vocal Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocalists | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Music of Jimmy Van Heusen Yes Sir, That's My Baby: The Songs of Walter Donaldson The Best Things in Life Are Free: The Songs of Ray Henderson Get Happy: The Harold Arlen Centennial Celebration Essential George Gershwin ASIN: B00004SSJV Release Date: 2000-05-23

Tracks:

1. Moonlight Becomes You - Bing Crosby
2. It's The Dreamer In Me - Harry James/Helen Humes
3. Deep In A Dream - Artie Shaw/Helen Forrest
4. Good For Nothin' But Love - Fats Waller
5. Heaven Can Wait - Glen Gray/Clyde Burke
6. Blue Rain - Glenn Miller/Ray Eberle
7. Darn That Dream - Benny Goodman/Mildred Bailey
8. Polka Dots And Moonbeams - Frank Sinatra/Tommy Dorsey
9. Imagination - Ella Fitzgerald
10. Shake Down The Stars - Glenn Miller/Ray Eberle
11. All This And Heaven Too - Jimmy Dorsey/ Bob Eberly
12. It's Always You - Frank Sinatra/Tommy Dorsey
13. Sunday, Monday Or Always - Bing Crosby
14. If You Please - Bing Crosby
15. It Could Happen To You - Jo Stafford
16. His Rocking Horse Ran Away - Betty Hutton
17. Swinging On A Star - Bing Crosby
18. Sleigh Ride In July - Dinah Shore
19. Like Someone In Love - Bing Crosby
20. A Friend Of Yours - Tommy Dorsey/Stuart Foster
21. Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk) - Bing Crosby/Judy Garland
22. Nancy With The Laughing Face - Frank Sinatra
23. Aren't You Glad You're You - Bing Crosby
24. Personality - Dinah Shore
25. But Beautiful - Frank Sinatra

Customer Reviews:

Not for first-timers........2002-08-24

Sinatra's favorite composer--for both torch songs and swingers--the mightily underrated Van Heusen can't be represented properly by a collection that omits "Here's That Rainy Day." Like an Irving Berlin collection without "White Christmas"!

Average customer rating: These songs are classics, they're evergreens, they're standards and they will never die. Great disc, bad disc williefan Moonlight Becomes You Standards - The Nelson Way

Moonlight Becomes You Willie Nelson Manufacturer: Buddha ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004TQRX Release Date: 2000-06-20

Tracks:

1. December Day
2. Moonlight Becomes You
3. Afraid
4. The Heart Of A Clown
5. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
6. Everywhere You Go
7. Have I Stayed Away Too Long
8. Sentimental Journey
9. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
10. You'll Never Know
11. I'll Keep On Loving You
12. You Just Can't Play A Sad Song On A Banjo
13. You Always Hurt The One You Love
14. Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)
15. In God's Eyes

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As of the year 2000, Moonlight Becomes You is the bestselling album in the catalog of Justice Records, the Houston-based former independent now partnering with Buddha, and a low-key gem in Nelson's vast archive of recordings. Originally released in 1993, Moonlight features much of the same cast who contributed to Nelson's 1981 classic standards album, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, including coproducer-mandola player Paul Buskirk, fiddler Johnny Gimble, rhythm guitarist Freddie Powers, and bassist Dean Reynolds. The idea was to play popular standards--the title track, "Sentimental Journey," "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise," "You Always Hurt the One You Love"--in an intimate acoustic-swing style. The concept works splendidly, of course, thanks to Nelson's seemingly effortless vocals and the consistently high quality of the accompaniment. Nelson bookends the album with a pair of his own exquisite compositions, "December Day" and "In God's Eyes." --Rick Mitchell

Customer Reviews:

These songs are classics, they're evergreens, they're standards and they will never die........2007-04-30

This album by Willie Nelson was released in 1993. It is, for the most part, a collection for pop standards. But Willie did manage to sneak in a few non-standards, like his own compositions "December Day" and "In God's Eyes", and his friend Paul Buskirk's song "You Just Can't Play a Sad Song on a Banjo". But it's his album, so he can do whatever he wants, right? The songs are played in a pleasant country/jazz style that fits well with Willie's vocal stylings. Willie's fans should enjoy it.

Great disc, bad disc.......2001-02-04

As a latecomer to the millions who appreciate Willie Nelson's music, I was dazzled by this collection of standards. In fact, I was so dazzled I bought it three times. Not because I wanted it wherever I went -- at home, in my car and on my person -- but because all three of the discs, on the Justice label, proved defective. After replacing the first two discs with new copies, I gave up and exchanged the third for Nelson's "Spirit" CD, which is interesting but not nearly as riveting for me. I wonder if anybody else has had this problem. I played all the of my "Moonlight Becomes You" discs on different CD players and they all turned bad, after as few as a half-dozen playings to as many as two dozen. Generally, I have found, Nelson puts out music worth listening to. Too bad the hardware in this case doesn't measure up -- or is this a problem limited to CD stores in Roanoke, VA?

williefan.......2000-10-18

The music and songs in this album are terrific but Willie's voice is not. He really struggles to reach and hold notes. I have been a fan for years and have most of what he has recorded. Something is amiss with this recording. I hope that whatever happened here is only temporary.

Moonlight Becomes You.......2000-10-10

What a great CD. How nice it is to hear music that my parents and grandparents used to listen to. It brought back so mamy memories of listening with my parents and watching them dance to this kind of music. A beautiful CD of old standards done in a way that only Willie Nelson can do!!!

Standards - The Nelson Way.......2000-06-21

This is a re-release of an original 1993 Willie Nelson album which features yet another beautiful collection of standards, done in that most unique Willie Nelson way.

But unlike earlier Willie Nelson releases on which he concentrated on interpreting classic tunes (like his 1978 Stardust or his 1994 Healing Hands albums), this 15-track CD is a very laid-back affair with sparse instrumentation; basically just guitars, a little piano, a subdued bass & some gentle drums. Don't go looking for strings or grandiose arrangements here.

Being simple is what makes this album so great! For me, this is among the top-five albums by Willie Nelson. Four stars only because I think that the song choices are somewhat uneven.

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Moonlight Becomes You ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000JJ4VFM Release Date: 2006-10-24

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Moonlight Becomes You Eddie Higgins with Strings Manufacturer: Tokuma Japan Comm. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001M6HR2 Release Date: 2004-05-03

Tracks:

1. What Is There to Say
2. Moonlight Becomes You
3. Folks Who Live on the Hill
4. If I Should Lose You
5. How Deep Is the Ocean?
6. Have You Met Miss Jones?
7. I'll Be Around
8. Nearness of You
9. Be Careful, It's My Heart
10. When April Comes

Album Details

24 Bit Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

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Moonlight Becomes You Engelbert Humperdinck Manufacturer: Abm ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000258KQ Release Date: 2002-01-21

Average customer rating: STANLEY BLACK THE BEST!!!!!!

Red Velvet Music for Romance Stanley Black Manufacturer: Dutton Vocalion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Easy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Black Magic All-Time Top Tangos/Spain ASIN: B000067URT Release Date: 2002-07-09

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STANLEY BLACK THE BEST!!!!!!.......2004-02-11

I HAD LIKED STANLEY BLACK MUSIC FOR SO MANY YEARS, BUT I CAN'T FIND 'A WOMAN IN LOVE', THIS TRACK IS WONDERFUL PLAYED BY STANLEY BLACK ORCHESTA, OBVIOUSLY IS NOT THE WOMAN IN LOVE WITH BARBRA, OR WITH THE BEE GEES, THE 'WOMAN IN LOVE ' I'M LOOKIN FOR IS OLDER, THE FOUR ACES USED TO SING THIS SONG AND I'LL BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU CAN HELP ME TO FIND IT. PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH, BEST GREETINGS FROM PUEBLA, MEXICO.
MALUPEREZTEJA@YAHOO.COM.MX

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Moonlight Becomes You ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000I8OMSA Release Date: 2006-10-24

Average customer rating: The Brooding, Moody Music Of The Great Chet Baker!

Moonlight Becomes You Chet Baker Manufacturer: Past Perfect ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00007BKC5 Release Date: 2002-11-27

Customer Reviews:

The Brooding, Moody Music Of The Great Chet Baker!.......2003-10-13

Chet Baker was a brilliant musician who had no equal at creating a mellow, brooding mood. Simplicity of elements and unpretentious improvisation are his hallmarks. The music in this compilation is from 1952 and 1953 with Gerry Mulligan, baritone, Russ Freeman, piano, Stan Getz, tenor sax, Shelly Mann, drums, and Chet Baker, trumpet. It is probable that the performances recorded here were never surpassed by Baker. He was at his peak during this period and was voted the country's best jazz trumpeter of 1954 by both Downbeat and Metronome Magazine.

The 14 tracks were all recorded in Los Angeles and include:
"Freeway," "My Old Flame," "Five Brothers," and "My Funny Valentine." Baker and Stan Getz are also featured in "Come Out Wherever You Are," "What's New," and "Half Nelson." Also included are "All The Things You Are," "Moonlight Becomes You," and "Happy Little Sunbeam."

A brilliant album and the Best of Baker!!
Jana

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Moonlight Becomes You ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000HKDBSG Release Date: 2007-02-06

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Moonlight Becomes You Eddie Higgins with Strings Manufacturer: Venus ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0008JH4N4 Release Date: 2005-06-06

Tracks:

1. What Is There to Say
2. Moonlight Becomes You
3. Folks Who Live on the Hill
4. If I Should Lose You
5. How Deep Is the Ocean?
6. Have You Met Miss Jones?
7. I'll Be Around
8. Nearness of You
9. Be Careful, It's My Heart
10. When April Comes

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