「月は晴れても」「今月今夜のこの月を」「月も西山に傾くようだあ」「That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.」(3)

 

The Boppers – Blue Blue Moon(Sweden:2007)
シングル “I’m Your Man” のB面。

Maria Muldaur – Moonlight
from the album “Love Wants To Dance”(2004/08/24)

太陽の塔 – たとえば月を見上げてみれば
作詞曲:太陽の塔
アルバム『たとえば月を見上げてみれば』(1996/11/20)所収。

  ※(追記:この動画は削除されました

 

Brian Wilson And Van Dyke Parks – Palm Tree And Moon
ブライアン・ウィルソン・アンド・ヴァン・ダイク・パークス – パーム・ツリー・アンド・ムーン
from the album “Orange Crate Art”(1995/10/24)オレンジ・クレイト・アート
(2020 Remaster)

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谷山浩子 – DESERT MOON(1984/11/21)
作詞曲:Dennis De Young、日本語詞:谷山浩子、編曲:鷺巣詩郎

Dennis DeYoung – Desert Moon(1984/08 stereo 45 single version)
デニス・デ・ヤング – デザート・ムーン

arranged & produced by Dennis DeYoung
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard & Cash Box 10 – A/C Peak: 4
This title song from the first album by Styx lead voice DeYoung was his only U.S. Top 40 solo hit. Here also is the longer LP track: • Dennis Deyoung – Desert Moon [HQ] (CC)

Dennis DeYoung – Desert Moon(album version)
デニス・デ・ヤング – デザート・ムーン
from the album “Desert Moon”(1984)デザート・ムーン

月、砂漠、列車、夏の夜
過去の恋愛についてのイメージを表現した内容で、現実のそれらがどう関係するかは分からない。

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Duran Duran – New Moon On Monday(UK:1984/01/23, US:1984/01)
デュラン・デュラン – ニュー・ムーン・オン・マンデイ

produced by Alex Sadkin, Ian Little & Duran Duran
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard & Cash Box 10 – UK Peaks: 8 (NME, MM), 9 (Gallup)
This was the single release in-between the group’s hits “Union Of The Snake” and “The Reflex”…all three from their LP “Seven And The Ragged Tiger.”

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Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Shame On The Moon(1982/12 stereo 45)
ボブ・シーガー&ザ・シルバー・ブレット・バンド – 月に吠える
from the album “The Distance”(1982)ザ・ディスタンス
Aメロで Sam Cooke “Having A Party”(パーティーを開こう)(1962/05/08)を連想。
2度目の引用。

produced by Jimmy Iovine
(debuted late’82) 1983 Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 2, Cash Box 5 – A/C Peak: 1 – C&W Peak: 15
Written and originally recorded in 1981 by Rodney Crowell, Seger’s highest-charting adult-contemporary radio airplay hit was this track from his “The Distance” album (Glenn Frey one of the backup harmony vocalists). A slightly shorter edit was also made available to radio stations

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Shame On The Moon(1982 stereo radio promo 45 short version)
2度目の引用。

produced by Jimmy Iovine
(debuted late’82) 1983 Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 2, Cash Box 5 – A/C Peak: 1 – C&W Peak: 15
Written and originally recorded in 1981 by Rodney Crowell, Seger’s highest-charting adult-contemporary radio airplay hit was this track from his “The Distance” album (Glenn Frey one of the backup harmony vocalists). A slightly shorter edit was also made available to radio stations

Rodney Crowell – Shame On The Moon(1981/09)
from the album “Rodney Crowell”(1981)
2度目の引用。

recorded May 1981
1st Recording Of “Shame On The Moon”
This song by popular country singer-songwriter Crowell would emerge as a major mainstream hit in late 1982 for Bob Seger

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Anne Murray – Shadows In The Moonlight(US:1979/05, Canada:1979 stereo 45)
アン・マレー – 月影のふたり
2度目の引用。

produced by Jim Ed Norman
Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 19, Billboard 25, Cash Box 27 – C&W Peak: 1 – A/C Peak: 1
This track from Anne’s “New Kind Of Feeling” LP was the single release in-between her hits “I Just Fall In Love Again” and “Broken Hearted Me.”

Anne Murray – Shadows In The Moonlight(1979 mono radio promo 45)
2度目の引用。

produced by Jim Ed Norman
Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 19, Billboard 25, Cash Box 27 – C&W Peak: 1 – A/C Peak: 1
This track from Anne’s “New Kind Of Feeling” LP was the single release in-between her hits “I Just Fall In Love Again” and “Broken Hearted Me.”

 

The Trammps – I Feel Like I’ve Been Livin’(On The Dark Side Of The Moon)(1977/05/23)

 

Starbuck – Moonlight Feels Right(1975/09 stereo 45)
スターバック – 恋のムーンライト
木琴の音色が印象的な、A.O.R.のはしり。
地名として Chesapeale Bay(首都ワシントンD.C.の東にある湾), Baltimore が出てくる。
リーダーのブルース・ブラックマンはこのあと Korona(コロナ)を結成し “Let Me Be”(甘い誘惑)をヒットさせている。

produced by Bruce Blackman & Mike Clark
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard & Cash Box 3, Record World 4 – A/C Peak: 2
Formed in Atlanta in 1974, Starbuck enjoyed their biggest success with this bright hit. That’s co-founding band member Bo Wagner on marimba solo.

Starbuck – Moonlight Feels Right(1975 mono radio promo 45)

produced by Bruce Blackman & Mike Clark
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard & Cash Box 3, Record World 4 – A/C Peak: 2
Formed in Atlanta in 1974, Starbuck enjoyed their biggest success with this bright hit. That’s co-founding band member Bo Wagner on marimba solo.

 

Michael Murphey – Carolina In The Pines(1975/08 stereo 45 single version)
この Carolina は人名のようだ。
“There’s a new moon on the fourteenth
First Quarter the 21st
And the full moon in the last week
Brings a fullness to this earth”
「14日は新月
上弦の月は21日
そして先週の満月は
この地球に豊穣をもたらす」
という歌詞がある。

arranged by Jac Murphey & Michael Murphey
produced by Bob Johnston
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 21, Cash Box 23, Record World 24 – A/C Peak: 4
Follow-up single to Murphey’s Top 5 hit “Wildfire” And here is the longer LP track

Michael Murphey – Carolina In The Pines(1975 mono radio promo 45)

arranged by Jac Murphey & Michael Murphey
produced by Bob Johnston
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 21, Cash Box 23, Record World 24 – A/C Peak: 4
Follow-up single to Murphey’s Top 5 hit “Wildfire”

Michael Murphey – Carolina In The Pines(album version)
マイケル・マーフィー – キャロライナと松林で
from the album “Blue Sky – Night Thunder”(1975)青い空・夜の雷鳴

 

研ナオコ – 月がのぼれば(1973)
作詞:阿久悠、作曲・編曲:森田公一

Cat Stevens – Moon Shadow(1971/06 stereo 45)
キャット・スティーヴンス – ムーン・シャドウ
この歌における moon shadow は不安や不幸の比喩らしい。もしも手・目・足・口を失ったらどうなるのか、自分はどうするのかといった心配が列挙され、faithful light(たぶん愛情の比喩)が大丈夫的なことになり、最後は are you gonna stay the night? と女性を口説いている(笑)
2度目の引用。

produced by Paul Samwell-Smith
Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 21, Cash Box 26, Billboard 30 – Easy Listening Peak: 10 – UK Peak: 21 (NME, MM), 22 (BMRB)
Stevens’ second U.S. hit, released in-between “Wild World” and “Peace Train.” The title was shown as a single word “Moonshadow” on LP issues.

Michael Nesmith & The First National Band – Silver Moon(1970/11 stereo 45)
マイク・ネスミスとザ・ファースト・ナショナル・バンド – シルバー・ムーン
元モンキーズの人。

produced by Michael Nesmith
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 28, Record World 30, Billboard 42 – Easy Listening Peak: 7
Follow-up single to his ballad hit “Joanne”.

 

King Harvest – Dancing In The Moonlight(1972/07 mono 45)

produced by Berjot / Robinson
(debuted late’72) 1973 Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 10, Billboard 13, Record World 15 – A/C Peak: 22
The group’s only major record hit was a song first recorded in 1970 by the band Boffalongo

Boffalongo – Dancing In The Moonlight(US:1970/07, UK:1970/08/20)

1st Recording Of “Dancing In The Moonlight”
Both the groups Boffalongo and King Harvest were from upstate New York, and keyboardist David “Doc” Robinson played on both this first version of the song and the familiar 1972-73 hit by King Harvest

 

Friendly People – Mr. Moonlight(1970/06)
Composer: LeRoy Swearingen
シングル “You Send Me” のB面。

Van Morrison – Moondance
ヴァン・モリソン – ムーンダンス
from the album “Moondance”(1970)ムーンダンス
(1999 Remaster)
2度目の引用。

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising(1969/04)

produced by John Fogerty
Pop Chart Peaks: Record World #1, Billboard & Cash Box #2
Follow-up single release to CCR’s “Proud Mary.”

Paul Revere And The Raiders Featuring Mark Lindsay – Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon(1969/01/14)
バブルガムサウンドに寄せてる感じ。

arranged & produced by Mark Lindsay
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 15, Record World 16, Billboard 18

Geoff & Maria Muldaur – Sittin’ Alone In The Moonlight(1969/01)
シングル “Open Up Your Soul” のB面。

  ※(追記:この動画は削除されました

 

No Entry – Behind The Moon(Belgium:1968)
シングル “Magic Looking Glass” のB面。

This is a B-side single to “Magic Looking Glass” and is written by John Colston.
The 45 was released in 1969 by Columbia Records and the catalog # is DCB. 145.
This group is from Belgium.

Dean Martin – In The Misty Moonlight(1967/11/08 mono 45)

arranged by Ernie Freeman
produced by Jimmy Bowen
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 46, Record World 56, Cash Box 62 – Easy Listening Peak: 1
Recorded and first released in 1964 as an LP track, Dean’s recycling of the Jerry Wallace hit wasn’t issued on a single until late in’67. For Jerry’s original hit,

The Walker Brothers – Turn Out The Moon(UK:1967/02)
ザ ・ウォーカー・ブラザース – 月に消えた恋
英盤シングルでは “Stay With Me Baby”(ステイ・ウィズ・ミー・ベイビー)のB面だったが、日本盤シングルでは逆転した。

Rita Hovink – s’Avonds bij’t licht van de maan(Netherlands:1965)
タイトルはオランダ語で「夕方、月の光の中で」の意。

The Lewis Sisters – Moonlight On The Beach(1965/08/31)
シングル “You Need Me” のB面。
2度目の引用。

Jonathan King – Everyone’s Gone To The Moon(US:1965/07、UK:1965/07/02)
昔話『かぐや姫』を連想した。
2度目の引用。

Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 10, Cash Box 12, Billboard 17 – UK Chart Peak: 4
The only American hit for the English singer and record producer.

 

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