Blue Moon (The Marcels album) explained

Blue Moon is the debut studio album by the doo-wop group The Marcels. It was released in 1961 on Colpix Records and included 12 songs. The album was available in mono, catalogue number CP-416. Blue Moon was produced and arranged by Stu Phillips and recorded in New York at RCA Studios. Blue Moon features a cover version of the Judy Garland hit "Over the Rainbow". Four decades after the group's debut album was released, the Marcels were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.^[1]

Reception

Although the album Blue Moon failed to chart on the Billboard albums chart, the first single "Blue Moon" did well. The single charted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks,^[2] charted at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart,^[3] sold one million copies and the group was awarded a gold disc.^[4]

Track listing

Side one

Side two

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Marcels - Inductees - The Vocal Group Hall of Fame Foundation . Vocalgroup.org . 2011-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927040453/http://www.vocalgroup.org/inductees/the_marcels.html . 2007-09-27 . dead .
2. Book: Bronson, Fred . The Billboard Book of Number One Hits: The Inside Story Behind Every Number One Single on Billboard's Hot 100 from 1955 to the Present. Billboard Books. 2003. 5. 87. 0-8230-7677-6.
3. Web site: Marcels - Blue Moon . . 1961-04-15 . 2011-10-13.
4. Book: Murrells , Joseph . 1978. The Book of Golden Discs. 2nd. Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. London. 137. 0-214-20512-6. registration.