Blue Moon

~ Recording by Sha Na Na

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.11Blue Moon2:23Sha Na NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion PictureJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1978-04-14
RSORS-2-4002
1.11Blue Moon2:23Sha Na NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion PictureJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
RSO2658 125
1.11Blue Moon2:20Sha Na NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion PictureJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
RSOSPDLP 4
1.11Blue Moon2:20Sha Na NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion PictureJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
RSO2658 125
1.11Blue Moon2:23Sha Na NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion PictureJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
Polydor (British label, see annotation)825 095-2
1.11Blue Moon2:23Sha-Na-NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion PictureJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
Polydor (British label, see annotation)817 998-2
1.11Blue Moon2:22Sha Na NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture (club edition)John Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
Polydor (British label, see annotation), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)825 095-2, D135125
1.11Blue Moon2:23Sha Na NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion PictureJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
Polydor (British label, see annotation)P2 17998
1.11Blue Moon2:23Sha Na NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion PictureJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
Polydor (British label, see annotation)P2 25095
1.11Blue Moon2:23Sha-Na-NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion PictureJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
  • ZA1992-06-25
Polydor (British label, see annotation)MMTCD1650
1.11Blue Moon2:23Sha Na NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture (20th Anniversary Edition)John Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
  • CA1998-04-28
PolyGram044 041-2
1.10Blue Moon2:23Sha Na NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture (1978-1998 20th Anniversary Edition)John Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
Polydor (British label, see annotation)044 041-2
1.11Blue Moon2:03Sha Na NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture (20th Anniversary Edition)John Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
Polydor (British label, see annotation)044 041-2
1.11Blue Moon2:23Sha-Na-NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)John Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2003-09-23
Polydor (British label, see annotation)B0001011-02
1.11Blue Moon2:21Sha-Na-NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)John Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
Polydor (British label, see annotation), Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division)9809773
1.11Blue Moon2:20Sha Na NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture (deluxe edition)John Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
1.11Blue Moon (From "Grease" Soundtrack)2:19Sha Na NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture (30th anniversary deluxe edition)John Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
  • DE2005-08-05
Polydor (British label, see annotation)
1.11Blue Moon2:21Sha-Na-NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition / Remastered)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • JP2008-11-24
Polydor (British label, see annotation), RSOUICY-94719/20
1.11Blue Moon2:21Sha-Na-NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture (30th anniversary deluxe edition)John Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division), Polydor (British label, see annotation)9809773
1.11Blue Moon2:21Sha-Na-NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture (30th Anniversary Edition)John Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XE2011-08-04
Universal Music AS, Norway (not for release label use!)531380 3
1.11Blue Moon2:22Sha Na NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion PictureJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
Polydor (British label, see annotation)
1.11Blue Moon2:23Sha Na NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion PictureJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XE2018-08-24
Polydor (British label, see annotation)6772972
1.11Blue Moon2:23Sha Na NaGrease (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XW2019-10-25
Universal Music Catalogue (since early 2000s, alt name UMC used since ca. 2016; defunct since early 2023, renamed into Universal Music Recordings, don’t use it for later 2023 releases)
1.11Blue Moon (from “Grease”)2:23Sha‐Na‐NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion PictureVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XW2019-10-25
Universal Music Catalogue (since early 2000s, alt name UMC used since ca. 2016; defunct since early 2023, renamed into Universal Music Recordings, don’t use it for later 2023 releases)
1.11Blue Moon2:34Sha-Na-NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion PictureJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
Polydor (British label, see annotation)817 998-2
1.11Blue Moon2:21Sha Na NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture (24-Bit/192 kHz)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Polydor (British label, see annotation)
1.11Blue Moon2:18Sha-Na-NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion PictureJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
RSO2658 125
1.11Blue Moon2:23Sha-Na-NaGrease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion PictureJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton‐JohnAlbum + Soundtrack
PolyTel817998 2

Relationships

producer:Louis St. Louis (American songwriter, music arranger and singer)
mixer:David J. Holman
arranger:John Farrar
Michael Gibson (trombone)
Louis St. Louis (American songwriter, music arranger and singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:RSO Records, Inc. (US company that owned the RSO label, not the label itself.) (in 1978)
recording of:Blue Moon (cover)

Related works

Blue Moon

lyricist:Lorenz Hart (in 1934)
composer:Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:EMI Catalogue Partnership
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
J. Albert & Son P/L
J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
Robbins Music Corporation
SBK United Partnership Ltd.
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department)
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
sub-publisher:EMI Music Publishing Belgium NV
Francis Day Editions (SABAM)
referred to in medleys:The Juke Box Story (extended version) (order: 10)
The Medley of the Century (40 Tunes in 4 1/2 Minutes) (order: 21)
later parody versions:Moulsecoomb - Govt. Health Warning
later translated versions:Blå lys
later versions:Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)
part of:New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
is the basis for:La nuit
Mondnacht am Meer
arrangements:Concerto Grosso no. II: II. Blue Moon
music quoted in:Opening Production (from Jane Froman's album, "With a Song in My Heart")