KENNY BAKER - IN THE CHAPEL IN THE MOONLIGHT

In the Chapel in the Moonlight

KENNY BAKER

COMPOSER: BILLY HILL

ALBUM: STRANGER IN PARADISE

LABEL: ASV

GENRE: ROMANTIC SONG

YEAR: 1937

Tenor vocalist, sometimes credited as the more formal Kenneth Baker, had a lengthy career on Broadway and in television and radio, including associations with performers such as Judy Garland, Jack Benny, and Fred Allen. He is no relation to other performers named Kenny Baker which include a bluegrass fiddler, a British jazz trumpeter, and an R&B saxophonist, not to mention to the dimunitive actor famous for his portrayal of the robot R2-D2. This Kenny Baker was involved was many productions that are arguably just as entertaining as the Star Wars series, most notably several variety series involving the aforementioned comic geniuses Benny and Allen. The singer himself, believe it or not, replaced the cigar-chomping Groucho Marx on a series entitled Blue Ribbon Town because the producers thought Baker would be more entertaining.

How I'd love to hear the organ

In the chapel in the moonlight

While we're strolling down the aisle

Where roses entwine

How I'd love to hear you whisper

In the chapel in the moonlight

That the lovelight in your eyes

Forever will shine

Till the roses turn to ashes

Till the organ turns to rust

If you never come, I'll still be there

Till the moonlight turns to dust

How I'd love to hear the choir

In the chapel in the moonlight

As they sing, "Oh promise me"

Forever be mine

Till the roses turn to ashes

Till the organ turns to rust

If you never come, I'll still be there

Till the moonlight turns to dust

How I'd love to hear the choir

In the chapel in the moonlight

As they sing, "Oh, promise me"

Forever be mine

In the chapel in the moonlight