GLENN MILLER - MOONLIGHT SERENADE

MOONLIGHT SERENADE

GLENN MILLER

COMPOSER: GLENN MILLER & MITCHELL PARISH

ALBUM: MÚSICA E LÁGRIMAS

LABEL: RCA Bluebird

GENRE: JAZZ/BALLAD

YEAR: 1939

"Moonlight Serenade" is an American swing ballad composed by Glenn Miller with subsequent lyrics by Mitchell Parish. It was an immediate phenomenon when first released in May 1939 as an instrumental arrangement, though it had been adopted and performed as Miller's signature tune as early as 1938, even before it had been given the name "Moonlight Serenade." In 1991, Miller's recording of "Moonlight Serenade" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

The song, recorded on April 4, 1939 on RCA Bluebird, was a Top Ten hit on the U.S. pop charts in 1939, reaching number three on the Billboard charts, where it stayed for fifteen weeks. It was the number 5 top pop hit of 1939 in the Billboard year-end tally. Glenn Miller had five records in the top 20 songs of 1939 on Billboard′s list.

Stars are aglow and tonight how their light sets me dreaming

My love, do you know that your eyes are like stars brightly beaming?

I bring you and sing you a moonlight serenade

Let us stray till break of day in love's valley of dreams

You and I, a summer sky, a heavenly breeze kisses the trees

So don't make me wait, come to me tenderly in the June light

I stand at your gate and I sing you a song in the moonlight

A love song, my darling, a moonlight serenade

We can stay till break of day in love's valley of dreams

You and I, a summer sky, a heavenly breeze kisses the trees

So don't make me wait, come to me tenderly in the June light

I stand at your gate and I sing you a song in the moonlight

A love song, my darling, a moonlight serenade