It's Only a Paper Moon

~ Recording by The Lionel Hampton Quintet

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
3.1It's Only a Paper Moon6:51The Lionel Hampton QuintetThe Complete Quartets and Quintets with Oscar Peterson on VerveLionel HamptonAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-06-22
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)3145597972

Relationships

clarinet:Buddy DeFranco (on 1954-04-13)
double bass:Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1954-04-13)
drums (drum set):Buddy Rich (on 1954-04-13)
piano:Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1954-04-13)
vibraphone:Lionel Hampton (on 1954-04-13)
recorded at:Fine Sound Studios (1953–1956; fka WMGM Studios until 1953) in New York, New York, United States (on 1954-04-13)
recording of:It’s Only a Paper Moon (on 1954-04-13: instrumental)

It’s Only a Paper Moon

lyricist:E.Y. Harburg (in 1933)
Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer) (in 1933)
composer:Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
Chappell & Co.
Chappell Music Ltd.
Gloccamorria Music
Next Decade Entertainment
S.A. Music Co.
SA Music
Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd.
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
referred to in medleys:It’s Only a Paper Moon / I Like Him
Medley: A Sleepin’ Bee / It’s Only a Paper Moon (order: 2)
later parody versions:It's Only a Paper Moon (parody version)
later versions:Lester's Trip to the Moon