It's Only a Paper Moon

~ Recording by Kenny Drew Trio

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8It's Only a Paper Moon6:25Kenny Drew TrioKenny Drew TrioKenny Drew Trio With Paul Chambers, Philly Joe JonesAlbum
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)RLP 12-224
1.8It's Only a Paper Moon6:27Kenny Drew Trio with Paul Chambers & Philly Joe JonesKenny Drew Trio (remastered, mono)Kenny Drew Trio with Paul Chambers & Philly Joe JonesAlbum
  • JP1985-06-21
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)VDJ-1507
1.8It's Only a Paper Moon6:25Kenny Drew TrioKenny Drew TrioKenny Drew with Paul Chambers, Philly Joe JonesAlbum
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)OJCCD-065-2 (RLP-224)
1.8It's Only a Paper Moon6:25Kenny Drew Trio with Paul Chambers & Philly Joe JonesKenny Drew Trio (XRCD, remastered, mono)Kenny Drew Trio with Paul Chambers & Philly Joe JonesAlbum
  • JP1998-09-30
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)VICJ-60213
1.8It's Only a Paper Moon6:25Kenny Drew TrioKenny Drew TrioKenny Drew Trio with Paul Chambers, Philly Joe JonesAlbum
Original Jazz Classics, Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)OJC20 065-2
1.8It's Only A Paper Moon6:22Kenny Drew TrioKenny Drew TrioKenny Drew with Paul Chambers, Philly Joe JonesAlbum
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)RITB-224+2
1.8It's Only a Paper Moon6:22Kenny Drew TrioThe Kenny Drew Trio (remastered, mono)Kenny Drew TrioAlbum
  • JP2008-03-12
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)UCCO-9234

Relationships

double bass [bass]:Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (from 1956-09-20 until 1956-09-26)
drums (drum set):Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (from 1956-09-20 until 1956-09-26)
piano:Kenny Drew (from 1956-09-20 until 1956-09-26)
recorded at:Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-20 until 1956-09-26)
recording of:It’s Only a Paper Moon (in 1956-09: 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