MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Each night leading up to the unveiling of the 2016 Grooveyard Great 88, we’ll share a video of one song that just missed the survey. Hear the full Great 88 on a special five hour edition of “The Grooveyard” on a special night and time–Friday, December 30 starting at 7 PM. Check out the complete year-end schedule here.
#93
“Blue Moon” by The Marcels (1961)
Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart wrote this for the 1934 movie Manhattan Melodrama. This was also used in the movies Words And Music (1948); Malaya (1949); East Side, West Side (1950); and With A Song In My Heart (1952) before Elvis Presley recorded it for Sun Records in 1954.
2015: #6, Highest Ranking: #6 (2014 and 2015)
Come back each day as we unwrap another song that just missed the Great 88. You can also check out first round results here. Then join host Alan Seltzer on”The Grooveyard” for the Great 88 countdown Saturday, December 26 at 7 PM until midnight. We’ll be back Saturday nights at 7 PM at our regular time period beginning January 7, 2017. Listen to us immediately after “Rick’s Redneck Ranch” on 88.1 FM on Long Island or by clicking the 88.1 FM link on wcwp.org. You can also follow us on Twitter.
Happy holidays from. . .
The Grooveyard 