Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon

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"Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon"
Single by Bing Crosby
Released1937 (1937)
Genre Traditional pop
Length2:37
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Harry Tobias, Percy Wenrich
"Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon"
Single by Billy Vaughn
from the album Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon
B-side "Raunchy"
ReleasedOctober 1957 (1957-10)
Recorded1957
Genre Instrumental
Length2:07
Label Dot
Songwriter(s) Harry Tobias, Percy Wenrich
Billy Vaughn singles chronology
"Raunchy"
(1957)
"Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon"
(1957)
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
(1958)

"Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon" is a song written by Harry Tobias and Percy Wenrich in 1937 and performed by Bing Crosby. It reached #4 on the U.S. pop chart in 1937. [1] Outside of the US, the song peaked at #1 in Canada, Germany and Norway.

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Other charting versions

Billy Vaughn released an instrumental version of the song which went to #5 on the U.S. pop chart in December 1957 and #1 in Germany and in Canada in 1957. [2] The following year, the song went #1 in Norway and made #4 in Australia. [3] It ranked #6 on Billboard's Year-End top 50 singles of 1958. [4]

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