In the Misty Moonlight

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"In the Misty Moonlight"
Single by Dean Martin
B-side "Wallpaper Roses"
ReleasedNovember 8, 1967
RecordedAugust 24, 1964
Genre Country
Length2:44
Label Reprise
Songwriter(s) Cindy Walker
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen
Dean Martin singles chronology
"Things"
(1967)
"In the Misty Moonlight"
(1967)
"You've Still Got a Place in My Heart"
(1968)
"In the Misty Moonlight"
Single by Jerry Wallace
B-side "Even the Bad Times Are Good"
(Some copies instead have "Cannon Ball", recorded by the Soul Surfers, on the B-side)
ReleasedApril 10, 1964
Recorded1964
Genre Country
Length2:42
Label Challenge
Songwriter(s) Cindy Walker
Jerry Wallace singles chronology
"Auf Wiedersehen"
(1963)
"In the Misty Moonlight"
(1964)
"Butterfly"
(1964)

"In the Misty Moonlight" is a song written by Cindy Walker.

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Overview

One of the first singers to record the song in 1964 was Jim Reeves: it is included on his posthumous album The Jim Reeves Way . There also have been many other artists who have covered the song, but the two most successful versions were recorded by Dean Martin and Jerry Wallace. Wallace's version had a #19 hit on the Billboard Top 100 when his version was released in 1964. Martin's version was released as a single in 1967 and went to number one on the Easy Listening chart and number forty-six on the Billboard Hot 100. [1] The song was Martin's fifth and final number one on the Easy Listening chart.

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Other versions

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 158.