| Moody River | ||||
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| Released | 1961 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Dot | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Billboard | positive ("Spotlight" pick) [2] |
Moody River is a studio album by Pat Boone, [1] released in 1961 on Dot Records. [2] [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Moody River" | 2:38 | |
| 2. | "Angel on My Shoulder" | Shelby Flint | 2:33 |
| 3. | "The Great Pretender" | 2:30 | |
| 4. | "Love Makes the World Go 'Round" | Bob Merrill | 2:17 |
| 5. | "Corinna, Corinna" | Williams, Chatmon, Parish | 2:04 |
| 6. | "A Thousand Years" | Rod West | 2:46 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sleep" | Earl Lebieg | 2:15 |
| 2. | "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" | 2:40 | |
| 3. | "There's a Moon Out Tonight" | Al Striano, Joe Luccisano, Alberico Gentile | 2:12 |
| 4. | "Georgia on My Mind" | 2:53 | |
| 5. | "Blue Moon" | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | 2:31 |
| 6. | "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" | Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern | 2:27 |
Patrick Charles Eugene Boone is an American singer, actor, and composer. He was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He sold more than 45 million records, had 38 Top 40 hits, and appeared in more than 12 Hollywood films.
"Moody River" is a song written by and originally performed by country rockabilly singer Chase Webster.
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During his career as a singer and composer, Pat Boone released 63 singles in the United States, mostly during the 1950s and early 1960s when Boone was a successful pop singer and, for a time, the second-biggest charting artist behind Elvis Presley according to Billboard. Boone has had over 25 singles reach the top 20 on the U.S. singles charts, including the number-one hits "Ain't That a Shame" (1955), "I Almost Lost My Mind" (1956), "Don't Forbid Me" (1957), "Love Letters in the Sand" (1957), "April Love" (1957), and "Moody River" (1961). "I'll Be Home" (1956) reached No. 1 in the UK. He set a Billboard record, which he still holds, for spending 220 consecutive weeks on the charts with one or more songs each week.
"Angel on My Shoulder" is a song written and recorded by Shelby Flint for her self-titled debut album in 1960. The single reached No. 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in early 1961. It was Flint's only Top 40 hit.
"Sleep" is a song written by Earl Burtnett and Adam Geibel in 1923. The song's melody is based on a motif from "Visions of Sleep", a 1903 composition by Geibel. The song was released by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians in 1923, becoming the band's first hit and their signature theme. The song was also the theme for the television musical variety show The Fred Waring Show. The lyrics for the song were written by Waring's brother, Tom, who sang on the recording as well.
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