There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder

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"There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder"
Single by Tex Ritter and His Texans
LanguageEnglish
B-side "I'm Wastin' My Tears on You"
ReleasedOctober 1944 (1944-10)
RecordedNovember 23, 1943 (1943-11-23) [1]
Genre Country
Length2:56
Label Capitol 174
Songwriter(s) Jimmie Davis, Ekko Whelan, Lee Blastic
Tex Ritter and His Texans singles chronology
"Have I Stayed Away Too Long"
(1944)
"There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder"
(1944)
"Jealous Heart"
(1944)

"There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder" is a 1944 song written by Jimmie Davis, Ekko Whelan, and Lee Blastic and made popular by Tex Ritter. The song was the B-side to Tex Ritter's, "I'm Wastin' My Tears on You". "There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder" peaked at number two on the Folk Juke Box charts. [2]

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References

  1. "Capitol 100 - 499, 78rpm numerical listing discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 292.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 99.
Preceded by Most Played Juke Box Folk Records
number one single by Jimmie Davis

March 17, 1945
Succeeded by