It’s Only a Paper Moon
Song
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Creators (3)
Composer
Lyricist
- Yip Harburg
- Billy Rose lyricist and Broadway producer
Publisher
- Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd.
- S.A. Music Co.
- Gloccamorria Music
- Warner Bros. Music
- Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
- Chappell Music Ltd.
Related Works (4)
Later Versions
Referred To In Medleys
Recordings (477)
- It's Only a Paper Moon ?:?? by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (1933)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 2:56 by The Nat King Cole Trio (Oct 1944)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 2:56 cover by The Nat King Cole Trio (Oct 1944)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon ?:?? cover by Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra (13 Oct 1945)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon ?:?? by Jess Stacy and His Orchestra (Nov 1945) mx. VP 1493
- It’s Only a Paper Moon ?:?? by Les Paul Trio (Aug 1947) mx. JB 222
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 1:56 cover by Frank Sinatra (16 Oct 1950)
- It's Only a Paper Moon ?:?? by Frank Sinatra (1950)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 5:25 instrumental by Miles Davis (05 Oct 1951)
- It's Only a Paper Moon 3:07 cover by Nat King Cole (15 Aug 1956)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 3:06 cover by The Nat King Cole Trio (1956)
- It's Only A Paper Moon ?:?? by Frank Sinatra (1956)
- It's Only a Paper Moon 6:25 instrumental by Kenny Drew Trio (Feb 1957)
- It's Only a Paper Moon 5:01 by J.J. Johnson (1957)
- It's Only a Paper Moon 5:01 instrumental by J.J. Johnson (1957)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon ?:?? cover by Ella Fitzgerald (1957)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 6:41 instrumental by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1960)
- It's Only a Paper Moon 2:38 instrumental by Art Tatum (1960)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 2:19 by Frank Sinatra (03 Jan 1961) 1960 original studio master
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 3:37 cover by Ella Fitzgerald (1961)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 2:02 by Les Baxter, His Orchestra and Chorus (1961) stereo
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 2:57 by The Nat King Cole Trio (1961) 1961-03-22
- It's Only a Paper Moon 2:19 by The Four Freshmen (1961)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 3:54 cover by Johnny Mathis (18 Nov 1963)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 3:53 by Johnny Mathis (1963) mono
- It’s Only a Paper Moon ?:?? cover by Jim Reeves (1964)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 2:20 cover by Jim Reeves (1964)
- It's Only a Paper Moon ?:?? by Miles Davis (1964)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 2:28 by Marvin Gaye (01 Nov 1965)
- It's Only a Paper Moon 2:30 by The Oscar Peterson Trio (1965)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon ?:?? by Nat King Cole (1966)
- It's Only A Paper Moon 2:43 by Count Basie & His Orchestra (1967)
- It Is Only a Paper Moon 3:38 instrumental, cover by Trío de Enrique Villegas (1967)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 3:23 by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (1969)
- It's Only a Paper Moon 10:17 instrumental by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1970)
- It's Only A Paper Moon 3:17 by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra (1973)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon ?:?? cover by Jim Reeves (1974)
- It's Only a Paper Moon ?:?? by Frank Sinatra (1975)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon (live) 2:27 live, cover by Ella Fitzgerald (1975)
- It's Only a Paper Moon 2:11 cover by Hank Thompson (1975)
- It’s Only a Papermoon ?:?? cover by Ella Fitzgerald (1976)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 2:16 cover by Jim Reeves (1977)
- It's Only A Paper Moon 2:43 by Buddy Rich (1977)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 2:16 by Jim Reeves (1977)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 3:05 cover by Ove Linds sextett (1977)
- It's Only A Paper Moon 2:33 by Oscar Peterson (1977)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon ?:?? instrumental by Erroll Garner (1977)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon 3:22 by Bert Kaempfert (1978)
- It's Only a Paper Moon 13:17 live, instrumental by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1978)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon ?:?? by Dexter Gordon (1978)