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<h1>For My Gingie</h1><h1><br></h1><h1>Moonlight Serenade</h1><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>Moonlight Serenade</strong>" is an American swing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentimental_ballad" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ballad</a> composed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Miller" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Glenn Miller</a> with subsequent lyrics by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Parish" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mitchell Parish</a>. It was an immediate phenomenon when released in May 1939 as an instrumental arrangement, though it had been adopted and performed as Miller's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_tune" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signature tune</a> as early as 1938, even before it had been given the name "Moonlight Serenade." In 1991, Miller's recording of "Moonlight Serenade" was inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Hall of Fame</a>.</p><h2><br></h2><h2>Background</h2><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:V-disc_37A_Glenn_Miller.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ad/V-disc_37A_Glenn_Miller.jpg/220px-V-disc_37A_Glenn_Miller.jpg" height="165" width="220"></a></p><p>"Moonlight Serenade" released as Army V-Disc 39A, VP 75, Theme Song, by the U.S. War Department in November 1943</p><p>Miller studied the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schillinger_System" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Schillinger technique</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Schillinger" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joseph Schillinger</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_Serenade#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> who is credited with helping Miller create the "Miller sound", and under whose tutelage he composed "Moonlight Serenade".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_Serenade#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a></p><p>The song evolved from a 1935 version entitled "Now I Lay Me Down to Weep", with music by Glenn Miller and lyrics by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Heyman&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eddie Heyman</a> to a version called "Gone with the Dawn" with lyrics by George Simon,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_Serenade#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a> and "The Wind in the Trees" with lyrics by Mitchell Parish. In his biography of Glenn Miller, George T. Simon recounted how vocalist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bowlly" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Al Bowlly</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Noble" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ray Noble</a> Orchestra sang him the Eddie Heyman lyrics to the Glenn Miller music of "Now I Lay Me Down to Weep" in 1935. The Noble Orchestra never recorded the song. Finally it ended up as "Moonlight Serenade" because Robbins Music bought the music and learned that Miller was recording a cover of "Sunrise Serenade", a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Carle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frankie Carle</a> associated song<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_Serenade#cite_note-Honan-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a> for RCA Victor. They thought "Moonlight" would be a natural association for "Sunrise".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_Serenade#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[5]</a></p><p>Jazz critic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Giddins" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gary Giddins</a> wrote about the song's impact and legacy; "Miller exuded little warmth on or off the bandstand, but once the band struck up its theme, audiences were done for: throats clutched, eyes softened. Can any other record match 'Moonlight Serenade' for its ability to induce a Pavlovian slobber in so many for so long?" (<em>The New Yorker</em>, May 24, 2004).</p><h2>Wartime release</h2><p>The 1939 RCA Victor studio recording of "Moonlight Serenade" was released by the U.S. War Department as Army <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Disc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">V-Disc</a> 39A, VP 75, Theme Song, in November 1943. The recording was also released as the Navy V-Disc No. 160A and the Marine Corps V-Disc No. 160A. A V-Disc test pressing of a recording of the song from November 17, 1945 by the AAF Band was made but the disc was not issued. A new recording by Glenn Miller with the American Band of the Allied Expeditionary Forces (AEF) was broadcast to Germany in 1944 on the radio program <em>The Wehrmacht Hour</em>.</p><h2>Chart performance</h2><p>The song was recorded on April 4, 1939 for on RCA Bluebird. It was a Top Ten hit on the U.S. pop charts in 1939, reaching number three on the <em>Billboard</em> charts, where it stayed for a total of fifteen weeks. It was the fifth most popular hit of 1939 in the <em>Billboard</em> year-end tally, where Miller had five records in the top 20.</p><p>In the UK, "Moonlight Serenade" was released as the A-side of a 78 for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Master%27s_Voice" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">His Master's Voice</a> with "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Patrol" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">American Patrol</a>" as the B-side. The recording reached number twelve in the UK in March 1954, staying on the chart for one week.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_Serenade#cite_note-UK_official_charts-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[6]</a> In a medley with "Little Brown Jug" and "In the Mood", "Moonlight Serenade" reached number thirteen on the UK charts in January 1976, in a chart run of eight weeks.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_Serenade#cite_note-UK_official_charts-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[6]</a> The recording was also issued as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Disc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">V-Disc</a> in November 1943.</p>