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This work has been identified as being in the public domain in Canada, as well as countries where the copyright term is life+50 years. However, this work is probably still protected by copyright in the United States, as well as in countries where the copyright term is life+70 years (including all EU countries), unless an exception applies. See public domain for details. |
| Composition Year | 1941 |
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| Work Title | Moonlight Cocktail |
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| Composer | Roberts, Luckey |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ILR 7 |
| Key | G major |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1941 |
| First Publication. | 1941 |
| Librettist | James Kimball "Kim" Gannon (1900-1974) |
| Language | English |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
| Piece Style | Jazz |
| Instrumentation | Piano, Vocal |
| Extra Information | Introduced and Recorded by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra Publisher: New York: Jewell Music Publishing Co., 1941. This piece was a rework by Roberts of his 1912 Ragtime piece "Ripples of the Nile" into a slower ballad. Glenn Miller and his orchestra performed the number first on New York's station WABC, and it rapidly became among top ten on Hit Parade. "Moonlight Cocktail" was recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra with vocal support by Ray Eberle and the Modernaires, and was the best selling record in the United States for ten weeks in 1942. "Moonlight Cocktail" was the number one American song hit of World War II and sold over one million recordings by Bing Crosby and Glenn Miller. This piece is still under copyright and is not in the public domain. For a small fee, scans of the piano sheet music can be acquired from The Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. |
