OK, It's Time To Get Serious. You Guys Have Been Dogging It Too Long. Keep Reading --

[ralpht]

Here's the game:

Give me a song that has reference to Sun, Moon, Stars, Clouds or Sky.

Go for it.

[sansradio]

The Sun, the Moon and Stars - O[[+>

[9A]

I Only Have Eyes For You -- Ben Selvin [[1938), The Flamingos, The Escorts and Art Garfunkel.

¨Are the stars out tonight?¨

[calvin]

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
Oh, You Crazy Moon - Frank Sinatra
Lost In The Stars - Frank Sinatra
Cloud Nine - The Temptations
Flyin' High [[In The Friendly Sky) - Marvin Gaye

[9A]

Swinging on a Star -- Bing Crosby, with backup by The Williams Quartet with a young Andy Williams [[1944), also recorded by Big Dee Irwin and Little Eva [[1963)

[calvin]

Sunshine On My Shoulder - John Denver
Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Cloudburst - The Pointer Sisters
Burning Sky - The Jam

[nabob]

I'll Try Something New - Miracles, Sups & Tempts

I will build you a castle with a tower so high, it reaches the moon

I will take you away with me as far as I can we to Venus or Mars. There we will walk with your hand in mine. You'll be queen of the stars

I'll take the stars and count them. If that won't do. I'll try something new.

[144man]

As ranted about in the "FLASH..." thread...

"sometimes the sun goes round the moon"

Save the Best for Last - Vanessa Williams

[144man]

Which Way Is the Sky - Four Tops

[9A]

Stardust -- Hoagy Carmichael [[1927), also by many other artists. My favorite -- and everyone else´s -- is by Nat King Cole [[1956).

[[In 2004, Carmichael's 1927 recording of the song was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress) to be added to the National Recording Registry [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Recording_Registry).)

[calvin]

Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone - The Temptations
It's Only a Paper Moon - Nat King Cole
Little Bright Star - The Supremes
Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell [["I've looked at clouds from both sides now")
Orange Colored Sky - Nat King Cole

[144man]

Is Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" allowed?

[9A]

Moon River -- Audry Hepburn [[1961) composed by Henry Mancini [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Mancini) with lyrics by Johnny Mercer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mercer).

Andy williams recorded it as part of his album ¨Moon River,¨

[calvin]

The Warmth Of The Sun- The Beach Boys
I Wished On The Moon - Teddy Wilson [[Billie Holiday vocal)
When You Wish Upon a Star - Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket, from Disney's Pinocchio
On a Turqoise Cloud - Duke Ellington
Ghost Riders In The Sky - Sons of the Pioneers

[9A]

Don´t Let the Stars Get in You Eyes -- Perry Como [[1952)

¨Don´t Let the moon break your heart.

[Jerry Oz]

What A Little Moonlight Can Do - Billie Holiday

[calvin]

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More - Franki Valli
Moon Love - Glenn Miller
Stars Fell on Alabama - Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra
Liza [[All The Clouds 'll Roll Away) - Al Jolson
Touch The Sky - Smokey Robinson

[9A]

Fly Me to the Moon -- Kay Ballard [[1954) and Frank Sinatra 1964)

[Jerry Oz]

Sun Is Here - Sun

[9A]

The Little White Cloud That Cried -- Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads [[1951)

[Jerry Oz]

Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force

[calvin]

Red Sails in the Sunset - Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong
Blue Moon of Kentucky - Bill Monroe
The Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix
Clouds - Django Reinhardt
Mr Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra

[calvin]

East Of The Sun [[And West Of The Moon) - Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra
Everybody Is A Star - Sly & The Family Stone
Storm Clouds On The Way - Edwin Starr
Under The Red Sky - Bob Dylan

[Motown Eddie]

"Keep Your Head To The Sky"-Earth, Wind & Fire
"Shining Star"-Earth, Wind & Fire
"Children Of The Sun"-Mandrill
"Cloudy"-Average White Band
"Under The Moon And Over The Sky"-Angela Bofill

[9A]

"Moonglow" -- music by Will Hudson and Irving Mills and words by Eddie DeLange [[1933)

Combined with ¨Picnic¨ and recorded by many artists.

[calvin]

Blame It On The Sun - Stevie Wonder
When The Moon Comes Over Sun Valley - Sons of the Pioneers
Starlight, Moonlight, Candlelight - El Debarge
Above The Clouds - Paul Weller
There's a Roundup In The Sky - Sons of the Pioneers

[144man]

Skywriter - Jackson 5

[144man]

Blue Moon - Marcels

[144man]

Sunshine Days - The Marvelettes

[144man]

Moonshadow - Cat Stevens
Moonlight Shadow - Mike Oldfield

[9A]

When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain -- Kate Smith [[1931)

[9A]

Moonlight Becomes You -- Bing Crosby [[1942) and
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnny Mathis on his 1959 album ¨Heavenly¨

[Jerry Oz]

You Are My Starship - Norman Connors w/Michael Henderson

[9A]

Moon Over Miami -- [[1941) recorded by many artists, including
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biil Haley & his Comets, Ray Charles and The Platters.

[9A]

I´ve Got the Sun in the Mornin´ -- Ethel Merman [[1946)
[[And the Moon at Night)

[9A]

On the Sunny Side of the Street -- [[1930) The song became a jazz standard and was recorded by the best of them. The most popular recording was by Tommy Dorsey and The Sentamentalists.

[9A]

Mockingbird Hill -- Patti Page [[1982)

¨When the sun in the mornin' peeps over the hill ... ¨ ´

[9A]

Night and Day -- Fred Astaire [[1934)

Night and day, you are the one
Only you beneath the moon and under the sun

[9A]

You Are My Lucky Star -- Debbie Reynolds [[1952)

[Jerry Oz]

The Big Bang Theory - Parliament

[9A]

Racing With the Moon -- Vaughn Monroe [[1941)

[[Contribution from RalphT)

[9A]

Sunrise, Sunset -- Zero Mostel from Fiddler on the Roof [[1964)

[Jerry Oz]

Milky White Way - The Trumpeteers

[calvin]

Galaxy Paradise - Stevie Wonder

[calvin]

Champagne Supernova - Oasis

[calvin]

No Matter What Sign You Are - Diana Ross & The Supremes

[calvin]

Saturn - Stevie Wonder

[calvin]

The Planets - Gustav Holst

[calvin]

Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy

[9A]

Good Morning Starshine -- from the Broadway musical ¨Hair¨ [[1967)

¨Gliddy glup gloopy
Nibby nabby noopy la la la lo lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba le le lo lo
Tooby ooby walla nooby abba nabba
Early morning singing song¨

[[I think this is silly enough to crosspost on our novelty song thread. 9A)

[9A]

Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In -- From the musical ¨Hair¨ [[1967)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .recorded by The Fifth Dimension [[1969)

[9A]

Walking in Space -- from the Broadway musical ¨Hair¨ [[1967)

¨Tripping from Starlight to Moonville¨

[calvin]

Sounds of the Zodiac - Gordon Staples & The Motown Strings

[calvin]

Stella By Starlight - Frank Sinatra

[calvin]

Moonlight Sinatra LP - Frank Sinatra - every song is about the moon in some way; hope it's ok to list them all here since they're all on the same album ;-)

Moonlight Becomes You [[Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)
Moon Song [[Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston)
Moonlight Serenade [[Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish)
Reaching for the Moon [[Irving Berlin)
I Wished on the Moon [[Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger)
Oh, You Crazy Moon [[Burke, Van Heusen)
The Moon Got in My Eyes [[Burke, Johnston)
Moonlight Mood [[Harold Adamson, Peter de Rose)
Moon Love [[Mack David, André Kostelanetz) [[from Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony)
The Moon Was Yellow [[And the Night Was Young) [[Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie)

[9A]

Lucky Star -- Madonna [[1983)

[9A]

True Love -- Bing Crosby 1956) from the film ¨High Society¨

¨Suntanned, windblown
Honeymooners at last alone¨

[9A]

It Might As Well Be Spring -- Dick Haymes [[1945)

¨I am starry eyed and vaguely discontented ...¨

[144man]

I've Told Every Little Star - Linda Scott

[9A]

Vincent -- Don McLean [[1971)

¨Starry, starry night ...¨

[144man]

Blue Star -

One of the earliest songs I remember liking from my childhood. I haven't a clue whose version it was though, but such a good tune.

[9A]

Little Star -- The Elegants [[1958)

[9A]

Good Morning -- Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney [[1939)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .also performed in Singin´ in the Rain [[1952)

[Jerry Oz]

The Sky Is Falling - Elmore James

[oldiesmusicfan]

Moonlight Shadows - The Impressions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdc1275T8yM

[sansradio]

Stars in Your Eyes - Herbie Hancock

[9A]

I´ve Told Every Little Star -- Linda Scott [[1961)

[9A]

Ebb Tide -- The Righteous Brothers [[1965)

[9A]

Canadian Sunset -- Andy Williams [[1956)

[9A]

When Sunny Gets Blue -- Johnny Mathis [[1956)

[9A]

The Happy Wanderer -- 1953, original lyrics written in the 18th Century

¨Val-eri, val-dera
Val-deri, val-dera
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Ha
Val-era
Come join my happy song

[[RalphT played this on the accordian in the Glo Worms. )

[sansradio]

Cloudy - Average White Band

[9A]

Stars and Stripes Forever -- Sousa march [[1896)

[Jerry Oz]

Wide As The Sky - Isabel Davis

[9A]

I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover -- Nick Lucas [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Lucas) , Ben Bernie [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernie) and Jean Goldkette [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Goldkette) [[1927)

¨Revived in 1948 by several artists, most notably Art Mooney [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Mooney), whose recording topped the charts [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number-one_hits_of_1948_[[USA)) for 18 weeks. Other charting 1948 versions were made by Russ Morgan [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Morgan) [[No. 6), Alvino Rey [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvino_Rey) [[No. 6), The Three Suns [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Suns) [[No. 10), The Uptown String Band [[No. 11), and Arthur Godfrey [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Godfrey) [[No. 14).¨

[calvin]

Sunny - Bobby Hebb

[9A]

Smile - - Charlie Chaplin [[1946) and Nat King Cole [[1956)

[calvin]

Moonlight And Skies - Jimmie Rodgers

[Jerry Oz]

Galaxy In Janaki - Flying Lotus

[9A]

Catch a Fallng Star -- Perry Como [[1958)

¨And put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day¨

[9A]

Stormy Weather -- Lena Horne [[1941)

¨Don´t know why
there´s no sun up in the sky¨

[9A]

Wonderful Wonderful -- Johnny Mathis [[1956)

[9A]

Blue Skies -- written in 1926 by Irving Berlin, recorded by Bing Crosby [[1946)

[[Contributed by RalphT)

[Jerry Oz]

Feels Like Heaven - Kenny Vaughan

[9A]

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah -- Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers [[1946) and several other notable vesions.

[Jerry Oz]

One Planet People - Fishbone

[9A]

Stairway to the Stars -- The Ink Spots [[1939) and many other notable recordings.

[9A]

How Deep Is Your Love -- The Bee Gees [[1977)

[9A]

By the Light of the Silvery Moon -- published in 1909, many notable recordings.

[9A]

Shine on Harvest Moon -- early 1900´s

One of a series of moon-related Tin Pan Alley [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_Pan_Alley) songs of the era

[9A]

Moonlight Bay -- [[1912) Many notable covers and recordings.

[Jerry Oz]

Sun Goddess - Earth Wind & Fire

[calvin]

Saturn's Pattern - Paul Weller

[9A]

Hey There -- Rosemary Clooney [[1954)

¨You with the stars in your eyes¨

[Jerry Oz]

Star Eyes - Charlie Parker

[calvin]

Friendly Star - Judy Garland [[from "Summer Stock", 1950)

[sophisticated_soul]

Half Moon - Janis Joplin

[9A]

How High the Moon -- Les Paul and Mary Ford [[1951), jazz standard from 1940.

¨Somewhere there's music
How faint the tune
Somewhere there's heaven
How high the moon¨

[9A]

I´ve Told Ev´ry Little Star -- Linda Scott [[1961), published in 1932.

Dum-da-dum, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Dum-da-dum, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Dum-da-dum, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Why haven't I told you?

Oh, baby, I've told every little star
Just how sweet I think you are
Why haven't I told you?

[9A]

Shine On Harvest Moon -- Ruth Etting in the Ziegfield Follies [[1931)

[[Contribution from RalphT)

[9A]

Tomorrow -- Cissy Houton [[1977) from the play ¨Annie.¨

¨The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There'll be sun!¨

[Jerry Oz]

Star Of A Story - Heatwave

[calvin]

Sunrise Serenade - Glenn Miller

[9A]

Rocket Man -- Elton John [[1972)

[9A]

This Land Is Your Land -- Woody Guthrie [[1940)

[9A]

Blowin´ In The Wind -- Bob Dylan [[1962)

[9A]

Turn! Turn! Turn! -- Pete Seeger [[1959)

[[To Everything There Is a Season)

[Jerry Oz]

Earth Crisis - Steel Pulse

[9A]

Beyond The Sea -- Bobby Darrin [[1959)

[calvin]

Moonray - Artie Shaw

[9A]

Walking on the Moon -- Sting, with the Police [[1979)

[Jerry Oz]

Dark Side Of The Sun - GQ

[calvin]

Moonglow - Benny Goodman

[9A]

On the Good Ship Lollipop -- Shirley Temple [[1934)


¨OnTheGoodShipLollipop
It's a sweet trip to a candy shop
Wherebon-bons play
On the sunny beach of Peppermint Bay.¨

[calvin]

Polka Dots and Moonbeams - Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra

[Jerry Oz]

Brighter Than Sunshine - Aqualung

[calvin]

Moon Dreams - Miles Davis

[9A]

Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? -- Elmo [[1969) Sesame Street theme song.


¨Sunny day
Sweeping the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet
Can you tell me how to get
How to get to sesame street¨

[9A]

Seasons in the Sun -- The Kingston Trio [[1964)

[calvin]

The Midnight Sun Will Never Set - Benny Carter

[9A]

Everyone´s Gone To The Moon -- Jonathan King [[1965)

[Jerry Oz]

Underneath The Stars - Mariah Carey

[calvin]

Venus - The Jerry Ross Symposium

[Jerry Oz]

Transmitting Live From Mars - De La Soul

[calvin]

Jupiter - Earth, Wind & Fire

[calvin]

Rings of Saturn - Dexter Wansel

[Jerry Oz]

Venus - Shocking Blue

[calvin]

Stargazer - Dexter Wansel

[sansradio]

Cosmic Dancer - Labelle

[calvin]

Luna Rossa [[Blushing Moon) - Frank Sinatra

[Jerry Oz]

Shining Star - Earth Wind & Fire

[9A]

We´ll Sing in the Sunshine -- Gale Garnett [[1964)

[calvin]

Venus and Mars - Paul McCartney

[9A]

Hello Sunshine -- Aretha Franklin [[1968)

[sansradio]

Sunshine Will Never Be the Same - Aretha Franklin

[Jerry Oz]

Another Star - Stevie Wonder

[9A]

Galaxy Song -- Ponty Python [[1983)

[Jerry Oz]

Earth Angel - The Penguins

[9A]

Skylark -- [[1941) by Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael, charted by several artists.

[Jerry Oz]

The Story Of A Starry Night - Glenn Miller

[9A]

Soak Up the Sun -- Sheryl Crowe [[2002)

[9A]

Don´t Let the Sun Go Down on Me -- Elton John [[1974)

[144man]

I Won't Let the Sun Go Down On Me - Nik Kershaw

[9A]

There´s a Moon Out Tonight -- The Capris [[1961)

[Jerry Oz]

Moon Tune - Bob James

[calvin]

Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles

[9A]

That Lucky Old Sun [[Just Rolls around Heaven All Day) -- Frankie Lane [[1949)

[calvin]

There's a Rising Moon - Doris Day

[arr&bee]

Quiet nights and quiet stars-the four tops..i ain't going by the stars in your eyes-the dramatics.

[9A]

Old Devil Moon -- Frank Sinatra [[1956) and many other artists, including Margaret Whiting in 1947 when it charted at No. 11.

[calvin]

Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig von Beethoven [[Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Opus 27 No. 2)

Moonlight Sonata - Glenn Miller; for his orchestra, based on the Beethoven Sonata

Beethoven himself marked his work "Sonata quasi una Fantasia". After Beethoven's death, a music critic compared the first movement's effect to moonlight shining on a lake, and the nickname "Mondscheinsonate" followed and stuck.

[9A]

Polka Dots and Moonbeams -- Frank Sinatra's first hit recorded with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra_%26_the_Tommy_Dorsey_Orchestra) [[1940)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lJFRh4RmEw

[calvin]

Constellation - Charlie Parker

[9A]

Walkin´ in the Sunshine -- Roger Miller [[1967)

[9A]

Oh! Susanna -- The Singing Dogs [[1955) charted at #22, US Singles Pop.
Written and published by Stephen Foster in 1848.

It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry
The sun so hot I froze to death, Susanna don't you cry

[calvin]

Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland

[9A]

Hawaiian Wedding Song -- Andy Williams [[1958), also by Bing Crosby and Elvis Presley.

[9A]

I Feel The Earth Move -- Carole King [[1971)

[9A]

Don't Rain On My Parade -- Barbra Streisand, from the musical "Funny Girl" [[1964)

Don't tell me not to live
Just sit and putter
Life's candy and the sun's
A ball of butter
Don't bring around a cloud
To rain on my parade

[soulster]

Tl;dr

Anyone mention "A Place In The Sun" by Palo Cruise yet?

[Jerry Oz]

Kisses In The Moonlight - George Benson

[Mondeo]

Ok I know it’s a typo in the title but, it just reminded me of Peter Kay in Car Share. If you go to 3:02 in the video it explains all.
https://youtu.be/5u4hAxi5b6o

[arr&bee]

The sea an she-rotary connection.