"I Wished on the Moon": Song History, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video

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I Wished on the Moon
Written: 1935	Words and Music by: Ralph Rainger and Dorothy Parker	Written for: The Big Broadcast of 1936 (movie, 1935)
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(Please complete or pause one video before starting another.)	Billie Holiday with the Teddy Wilson Orchestra performing "I Wished on the Moon" recorded, July 2, 1935, New York City on Brunswick records More Performances of "I Wished on the Moon" in the Cafe Songbook Record/Video Cabinet (Video credit)

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About the Movie The Big Broadcast of 1936 / Origins of the Song

Other songs written for The Big Broadcast of 1936 currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook:

1. Miss Brown to You

For a complete listing of songs used in this movie, see IMDB soundtrack.

Given Ralph Rainger's background as a composer and Dorothy Parker's reputation as one of the cleverest users of American English of the early twentieth century, it is most likely the case that, although words and music credit are given to both, Rainger is mostly if not completely, the composer and Parker the lyricist for "I Wished on the Moon."

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Billie Holiday/Teddy Wilson, 1935: edmundusrex

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"I Wished on the Moon"

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