The song of the day for Monday, April 19, 2021, is “East of the Sun (West of the Moon).”
About This Song
Brooks Bowman wrote “East of the Sun” in 1934 while a student at Princeton University for a student musical production called Stags at Bay, produced by the Princeton Triangle Club. The song had great reception and was noted by Princeton alumnus F. Scott Fitzgerald. After his graduation from college in 1936, he worked briefly in Hollywood for the film industry, but decided to return to the East Coast. He was about to start a contract with a New York music publisher when he was killed in an automobile accident in 1937.
About This Version
Tony Bennett recorded “East of the Sun (West of the Moon)” in 1992 for the album Perfectly Frank, consisting of songs associated with Frank Sinatra. Ralph Sharon wrote the arrangement.
“East of the Sun (West of the Moon),” as well as Perfectly Frank, is available from Apple Music.
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