It's Only a Paper Moon

~ Recording by Dizzy Gillespie & Stuff Smith

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2It's Only A Paper Moon?:??Dizzy Gillespie & Stuff SmithDizzy Gillespie and Stuff SmithDizzy Gillespie & Stuff SmithAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)MGV-8214
1.2It's Only a Paper Moon?:??Dizzy Gillespie & Stuff SmithDizzy Gillespie and Stuff SmithDizzy Gillespie and Stuff SmithAlbum
His Master’s VoiceCLP 1291, CLP.1291
2.6It's Only a Paper Moon8:30Dizzy Gillespie & Stuff SmithStuff Smith, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson (3 albums & unreleased tracks on 2 CD's.)Stuff SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-09-27
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 521 676-2
2.10It's Only a Paper Moon8:30Stuff SmithThe Complete Verve Stuff Smith SessionsStuff SmithAlbum + Compilation
Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues)MD4-186
1.2It's Only a Paper Moon8:32Dizzy Gillespie & Stuff SmithDizzy Gillespie and Stuff SmithDizzy Gillespie & Stuff SmithAlbum
Poll Winners RecordsPWR27324
1.2It's Only a Paper Moon?:??Dizzy Gillespie & Stuff SmithDizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith (club edition)Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff SmithAlbumWorld Record ClubT384
1.2It's Only A Paper Moon?:??Dizzy Gillespie & Stuff SmithDizzy Gillespie And Stuff SmithDizzy Gillespie & Stuff SmithAlbumVerve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)2332 081

Relationships

recorded in:New York, New York, United States (on 1957-04-17)
producer:Norman Granz
double bass:Paul West (bass) (on 1957-04-17)
drums (drum set):J.C. Heard (on 1957-04-17)
piano:Wynton Kelly (on 1957-04-17)
trumpet:Dizzy Gillespie (on 1957-04-17)
violin:Stuff Smith (jazz violinist) (on 1957-04-17)
recording of:It’s Only a Paper Moon (on 1957-04-17)

It’s Only a Paper Moon

lyricist:E.Y. Harburg (in 1933)
Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer) (in 1933)
composer:Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
Chappell Music Ltd.
Gloccamorria Music
S.A. Music Co.
Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd.
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
referred to in medleys:It’s Only a Paper Moon / I Like Him
Medley: A Sleepin’ Bee / It’s Only a Paper Moon (order: 2)
later parody versions:It's Only a Paper Moon (parody version)
later versions:Lester's Trip to the Moon