It’s Only a Paper Moon

~ Song

Relationships

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)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/The-nat-king-cole-trio-its-only-a-paper-moon-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/63101 [info]
Wikidata:Q387410 [info]
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

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1933-09-11It's Only a Paper MoonPaul Whiteman and His Orchestra3:27
1933-09-11It's Only a Paper MoonPaul Whiteman and His Orchestra3:27
1933-09-11It’s Only a Paper MoonPaul Whiteman and His Orchestra3:23
1933-10-26It’s Only a Paper MoonCliff Edwards2:35
1933It’s Only a Paper MoonPaul Whiteman and His Orchestra, Peggy Healy3:32
1941-07-25It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalJohn Kirby and His Orchestra3:10
1943-12-15It’s Only a Paper MoonThe Nat King Cole Trio2:56
1943-12-15It’s Only a Paper MooncoverThe Nat King Cole Trio2:56
1943It's Only a Paper MoonNat King Cole2:56
1945-03-27It’s Only a Paper MooncoverElla Fitzgerald & The Delta Rhythm Boys2:37
1945-03-27It’s Only a PapermoonElla Fitzgerald2:38
1945-06-18It's Only a Paper MoonBenny Goodman and His Orchestra2:48
1945-06-29It's Only a Paper MoonJess Stacy and His Orchestra3:11
1945Paper MoonliveKing Cole Trio?:??
1946-01-18It's Only a Paper MoonLester Young and His Band3:04
1946-01-18It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalLester Young and His Band3:06
1946-03It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalBuddy Rich and His Orchestra2:42
1946-03It's Only a Paper Mooninstrumental and liveBuddy Rich2:39
1946-05-09It's Only a Paper MoonEddie Heywood and His Orchestra2:38
1946-07-13It's Only a Paper Moon (live, U.S. Navy-Oahu, HI 07/13/46)liveJohn Coltrane feat. Benny Thomas1:50
1946-09-25It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalThe Nat King Cole Trio3:06
1947Paper MoonEthel Waters2:16
1949-11-30It’s Only a Paper Moon (alternate)cover and liveFrank Sinatra with Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra1:39
1949-12-21It's Only a Paper Moon (Paris, December 21, 1949)instrumentalColeman Hawkins3:02
1949-12-21It’s Only a Paper MooninstrumentalColeman Hawkins and His Orchestra3:02
1949It’s Only a Paper MooninstrumentalDjango Reinhardt2:50
1950-04-24It's Only A Paper MoonFrank Sinatra?:??
1950-04-24It’s Only a Paper MoonFrank Sinatra with The George Siravo Orchestra1:58
1950-04-24It’s Only a Paper MooncoverFrank Sinatra1:57
1950It’s Only a Paper MoonFrank Sinatra1:57
1951-10-05It’s Only a Paper MooninstrumentalMiles Davis5:25
1951-10-05It’s Only a Paper MoonMiles Davis5:25
1954-04-13It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalThe Lionel Hampton Quintet6:51
1954-09-15It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalThe Lionel Hampton Quintet5:58
1955-11-18It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalJack Sheldon7:19
1956-07It's Only a Paper MoonliveChet Baker4:45
1956-08-15It’s Only a Paper MoonThe Nat King Cole Trio3:07
1956-09It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalKenny Drew Trio6:25
1957-04-12It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalJ.J. Johnson5:03
1957-04-12It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalJ.J. Johnson5:01
1957-04-17It's Only a Paper MoonDizzy Gillespie & Stuff Smith8:30
1957-06It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalPeck Kelley6:40
1957-11-15It's Only a Paper Mooninstrumental and liveJimmy Smith10:28
1959It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalOscar Peterson3:24
1960-02-15Harold Arlen Medleylive and medleyFrank Sinatra & Lena Horne3:59
1960-03-06It’s Only a Paper MooninstrumentalArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers6:41
1960-03-06It’s Only a Paper Moon (alternate take)instrumentalArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers6:23
1960-04-19It’s Only a Paper Moon (live, 1960-04-19: 2nd concert, L’Olympia, Paris, France)liveNat King Cole & The Quincy Jones Big Band5:43
1960-04-19It’s Only a Paper Moon (live, 1960-04-19: 1st concert, L’Olympia, Paris, France)liveNat King Cole & The Quincy Jones Big Band4:23
1960-05-01It's Only a Paper Mooncover and liveNat 'King' Cole - Quincy Jones and His Big Band3:10
1960-08-31It’s Only a Paper Moon (1960 original studio master)Frank Sinatra2:19
1960It’s Only a Paper MooncoverElla Fitzgerald3:34
1961-01-02It's Only a Paper Mooninstrumental and liveArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers11:55
1961-03-22It’s Only a Paper MoonThe Nat King Cole Trio2:59
1961-05-13It's Only a Paper Mooninstrumental and liveArt Blakey and The Jazz Messengers feat. Wayne Shorter14:36
1961It's Only A Paper Mooninstrumental and liveArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers11:09
1961It’s Only a Paper MoonNat King Cole2:58
1962-03It's Only a Paper Mooninstrumental and liveArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers13:17
1964-08-05It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalErroll Garner2:38
1966-09It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalJohnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis2:59
1970-02-19It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers10:18
1975-04-09It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalCount Basie & Zoot Sims5:37
1976-05It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalKen Colyer's Jazzmen6:11
1977-09-19It’s Only a Paper MooncoverOve Linds sextett3:05
1978-02-10It's Only a Paper MoonMaxine Sullivan And The Ike Isaacs Quartet2:15
1981-06-02Its Only a Paper Mooninstrumental and liveAllen Vizzutti, Vincent DiMartino & Bobby Shew5:48
1981-09It's Only a Paper Mooncover and instrumentalThe Dave Brubeck Quartet5:35
1983-11-28 – 1983-11-29It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalJ.J. Johnson & Al Grey6:26
1985It’s Only a Paper MooninstrumentalDexter Gordon7:43
1988-10-26SING SING -Medley- (live, 1988-10-26: Nakano Sunplaza Hall, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan; 5.1 mix)cover, live and medley中森明菜?:??
1988-10-26SING SING -Medley- (live, 1988-10-26: Nakano Sunplaza Hall, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan)cover, live and medley中森明菜?:??
1994-04-14 – 1994-04-15Paper MooncoverJoe Morello5:35
1995-03It’s Only a Paper MooninstrumentalFrank Morgan4:32
1997Medley: It's Only a Paper Moon / This Time the Dream's on MemedleyWesla Whitfield5:12
1999-11-06It's Only a Paper Mooncover and liveBennie Wallace9:51
2002-06-30It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalBobby Shew7:20
2003-09It's Only a Paper Mooninstrumental and liveBill Charlap Trio6:17
2003-11-28 – 2003-11-30It's Only a Paper Mooncover and liveFrank Morgan, George Cables, Curtis Lundy, Billy Hart6:09
2008-07It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalAki Takase & Rudi Mahall3:37
2012-02-09It’s Only a Paper Moon (live, 2012-02-09: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and livePaul McCartney2:55
2017-02It’s Only a PapermoonAllegra Levy3:09
2017It's Only a PapermooncoverPapermoon3:00
(It's Only a) Paper MoonDjango Reinhardt2:52
(It's Only) a Paper MooncoverTony Bennett2:49
(It’s Only a) Paper MooncoverNatalie Cole3:26
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I’m Confessin’ / It’s Only a Paper MoonmedleyThe Jive Aces3:29
It Is Only a Paper MooninstrumentalEnrique Villegas3:38
It Is Only a Paper MooncoverNat King Cole2:16
It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalErroll Garner2:32
It's Only a Paper MooncoverNat King Cole3:08
It's Only a Paper MooncoverNat King Cole3:07
It's Only a Paper MoonBenny Goodman and His Orchestra2:51
It's Only a Paper MooninstrumentalElizabeth Shepherd3:33
It's Only a Paper MoonHal Kemp and His Orchestra2:34
It's Only a Paper MoonJohn Pizzarelli Trio7:42
It's Only a Paper MooncoverNat King Cole3:10
It's Only a Paper MoonDottie Reid with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:38
It's Only a Paper MooncoverNat King Cole1:48
It's Only a Paper MoonMarvin Gaye2:26
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