On Moonlight Bay (album) explained

On Moonlight Bay
Type:	soundtrack
Artist:	Doris Day
Cover:	Doris Day On Moonlight Bay album cover.jpg
Released:	July 2, 1951
Label:	Columbia
Prev Title:	Lullaby of Broadway
Prev Year:	1951
Next Title:	I'll See You in My Dreams
Next Year:	1951

On Moonlight Bay is a Doris Day album (released July 2, 1951) featuring songs from the movie of the same name. It was issued by Columbia Records as a 10" LP album, catalog number CL-6186 and as a 78rpm 4 disc set, catalog number C-267.^[1]

The album was combined with Day's 1953 album, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, on a compact disc, issued on January 30, 2001 by Collectables Records. Gordon MacRae is not featured on the album, as he was a property of Capitol records and wasn't allowed to sing on this Columbia recording. James Emmons, a contract singer handled by Doris Day's husband, was used in his place on two songs... "Cuddle up a Little Closer" and "Till We Meet Again".

Track listing

1. "On Moonlight Bay" (Percy Wenrich/Edward Madden) (with the Norman Luboff Choir)
2. "Till We Meet Again" (Richard A. Whiting/Raymond B. Egan) (duet with James Emmons)
3. "Love Ya" (Peter DeRose/Charles Tobias) (duet with Jack Smith)
4. "Christmas Story" (Pauline Walsh)
5. "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" (John Kellette/Jaan Kenbrovin^† (duet with Jack Smith and the Norman Luboff Choir)
6. "Cuddle up a Little Closer" (Karl Hoschna/Otto Harbach) (duet with James Emmons)
7. "Every Little Movement (Has a Meaning All Its Own)" (Karl Hoschna/Otto Harbach) (with the Norman Luboff Choir)
8. "Tell Me (Why Nights Are So Lonely)" (J. Will Callahan/Max Kortlander)

^†Joint pseudonym for James Kendis, James Brockman, and Nat Vincent.

Notes and References

1. Web site: popsike.com - DORIS DAY On Moonlight Bay RARE 78 Set Columbia C-267 - auction details. Popsike.com. 26 May 2023.