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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Written by Al Lewis, also Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino), Tears on My Pillow (Little Anthony & the Imperials) and I’m Ready (Fats Domino)
Part of The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 2, also Billie’s Blues, Life Begins When You’re in Love and I Cried for You (take 2)
Written by Al Sherman, also He’s So Unusual (Cyndi Lauper), Don’t Make a Beggar of Me (Frank Sinatra) and When the Curtain Comes Down (Diana Krall)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Al Lewis wrote 11 songs on fono
Al Sherman wrote 10 songs on fono
Al Lewis’s most frequent co-writer is Sylvester Bradford (4 songs together)
Al Sherman’s most frequent co-writer is Al Lewis (4 songs together)
Credits
All 13 credits
- Written by
- Al Lewis, Al Sherman and Gerald Marqusee
- Performed by
- Billie Holiday, Cozy Cole, Harry Carney, John Kirby, Johnny Hodges, Jonah Jones, Lawrence Lucie and Teddy Wilson
- Released on
- Columbia
- Written by
- Al Lewis, Al Sherman and Gerald Marqusee
- Performed by
- Billie Holiday, Cozy Cole, Harry Carney, John Kirby, Johnny Hodges, Jonah Jones, Lawrence Lucie and Teddy Wilson
- Released on
- Columbia
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Al Lewis
Same writer: Al Sherman
Same label: Columbia
Same release: The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 2
Same writer: Al Lewis
Same writer: Al Sherman
Same label: Columbia
Same release: The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 2
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz It's Like Reaching for the Moon was performed by Billie Holiday
It's Like Reaching for the Moon was performed by Billie Holiday
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2MusicBrainz It's Like Reaching for the Moon was performed by Cozy Cole
It's Like Reaching for the Moon was performed by Cozy Cole
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3MusicBrainz It's Like Reaching for the Moon was performed by Harry Carney
It's Like Reaching for the Moon was performed by Harry Carney
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4MusicBrainz It's Like Reaching for the Moon was performed by John Kirby
It's Like Reaching for the Moon was performed by John Kirby
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5MusicBrainz It's Like Reaching for the Moon was performed by Johnny Hodges
It's Like Reaching for the Moon was performed by Johnny Hodges
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6MusicBrainz It's Like Reaching for the Moon was performed by Jonah Jones
It's Like Reaching for the Moon was performed by Jonah Jones
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7MusicBrainz It's Like Reaching for the Moon was performed by Lawrence Lucie
It's Like Reaching for the Moon was performed by Lawrence Lucie
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8MusicBrainz It's Like Reaching for the Moon was performed by Teddy Wilson
It's Like Reaching for the Moon was performed by Teddy Wilson
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9MusicBrainz It's Like Reaching for the Moon was written by Al Lewis
It's Like Reaching for the Moon was written by Al Lewis
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10MusicBrainz It's Like Reaching for the Moon was written by Al Sherman
It's Like Reaching for the Moon was written by Al Sherman
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11MusicBrainz It's Like Reaching for the Moon was written by Gerald Marqusee
It's Like Reaching for the Moon was written by Gerald Marqusee
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12MusicBrainz It's Like Reaching for the Moon is part of the release The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 2
It's Like Reaching for the Moon is part of the release The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 2
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13MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song It's Like Reaching for the Moon
Columbia is the label of the song It's Like Reaching for the Moon
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14MusicBrainz It's Like Reaching for the Moon was released on 1987
It's Like Reaching for the Moon was released on 1987
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