Moonlight Serenade (Carly Simon album)

Moonlight Serenade
Moonlight Serenade
Studio album by Carly Simon
Released	July 19, 2005
Recorded	2004–2005
Genre	Pop standards
Length	41:42
Label	Columbia
Producer	Richard Perry
Carly Simon chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B−^[2]
Rolling Stone	^[3]

Moonlight Serenade is 20th studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released on July 19, 2005, by Columbia Records. It is her fourth album of standards.

The album debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, selling 58,000 copies in its first week, and remained on the chart for 10 weeks.^[4] It was Simon's first US Top 10 album since Boys in the Trees (1978). The album was produced by Richard Perry, with whom Simon had worked with in the 1970s on songs such as "You're So Vain".

Moonlight Serenade was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2006.^[5]

Formats and alternate versions[]

The album was released in both regular and DualDisc formats, the latter which included an interview with Simon and Perry, as well as behind the scenes footage of the recording sessions and the entire album in surround sound.^[6]

A special copy of the album was released by Barnes & Noble with a bonus track, "My Foolish Heart".^[7]
The album was released in the United Kingdom on October 10, 2005. It included "My Foolish Heart" and another track, "Let It Snow".

Track listing[]

"Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish) – 4:02
"I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter) – 3:48
"I Only Have Eyes for You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 4:39
"Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:32
"In the Still of the Night" (Porter) – 4:26
"Moonglow" (Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills) – 3:06
"Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)" – 3:31
"The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:31
"My One and Only Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) – 3:26
"All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:49
"How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:52

Transatlantic concert[]

In September 2005, Simon performed two concerts aboard the RMS Queen Mary 2, on a transatlantic trip from New York City to Southampton. A DVD of the concerts was released as A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2 on November 22, 2005, and an edited version was broadcast on various PBS stations during their December 2005 pledge drives. Simon performed many songs from the album, along with some of her biggest hits.^[8]

DVD Track listing[]

Ballroom set

"Moonlight Serenade"
"I've Got You Under My Skin"
"Where Or When"
"How Long Has This Been Going On?"
"Let the River Run" (C. Simon)
"I Only Have Eyes for You"
"Jesse" (C. Simon/M. Mainieri)
"Coming Around Again" (C. Simon)
"Moonglow"
"All the Things You Are"
"The More I See You"
"Alone Together"
"You Belong to Me" (C. Simon/M. McDonald)
"Nobody Does It Better" (M. Hamlisch/C.B. Sager)
"You're So Vain" (C. Simon)
"Let It Snow" (Bonus performance under Special features)

Acoustic Set

"We Have No Secrets" (C. Simon)
"Love of My Life/Devoted to You" (C. Simon)/(F. Bryant/B. Bryant)
"It Was So Easy" (C. Simon)
"Boys In The Trees" (C. Simon)
"Anticipation" (C. Simon)

Concert tour[]

In October 2005, Simon announced her "Serenade Tour" which was to include older hits and songs from Moonlight Serenade. Her children, Sally Taylor and Ben Taylor, joined her on the tour.^[9]

Awards[]

48th Annual Grammy Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2006	Moonlight Serenade	Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album	Nominated

Credits[]

Lauren Dooreck – Camara, Art Direction, Design
Phil Carbo – Assistant Engineer
Andy Chukerman – Arranger, Main Personnel, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Strings
Jim Cox – Main Personnel, Piano
Vin D'Onofrio – Guitar, Soloist, Main Personnel
Eddie DeLange – Composer
Howard Dietz – Composer
Al Dubin – Composer
Tom Evans – Main Personnel, Saxophone, Soloist
John Ferraro – Drums, Main Personnel
Sam Fischer – Violin
Samuel Formicola – Violin
William Galison – Harmonica, Soloist
Anthony Gallo – Assistant Engineer
George Gershwin – Composer
Ira Gershwin – Composer
Bobby Ginsburg – Audio Engineer, engineer, Mixing, String Engineer
Chris Golden – Bass, Bass Instrument, Main Personnel
Mack Gordon – Composer
Bob Gothard – Photography
Robert Hadley – Mastering
Oscar Hammerstein II -Composer
Lorenz Hart – Composer
Will Hudson – Composer
Carter William Humphrey – Engineer
Jerome Kern – Composer
Shauna Krikorian – Assistant
Victor Lawrence – Cello

Larry Lunetta – Main Personnel, Soloist, Trumpet
Dylan Margerum – Engineer
Ben McCarthy – Production Coordination
Robert Mellin – Composer
Sammy Merendino – Drum Programming, Main Personnel, Percussion, Programming
Glenn Miller – Composer
Irving Mills – Composer
Alex Navarro – String Arrangements, Synthesizer Strings
Jimmy Paar – Digital Editing, Engineer
Mitchell Parish – Composer
Richard Perry – Arranger, Audio Production, Producer
Jeff Phurrough – Digital Editing, Engineer
Cole Porter – Composer
Cesar Ramirez – Assistant Engineer
Mark Robertson – Violin
Richard Rodgers – Composer
Nick Sample – Digital Editing, Engineer
Arthur Schwartz – Composer
Danny Seidenberg – Viola
Carly Simon – Main Personnel, Primary Artist, Vocals
Mike Thompson – Arranger, Fender Rhodes, Main Personnel, Piano, String Arrangements, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Strings, Vibraphone
Lee Thornburg – Flugelhorn, Main Personnel, Soloist, Trombone, Trumpet
Shalini Vijayan – Violin
Harry Warren – Composer
Doug Webb – Clarinet, Flute, Main Personnel, Saxophone, Soloist, Stritch
Lauren Wild – Arranger, Associate Producer
Guy Wood – Composer

Charts[]

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2005	The Billboard 200	7
2005	Top Internet Albums	7

References[]

^ Allmusic review
^ Entertainment Weekly review
^ Rolling Stone review
^ "Carly Simon – Chart history | Billboard". Billboard.com. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
^ "Carly Simon Official Website – Awards". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
^ "Moonlight Serenade". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on August 12, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Carly Simon Official Website – My Foolish Heart lyrics". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on November 29, 2005. Retrieved December 21, 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2". CarlySimon.com. Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved March 25, 2013.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "The Serenade Tour 2005". CarlySimon.com. Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on September 2, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links[]

[1] Allmusic review

[2] Entertainment Weekly review

[3] Rolling Stone review

[billboard-4] "Carly Simon – Chart history | Billboard". Billboard.com. Retrieved May 12, 2014.

[5] "Carly Simon Official Website – Awards". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved December 24, 2016.

[6] "Moonlight Serenade". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on August 12, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[7] "Carly Simon Official Website – My Foolish Heart lyrics". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on November 29, 2005. Retrieved December 21, 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[8] "A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2". CarlySimon.com. Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved March 25, 2013.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[9] "The Serenade Tour 2005". CarlySimon.com. Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on September 2, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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Discography
Studio albums	Carly Simon Anticipation No Secrets Hotcakes Playing Possum Another Passenger Boys in the Trees Spy Come Upstairs Torch Hello Big Man Spoiled Girl Coming Around Again My Romance Have You Seen Me Lately Letters Never Sent Film Noir The Bedroom Tapes Christmas Is Almost Here Moonlight Serenade Into White This Kind of Love Never Been Gone
Compilations	The Best of Carly Simon Greatest Hits Live Clouds in My Coffee The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better Anthology Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits Carly Simon Collector's Edition Original Album Series Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon Songs trom the Trees (A Musical Memoir Collection)
Other	Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album) This Is My Life (Music from the Motion Picture) Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera Piglet's Big Movie (soundtrack) The Best of Pooh and Heffalumps, Too
Concerts	Live from Martha's Vineyard Carly in Concert – My Romance Live at Grand Central A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2
Singles	"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" "Anticipation" "Legend in Your Own Time" "You're So Vain" "The Right Thing to Do" "Mockingbird" "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" "Attitude Dancing" "Waterfall" "It Keeps You Runnin'" "Nobody Does It Better" "You Belong to Me" "Devoted to You" "Vengeance" "Jesse" "Hurt" "Why" "Kissing with Confidence" "You Know What to Do" "Tired of Being Blonde" "My New Boyfriend" "Coming Around Again" "Give Me All Night" "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" "All I Want Is You" "Let the River Run" "Better Not Tell Her" "Love of My Life" "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" "Let It Snow"
Other songs	"We Have No Secrets" "Night Owl" "You Can Close Your Eyes"
The Simon Sisters	Meet The Simon Sisters Cuddlebug The Simon Sisters Sing the Lobster Quadrille and Other Songs for Children Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod: The Kapp Recordings
Family	Richard Simon (father) Andrea Heinemann Simon (mother) George Simon (uncle) Joanna Simon (sister) Lucy Simon (sister) James Taylor (ex-husband) Ben Taylor (son) Sally Taylor (daughter)