By the Light of the silvery moon ( song ) - wikipedia By the Light of the silvery moon ( song ) `` By The Light of the Silvery Moon '' Sheet music cover, 1909 Song Published 1909 Composer ( s ) Gus Edwards Lyricist ( s ) Edward Madden `` By The Light of the Silvery Moon '' or `` By the Light of the Silv'ry Moon '' is a popular song. The music was written by Gus Edwards, and the lyrics by Edward Madden. The song was published in 1909 and first performed on stage by Lillian Lorraine in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1909. It was one of a series of moon - related Tin Pan Alley songs of the era. The song was also used in the short - lived Broadway show Miss Innocence ( September 27 - October 9, 1909 ) when it was sung by Frances Farr. Popular recordings in 1910 were by Billy Murray and The Haydn Quartet ; Ada Jones ; and The Peerless Quartet. The song has been used in a great many television shows and motion pictures. A film of the same title was released in 1953, starring Doris Day. It served as a sequel to On Moonlight Bay, which also starred Doris Day. The song was originally recorded in C major, but has since been sung in E major ( Day ) and A major ( Jimmy Bowen ). Contents 1 Lyrics 2 Parody 3 Recordings 4 Film appearances 5 In popular culture 6 References 7 External multimedia 8 External links Lyrics Place park, scene dark, silvery moon is shining through the trees ; Cast two, me, you, sound of kisses floating on the breeze. Act one, begun. Dialogue, `` Where would you like to spoon ? '' My cue, with you, underneath the silvery moon. By the light of the silvery moon, I want to spoon, to my honey I 'll croon love 's tune, Honeymoon keep a-shining in June, Your silvery beams will bring love dreams, we 'll be cuddling soon, By the silvery moon. Act two, scene new, roses blooming all around the place ; Cast three, you, me, Preacher with a solemn looking face. Choir sings, bell rings, Preacher : `` You are wed for evermore. '' Act two, all through, every night the same encore. By the light, ( By the light, By the light ), Of the silvery moon, ( The silvery moon ). I want to spoon, ( Want to spoon, Want to spoon ) To my honey I 'll croon love 's tune. Honeymoon, ( Honeymoon, Honeymoon ), Keep on shining in June. ( Keep on shining in June ) Your silvery beams will bring love dreams, We 'll be cuddling soon, By the silvery moon. Your silvery beams will bring love dreams, We 'll be cuddling soon, By the silvery moon. ( The silvery moon ). Parody Billy Murray recorded the song Stand Up and Sing for Your Father an Old Time Tune in 1923. The lyrics of Murray 's song parody By the Light of the Silvery Moon, portraying an old man who found this new song frivolous. Oh, I 'm sick of all these ditties about `` moon '' and `` spoon '' and `` June '' So, will you stand up, and sing for your father, an old time tune ! Recordings Billy Murray and Haydn Quartet recorded on December 22, 1910 and released on Victor 16460. Ada Jones on Edison cylinder 10362 released May 1910. Peerless Quartet - recorded November 1909 for Columbia Records ( catalog 799 ). Fats Waller and His Rhythm, vocal and piano by Fats Waller with the Deep River Boys. Recorded in New York City on July 13, 1942, released on the Bluebird label as catalog number B - 11569, the RCA Victor label as catalog number 20 - 2448A, and by EMI in the UK on the His Master 's Voice label as catalog number B 10748. Ray Noble and His Orchestra ( vocal by Snooky Lanson ) - recorded November 17, 1941 for Columbia Records ( catalog 36479 ). This was a minor chart hit in 1942 and 1944. Bing Crosby - recorded July 9. 1942 for Decca Records. Doris Day for her album By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Columbia Records, 1953 Gordon MacRae and June Hutton - included in their album By the Light of the Silvery Moon ( 1953 ) Etta James, a single release by Modern Records, ( 1957 ). Jimmy Bowen released a version of the song as the B - side to his 1958 single `` The Two Step ''. It reached # 50 on the US pop chart. Gene Vincent for his album Gene Vincent Rocks ! And The Blue Caps Roll, Capitol Records, ( 1958 ). Little Richard, recorded for Specialty Records, ( 1959 ). This reached No. 17 in the UK Singles Chart. Burl Ives - included in his album My Gal Sal and Other Favorites ( 1964 ). Ray Charles - included in his album Ray 's Moods ( 1966 ) Julie Andrews - included in her album The World of Julie Andrews ( 1973 ) Film appearances 1933 Turn Back the Clock, The Three Stooges make an early cameo appearance and sing the song. 1939 Idiot 's Delight, Clark Gable sang excerpts from this song while performing in a singing act as part an underemployed showman. 1939 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle - danced by Fred Astaire and Sonny Lamont. 1941 Babes on Broadway - performed by Ray McDonald as part of a minstrel show sequence. 1941 Birth of the Blues - sung by Bing Crosby. 1943 Heaven Can Wait, the song was used on the theme soundtrack by Alfred Newman. 1943 Hello, Frisco, Hello - sung by Alice Faye. 1945 Sunbonnet Sue 1946 The Jolson Story, the young Al Jolson, played by Scotty Beckett and voiced by Rudy Wissler, is shown singing the song in a theatre while performing in a double act with the character Steve Martin ( William Demarest ). Some license has been taken in this instance as by 1909, the year the song was published, Jolson was aged 23 and is meant to be in his early teens in the scene. 1949 Always Leave Them Laughing - sung and danced by Milton Berle and Bert Lahr. 1950 Two Weeks With Love, the song was performed by Jane Powell and Ricardo Montalban. 1953 By the Light of the Silvery Moon, - performed by Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp and others throughout the film. 1968 The Producers - Max ( Zero Mostel ) puts a coin in the jukebox of the bar where he is having a drink with Leo ( Gene Wilder ). The title he selects is By the Light of the Silvery Moon. They both, accompanied by a drunkard, start singing the tune. 1984 Cannonball Run II - The song is briefly heard when Tim Conway and Don Knotts, playing as a traffic cop duo, sing in front of an abusive orangutan. 1988 18 Again ! - performed by George Burns, Red Buttons, and Charlie Schlatter. 1988 The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound - Huckleberry sings this song to Desert Flower as opposed to his infamous `` Oh My Darling Clementine ''. 2003 The Haunted Mansion - the song is shortly featured and performed by Shelby Grimm, Harry J. Campbell, William T. Lewis, Tim Reeder, and Bob Hartley. In popular culture The song was featured in a 1931 Fleischer Studios `` Follow the bouncing ball '' cartoon, that featured Betty Boop and the voice of Eddie Cantor. An earlier Fleischer cartoon `` By the Light of the Silvery Moon '' ( 1926 ) was released in the Phonofilm sound - on - film process, as part of the Song Car - Tunes series. In a 1952 episode of I Love Lucy, `` Lucy 's Show Biz Swan Song '', the song was sung by Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz ( Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance ), while the characters were auditioning for Ricky 's `` Gay Nineties Revue. '' The song 's patter is parodied in a popular The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Audience Participation line for the song `` Eddie ''. lines like `` By the light ( not the dark but the light ) '' become lines like `` From the day he was born ( not the night but the day ) '' and `` She tried in vain ( not the artery but the vein ) ''. In the January 27, 1976 episode of the ABC sitcom Happy Days, titled `` Fonzie The Superstar '', restaurant owner Arnold ( Pat Morita ) and Laverne and Shirley ( Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams ), stall for time by singing the song ( very badly ) onstage, for a teen audience waiting for Fonzie ( Henry Winkler ) to come out and sing. In an All in the Family episode ( S6 E15 ), Archie Bunker and Barney Hefner sang the song as part of a minstrel show. The song is featured in the second episode of Boardwalk Empire. In 1991, the song is sung by a group of human - themed Muppets called, The Three Ds in Muppet * Vision 3D. Kidsongs, included in the music videoLet 's Put on a Show ( 1995 ). References Jump up ^ `` Internet Broadway Database ''. ibdb.com. Retrieved September 9, 2017. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1986 ). Joel Whitburn 's Pop Memories 1890 - 1954. Wisconsin, USA : Record Research Inc. p. 481. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 083 - 0. Jump up ^ `` The Online Discographical Project ''. 78discography.com. Retrieved September 9, 2017. Jump up ^ Bluebird Records in the 11500 to 11590 series Jump up ^ RCA Victor Records in the 20 - 2000 to 20 - 2499 series Jump up ^ `` The Online Discographical Project ''. 78discography.com. Retrieved September 9, 2017. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1986 ). Joel Whitburn 's Pop Memories 1890 - 1954. 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External multimedia By the Light of the Silvery Moon, RealAudio file of 1910 performance by Ada Jones By the Light of the Silvery Moon External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Ada Jones Singles `` Cuddle up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine '' `` Shine On, Harvest Moon '' `` The Yama Yama Man '' `` My Pony Boy '' `` I 've Got Rings On My Fingers '' `` Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly ? '' `` By the Light of the Silvery Moon '' `` Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine '' `` Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee '' `` By the Beautiful Sea '' `` What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For ? '' `` M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I '' `` Some Sunday Morning '' Related articles Discography Songs Book : Ada Jones Doris Day Solo albums You 're My Thrill ( 1949 ) Young Man with a Horn ( 1950 ) Tea for Two ( 1950 ) Lullaby of Broadway ( 1951 ) On Moonlight Bay ( 1951 ) I 'll See You in My Dreams ( 1951 ) By the Light of the Silvery Moon ( 1953 ) Calamity Jane ( 1953 ) Young at Heart ( 1954 ) Love Me or Leave Me ( 1955 ) Day Dreams ( 1955 ) Day by Day ( 1956 ) The Pajama Game ( 1957 ) Day by Night ( 1957 ) Hooray for Hollywood ( 1958 ; 1959 ) Cuttin ' Capers ( 1959 ) What Every Girl Should Know ( 1960 ) Show Time ( 1960 ) Bright and Shiny ( 1961 ) I Have Dreamed ( 1961 ) Duet ( 1962 ) You 'll Never Walk Alone ( 1962 ) Billy Rose 's Jumbo ( 1962 ) Annie Get Your Gun ( 1963 ) Love Him ( 1963 ) The Doris Day Christmas Album ( 1964 ) With a Smile and a Song ( 1964 ) Latin for Lovers ( 1965 ) Doris Day 's Sentimental Journey ( 1965 ) The Love Album ( 1994 ) My Heart ( 2011 ) Singles `` Again '' `` Ai n't We Got Fun ? '' `` Any Way the Wind Blows '' `` By the Light of the Silvery Moon '' `` Confess '' `` The Deadwood Stage ( Whip - Crack - Away ! ) '' `` Everybody Loves a Lover '' `` If I Give My Heart to You '' `` If You Were the Only Girl ( In the World ) '' `` It 's Magic '' `` Love Somebody '' `` Lullaby of Broadway '' `` Move Over Darling '' `` My Darling, My Darling '' `` My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time '' `` My Love and Devotion '' `` Que Sera, Sera ( Whatever Will Be, Will Be ) '' `` Secret Love '' `` Sentimental Journey '' `` Thoughtless '' `` ( Why Did I Tell You I Was Going To ) Shanghai '' `` Sugar Bush '' `` You Should Have Told Me '' Related Discography Filmography Awards and nominations Doris Day Animal League Doris Day Show episodes George Weidler ( second husband ) Martin Melcher ( third husband ) Terry Melcher ( son ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=By_the_Light_of_the_Silvery_Moon_(song)&oldid=799703261 '' Categories : 1909 songs Songs with music by Gus Edwards Songs with lyrics by Edward Madden Doris Day songs Jimmy Bowen songs The Muppets songs Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Norsk nynorsk Edit links This page was last edited on 9 September 2017, at 09 : 51. 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Question: when was by the light of the silvery moon written
Answer: 1909