"Moondreams" is a song written by

Norman Petty Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 – August 15, 1984) was an American musician, record producer, publisher, radio station owner, and considered to be one of the founding fathers of early rock & roll. Biography Petty was born in the small town of Clo ...

and released in 1957 by The Norman Petty Trio. Featured musicians are Petty on organ, Buddy Holly on guitar, Vi Petty on piano, Mike Mitchell on percussion and the Picks on backing vocals. "Moondreams" was one of the four songs recorded by Buddy Holly in a session on October 21, 1958 at the Pythian Temple in NYC with the

Dick Jacobs Dick Jacobs (29 March 1918 – 20 May 1988) was an American musician, conductor, arranger, orchestrator, music director and an artists-and-repertoire director for several record labels (Coral, Decca, Brunswick and Springboard). He h ...

orchestra, the other tracks being " True Love Ways", " Raining in My Heart", and "

It Doesn't Matter Anymore "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" is a pop ballad written by Paul Anka and recorded by Buddy Holly in 1958. The song was issued in January 1959, less than a month before Holly's death. "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" reached number 13 as a posthumous hi ...

". This version of "Moondreams" was released on '' The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2'' and as the B-side to "True Love Ways" (May 20, 1960) in the UK.

Denny Laine Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Hines, 29 October 1944) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter, known as a founder of two major rock bands: the Moody Blues, with whom he played from 1964 to 1966, and Wings, with whom he played from 1 ...

released the song as a single in 1977. '' Record World'' called Laine's version "a light, lilting ballad that, like many a Holly classic, was never a hit for him" but that "Laine's version should set things straight."

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