''Moonlight Becomes You'' is the 41st studio album by
country singer
Willie Nelson. The title track was nominated for a Grammy.
Track listing
#"December Day" (
Willie Nelson) - 2:19
#"
Moonlight Becomes You" (
Johnny Burke,
Jimmy Van Heusen
James Van Heusen (born Edward Chester Babcock; January 26, 1913 – February 6, 1990) was an American composer. He wrote songs for films, television and theater, and won an Emmy and four Academy Awards for Best Original Song.
Life and care ...
) - 3:51
#"Afraid" (
Fred Rose) - 2:35
#"The Heart of a Clown" (
Steve Nelson,
Jack Rollins,
Francis Kane) - 3:45
#"
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (
Sidney Clare,
Sam Stept
Samuel Howard Stept (aka Sammy Stept; 18 September 1897 – 1 December 1964) was an American songwriter who wrote for Broadway, Hollywood and the big bands. He became known simply as Sam Stept or Sam H. Stept – he rarely used his full middle n ...
) - 2:05
#"Everywhere You Go" (
Larry Shay,
Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin) - 3:35
#"Have I Stayed Away Too Long" (
Frank Loesser) - 4:07
#"
Sentimental Journey" (
Bud Green,
Les Brown,
Ben Homer
Ben Homer (born Benjamin Hozer, 27 June 1917, Meriden, Connecticut – 12 February 1975, Los Angeles, California) was an American songwriter, composer and arranger.
Biography
He joined the Meriden Symphony Orchestra when he was eleven years old ...
) - 3:14
#"
The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
"The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" is a post-World War I popular song, with lyrics by American actor Eugene Lockhart, and music composed by Canadian-born concert pianist Ernest Seitz in 1918. He later claimed he conceived the refrain when ...
" (
Gene Lockhart,
Ernest Seitz) - 2:20
#"
You'll Never Know" (
Mack Gordon,
Harry Warren
Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song ...
) - 3:14
#"I'll Keep On Loving You" (
Floyd Tillman) - 2:49
#"You Just Can't Play a Sad Song on a Banjo" (Paul Buskirk,
Russell Jackson) - 2:03
#"
You Always Hurt the One You Love
"You Always Hurt the One You Love" is a pop standard with lyrics by Allan Roberts and music by Doris Fisher. First recorded by the Mills Brothers, whose recording reached the top of the '' Billboard'' charts in 1944, it was also a hit for Sammy ...
" (
Doris Fisher,
Allan Roberts) - 2:27
#"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" (Jimmie Hodges) - 3:29
#"In God's Eyes" (
Willie Nelson) - 2:58
Personnel
*
Willie Nelson -
guitar,
vocals
*Paul Buskirk -
guitar,
mandola
*
Johnny Gimble -
fiddle
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, vocals,
harmony vocals
*Mike Lefebvre -
drums
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*Dean Reynolds -
bass guitar
*Paul Schmitt -
piano
Chart performance
References
1994 albums
Willie Nelson albums
Traditional pop albums
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