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(Victor 25069)
Recorded 5/28/1935 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 2.
Tom Coakley Orchestra (Musical group)
Carl Ravazza (vocalist)
Tom Coakley (director)
Ed Kirkeby (session supervisor)
Brooks Bowman (composer)
Brooks Bowman (lyricist)
Stags at bay (Work title)
"East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" is a popular song written by Brooks Bowman, an undergraduate member of Princeton University's Class of 1936, for the 1934 production of the Princeton Triangle Club's production of Stags at Bay. It was published in 1934 by Santly Bros. and soon became a hallmark of the Princeton Tigertones, Princeton University's signature all-male a cappella group. The Princeton Triangle Club performs the number every year at its annual Frosh Week show. The standard is also sung by the Princeton Nassoons.
The version recorded by Tom Coakley and His Orchestra (vocal refrain by Carl Ravazza) topped the Your Hit Parade chart for two weeks in September 1935.
(Victor 25069)
Recorded 5/28/1935 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 2.
Tom Coakley Orchestra (Musical group)
Carl Ravazza (vocalist)
Tom Coakley (director)
Ed Kirkeby (session supervisor)
Brooks Bowman (composer)
Brooks Bowman (lyricist)
Stags at bay (Work title)
"East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" is a popular song written by Brooks Bowman, an undergraduate member of Princeton University's Class of 1936, for the 1934 production of the Princeton Triangle Club's production of Stags at Bay. It was published in 1934 by Santly Bros. and soon became a hallmark of the Princeton Tigertones, Princeton University's signature all-male a cappella group. The Princeton Triangle Club performs the number every year at its annual Frosh Week show. The standard is also sung by the Princeton Nassoons.
The version recorded by Tom Coakley and His Orchestra (vocal refrain by Carl Ravazza) topped the Your Hit Parade chart for two weeks in September 1935.
