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XXI Commonwealth Games
Host city
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Motto
Share the Dream
Events
275 in 18 sports
Opening ceremony
4 April 2018
Closing ceremony
15 April 2018
Main venue
Carrara Stadium
Website
GC2018.com
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The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Gold Coast 2018, is an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that will be held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia between 4 and 15 April 2018. The winning bid was announced in Basseterre, Saint Kitts on 11 November 2011. It will be the fifth time Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games.
Contents
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1 Host city selection process
2 Administration
3 Preparation
3.1 Venues
3.2 Transport
4 Participating nations
5 Sports
6 Calendar
7 Marketing
7.1 Mascot
7.2 Sponsors
7.3 Ambassadors
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Host city selection process[edit]
Main article: Bids for the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Countdown clock at Surfers Paradise
On 22 August 2008, the Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh, officially launched Gold Coast City's bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2018. On 7 April 2009, the ABC reported a land exchange deal between Gold Coast City and State of Queensland for Carrara Stadium. According to Mayor Ron Clarke, the land would aid a potential bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The land exchanged would be used as the site of an aquatics centre. In the same article, Mayor Clarke raised the question of the Australian Federal Government's commitment to a 2018 Commonwealth Games bid in light of the Government's support for Australia's 2018 FIFA World Cup Finals bid.[1] On 16 April 2009, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh told reporters that a successful Commonwealth Games bid by Gold Coast City could help the tourist strip win a role in hosting the World Cup.[2]
"Some of the infrastructure that would be built for the Commonwealth Games will be useful for Gold Coast City to get a World Cup game out of the soccer World Cup if we're successful as a nation," she said. However the decision on the venues for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups were made eleven months prior to the bid decision for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, so the potential World Cup venues had already been chosen. On 3 June 2009, Gold Coast City was confirmed as Australia's exclusive bidder vying for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[3] "Should a bid proceed, Gold Coast City will have the exclusive Australian rights to bid as host city for 2018," Bligh stated.
"Recently I met with the president and CEO of the Australian Commonwealth Games Association and we agreed to commission a full and comprehensive feasibility study into the potential for the 2018 Commonwealth Games," she said. "Under the stewardship of Queensland Events new chair, Geoff Dixon, that study is now well advanced." On 15 March 2010, it was announced that the Queensland Government will provide initial funding of A$11 million for the 2018 Commonwealth Games bid. The Premier of Queensland has indicated the Government's support for the bid to the Australian Commonwealth Games Association.[4] On 31 March 2010, the Australian Commonwealth Games Association officially launched the bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[5] In October 2011, Gold Coast City Mayor Ron Clarke stated that the games would provide a strong legacy for the city after the games have ended.[6]
On 31 March 2010, a surprise bid was made for the 2018 Commonwealth Games by the Sri Lankan city of Hambantota. Hambantota was devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, and is undergoing a major face lift. The first phase of the Port of Hambantota is nearing completion and it is funded by the government of China. The Mattala International Airport, which is the second international Airport of Sri Lanka is built close to Hambantota. A new Hambantota International Cricket Stadium had also been built, which had hosted matches in the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
On 10 November, the Hambantota bidders claimed they had already secured enough votes to win the hosting rights.[7] However, on 11 November it was officially announced Gold Coast City had won the rights to host the games.[8][9]
2018 Commonwealth Games bidding results
City
Country
Votes
Gold Coast City Australia 43
Hambantota Sri Lanka 27
Administration[edit]
In February 2012, Mark Peters was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Gold Coast City 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation.[10] The Queensland Government Minister tasked with overseeing the Games is Kate Jones.[11]
Preparation[edit]
Venues[edit]
Main article: Venues of the 2018 Commonwealth Games
The concept image for Carrara Stadium and Carrara Sport and Leisure Centre.
One of the key technical aspects of Gold Coast City's successful bid was the fact that the city already has 80 percent of the planned venues in place. The vast majority of venues are located within 20-minutes driving time of the Athletes Village in Parkwood and are broadly grouped into three areas; Central Gold Coast City, North Gold Coast City and South Gold Coast City. The only sports that will be held outside of Gold Coast City will be track cycling and the preliminary rounds of Basketball which will be held in Brisbane and Cairns/Townsville respectively, along with the shooting which will be held in neighbouring Belmont.[12]
Transport[edit]
The Gold Coast light rail system, will directly connect a number of the key games venues including the Gold Coast City Aquatic Centre, Broadwater Parklands and the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre with the major accommodation centres of Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach and the proposed Athletes Village at Parklands. An extension to the system was announced in October 2015, connecting the current terminus at Gold Coast University Hospital to the railway line to Brisbane at Helensvale. The extension is expected to open before the games.[13]
Participating nations[edit]
There are 70 participating nations scheduled to compete at 2018 Commonwealth Games.[14] Maldives were scheduled to participate, but in October 2016, they withdrew from the Commonwealth.[15]
Nations expected to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast
[hide]Participating Commonwealth countries and territories
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia (host nation)
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Cameroon
Canada
Cayman Islands
Cook Islands
Cyprus
Dominica
England
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Ghana
Gibraltar
Grenada
Guernsey
Guyana
India
Isle of Man
Jamaica
Jersey
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho
Malawi
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Montserrat
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
New Zealand
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Ireland
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Rwanda
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Scotland
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tanzania
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu
Wales
Zambia
Sports[edit]
The current regulations state that from the 26 approved sports administered by Commonwealth Governing Bodies, a minimum of ten core sports and maximum of seventeen sports must be included in any Commonwealth Games schedule. The current approved sports include the 10 core sports: athletics, badminton, boxing, hockey, lawn bowls, netball (for women), rugby sevens, squash, swimming and weightlifting. Integrated disabled competitions are also scheduled for the Games in nine sports: swimming, athletics, cycling, table tennis, cycling, powerlifting and lawn bowls. Along these events for the first time EAD events in triathlon will be held, with the medals being added to the final tally for each nation. A record 38 para events will be contested at these games.[16] On 8 March 2016 Beach Volleyball was announced as the 18th sport.[17]
The program will be broadly similar to that of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, with the major changes being the dropping of judo, the reintroduction of basketball, the debut of women's rugby sevens and beach volleyball.[18]
On 7 October 2016, it was announced seven new events for women were added to the sport program, meaning there will be an equal number of events for men and women. This marks the first time in history that a major multi-sport event will have equality in terms of events. In total 275 events in 18 sports will be contested.[19][20]
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.
Aquatics
Diving (10) (details)
Swimming (50) (details)
Athletics (58) (details)
Badminton (6) (details)
Basketball (2) (details)
Beach volleyball (2) (details)
Boxing (16) (details)
Cycling (details)
Mountain biking (2)
Road (4)
Track (20)
Gymnastics (details)
Artistic Gymnastics (14)
Rhythmic Gymnastics (6)
Hockey (2) (details)
Lawn bowls (10) (details)
Netball (1) (details)
Rugby sevens (2) (details)
Shooting (19) (details)
Squash (5) (details)
Table tennis (9) (details)
Triathlon (5) (details)
Weightlifting (16) (details)
Powerlifting (4) (details)
Wrestling (12) (details)
Calendar[edit]
OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Gold medal events CC Closing ceremony
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Ceremonies (opening / closing) OC CC
Athletics 4 7 8 7 10 9 9 4 58
Badminton ● ● ● ● 1 ● ● ● ● ● 5 6
Basketball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
Beach volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Boxing ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 16 16
Cycling
Mountain biking 2 2
Road cycling 2 2 4
Track cycling 6 4 6 4 20
Diving 3 2 3 2 10
Gymnastics
Artistic 1 1 2 5 5 14
Rhythmic 1 1 4 6
Hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Lawn bowls ● ● ● 2 2 ● 1 2 3 10
Netball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
Powerlifting 4 4
Rugby sevens ● ● 2 2
Shooting 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 19
Squash ● ● ● ● 2 ● ● ● ● 1 2 5
Swimming 7 9 8 8 9 9 50
Table tennis ● ● ● 1 1 ● ● ● 1 4 2 9
Triathlon 2 3 5
Weightlifting 3 3 3 3 4 16
Wrestling 4 4 4 12
Total events 19 17 21 33 35 26 17 23 26 44 14 275
Cumulative total 19 36 57 90 125 151 168 191 217 261 275
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Marketing[edit]
Mascot[edit]
Borobi was named as the mascot of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in 2016.[21] Borobi is a blue koala, with indigenous markings on its body. The term "borobi" is an Aboriginal term for koala.[22]
Sponsors[edit]
Official Games Partners
The Star Gold Coast, Griffith University, TAFE Queensland, Longines, Optus[23]
Official Games Supporters
KPMG, Minter Ellison, Seek, Ticketek, Atos, Aggreko, Hard Yakka, Brisbane Times, RGS Events, Gold Coast Bulletin, Cisco, Moreton Hire, Lend Lease Group, Woolworths Supermarkets, Castlemaine XXXX[23]
Official Games Suppliers
Centium Software, GPY&R, MediaCom, GL Events ExpoNet, Tourism Australia, Diadora, ISentia, Rapiscan, Thrifty Rent A Car, Cockram Construction, Winc, Technogym, Speedo, Royal Australian Mint, Sold Out National Event Management, DB Schenker, Motorola Solutions, STING, Gold Coast Airport, Incognitus, Aura Sports, Queensland X-Ray, Eleiko, CSG Limited, Brisbane Airport[23]
Ambassadors[edit]
Sally Pearson[24]
Cameron McEvoy[25]
Anna Meares[26]
Kurt Fearnley[27]
Laura Geitz[28]
Cathy Freeman[29]
Patty Mills[30]
See also[edit]
2018 Asian Games
2019 Pan American Games
2019 European Games
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Gold Coast eyes 2018 Games bid with land swap". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
Jump up ^ "Bligh pushes bids for Games, World Cup". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 April 2009.
Jump up ^ "Gold Coast gets sole right to bid for 2018 Commonwealth Games". Brisbane Times. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
Jump up ^ Lappeman, Sue (15 March 2010). "Coast Games bid up and running". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
Jump up ^ Lappeman, Sue (31 March 2010). "Coast Commonwealth Games bid backed". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
Jump up ^ Degun, Tom (23 October 2011). "Legacy benefits to Gold Coast of 2018 Commonwealth Games will be huge, says city's Mayor". Inside the Games. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
Jump up ^ Ardern, Lucy (11 November 2011). "Sri Lanka boasting of Games bid win". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
Jump up ^ "Candidate City Manual" (PDF). Commonwealth Games Federation. December 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
Jump up ^ Ardern, Lucy (13 November 2011). "Coast wins 2018 Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
Jump up ^ Willoughby,, Shannon. "Mark Peters named as Games CEO". Gold Coast News, 18 February 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
Jump up ^ Palaszczuk, Annastacia (10 February 2017). "Kate Jones appointed Minister for the Commonwealth Games" (Press release). Brisbane: Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Sporting venues". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
Jump up ^ "Stage two of Gold Coast light rail on track for Commonwealth Games". Queensland Government. 11 October 2015.
Jump up ^ "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
Jump up ^ Mackay, Duncan. "Maldives set to miss Gold Coast 2018 after resigning from Commonwealth". www.insidethegames.biz/. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
Jump up ^ "Gold Coast 2018 to host largest Commonwealth para-sport programme". www.paralympic.org/. International Paralympic Committee. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "Exclusive: Beach volleyball to be played at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
Jump up ^ "Women’s rugby added to Commonwealth Games". www.sportsnet.ca/. Rogers Media. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
Jump up ^ "Level playing field for women at 2018 Commonwealth Games". The Scotsman. Edinburgh, Scotland. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
Jump up ^ McKay, Duncan (7 October 2016). "Gold Coast 2018 to offer same amount of medals for men and women after seven events added". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
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^ Jump up to: a b c "GC Sponsor Family". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
Jump up ^ "'Shining light' Pearson is first Commonwealth Games ambassador". ABC News. 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
Jump up ^ "Beattie plans to stick with Sydney". Retrieved 2017-08-14.
Jump up ^ "Champion Meares laps up venue honour". NewsComAu. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
Jump up ^ "Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games: Kurt Fearnley latest ambassador". Brisbane Times. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
Jump up ^ "Netball star named Games ambassador". 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
Jump up ^ "Subscribe | heraldsun". www.heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
Jump up ^ "Mills: Boomers can win gold on Coast". Retrieved 2017-08-14.
External links[edit]
Gold Coast 2018 official website
Media related to 2018 Commonwealth Games at Wikimedia Commons

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By the Light of the Silvery Moon (song)
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"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.[1]
Popular recordings in 1910 were by Billy Murray and The Haydn Quartet; Ada Jones; and The Peerless Quartet.[2]
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
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1 Lyrics
2 Parody
3 Recordings
4 Film appearances
5 In popular culture
6 References
7 External multimedia
8 External links
Lyrics[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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).[3]
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,[4] the RCA Victor label as catalog number 20-2448A,[5] 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).[6] This was a minor chart hit in 1942 and 1944.[7]
Bing Crosby - recorded July 9. 1942 for Decca Records.[8]
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).[9]
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.[10]
Gene Vincent for his album Gene Vincent Rocks! And The Blue Caps Roll, Capitol Records, (1958).[11]
Little Richard, recorded for Specialty Records, (1959).[12] This reached No. 17 in the UK Singles Chart.
Burl Ives - included in his album My Gal Sal and Other Favorites (1964).[13]
Ray Charles - included in his album Ray's Moods (1966)
Julie Andrews - included in her album The World of Julie Andrews (1973)[14]
Film appearances[edit]
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.[15]
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.[16]
1945 Flame of Barbary Coast - performed on the stage of a gambling hall.[17]
1945 Sunbonnet Sue [18]
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.[19]
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.
2010 Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster - Shaggy Rogers sings of this song to Velma Dinkley performed by Nick Palatas.
In popular culture[edit]
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 the preshow of Muppet*Vision 3D.
Kidsongs, included in the music videoLet's Put on a Show (1995).
References[edit]
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. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 338. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
Jump up ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
Jump up ^ "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Jimmy Bowen, "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" Chart Position". Retrieved December 17, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
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Jump up ^ "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
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Jump up ^ "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
External multimedia[edit]
By the Light of the Silvery Moon, RealAudio file of 1910 performance by Ada Jones
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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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"
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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"
"Ain'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 articles
Discography
Filmography
Awards and nominations
Doris Day Animal League
The Doris Day Show
episodes
George Weidler (second husband)
Martin Melcher (third husband)
Terry Melcher (son)
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Who Loves You (song)
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"Who Loves You"
Single by The Four Seasons
from the album Who Loves You
B-side
"Who Loves You" (Disco version)
Released
2 August 1975
Format
7"
Recorded
July 1975
Genre
Rock, disco
Length
4:04 (single version)
4:22 (album version)
Label
Warner/Curb
Songwriter(s)
Bob Gaudio-Judy Parker
Producer(s)
Bob Gaudio
The Four Seasons singles chronology
"Hickory"
(1974) "Who Loves You"
(1975) "December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"
(1975)
"Hickory"
(1974) "Who Loves You"
(1975) "December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"
(1975)
Vinyl 45
"Who Loves You" is the title song of a 1975 album by The Four Seasons. It was composed by Bob Gaudio and Judy Parker and produced by Gaudio. It reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1975.[1][2][3]
Contents
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1 Song information
2 Charts
2.1 Weekly charts
2.2 Year-end charts
3 Other versions
4 Pop-culture references
5 References
Song information[edit]
After their release from Philips, the group signed with Motown and released one album and three singles for the organization in 1972 and 1973. All Motown recordings failed to chart in the U.S. and the company dropped the band.[2] In August, "Who Loves You" entered the Hot 100 as Frankie Valli's "Swearin' to God" was sliding off the chart.
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1975-76)
Peak
position
Australia KMR 16
Canada RPM Top Singles[4]* ( 20 )
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[5]* ( 12 )
UK (OCC) 6
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 3
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[7] 7
US Cash Box Top 100[8] 7
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1975)
Rank
Australia[9] 185
Canada RPM Top Singles[10] 70
UK[11] 95
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[12] 44
(* - Canadian RPM chart data incomplete for late 1975)
Other versions[edit]
There were three versions of "Who Loves You" released in the United States: the one on the Who Loves You album is four minutes, 20 seconds long and begins with a short percussion section before the start of the vocals.[13] The A-side of the single has a 4-minute 4 second version which starts with an unusual "fade-in" beginning, starting with the first word of the lyrics; the B-side (labeled "Who Loves You (disco version)") is the same as the A-side, with the instrumental break done twice and the song ending sooner.[14]
Although the Four Seasons' trademark falsetto is present on "Who Loves You", Valli's vocal performance on the recording is limited to singing lead on the verses.[2]
For a record from a group so long without any hit records, "Who Loves You" was a tremendous success. Released in August 1975, the single spent 20 weeks on the Hot 100 (longer than any Four Seasons single before) and managed to stay on the chart until the beginning of 1976.[15]
This song is edited heavily and included as the closing number for the musical Jersey Boys. The second verse and instrumental break is completely omitted, and instead of the fade out, a loud, high-pitched ending chord is sung by the full company. However, the Original Broadway Cast Recording includes the instrumental break.
Pop-culture references[edit]
Often used as bumper music by late night radio talk show host Art Bell when he hosted Coast to Coast AM in the 1990s.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (5th edition), Billboard Books 1992 ISBN 0-8230-8280-6
^ Jump up to: a b c Fred Bronson, The Billboard Book of Number One Hits (3rd edition), Billboard Books 1992 ISBN 0-8230-8298-9
Jump up ^ Dean, Maury (2003). Rock N' Roll Gold Rush. Algora. p. 285. ISBN 0-87586-207-1.
Jump up ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
Jump up ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
Jump up ^ http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19751101.html Adult Contemporary Music Chart, November 1, 1975]
Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 1, 1975
Jump up ^ "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
Jump up ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
Jump up ^ http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1978.shtml
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
Jump up ^ Four Seasons, Who Loves You LP (Warner Bros. Records 1975)
Jump up ^ Four Seasons, "Who Loves You" single, Warner Bros. 8122, 1975
Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn, Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1993, Billboard Books 1994 ISBN 0-89820-105-5
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Nick Massi
Charles Calello
Joe Long
Gerry Polci
Albums
Sherry & 11 Others (1962)
The 4 Seasons Greetings (1962)
Big Girls Don't Cry and Twelve Others (1963)
The 4 Seasons Sing Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others (1963)
Golden Hits of the 4 Seasons (1963)
Dawn (1964)
Rag Doll (1964)
Born to Wonder (1964)
Stay and Other Great Hits (1964)
The 4 Seasons Sing Big Hits by Burt Bacharach... Hal David... Bob Dylan (1965)
4 Seasons Entertain You (1965)
Lets Hang On (1965)
Working My Way Back to You (1965)
On Stage with The Four Seasons (1965)
New Gold Hits (1967)
Edizione D'Oro (Gold Edition) (1968)
The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette (1969)
Half and Half (1970)
Chameleon (1972)
Who Loves You (1975)
Helicon (1977)
The Very Best of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (2002)
Singles
"Bermuda"
"Sherry"
"Big Girls Don't Cry"
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
"Walk Like a Man"
"Ain't That a Shame"
"Candy Girl"
"New Mexican Rose"
"Dawn (Go Away)"
"Stay"
"Ronnie"
"Rag Doll"
"Alone (Why Must I Be Alone)"
"Save It for Me"
"Sincerely"
"Big Man in Town"
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
"Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)"
"Since I Don't Have You"
"Girl Come Running"
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"
"Let's Hang On!"
"Don't Think Twice"
"Working My Way Back to You"
"Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'bout Me)"
"On the Good Ship Lollipop"
"I've Got You Under My Skin"
"The Proud One"
"Tell It to the Rain"
"Beggin'"
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
"C'mon Marianne"
"Lonesome Road"
"Watch the Flowers Grow"
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
"My Eyes Adored You"
"Our Day Will Come"
"Who Loves You"
"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"
"Silver Star"
"Grease"
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