Today’s song of the day is “Moonlight Cocktail” from big band Glenn Miller. It is just to keep you movin’ and groovin’. 

Fun Facts 

• “Moonlight Cocktail” was initially recorded the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. 
• The BBC banned Moonlight Cocktail  because it was considered “sentimental slush.”

• Glenn Miller volunteered to play music to entertain the military with music in 1942.

Lyrics 

(Lyric Find)

Couple of jiggers of moonlight and add a star

Pour in the blue of a June night and one guitar

Mix in a couple of dreamers and there you are

Lovers hail the Moonlight Cocktail

Now add a couple of flowers, a drop of dew

Stir for a couple of hours ’til dreams come true

Adds to the number of kisses, it’s up to you

Moonlight Cocktail, need a few

Cool it in the summer breeze

Serve it in the starlight underneath the trees

You’ll discover tricks like these

Are sure to make your Moonlight Cocktail please

Follow the simple directions and they will bring

Life of another complexion where you’ll be king

You will awake in the morning and start to sing

Moonlight Cocktails are the thing

Follow the simple directions and they will bring

Life of another complexion where you’ll be king

You will awake in the morning and start to sing

Moonlight Cocktails are the thing