Thursday, January 16, 2014

Musical Interlude: Everyone's Gone to the Moon (1965)

Here's a 1-hit wonder that you've probably heard done by other, more well known artists, rather than the original.

Jonathan King wrote & recorded "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" in 1965, but it peaked at #17 on the Billboard pop chart. King would only release one more single afterward, but "Moon" was later covered by artists such as Chad & Jeremy.

It seems only fair, then, since this was bouncing in my head all day, to give Mr. King his due. No truth to the rumor that the lead protagonist in Filmation's 1968 cartoon, Fantastic Voyage, was named after him.

Here is "Everyone's Gone to the Moon":

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