It's Only a Paper Moon

Name: It's Only a Paper Moon
Duration: 6 min 25 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.8	It's Only a Paper Moon	6:24	Kenny Drew Trio	Kenny Drew Trio (2025 Remaster)	Kenny Drew Trio	Album	XW2025-09-26	Craft Recordings (US jazz label; reissue division of Concord)

double bass [bass]:	Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (from 1956-09-20 until 1956-09-26)
drums (drum set):	Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (from 1956-09-20 until 1956-09-26)
piano:	Kenny Drew (from 1956-09-20 until 1956-09-26)

recorded at:	Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-20 until 1956-09-26)

recording of:	It’s Only a Paper Moon (in 1956-09: instrumental)

lyricist:	E.Y. Harburg (in 1933) Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer) (in 1933)
composer:	Harold Arlen (in 1933)

publisher:	Anne-Rachel Music Corp. Chappell & Co. Chappell Music Ltd. Gloccamorria Music Next Decade Entertainment S.A. Music Co. SA Music Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)

referred to in medleys:	It’s Only a Paper Moon / I Like Him Medley: A Sleepin’ Bee / It’s Only a Paper Moon (order: 2)
later parody versions:	It's Only a Paper Moon (parody version)
later versions:	Lester's Trip to the Moon