Orchids in the Moonlight

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"Orchids in the Moonlight" is a popular song from the early 1930s, best known for its romantic, Latin-tinged melody and association with classic Hollywood musical cinema.

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Orchids in the Moonlight canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf popular song
song
associatedPerformer Dolores del Río
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Raul Roulien
associatedWith Hollywood musical films
associatedWithEra Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
composer Vincent Youmans
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuredInFilm Flying Down to Rio
filmReleaseYear 1933
firstAppearanceInMedium film
firstAppearanceInWork Flying Down to Rio
genre Latin-influenced music
foxtrot
popular music
hasMusicalCharacteristic Latin-tinged melody
hasMusicalStyle romantic ballad
hasNotableInstrumentalVersion Les Baxter arrangement
The Ventures arrangement
hasTheme romantic love
hasTitleLanguage English
isStandardIn easy listening repertoire
light orchestral repertoire
language English
lyricist Edward Eliscu
Gus Kahn
notableRecordingBy Enric Madriguera
Kenny Ball
surface form: Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen

Les Baxter
Rudy Vallée
The Ventures
Xavier Cugat
partOfRepertoire American popular songbook
publicationDecade 1930s
usedAs film soundtrack song

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Flying Down to Rio featuresSong Orchids in the Moonlight
Flying Down to Rio hasDanceNumber Orchids in the Moonlight
Vincent Youmans notableWork Orchids in the Moonlight