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"Moonlight Gambler" is a song written by Bob Hilliard and Phil Springer and performed by Frankie Laine featuring Ray Conniff and His Orchestra. It reached #3 on the U.S. pop chart and #13 on the UK Singles chart in 1957.[1]

"Moonlight Gambler"
Single by Frankie Laine
B-side"Lotus Land"
ReleasedOctober 29, 1956 (1956-10-29)
GenrePop
Length2:50
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Hilliard, Phil Springer
Producer(s)Mitch Miller
Frankie Laine singles chronology
"On the Road to Mandalay"
(1956)
"Moonlight Gambler"
(1956)
"Love is a Golden Ring"
(1957)

The single ranked #32 on Billboard's Year-End top 50 singles of 1957.[2]

The song begins with a spoken recitation by Laine saying:

"You can gamble for matchsticks,/ You can gamble for Gold,/ The stakes may be heavy or small,/ But, if you haven't gambled for love and lost,/ Then you haven't gambled at all"/ Which is repeated when sung in the Bridge section of the song. Laine's version also features a whistler and a clip clopping sound.


Other versions



References


  1. "Frankie Laine, "Moonlight Gambler" Chart Positions". Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  2. "1957's Best Selling Records" Billboard December 23, 1957: 20
  3. "Gene Barry, "Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume" single release". Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  4. "Winifred Atwell, Best of Winifred Atwell". Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  5. "T. Storm Hunter, Airways Hotel". Retrieved July 24, 2018.





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