The 1947 Broadway hit and Tony winning "Finian's Rainbow" introduced "Old Devil Moon" (Burton Lane - E. Y. Harnurg) sung by Ella Logan (Georgina Allan) and Donald Richards. There were a few revivals of the show along with a 1968 motion picture starring Fred Astaire and Petula Clark.

Margaret Whiting with Frank DeVol And His Orchestra peaked at number eleven on the Billboard charts with "Old Devil Moon" that same year. This track is from the EP "Margaret Whiting Sings". Wikipedia: "In her childhood, Whiting's singing ability had already been noticed, and at the age of only seven she sang for singer-lyricist Johnny Mercer, with whom her father had collaborated on some popular songs ("Too Marvelous for Words"). In 1942, Mercer co-founded Capitol Records and signed Margaret to one of Capitol's first recording contracts."