Carolina Moon (song)

"Carolina Moon"
Sheet music cover, 1928
Song by Gene Austin
B-side"I Wish I Had Died In My Cradle (Before I Grew Up To Love You)"
ReleasedFebruary 1929
RecordedDecember 10, 1928
StudioVictor Studios, New York City
GenreJazz, Pop Vocal
LabelVictor 21833
ComposerBenny Davis
LyricistJoe Burke
Gene Austin singles chronology
"Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time"
(1928)
"Carolina Moon"
(1929)
"A Garden in the Rain"
(1929)

"Carolina Moon" is a popular song, written by Joe Burke and Benny Davis. Written in 1924, the song was first recorded in 1928 by American crooner Gene Austin whose version charted for 14 weeks, seven of them at #1. The song was copyrighted in 1928, so it entered the public domain on January 1, 2024.