Noche de luna

"Full Moon"
"Full Moon"
Single by Benny Goodman and his orchestra
A-side	"I Threw a Kiss in the Ocean"; "Full Moon"
Released	1942
Genre	Jazz
Label	Columbia
Songwriters	Russell; Curiel; Odette;
Audio
	"Full Moon" on YouTube

"Noche de luna" is a song written by Gonzalo Curiel. Adapted into English as "Full Moon" by Bob Russell and Marcelene Odette, it was a hit for Benny Goodman and his orchestra, with a vocal chorus by Peggy Lee, in 1942.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Billboard	favorable^[1]

Billboard positively reviewed the song in its issue from May 23, 1942.^[1]

Track listing

78 rpm (Columbia 36590)

32601
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Note(s)	Length
1.	"I Threw a Kiss in the Ocean"	Berlin	Fox trot Vocal chorus by Peggy Lee

32603
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Note(s)	Length
1.	"Full Moon" (Noche de luna)	Russell Curiel Odette	Fox trot Vocal chorus by Peggy Lee

References

1 2 "Record buying guide—Part 2". Billboard. May 23, 1942. p. 65. Retrieved May 9, 2026.

[Billboard_23_May_1942-1] 1 2 "Record buying guide—Part 2". Billboard. May 23, 1942. p. 65. Retrieved May 9, 2026.

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Peggy Lee
Albums Singles
Albums	Rendezvous with Peggy Lee Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues Black Coffee Dream Street Peggy Lee Sings with Benny Goodman Sea Shells Miss Wonderful The Man I Love Jump for Joy Things Are Swingin' I Like Men! Beauty and the Beat! Latin ala Lee! All Aglow Again! Pretty Eyes Christmas Carousel Olé ala Lee Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee If You Go Blues Cross Country Sugar 'n' Spice Mink Jazz I'm a Woman In Love Again! Pass Me By Then Was Then – Now Is Now! Guitars a là Lee Big $pender Extra Special! Somethin' Groovy! 2 Shows Nightly A Natural Woman Is That All There Is? Bridge Over Troubled Water Make It with You Where Did They Go Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota Let's Love Mirrors Live in London Peggy Close Enough for Love Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues The Peggy Lee Songbook: There'll Be Another Spring Love Held Lightly: Rare Songs by Harold Arlen Moments Like This The Best of Peggy Lee: The Capitol Years
Singles	"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place" "Winter Weather" "Blues in the Night" "My Little Cousin" "We'll Meet Again" "Full Moon" "The Way You Look Tonight" "Why Don't You Do Right" "Waitin' for the Train to Come In" "I Don't Know Enough About You" "Linger in My Arms a Little Longer, Baby" "It's All Over Now" "It's a Good Day" "Everything's Movin' Too Fast" "Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)" "Golden Earrings" "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" "For Every Man There's a Woman" "Laroo Laroo Lili Bolero" "Caramba! It's the Samba" "Don't Smoke in Bed" "Bali Ha'i" "Similau (See-Me-Lo)" "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" "The Old Master Painter" "Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World" "(When I Dance with You) I Get Ideas" "Be Anything (but Be Mine)" "Lover" "Watermelon Weather" / "Just One of Those Things" "River River" "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" "Where Can I Go Without You" "Let Me Go, Lover" "Mr. Wonderful" "Joey, Joey, Joey" "Fever" "Light of Love" "Alright, Okay, You Win" "Hallelujah, I Love Him So" "I'm a Woman" "Pass Me By" "I Go to Sleep" "Big Spender" "Spinning Wheel" "Is That All There Is?"
Other songs	"Black Coffee" "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" "Kansas City" "I Love Being Here with You"
Radio	The Chesterfield Supper Club
Television	The Guy Mitchell Show What's My Line?
Films	Stage Door Canteen Jasper in a Jam The Jazz Singer Lady and the Tramp Pete Kelly's Blues
Related	Benny Goodman Dave Barbour (first husband) Brad Dexter (second husband) Dewey Martin (third husband) Midland Continental Railroad Depot (Wimbledon, North Dakota)