Dark Moon

's recordings are the best of her career, but even at that they're only sporadically engaging. She was an adequate but bland vocalist who worked in an MOR style that gave her one big hit, in 1957. The 1961 album includes the original hit version of the title track as well as its minor hit follow-up, the upbeat A theme emerges with nearly half of the songs having "moon" in their titles -- etc. -- the best of which is a rocking rendition of with an aggressive guitar solo. A number of comparisons could be drawn between and , her counterpart at who also scored a big hit with ; both have mature-sounding voices that seem incongruous and square when they attempt -oriented material, as on Although made a couple other big hits later on, is the one people remember, and only a few of her other recordings arouse even mild interest. ~ Greg Adams