The Moon of Manakoora


"The Moon of Manakoora" is a popular song written by Frank Loesser and Alfred Newman for the 1937 Paramount film The Hurricane starring Dorothy Lamour. Lamour sang the song in the film and also made a commercial recording of it.
The song "The Moon of Manakoora" is considered a standard and was Loesser's first success as a lyric writer.
Manakoora, loosely translated to English, is "witchcraft", derived from "mana" meaning "magic" and "koora/kura" meaning "lore" or "school" or "body of knowledge".

Other recordings

The song has been covered by many other artists, including:
The melody of the song appears in themes for the movies The Hurricane and Mr. Robinson Crusoe.