Since Summer is winding down and Autumn is knocking on our door, this week the Karaoke Challenge is a song that captures the feeling and beauty of fall weather, Van Morrison's classic about his favorite season, Moondance.

Moondance, written for the same titled album by Van Morrison in 1970, was one of his most successful jazz compositions and has become one of the most influential songs in pop and jazz music because of its swinging beat and saxophone solo.

The sophisticated song was described as "one of those rare songs that manages to implant itself on the collective consciousness of popular music, passing into the hallowed territory of a standard, a classic." A statement which was proved when Moondance was featured on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and many other lists that reiterate that point.

Moondance has since become one of Morrison's most performed live songs and has also been convered by dozens of artists including a popular version by Michael Buble and a soundtrack rendition by Johnathan Rhys Meyers in the Disney film August Rush.

Sing your own rendition of Moondance and share it in this week's Karaoke Challenge. You could win a feature in next week's newsletter and on the official Red Karaoke
page.

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