I always liked the version by Boots Raldolph (another Army Band musician), probably because it's the one I first heard.
I have a few of Boots Randolph albums I enjoy his Yakety sax, however I like the original hit version for this song.
Iv'e always loved those two songs played over each other like that. "Moonglow" was the first song I learned to ply on our Magnus chord organ.
I had one exactly like that, @John Brunner ! I was probably in the mid-70’s when I got it, and I just loved it ! I could carry it places, so I took it to our little church, and i would play the choruses that the church kids all loved to sing, and all of us would happily sing until we went through the whole book of kid’s choruses. I would have been embarrassed to try and play it for adults, but with the little kids, they didn’t notice (or care) if i missed a note here and there, and that we were all singing together was all that mattered to any of us.
Since you've now got this rattling around inside of my brain, I figured I'd share the lyrics. Once I was alone So lonely and then You came, out of nowhere Like the sun up from the hills Cold, cold was the wind Warm, warm were your lips Out there, on that ski trail Where your kiss filled me with thrills A weekend in Canada, a change of scene Was the most I bargained for And then I discovered you and in your eyes I found the love that I couldn't ignore Down, down came the sun Fast, fast, fast, beat my heart I knew when the sun set From that day, we'd never ever part