<P> "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" is a popular song written by Brooks Bowman, an undergraduate member of Princeton University's Class of 1936, for the 1934 production of the Princeton Triangle Club's production of Stags at Bay . It was published in 1934 and soon became a hallmark of the Princeton Tigertones, one of Princeton University's all - male a cappella groups . The standard is also sung by the Princeton Nassoons, Princeton University's oldest a cappella group . </P> <P> "East of the Sun" was first recorded by Hal Kemp for Brunswick Records on Dec. 1, 1934, and has remained a jazz standard since the 1950s . </P>

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