Songs die strukturell an "Blue Moon" erinnern

This time he and Richard Rodgers called the song "Blue Moon."

I guess this is as good a time as any to explain why both Rodgers and Robbins -- and millions of people since, including The Beatles -- have found the song so appealing. It uses a chord progression that has been recycled in literally thousands of other songs. The chord progression, second only to the 12-bar blues progression in popularity, has a name. Actually it has several names (plus variations on these names):

1. The doo-wop progression
2. The '50s [sic] chords
3. The ice cream chords
4. Those magic changes

The progression, represented in Roman numeral analysis, is I–vi–IV–V.

For example, in C major: C–Am–F–G.

This chord progression was quickly reused in other songs, including

James F. Hanley's "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart," sung by Judy Garland, The Coasters, The Move and The Trammps and,
in the I–vi–IV–V variant by Frank Loesser and Hoagy Carmichael, "Heart and Soul," which has been done by everyone from Jan & Dean to Chris Montez -- and every kid who ever wanted to play the piano.

The progression and its variant are also heard in many other songs.

The Beatles used it at least five times:

"Please Mr. Postman" (originally by The Marvelettes) 1963 I–vi–IV–V
"This Boy" 1963 I–vi–ii–V,
"Tell Me Why" 1964 I–vi–IV–V,
"Happiness Is a Warm Gun" 1968 I–vi–IV–V,
"Octopus's Garden" 1969 I–vi–IV–V,

and then John Lennon used it in his cover of Ben E. King's: "Stand by Me" I–vi–IV–V in 1975.

Here's just a tiny fraction of all the other songs that use it:

"A Teenager in Love" Dion and the Belmonts; Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman (writers) 1959 I–vi–IV–V
"Angel Baby" (a John Lennon favorite) Rosie and the Originals 1960 I–vi–IV–V
"All I Have to Do Is Dream" The Everly Brothers 1958 I–vi–IV–V
"Baby" Justin Bieber 2010 I–vi–IV–V
"Bad Girl" The Detroit Cobras 1996 I–vi–IV–V
"Beyond the Sea" aka "La Mer" composed by Charles Trenet and made famous in the U.S. by Bobby Darin 1946 I–vi–IV–V
"Blank Space" Taylor Swift 2014 I–vi–IV–V (verses)
"Bobby Brown" Frank Zappa 1979 I–vi–IV–V
"Bristol Stomp" The Dovells 1961 I–vi–IV–V
"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" Neil Sedaka 1962 I–vi–IV–V
"Capital Radio" The Clash 1977 I–vi–IV–V
"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" Darlene Love 1963 I–vi–IV–V
"Chain Gang" Sam Cooke 1960 I–vi–IV–V
"Complicated" Avril Lavigne 2002 I–vi–IV–V (verses)
"Coney Island Baby" The Excellents 1962 I–vi–IV–V
"Cradle Rock" The Heartbreakers (Ray Collins/ Frank Zappa) 1963 I–vi–IV–V
"Crocodile Rock" Elton John 1972 I–vi–IV–V
"Can't Stop Lovin' You" Van Halen 1995 I–vi–IV–V
"Da Doo" and "Dentist" Little Shop of Horrors (musical) Original Broadway Cast 1982 I–vi–IV–V
"Dear Future Husband" Meghan Trainor 2015 I–vi–IV–V
"Diana" Paul Anka 1957 I–vi–IV–V
"Donna" Ritchie Valens 1958 I–vi–IV–V
"Don't Dream It's Over" Crowded House 1986 IV–V–I–vi
"Don't Dream It, Be It" The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 I–vi–IV–V
"Don't Play That Song" Ben E. King, Aretha Franklin, etc. I–vi–IV–V
"Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)" The Swingin' Medallions 1966 I–vi–IV–V
"Duke of Earl" Gene Chandler 1962 I–vi–IV–V
"D'yer Mak'er" Led Zeppelin 1973 I–vi–IV–V
"Earth Angel" The Penguins 1954 I–vi–IV–V
"Enola Gay" Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 1980 I–vi–IV–V
"Eternal Flame" The Bangles/Atomic Kitten 1989/2001 I–vi–IV–V
"Every Breath You Take" The Police 1983 I–vi–IV–V
"Flightless Bird, American Mouth" Iron & Wine 2007 I–vi–IV–V
"For Your Precious Love" Jerry Butler 1958 I–vi–IV–V
the infamous "Friday" Rebecca Black 2011 I–vi–IV–V
"Give a Little Love" Bay City Rollers 1975 I–vi–IV–V
"Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder" The Mothers of Invention 1966 I–vi–IV–V
"Girl on Fire" Alicia Keys 2011 I–vi–IV–V
"Hang Fire" The Rolling Stones 1981 I–vi–IV–V
"I'll Be Missing You" Puff Daddy feat. Faith Evans & 112 1997 I–vi–IV–V
"I'll Make Love to You" Boyz II Men 1994 I–vi–IV–V
"I'm Waiting for the Day" The Beach Boys 1966 I–vi–IV–V
"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" Neutral Milk Hotel 1998 I–vi–IV–V
"In the Shape of a Heart" Jackson Browne 1986 I–vi–IV–V
"In the Still Of the Night" The Five Satins 1956 I–vi–IV–V
"I Wanna Be With You" The Raspberries 1974 I–vi–IV–V
"I Will Always Love You" Dolly Parton / Whitney Houston 1974/1992 I–vi–IV–V
"Jesus of Suburbia" Green Day 2004 I–vi–IV–V
"Joey" Concrete Blonde 1990 I–vi–IV–V
"Just One Look" Doris Troy, The Hollies, Linda Ronstadt 1963 I–vi–IV–V
"Judas" Lady Gaga 2011 IV–V–I–vi
"Kimberly" Patti Smith 1975 I–vi–IV–V
"Last Kiss" Wayne Cochran (and many others) 1961 I–vi–IV–V
"Lollipop" Ronald & Ruby (and others) 1958 I–vi–IV–V
"Lonely This Christmas" Mud 1974 I–vi–IV–V
"Lovable" Sam Cooke 1956 I–vi–IV–V
"Love Hurts" The Everly Brothers / Roy Orbison / Nazareth 1960/1974 I–vi–IV–V
"Making Love Out Of Nothing At All" Air Supply 1982 I–vi–IV–V
"Mama I'm A Big Girl Now" Hairspray Original Broadway Cast 2002 I–vi–IV–V
"Mandy" Barry Manilow 1974 I–vi–IV–V
"Mashed Potato Time" Dee Dee Sharp 1962 I–vi–IV–V
"Me!" Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie 2019 I–vi–IV–V
"Messin' Around" Pitbull 2016 I–vi–IV–V
"Million Reasons" Lady Gaga 2016 I–vi–IV–V
"Modern Girl" Sleater Kinney 2005 I–vi–IV–V
"Monster Mash" Bobby "Boris" Pickett 1962 I–vi–IV–V
"More Than a Feeling" by Boston, which uses the variant: I–IV–vi–V
"Mr. Bass Man" Johnny Cymbal 1961 I–vi–IV–V
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Starship 1987 I–vi–IV–V
"Oh, Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison; Roy Orbison, Bill Dees (writers) 1964 I–vi–IV–V
"Oliver's Army" Elvis Costello 1979 I–vi–IV–V
"Perfect" Ed Sheeran 2017 I–vi–IV–V
"Perfidia" Alberto Domínguez, Glenn Miller 1939 I–vi–ii–V
"Pretty Little Angel Eyes" Curtis Lee 1961 I–vi–IV–V
"Prove It" Television 1977 I–vi–IV–V
"Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache" Warren Smith 1957 I–vi–IV–V
"Rinky Dink" Dave "Baby" Cortez/ Booker T & the MGs 1962 I–vi–IV–V
"Ripped Pants" SpongeBob SquarePants 1999 I–vi–IV–V
"Runaround Sue" Dion 1961 I–vi–IV–V
"Saturday Night" The Misfits 1999 I–vi–IV–V
"She Drives Me Crazy" Fine Young Cannibals, which uses the "More Than a Feeling" variant: I–IV–vi–V
"Speedy Gonzales" Pat Boone 1962 I–vi–IV–V
"Sweat (A La La La La Long)" Inner Circle 1992 I–vi–ii–V
"Telephone Line" Electric Light Orchestra 1976 I–vi–IV–V
"The KKK Took My Baby Away" Ramones 1981 I–vi–IV–V
"The Man Comes Around" Johnny Cash 2002 I–vi–IV–V
"The Thin Ice" Pink Floyd 1979 I–vi–IV–V
"This Magic Moment" The Drifters (and later Jay & the Americans) 1960 I–vi–IV–V
"Those Magic Changes" (original Grease soundtrack and then) Sha Na Na 1978 I–vi–IV–V
"(Tired Of) Toein' The Line" Rocky Burnette 1980 I–vi–IV–V
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" Bonnie Tyler 1983 I–vi–IV–V
"Tous les garçons et les filles" Françoise Hardy 1962 I–vi–IV–V
"Twistin' the Night Away" Sam Cooke 1962 I–vi–IV–V
"True Blue" Madonna 1986 I–vi–IV–V
"Unchained Melody" The Righteous Brothers, Elvis Presley and many others 1955 I–vi–IV–V
"Walking in Memphis" Marc Cohn 1991 IV–V-I–vi
"We Almost Had A Baby" Emmy the Great 2009 I–vi–IV–V
"We Are Young" Fun ft. Janelle Monáe 2011 I–vi–IV–V
"We Go Together" John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John 1972 I–vi–IV–V
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" Pete Seeger, Chris Montez and many others 1955 I–vi–IV–V
"Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" Barry Mann 1961 I–vi–IV–V
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, The Beach Boys and many others 1956 I–vi–IV–V
"You Don't Own Me" Lesley Gore 1963 I–vi–IV–V (chorus)