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Stardust: Willie Nelson

This is the title song of his 1978 album, one of my favorites of his.

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  2. sblake's avatar sblake Says:

    October 11, 2010 at 4:33 am

    Hoagy Carmichael wrote this after giving up his law career in 1927 and first recorded it that year with his band as a Jazz number. According to legend, Carmichael came up with the song when he went for a walk under the stars and started thinking about former girlfriends.Carmichael’s instrumental version did pretty well, and 2 years later, Mitchell Parish added lyrics and Carmichael reworked the song as a slow ballad. Bandleader Isham Jones recorded this new arrangement, which became the first of many hit records of the tune. The song became a Big Band standard, with just about every prominent bandleader and singer of the ’30s and ’40s performing it, making it the most recorded American song of the 20th century – having been recorded by over 1,600 bands, orchestras, singers

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      October 11, 2010 at 10:05 pm

      sblake,
      Glad to have you back! I figure spring is all over, and you are probably working many hours.

      I didn’t know he had been a lawyer.

      This song us lovely, and I’m blown away by the number of recordings.


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