mitchell parish wrote the lyrics to the classic song star dust.
mitchell parish wrote the lyrics to the classic song star dust.
who wrote the lyrics to the classic song star dust?
mitchell parish
on october 31, 1927, carmichael recorded "star dust," one of his most famous songs, at the gennett records studio in richmond, indiana, playing the piano solo himself. carmichael recruited frank trumbauer and bix beiderbecke, along with members of the paul whiteman orchestra that included the dorsey brothers, to play at the late october recording session with him; it is not known which of the orchestra's musicians were at the october 31 session when "star dust" was initially recorded. new york's mills music published the song as an upbeat piano solo in january 1929 and renamed it "stardust." (mills music republished the song with the addition of mitchell parish's lyrics in may 1929.) "stardust" attracted little attention until 1930, when isham jones and his orchestra recorded it as a sentimental ballad with a slower tempo, the re-timing often credited to the band's arranger, victor young. it became a hit song, the first of many for carmichael. its idiosyncratic melody in medium tempo–a song about a song–later became an american standard, recorded by hundreds of artists, including artie shaw, nat king cole, ella fitzgerald, frank sinatra, willie nelson, and wynton marsalis.
hoagy carmichael
star dust (bing crosby album)









































star dust is an album of phonograph records by bing crosby released in 1940 featuring songs that are sung sentimentally, being based upon the 1927 popular song "star dust". this album featured his 1939 decca recording of the song, not the 1931 recording he made for brunswick.









































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these previously issued songs were featured on a 6-disc, 78 rpm album set, decca album no. 181. 









































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star dust (bing crosby album)