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After playing "Monkey Song," Carmichael started "Stardust," very quietly. He played it through, and got people to sing with him, and then he stopped. They cheered as he walked out; there was no beer left, and the floor was covered with the remains of potato chips and pretzels. Mr. Carmichael smiled again, briefly, as he went through the door and headed for his next show...
Carmichael finally seated himself at the plane and banged out "Hong Kong Blues," "The Monkey Song," "Barbara," and everybody joined in for his "Stardust" finale...
...most popular" songs. His1 list: Sweet Adeline (1903), School Days (1907), Shine On, Harvest Moon (1908), Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1910), Down by the Old Mill Stream (1910), I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad (1911), St. Louis Blues (1914), Smiles (1917), Stardust (1929), God Bless America...
When argumentative mail came in, Spaeth explained that "most popular" did not necessarily mean "the best." Which were the best? He decided to meet that question headon, too. This week he gave his own answer in the Times. Only two songs, Stardust and St. Louis Blues made both lists. The other eight "best" according to Spaeth: Waiting for the Robert E. Lee (1912), Lazy (1924), The Man 1 Love (1924), Chloe (1927), I'll See You Again (1929), All the Things You Are (1939), If I Loved You (1945), Were Thine That Special Face...
...poetry themselves to do him credit. After seeing The Lady's Not For Burning, with which Actor-Manager John Gielgud introduced Fry to the public last spring, the Sunday Times's Harold Hobson wrote: "[It seemed] that the aurora borealis had turned humorist. Mr. Fry jests with Stardust, and is witty in iambics . . . He is a master jeweler...