Word: stardusted
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...tune that every band has to know, and that almost every band has to have a "special" arrangement of is "Stardust." Since the palmy days of the late 20's when it was written, this song has defied any attempt to kill its popularity. Carmen Lombardo has whispered it (the acid test), Paul Whiteman concertized it and Benny Goodman swung it--but it still rates as the most requested standard number in any dance band's repertoire. In this day and age when the very best and worst songs are past numbers inside of three months, this is an amazing...
...matter of fact the story goes that when Hoagy thought up the tune, he didn't put it down on paper; therefore when a Richmond theatre band did the first recording of "Stardust" (a rare and famous Gennett record), Hoagy had to teach the men their parts by whistling them...
...very Bixian horn is to be heard on the record and since Bix was a good friend of Carmichael's, it was thought he was in the band. This has lately been conclusively disproved and Gennett 6311 can now claim fame only as being the first recording of "Stardust" not as a repository for one of Bix's superlative solos...
...make our story complete, Glenn Miller has just made a record of "Stardust." Seems very fitting that the biggest thing in bandom at the present moment should make a disc of what has proven to be America's most consistently popular ballad...
...some comparison, listen to Tommy Dorsey's smooth work on his recording, or Jimmy Lunceford's Deccording with its beautiful brass work behind the vocal. Then listen to Louis Armstrong's (Vocalion) disc for what most critics consider to be the greatest solo work on "Stardust," and Benny Goodman's (Victor) for the top orchestral rendition. Unusual versions are Art Tatum's fast but flashy pianistics (Decca), the binging of the one and only Crosby (Brunswick), and movie star Anita Louise's harp pluckings for Royale