Stardust

Stardust was composed by Hoagy Carmichael with the lyrics by Mitchell Parish in 1927 (almost hundred year’s old:)

Stardust has been recorded by famous singers including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, , Harry Connick Jr, , Barry Manilow, John Coltrane, Rod Stewart, Willie Nelson and many many more.



This song is melodious and silky. It makes you feel very relax and calm and especially “shiok” to listen to before you going to sleep at night.

I do not have many versions but I particularly like the versions by Nat King Cole, the coarse voice of Rod Stewart, Jacintha and Willie Nelson from their album shown here.

The lyrics of Stardust

And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Always reminding me that we're apart

You wander down the lane and far away
Leaving me a song that will not die
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
The music of the years gone by

Sometimes I wonder why I spend
The lonely night dreaming of a song
The melody haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you

When our love was new
And each kiss an inspiration
But that was long ago
Now my consolation
Is in the stardust of a song

Beside a garden wall
When stars are bright
You are in my arms
The nightingale tells his fairy tale

A paradise where roses bloom
Though I dream in vain
In my heart it will remain
My stardust melody
The memory of love's refrain