[Dixielandjazz] "Star Dust" (was Standard Keys)
James O'Briant
jobriant at garlic.com
Wed Dec 9 15:28:24 PST 2009
Al Levy wrote:
> To the best of my knowledge
> Hoagy did NOT write "Stardust"
> Hoagy wrote "Sometimes I wonder why" etc
> Mitchell Parish wrote the music.
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According to Wikipedia, it was the other way around:
"Stardust" is an American popular song
composed in 1927 by Hoagy Carmichael
with lyrics added in 1929 by Mitchell
Parish. ...
Mitchell Parish wrote lyrics for the song,
based on his own and Carmichael's ideas,
which were published in 1929.
Jim O'Briant
Gilroy, CA
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