[Dixielandjazz] Stardust Written By Lucky Roberts?

[Steve Heist]

Hi all,
I once played a gig down in St. Petersburg, Fla. and met two men who told me 
this interesting story...
They claim that they were at a party (obviously, years ago), somewhere in 
Indiana, that Hoagy attended.  At one point during the party they say a 
school teacher sat down at the piano and played a song that he had written. 
They related that Hoagy seemed VERY interested and went over to the piano 
player and had him play the song over and over.  These two guys SWORE to me 
that this teacher had written Stardust, not Hoagy.  Their claim was that 
Hoagy merely "lifted" it.
Looking at the chord structure of Stardust, and the rest of Hoagy's 
compositions (New Orleans, Up a Lazy River, etc.), Hoagy used simple chord 
changes in most of his songs (ie. circle of fifths) whereas Stardust is a 
complete departure from any routine chord changes!  I have a feeling their 
story is credible, especially since they had NOTHING to gain by relating the 
story!  We will probably never know...
ALL the Best,
Steve

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From: "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 1:40 AM
To: "Steve Heist" <steveheist at videotron.ca>
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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Stardust Written By Lucky Roberts?

> This from another email list. Comments?
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>> I'm curious to know if any other musician/singer/
>> composer has made the claim, as Hendricks does in
>> this interview, that "Stardust" was composed not
>> by Hoagy Carmichael but by Luckey Roberts. It's
>> the first time I have heard that assertion.