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Stardust (1927 song) " Stardust " is a 1927 song composed by Hoagy Carmichael, with lyrics later added by Mitchell Parish. It has been recorded as an instrumental or vocal track over 1,500 times. Carmichael developed a taste for jazz while attending Indiana University.
- 3:02
- October 1928
- October 31, 1927
- Jazz
Stardust Lyrics: Sometimes I wonder why I spend / The lonely nights 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
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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 nights 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 the ...
Composed when Carmichael was 28 years old, “Star Dust” (later renamed “Stardust”) is a 32-bar melody. The structure is a 16-measure verse followed by the 32-measure chorus melody with a slightly unusual A-B-A-C structure. The verse is often omitted in later recordings. The verse and chorus are recognizably different.
