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Stardust
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- Artist: Nat King Cole
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- peak Billboard position #79 in 1957
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- words by Mitchell Parish and music by Hoagy Carmichael
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- originally written as "Star Dust" in 1927
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- charted in 1930 by Irving Mills (#20)
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- charted in 1931 by Isham Jones (#1), Bing Crosby (#5), Louis Armstrong (#16)
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Wayne King (#17), and Lee Sims (#20).
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- charted in 1935 by Jimmie Lunceford (#10).
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- charted in 1936 by Benny Goodman (#2) and Tommy Dorsey (#8).
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- charted in 1939 by Sammy Kaye (#16).
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- charted in 1941 by Artie Shaw (#2), Tommy Dorsey (#7), and Glenn Miller (#20).
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- charted in 1943 by Baron Elliot (#18) and Tommy Dorsey (#23).
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- charted in 1957 by Billy Ward and His Dominoes featuring Jackie Wilson (#12).
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- charted in 1962 by Frank Sinatra (#98)
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- charted in 1964 by Nino Temple and April Stevens (#32).
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And now the purple dusk of twilight time
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Steals across the meadows of my heart
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High up in the sky the little stars climb
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Always reminding me that we're apart
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You wander down the lane and far away
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Leaving me a song that will not die
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Love is now the stardust of yesterday
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The music of the years gone by
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Sometimes I wonder why I spend
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The lonely night dreaming of a song
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The melody haunts my reverie
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And I am once again with you
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When our love was new
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And each kiss an inspiration
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But that was long ago
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Now my consolation
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Is in the stardust of a song
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Beside a garden wall
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When stars are bright
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You are in my arms
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The nightingale tells his fairy tale
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A paradise where roses bloom
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Though I dream in vain
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In my heart it will remain
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My stardust melody
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The memory of love's refrain
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Stardust
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Jimmy Lunceford |