Word: stardust
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Sometimes I'm Happy," done for Benny Goodman, is considered to be one of the five greatest arrangements ever written and Henderson himself says that he never expects to write another sax chorus such as is contained in this record. He claims that he wrote the equally famous "Stardust" arrangement for Goodman while lying flat on his back from an automobile accident and that Goodman told him to go get cracked up again, in order to get more of the same...
...some very fine records lately, among them a solo by Jess Stacy, who gets all to few opportunities to show what excellent piano he can play. Also recommended highly is "Body and Soul" with Chu Berry (tenor sax) and Roy Eldridge (trumpet). Only trouble with the record is that "Stardust," on the other side, has some of the worst recording this reviewer has ever heard. The turn-table on the recorder was varying so badly when the record was made that it changes key about every thirty seconds ... Listen to the first chorus of Art Shaw's "Rose Room...
...stage revue, "Stardust Revue of 1937" introduces a number of starlets under the tutelage of Benny Davis. Among the many acts are several tap dancers, a pair of comedians, a baritone some roller skaters, and a cornet player...
...degree and a reputation for really making the Jordah River Campus Reviews something. He sadly told his orchestra boys that from now on he was a lawyer. A year later he came back from a Florida law office, reorganized the orchestra, and began to use a melody called Stardust as his signature song. That song was published; and Hoagy left the orchestra to spend all of his time working out the tunes that troubled his sad soul. You know them: Georgia on My Mind, One Morning in May, Moon Country, Snowball, and many other mournful plaints that made music publishers...
WHEN radio announcers introduce a certain number called Stardust, they still reverently tell the audience that the composer is Hoagy Carmichael. Most song writers usually remain anonymous over the air--while the orchestra gets the credit...