My mom once told me this was her favorite song, but couldn't remember who sang it. When watching the 5th season, Episode 4, of The Crown, they played it! However, Mom's now 100 years old and wouldn't recognize it if I played it. Doctors are giving her about a month left to live, and I wish she could hear it and remember it one last time. I'm going to play it for her anyway.

And to think that this is a 1927 song! Yet it STILL is a treat to hear. Music, good music, NEVER gets old. It helps lift the soul to all that is good, noble, and pure.

This was my father’s favorite song. He passed away in 2004. A Marine Corps veteran of WWII. He loved America.

This was my Dad's favorite song.He was a John Wayne type Bad-assed WWll Marine.He told me that this song was playing the night he met my Mother.Thank you Dad for saving the world...

I so remember attending a dance after a rodeo in Pecos Texas in 1970. The band had a trumpet player. A couple, who were my parents age requested this song. I can still see the couples who went through the Great Depression and World War 2 dancing to this song. They were the only ones dancing, maybe less than 15 couples. My parents danced too. I was 18 years old at that time and I remember tearing up. Those people were so into each other and were transported to another time when they were young and in love. My parents, as I am sure all the other couples there that night, are gone now. However, I'll just bet they are still dancing together.💋

I had to hear this song as just an hour or so ago I walked through the Indiana University campus on a hot summer night, I believe part of the way along the same path Hoagy Carmichael took when this melody came into his head, and then I saw the statue of him at the piano there next to the path at 7th Street. I paused a moment and it is so real, I felt his presence. The sculpture is black and shiny and in the dark night, it almost seemed alive. He has his hands on the piano, with the hat on his head. Sometimes I think about him, about his little sister dying because the family couldn't get her proper care, and how the only fun he had in his life was playing duets on the piano with his mom. I love this man, and feel connected being here where he grew up in Bloomington, Indiana.

It's amazing to consider that he composed this song while he was a young college student, yet he still describes so well the feelings of an older person looking back on a romance of the distant past.

Truly inspired, almost 100 years ago. This song will never die, my respect Hoagy Carmichael. I say your name in 2021.

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 Oh, but that was long ago Now my consolation is in the stardust of a song Beside a garden wall, when stars are bright You are in my arms The nightingale Tells his fairytale Of paradise, where roses grew Though I dream in vain In my heart, it will remain My stardust melody The memory of love's refrain Though I dream in vain In my heart, it will remain My stardust melody The memory of love's refrain

Who’s here because of The Crown Season 5? It’s too good.

Margo and Peter, may your love live on. ♥️

Could be the best song of the 20th C. Now, almost 100 yrs later, it still speaks to us.

Even though I wasn't born when this type of music was popular, I still love it. This was the era of songs that really meant something.

Back when there were STANDARDS of EXCELLENCE. REAL music performed by truly outstanding artists.

Let’s have more Hoagy on YT. His voice, his songs, pure magic.

Heard this on The Crown. I like it.

Chills abound! Thanks for posting this gem. I'm 69 years old and still I think this was the greatest song ever written ❤❤😊😊😊. Thank you Mr. Carmichael.❤

I've just found out this is the tune on my jewellery box my Nanna gave me when she died in 1983 when I was 13. It won't play anymore but the tune is stuck in my head from childhood. So poignant.

Thanks to. The fifth season of the Queen I have rediscovered this gem of a song Timeless classics like this never die and I’m grateful many generations can enjoy this too.

I’ve heard the name Hoagy Carmichael mentioned while reading an Ian Fleming novel, and again in Dasheill Hammets The Maltese Falcon. Down the rabbit hole I went and ended up here. Not a single regret.

Finally finding Hoagy Carmichael singing, playing piano, whistling, so damn beautiful I am feeling on top of the world. ....always told my friends, decades, I missed my birthdate, I always felt I would have been where I belonged, @ my early 20's, having a great marriage /relationship with a hit man or maybe not so deep, but it never would have made me any less happy, I would have been on top of the world and with the BEST music artists from 1989-1959, anyway.....oh, I do believe every word....thx so much for Hoagy, and every single musician who ran their course with him..

I’m sad. This song came out the year my grandmother was born, I just heard news she might not make it through the night. It’s crazy. Just to see the difference. My grandmother came into this world 94 years ago and this was what it was like.

"Paradise where roses grew" -- where you have been since Nov. 2010 -- My Eternal Love -- My Heavenly-Resplendent Wife -- My Barbra Rose. I hope you can hear this from your home in Heaven. Come back for me very very soon. I miss you beyond words. I love you beond Time.

The whistling adds a personal touch to the song which is very well played and sung. Very nice to hear, sung and played by the master himself.

Hoagy's laid back style. Such an incredible talent. He created some timeless music in his lifetime. As long as there is music there will be Hoagy Carmichael.

The thing that strikes me about Stardust is that of all the many versions I have heard, none are bad. It is such a beautiful, incredibly well written song.

It was my Dad's favorite song also. He passed away in 2002. One of my fondest memories are of him playing this on the piano.

I loved Hoagy Carmichael from watching old movies when I was a child. I was still young when I went to a celebrity golf tournament with my dad and my brother. That’s when I met my “friend” from the movies, Mr. Carmichael. He was so sweet to me. I won’t forget him or his music.

When songs had meaning and love behind them. The voices of the past puts a smile on my face.

"The Crown" brought me here 🥰💜💚 Beautiful song

Lauren Bacall is so frickin gorgeous it makes you want to weep.

The way Hoagy sings it feels so... personal. All the little melodious mannerisms that make whatever he sings uniquely his own. Quite charming!

STARDUST (aka STAR DUST) and my father's famous history. It has been just 18 years since my father, Charles "Bud" Dant, left our world, and recently I was in Manhattan to hear Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks with Peter Mintun, got me thinking about Dad's fascinating early history with the famous song Stardust--certainly, one of the most beautiful and most popular songs (over 1500 recordings) ever written. Hoagy Carmichael wrote the melody in 1929, later having recorded it at the Gennett Recording Studios in Richmond, Indiana. Later lyrics were added by Mitchell Parish. But, as I have heard my own father tell this story many times and which has been recounted in Richard Sudhalter's Stardust Melody ...had it not been for my father's association with Hoagy Carmichael, Stardust may have had a different journey. So indulge me: Just before his college days, Dad went down from his hometown in Indianapolis to Bloomington to play for sorority dances at Indiana University. This was around 1925 and Hoagy was on campus at that time, playing a dance at the Kappa Sig house, his fraternity. He found out about Dad playing on campus and sent out the word for his group to come over after his dance was finished. My father picks up the story: "In front of the house, he had this big open truck, with heavy sides and on it, was the Book Nook's [the local restaurant/bar] piano... ." Hoagy says: "Get on, Bud, we're goin' for a serenade and we're gonna jam." They got rolling with Hoagy at the piano, my father on cornet. He told us about one tune he wrote in Havana, Cuba and they played a bit of that...and then he said: "Bud, here's another good tune we can jam with" "What's the title?" my father asked. "It doesn't have a title. It's just a jam tune," Hoagy said. He starts playing a tune with a medium-fast tempo. My father says "At least it starts on a four (sub-dominant) chord and that makes it a little different." They jammed the tune for 15 minutes as they rolled the truck to one sorority house after another--and they got pretty good with it. Dad continues: "I didn't think too much of it--and I don't think we were always with Hoagy. When we were playing, we couldn't hear him too much," Dad said. The night ended and everyone scattered for home, and nothing much was made or said about that night. The number they were jamming that night? A melody that shortly thereafter would become STARDUST! About three or four years later, my father was urged by Hoagy to come to Bloomington and enroll in Indiana University, and after much argument with my grand parents, Dad decided to head off to school and ended up pledging Hoagy's fraternity, Kappa Sigma even before he became a student! Hoagy Carmichael was a rare musical genus at the piano, inventing songs, playing wildly in his head but as my father said "he couldn't read or write music." As my father recounted: "He had to have me no matter what, because I was the only guy he knew that could write music....and in those days, he would take me down to the Book Nook and buy me lunch." And more often than not, he'd start talking about that song they played on the back of that flat-bed truck some years earlier. "He'd even written out a lyric of sorts," my father said. Couldn't Dant write an arrangement? Dad continued: "I said, Hoagy, I haven't played that tune since that night we first played it. I'd never played the melody before. I don't know the melody or anything. Play it for me. You know what he did? He planked out the chorus of the song, his jazz chorus, his paraphrase on the melody, but not the melody itself," my father said. Finally, my father, if only to lay the matter to rest-agreed to write an arrangement. And that arrangement was the very first time STARDUST had been written onto sheet music. Below is a photograph of Hoagy Carmichael at that very piano in the Book Nook...it was taken on a different day than that fateful day but the date was close to the 1929 date when this happened. The early early history of STARDUST is ripe with stories from many, but this, I believe, is an accurate accounting from my father, whose memory of events was accurate, as I later learned from others who told me stories I had heard.

the crown brought me here and I'm so glad it did ♥💯

another love. . .love song. Wish we had composers/singers like him today. romantic and not cheesy/dirty.

The Crown brought me here. However I remember my grandfather talking about Hoagy, but I was to young then to appreciate the song and the voice x

Stardust , Fantastic melody and lyric ,Unforgettable. Mr. Hoagy Carmichael, Thank you,Merci , Danke , gracias, Obrigado. From Brazil.

Beautiful song expecially from a longest love M and P.

Hoagy Carmichael had a profound effect on me. When I was a little kid, my mom was into country music, my dad had all of these show tunes. I found Stardust one night on a record and was caught up by it. Later on, I saw To Have and Have Not on tv one night, and I loved it. I had no idea that the guy playing the piano was the same guy that wrote that beautiful song. Even later, I found out that my mother had been an extra in the movie Canyon Passage, which featured another of Hoagy's great songs, Buttermilk Sky. He will always have a special place in my heart. :) Stardust will always be the song I first fell in love with.

"now my consolation is in the stardust of a song" - one of the best songs ever written

I admit , came here for The Crown. But a beautiful song it is 🤩

It is a treat to hear the writer's interpretation of his creation. It swings as smooth as a pendulum, and the melody is a counterpoint to the lyrics/ Vintage brandy.

the crown brought me this beauty ❤️❤️❤️

Deceptively sophisticated. Very complex in its structure. A meta-melody. A song about itself. Beautiful and sad.

I'd never heard this version before I heard it on The Crown. I'd always thought of Nat Cole's classic recording as being the definitive version, but this is just jaw-dropping. I'm so glad I found it.

The Crown brought me here.. beautiful old classic!

Stardust Movie brought me here Blessings and HUGS! 👑💜

One of the greatest songs ever. A young Hoagy Carmichael was the 'model' for Ian Fleming's James Bond (looks wise). Hoagy had a unique singing style and was very much under rated. A great talent.

Perhaps the most beautiful song ever made in history ! ! !

Hoagie Carmichael composed several hundred songs, including 50 that achieved hit record status. He is best known for composing the music for "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind" (lyrics by Stuart Gorrell), "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul" (in collaboration with lyricist Frank Loesser), four of the most-recorded American songs of all time. From wiki 😀

Stardust was my Mom and dad's "Song". They married in 1942 after a 9 year courtship!

It was once said that at any given time, someone, somewhere in the world was playing Stardust. It was the world's most popular song. Thanks, Hoagy!

My sister had all of Mom's favorites on CD and played them for her when she was confined with the Alzheimer's No way to know if she recognized them but it seemed to calm her. This song was performed by many greats. Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan, the list goes on...

Princess Margaret got me here😁

I just met an older woman tonight in Brunswick Maine that dated this guy. She was a but younger than him when they dated. Buy she just shared his music with me. What a treat.

Quality music, like this, will always be great.

Memories from my childhood, my parents played this when they threw a cocktail party, they and their friends were cool, as is this song.

Years ago when I first discovered Hoagy on some of my grandfather's 78's and asked him about Hoagy he said: "When you find Hoagy and his songs it's as if you've uncovered one of music's greatest treasures. You don't want to share him with anyone else, just keep him and his glorious melodies a precious secret". Thats good advice. But today when Cole Porter, Gershwin and Irving Berlin seem to have taken root in people's memories I can hear 'I get along without you very well", or 'Georgia on my mind' or a dozen others and relish the true genius of great songwriter.

Linda canción y qué bella era Lauren Baccal. La cara de esa mujer era algo precioso. Me ha gustado esta canción desde la primera vez que la esuché tan bien interpretada por el mismo genio que la compuso. Música que de veras vale la pena escuchar tan sentimental y profunda.

Came here after watching crown season 5.

Hoagy Carmichael tenía un toque suave tanto para cantar como para tocar y por eso sus canciones y composiciones le llegan a uno. Linda música que he escuchado en tantas otras versiones. Pero me encanta ésta.

Look at that picture of Hoagy at the piano, and sometimes with the toothpick or wooden match in his mouth -- tell me somewhere in his life singer-songwriter Tom Waits didn't see this picture: saying to himself -- if I combine a Louis Armstrong voice, a Beat poet's mentality with this look -- I'll have a career. I think he succeeded very well, but the original will always be Hoagy. Artists still sing his songs to this very day. Including George Harrison.

One of those classics that will endure for eons. People will be listening to these songs a thousand years from now. No matter what society will be like, music will always be music.

Hoagy couldn't sing for nothing, but he could sure write a song for the ages! Man alive, the lyrics are amazing! I never knew if he had a librettist. What a tune! Good Lord, was Bacall the most beautiful woman in the world, or just one of them? Those eyes!

Wonderful song! I heard it on The Crown.👑

When this song originally released as an instrumental my parents fell in love with it and when it released with lyrics *a few months later*, their love for it simply doubled. Going forward, my Dad bought every 78 and 33 1/3 done by any and all musicians/songsters so his collection was massive by the time he passed away in 1977. My nephew, who has a love of early-mid-century music, inherited the collection, having been passed down to his Mom, and it now is in a nice cabinet in Colorado. This version was probably their all-time favorite of all the recordings they had. Absolutely stellar!

Sometimes I wonder how I spend The lonely night 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 And now my consolation Is in the stardust of a song

Brought here by the crown on Netflix.. could imagine Michael Boublé taking this into the 21st century

The great Hoagy, the author of this most beautiful & beloved melody.

hello the crown people

I am in love with love songs. This piece of music inspired me and some friends to put on tuxes and sing them to people who were in love, or at least working on it. As a result I spent several years performing love music for an appreciative audience, and of all the hundreds of wonderful love songs we played, “Stardust” was the most requested and beloved song we ever did. Absolutely the best love song of all time. The other guys are gone now, and I treasure the memory of those great musicians and the people who came to hear us play the music they loved. Andy, of Andy Boker & the Polyphonics

I listened to this when watching The Crown season 5

A marvellous singer ifound him at 30 years old 60 now still listening

Una vez subí a ver a mi padre, quien trabajaba en su taller y el silbaba esta melodía, ya la había olvidado, hasta hoy que ví la 5ta temporada de Crown y fue un placer volver a recordar

The elegance of simplicity and lyrics beyond compare.

Chanson préférée de la princesse Margaret ❤️

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, LEE ! The very best song ever put down on paper, both lyrics and the simplistic piano, whistling. I have to come and listen each and every day now. Colin James on CBC Radio, has explained why this piece is just that. A TRUE MASTERPIECE. One of only 50 musical pieces in the US Library of Congress. I just can; get enough of it. Bring on the roaring 20's one more time. 2020 Perfect Vision. :)

Here thanks to The Crown 👑

Until I heard this original version and why I've never sought it before is a mystery to me, having listened to numerous artists performances, one of my top favourites was the 'live' from the Royal Albert Hall, version sung by the incomparable Three Degrees, however, I'm now undecided between that and Hoagy' here. A truly wonderful song, has to be one of my all time favourites.

I love this song so much. I've saved several covers of it on my Old Jazz Playlist done by Lois Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Willie Nelson. All great!

One of those songs that are so good one does not become bored of hearing it. The whistling adds a somewhat personal taste to it and it is very deep and sung with feeling.

Moments frozen, black and white, like wispy dreams of times that never existed but in the minds of dreamers...

Cheek to cheek and sloooooow dancing. Ah, the memories.

Proof that great music is timeless. Willie Nelson did an outstanding job on this song on his album of American Songbook classics that he called Stardust. 70 years after it was written and it was still being covered by leading artists. Hats off to Hoagie for writing such a beautiful tune.

This is not the 'Original Version.' Carmichael recorded an instrumental version in 1927, and the words weren't added until '29. Still, it is HIS song, and wonderful to hear such an off hand, casual, performance.

Margaret and Peter 💖

To the left is a picture of my mom and my grandmother; two of the most extraordinary women I ever knew, and I love and miss them both. "Stardust" was Mom's favorite song, and I loved it even as a little girl. Now I often sing it to my daughters at bedtime. I have a blog, Sadie's Gathering, in honor of my grandmother; hope to have music on it at some point and this song will be among the first. Thank you Mr. Carmichael; and thank you Mr. MacRealt

The wonderful Hoagy Carmichael with his ageless recording of ‘Stardust.’ Hoagy was a unique songwriter and singer!

Nat King Cole 1950s version is stunning. One of my favorite recordings of this masterpiece.

Any The Crown fans here to enjoy this song again?

Had a radio show featuring all big band music, these classics never die, especially the immortal "Stardust".

Almost a century has gone by, since this song was released, but it was so well composed, played and sung, it is still good to listen and enjoy.

Ok so here is a funny story... I'm not from USA, I was born in 1984, I watched a Flintstones cartoon and I saw this guy playing a Yabadabadoo song so I looked up for him in google and now I'm here listening to this wonderful musician and I must say I love his music now!!

Crown brought me here

An era of music and composers I wish could exist forever. I feel we are now a world without a melody. God bless Hoagy amd Bing.

There are so very many wonderful covers of this song. Mr. Carmichael's is the best in my opinion.

The Crown brought me here.

One of those perfect songs with perfect music and words!

Very interesting man and a very interesting life. Hoagy Carmichael wrote hundreds of songs with about 50 being hits and appeared in 14 movies. Songs include Georgia On My Mind, The Nearness of You, Heart and Soul. With Johnny Mercer - Skylark, Lazybones and Academy Award Best Song for In The Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening. Played with Bix Beiderbecke in the early 20's but unlike him he lived to be 82.

I used to think my parents were square and their music was a drag. 55 years later I'm saying they were really into something-- especially with Hoagy Carmichael.