Early years On October 31, 1927, Carmichael recorded "Star Dust," one of his most famous songs, at the Gennett Records studio in Richmond, Indiana, playing the piano solo himself. Carmichael recruited Frank Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke, along with members of the Paul Whiteman Orchestra that included the Dorsey brothers, to play at the late October recording session with him; it is not known which of the orchestra's musicians were at the October 31 session when "Star Dust" was initially recorded.Carmichael's "One Night in Havana" was released back-to-back with the "Star Dust" recording on Gennett's "Electrobeam" series. See New York's Mills Music published the song as an upbeat piano solo in January 1929 and renamed it "Stardust." (Mills Music republished the song with the addition of Mitchell Parish's lyrics in May 1929.) "Stardust" attracted little attention until 1930, when Isham Jones and his orchestra recorded it as a sentimental ballad with a slower tempo, the re-timing often credited to the band's arranger, Victor Young. It became a hit song, the first of many for Carmichael. Its idiosyncratic melody in medium tempo–a song about a song–later became a standard of the Great American Songbook, recorded by hundreds of artists, including Artie Shaw, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Willie Nelson, and Wynton Marsalis.
early years on october 31 1927 carmichael recorded "star dust" one of his most famous songs at the gennett records studio in richmond indiana playing the piano solo himself carmichael recruited frank trumbauer and bix beiderbecke along with members of the paul whiteman orchestra that included the dorsey brothers to play at the late october recording session with him; it is not known which of the orchestra's musicians were at the october 31 session when "star dust" was initially recordedcarmichael's "one night in havana" was released back-to-back with the "star dust" recording on gennett's "electrobeam" series see new york's mills music published the song as an upbeat piano solo in january 1929 and renamed it "stardust" (mills music republished the song with the addition of mitchell parish's lyrics in may 1929) "stardust" attracted little attention until 1930 when isham jones and his orchestra recorded it as a sentimental ballad with a slower tempo the re-timing often credited to the band's arranger victor young it became a hit song the first of many for carmichael its idiosyncratic melody in medium tempo–a song about a song–later became a standard of the great american songbook recorded by hundreds of artists including artie shaw nat king cole ella fitzgerald frank sinatra willie nelson and wynton marsalis