Hoagy Carmichael
Award-winning songwriter ("Stardust",
"Ole Buttermilk Sky", "Georgia on
My Mind"), composer, pianist, actor
and singer, educated at Indiana
University. He played piano in the
college bands, and later gave up a law
practise for a career in songwriting.
He joined ASCAP in 1931, and his
chief musical collaborators included
Mitchell Parish, Stuart Gorrell, Frank
Loesser, Johnny Mercer, Sammy
Lerner, Stanley Adams, Edward
Heyman, Paul Francis Webster, Jack
Brooks, Ned Washington, and Jo
Trent.
Mitchell Parrish
b. July 10, 1900, Shreveport, LA, USA.
d. May 31, 1993, USA
Lyricist Mitchell Parrish was active from the 1920's to 1960's. He grew up in New YOrk City, where he attended
Columbia Unversity and also New York University. He began his career as a staff writer for one of the many music
publishers then active in the city. Some of the composers with whom he collaborated include Peter De Rose; Duke
Ellington; Sammy Fain; Will Hudson; Ben Oakland, and Frank Perkins. He also added the lyrics to Leroy Anderson songs
"Blue Tango", "Sleigh Ride" and "Belle of the Ball". Mitchell also added lyrics to an immensely popular Italian import
"Volare".
Among his credits are:
"Washboard Blues"
"Sweet Lorraine",
"Star Dust", music by Hoagy Carmichael. This tune has been 'covered' by more vocalists and recorded by more orchestras
than any other popular song in history.
"Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia"
"Take Me In Your Arms"
"Sophisticated Lady", Duke Ellington melody.
"One Morning In May"
"Stars Fell On Alabama"
"Organ Grinder Swing"
"Don't Be That Way"
"It's Wonderful"
"Deep Purple"
"Moonlight Serenade"
"Stairway To The Stars"
"Orange Blossom Lane"
"All I Need Is You"
"Let Me Love You Tonight"
"Mademoiselle de Paree"
"All My Love"
"Dream, Dream, Dream"
"Heart of Paris"
"Volare"
Stardust
Words & Music by:-
Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parrish
Verse
And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Always reminding me that we're apart
You wander down the lane and far away
Leaving me a song that will not die
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
The music of the years gone by
Chorus
Sometimes I wonder why 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
Beside a garden wall
When stars are bright
You are in my arms
The nightingale tells his fairy tale
A paradise where roses bloom
Though I dream in vain
In my heart it will remain
My stardust melody
The memory of love's refrain