NAT KING COLE - Stardust lyrics
rate me-artist: nat king cole<br>-peak billboard position # 79 in 1957<br>-words by mitchell parish and music by hoagy carmichael originally written as<br>-star dust in 1929.<br>-charted in 1930 by irving mills (#20)<br>-charted in 1931 by isham jones (#1), bing crosby (#5), louis armstrong (#16)<br>Wayne king (#17), and lee sims (#20).<br>-charted in 1935 by jimmie lunceford (#10).<br>-charted in 1936 by benny goodman (#2) and tommy dorsey (#8).<br>-charted in 1939 by sammy kaye (#16).<br>-charted in 1941 by artie shaw (#2), tommy dorsey (#7), and glenn miller (#20).<br>-charted in 1943 by baron elliot (#18) and tommy dorsey (#23).<br>-charted in 1957 by billy ward and his dominoes featuring jackie wilson (#12).<br>-charted in 1962 by frank sinatra (#98)<br>-charted in 1964 by nino temple and april stevens (#32).<br><br>And now the purple dusk of twilight time<br>Steals across the meadows of my heart<br>High up in the sky the little stars climb<br>Always reminding me that we're apart<br><br>You wander down the lane and far away<br>Leaving me a song that will not die<br>Love is now the stardust of yesterday<br>The music of the years gone by<br><br>Sometimes I wonder why I spend<br>The lonely night dreaming of a song<br>The melody haunts my reverie<br>And I am once again with you<br>When our love was new<br>And each kiss an inspiration<br>But that was long ago<br>Now my consolation<br>Is in the stardust of a song<br><br>Beside a garden wall<br>When stars are bright<br>You are in my arms<br>The nightingale tells his fairy tale<br>A paradise where roses bloom<br>Though I dream in vain<br>In my heart it will remain<br>My stardust melody<br>The memory of love's refrain
