1931 HITS ARCHIVE: Stardust - Isham Jones (instrumental)

The song’s composer Hoagy Carmichael had first recorded “Stardust” (aka “Star Dust”) back in 1927 as an instrumental, the Isham Jones orchestra put it on wax in the spring of 1930, and in the year 1931 the tune finally caught on in a big way. Among the various vocal and instrumental versions on the market that year, this Jones treatment is purported to have outsold the others.

CD audio, originally issued on 78rpm: Brunswick 4856 - Stardust (Carmichael) by Isham Jones’ Orchestra, recorded in Chicago May 14, 1930

THE 1931 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1931 (some were recorded in 1930). .
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