"Chriz - was Ben Smith (B.S)" <chrizizhere@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Don M." <newsreader@4finearts.com> wrote in message
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> > DD DEGG CO wrote:
> > >> Hi people I am trying to figure out who sang a particular version of
> > >> 'Stardust' which appears to have been done by many artists, and it's
> > >> a jazzy kind of song, but the version I'm looking for is not full on
> > >> Jazzy, but more blues.
> > >
> > >> 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
> > >>
> > >> Ah, hit me (musical refrain)
> > >>
> > >
> > > The "Ah, hit me" part makes me think it is the Ringo Starr
> > > version, as arranged by Paul McCartney; though I remember
> > > it as "Ah, hit me child".
> > >
> > > This would be on Ringo's album Sentimental Journey.
> > >
> > >> It is sung by a man and at the beginning the music slowly fades in
> > >> with instrumentals playing until it is normal loudness, then the
> > >> person starts singing.
> > >
> > > It has been too long since I heard Ringo's version to know
> > > if this is how it begins.
> > >
> > >
> > > D.D.Degg
> > ========
> >
> > I think you nailed it.
> > It may be time to reassess what "very old" means to me. :)
> >
> >
> > Don
>
> You know it might just be Ringo. I'll go and find that really old tape if
> possible.
It was the Ringo Starr version. I found it. Thanks for all your help.
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