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Stardust uses a wide range which isn’t unusual but whereas in other songs notes below or above the octave are saved for climactic moments in Stardust they arean integral part of the melody.

[Willie Nelson performing “Stardust”] John Spong ... came in and played his parts—he played through the song, and then he sang the parts with me, and then he did a verse.

He'd initially come to the fore as a jazz pianist in the bars of LA with the King Cole Trio but he went on to sell over 50 million records with songs like 'Mona Lisa', 'Ramblin' Rose' and 'Stardust'.

He'd initially come to the fore as a jazz pianist in the bars of LA with the King Cole Trio but he went on to sell over 50 million records with songs like 'Mona Lisa', 'Ramblin' Rose' and 'Stardust'.