Stardust (album)

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Stardust
Studio album by Willie Nelson
Released	1978
Recorded	December 3 – December 12, 1977
Genre	Country/Pop standards
Length	36:43
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Booker T. Jones
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A-) link Rolling Stone (Not Rated) link
Willie Nelson chronology
7th Waylon and Willie (with Waylon Jennings) (1978) 8th Stardust (1978) 9th Willie and Family Live (1978)

Stardust is a 1978 album by Willie Nelson, consisting entirely of pop standards. A reissue was made in 1999, with two previously unreleased tracks. In 2003, the album was ranked number 257 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 3:53
2. "Georgia on My Mind" (Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 4:20
3. "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) – 3:34
4. "All of Me", (Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks) – 3:54
5. "Unchained Melody" (Hy Zaret, Alex North) – 3:50
6. "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) – 4:35
7. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:36
8. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:25
9. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 2:33
10. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:03

Bonus tracks only found on the 1999 reissue:

1. "Scarlet Ribbons" (J. Segal and Evelyn Danzig) – 4:30
2. "I Can See Clearly Now" (Johnny Nash) – 4:18

[edit] Personnel

• Willie Nelson – vocals, guitar
• Bobbie Nelson – piano
• Paul English – drums
• Rex Ludwig – drums
• Jody Payne – guitar
• Bee Spears – bass
• Chris Ethridge – bass
• Mickey Raphael – harmonica
• Booker T. Jones – organ, piano