Blue Star (song)

"Blue Star" is a popular song.

The theme music of the television series, Medic, was written by Victor Young and copyright on February 17, 1955 under the title "The Medic Theme." A set of lyrics were written by Edward Heyman (who had a history of collaborating with Young) and with those lyrics and under the new title "Blue Star," a new copyright was issued on May 5, 1955.

Recordings

• Eve Boswell With Glen Somers And His Orchestra, Parlophone, (1955)
• Ron Godwin & His Orchestra on Orchestra De Luxe Parlophone (1955)
• Jan Peerce with Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra*, RCA Victor, (1955)
• Felicia Sanders with Norman Leyden Orchestra, Columbia Records, (1955)^[1]
• Cyril Stapleton & His Orchestra with Julie Dawn, (1955)^[2]
• Rudi Wairata and his Amboina Serenaders recorded as "Bintang Malam" on Amboina, CID/RCA Records, (1955)
• Stanley Black on Plays For Latin Lovers, Decca Records, (1957)
• Earl Grant on The Versatile Earl Grant, Decca Records, (1958)^[3]
• Mantovani and His Orchestra, on Songs To Remember, London Records, (1959)
• Linda Scott on Starlight, Starbright, Canadian-American, (1961)
• The Shadows on Meeting With The Shadows, Columbia Records, (1961)^[4]
• George Greeley on Piano Rhapsodies of Love, Reprise Records, (1963)
• Kong Ling on This World We Live In, Diamond Records (1964)
• The Ventures on Walk, Don't Run Vol. 2, Dolton Records, (1964)
• Kai Winding on Mondo Cane #2, Verve Records, (1964)
• Fausto Papetti on I Remember N°3, Philips, (1966)
• Ernest Ranglin – on Softly With Ranglin, Twilight Records, (1969)
• Benny Carter And His Orchestra on Further Definitions, Impulse! Records, (1972)
• Andrè Carr Orchestra E Coro on Blue Star, Harmony, (1976)
• Jean-Pierre Danel on Guitar Ballads, Puzzle Productions, (2017)

Other known recordings

The Blue Notes,^[5] Lucien Bellemare (Canada),^[6] I Campioni (Italy), Os Carbonos (Brazil),^[7] and Paco Serrano

Live renditions

• Black Dynamites a.k.a. Los Indonesios (Dutch Indorock group) performed "Bintang Malam" live on stage in both Holland and Germany during their early years (1957-1962).

References

1. ↑ Columbia Records in the 40500 to 40999 series
2. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Cyril-Stapleton-And-His-Orchestra-Honey-Babe/release/2486611
3. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Earl-Grant-The-Versatile-Earl-Grant/master/575734
4. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Shadows-Meeting-With-The-Shadows/master/536760
5. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Blue-Notes-Blue-Star-Pucker-Your-Lips/release/8217544
6. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Lucien-Bellemare-Hommage-Carmen-Cavallero/release/8378582
7. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Os-Carbonos-Midnight/release/2400777