Stella by Starlight

Stella by Starlight is a composition by Victor Young. The song was published in 1944. The song " Stella by Starlight " was written for the film The Uninvited, whose theme song it was.

The song is a " harmonic -rich, almost impressinionistisches piece" and is reminiscent of his rhapsodic nature to to Sergei Rachmaninoff. The scale in G major composition has a distinct major character. The structural design is unusual with its 32 -bar A1 -BC -A2 -shape, with the A2 part carries very distinct features.

The song was originally an instrumental piece. Ned Washington wrote the lyrics in 1946; while he took the original title in the text, which explains its unusual placement; the title will only appear after three quarters of the song. The resultant in May 1947 recording by trumpeter Harry James and his orchestra reached # 21 of the pop charts at that time. Two months later, was recorded "Stella By Starlight " by Frank Sinatra; his version also arrived at position 21

Stella by Starlight became one of the most successful standards of popular music such as jazz alike; it applies to jazzstandards.com than the zehnthäufigst -established standard. In jazz, Charlie Parker played in January 1952 on his Verve Sessions as the first song, shortly after he was followed by Stan Getz ( December 1952 ), there was a piano version by Bud Powell and a big band recording of Stan Kenton's orchestra. Later, Miles Davis took the piece on several occasions; at its Plugged Nickel Sessions 1965 in Chicago, he played it in an abstract form. Also, John Abercrombie, Dexter Gordon, Bill Evans, Jim Hall, Keith Jarrett, Joe Pass, Art Pepper, Joe Lovano and many others took to instrumental versions of Stella; Vocal versions derived inter alia from Chet Baker, Ella Fitzgerald, Dick Haymes, Ray Charles and Tony Bennett.