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"Stardust"
Nat 'King' Cole

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Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr covers this classic as does Frank Sinatra, George Benson and Stephane Grappelli, but is the orginal instrumental by Carmichael himself the best?

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Stephane Grappelli
The violin gives an aptly wistful flavour in jazz virtuoso Grappelli's cover.

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Billy Ward & His Dominoes
The most successful version chart-wise also used in Scorsese's Goodfellas.

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George Benson
The smoove soul star did it leisurely and tenderly in the late 1980s.

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Hoagy Carmichael
The original instrumental recorded in 1927 in Indiana by Hoagy with Emil Seidel's orchestra.

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Frank Sinatra
Ol' Blue Eyes with a lavish string section in Don Costa's arrangement that skips the chorus completely.

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