Rob: Oops, a few more: Stars In Your Eyes - Frank Sinatra & Xavier Cugat; Stars Fell On Alabama - Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra; The Lady's A Star - Frank Sinatra & Julie Andrews; Star Gazer - Frank Sinatra & Neil Diamond. Ciao.

Rob: Yes, Farrar, I think, after her "silent" film of Carmen. Ciao.

Rob: One more, to close: I'm The Greatest Star - Barbra Streisand. Perhaps that might be the closing number!! Ciao.

Rob: Starlight Serenade, by Richard Tauber, I cannot recall. Please refresh my memory. Who wrote it?? Curious. Ciao.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_Heykens

'Starlight Serenade' is the English title for Heykens' Serenade. Tauber's version of this charming song is as light as a feather carried along by a merry breeze (please allow for some exaggeration here by a besotted Tauber fan).

Your mention of Xavier Cugat reminds me of a Cugat/Caruso/Lanza link. About 1917 Cugat, then a young and talented violinist, is supposed to have accompanied Caruso on a tour or perhaps just at one concert. Then, Cugat was listed among the mourners (or perhaps even as a pallbearer?) at one of the Lanza funerals.

A litle birdie told me it's very hot in Australia. Is that so? It's a warm fall we are having here, not bad cold at all yet.

When I was a child there was a 45 rpm record in our house with a song called "Stars are the Windows of Heaven". Too long ago to remember the performer.

Rob: Yes, Cugat worked with Caruso, a few times, I think. Like Caruso, Cugat was also a very talented caricaturist. The 2 of them drew caricatures for each other, with much enjoyment. Ciao.

Doug: Yes, that song title rings a bell, but I, too, can't remember who sang it. Ciao.

Perry Como hit the jackpot with "Catch a Falling Star." Mozart himself is credited with that most famous star song of all, which starts out "Twinkle, Twinkle." But it seems he only composed his 12 variations of an already existing folk song, and not the melody itself.

Doug/Fred:
It was The Andrews Sisters. Edith Piaf's most famous film, which oddly premiered in America before France, was "Star Without Light".

Lyricsplayground.com lists numerous singer for "stars are the windows of heaven." http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/s/...ndowsofheaven.shtml

Very hot on the North Island, Thelma, but quite unseasonably chilly in Tasmania.

Putting aside the dazzle of a starlight theme, and still allowing for some time travel, which great performers from all fields of music, or playing
an instrument, should be heard with Mario Lanza in A Concert of the All Time Greats?

If they are not already committed, Madame Malibran and Signor Farinelli
might even be invited to take part. Emperor Nero, although reportedly in good voice, could not be depended upon for an appearance, however, as he is still serving a community service sentence, something to do with inciting arson by playing the lyre.

Thanks to that link, it was The Mariners who sang "Stars are the Windows of Heaven.