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Fred Day  27114
11-21-2009 09:34 PM ET (US)
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.
Fred Day  27115
11-21-2009 09:37 PM ET (US)
Rob: Yes, Farrar, I think, after her "silent" film of Carmen. Ciao.
Fred Day  27116
11-21-2009 09:41 PM ET (US)
Rob: One more, to close: I'm The Greatest Star - Barbra Streisand. Perhaps that might be the closing number!! Ciao.
Fred Day  27117
11-21-2009 09:46 PM ET (US)
Rob: Starlight Serenade, by Richard Tauber, I cannot recall. Please refresh my memory. Who wrote it?? Curious. Ciao.
Rob to Fred  27118
11-21-2009 10:55 PM ET (US)
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).
Rob to Fred  27119
11-21-2009 11:01 PM ET (US)
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.
Thelma to Rob  27120
11-22-2009 08:57 AM ET (US)
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.
Doug  27121
11-22-2009 10:26 AM ET (US)
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.
Fred Day  27122
11-22-2009 10:52 AM ET (US)
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.
Fred Day  27123
11-22-2009 10:53 AM ET (US)
Doug: Yes, that song title rings a bell, but I, too, can't remember who sang it. Ciao.
Teal  27124
11-22-2009 10:57 AM ET (US)
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.
David Bret  27125
11-22-2009 11:55 AM ET (US)
Doug/Fred:
It was The Andrews Sisters. Edith Piaf's most famous film, which oddly premiered in America before France, was "Star Without Light".
Stephen of Las Vegas  27126
11-22-2009 11:56 AM ET (US)
Lyricsplayground.com lists numerous singer for "stars are the windows of heaven." http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/s/...ndowsofheaven.shtml
Rob  27127
11-22-2009 05:08 PM ET (US)
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.
Doug  27128
11-22-2009 05:10 PM ET (US)
Thanks to that link, it was The Mariners who sang "Stars are the Windows of Heaven.
Rob  27129
11-22-2009 05:35 PM ET (US)
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