Editing Stardust (1927 song) (section)

=== Recording ===
After working out the details with the band, Carmichael booked a recording session with [[Gennett Records]] for October 31, 1927.{{sfn|Sudhalter, Richard|2003|p=106}} Since he had not written any [[sheet music]] for the song, he had to whistle the tune to the musicians.{{sfn|Levin, Michael|1940|p=A21}} Carmichael played the piano, backed by Emil Seidel and his orchestra: Byron Smart (trumpet), Oscar Rossberg ([[trombone]]), Dick Kent and Gene Wood ([[alto saxophone]]s), Maurice Bennett ([[tenor saxophone]]), Don Kimmel (guitar), Paul Brown (tuba), Cliff Williams (drums).{{sfn|Nicholson, Stuart|2000|p=135}} The session took place at Gennett's studio in [[Richmond, Indiana]]. The recording featured a "medium fast and jazzy tempo" with no lyrics. Under the single-word title "Stardust," it was placed on the flipside of "One Night In Havana", assigned the release number 6311, and credited to Hoagy Carmichael and His Pals.{{sfn|Fuld, James|2000|p=528}}

{{Listen |title="Stardust" |description=Carmichael's original 1927 recording, showcasing the chorus of the song{{ffdc|log=2023 December 19|date=July 2024}}}}
Carmichael received a one-sided pressing of "Stardust" from the studio, before he left Indiana in 1928 to work for Mills Music as a composer.{{sfn|Kennedy, Rick|2013|p=134}} The first manuscript for the song was deposited at the [[United States Copyright Office]] on January 5, 1928.{{sfn|Fuld, James|2000|p=528}} The sheet music featured a tune in a [[Key (music)|key]] of [[D (musical note)|D]] with no indication of [[tempo]] and no lyrics. Mills Music then published different sheet music for the song on January 19, 1929, as a piano composition.{{sfn|Fuld, James|2000|p=528}} [[Don Redman]], who worked for Mills Music, often played the song.{{sfn|Friedwald, Will|2009|p=6}} After hearing Redman's rendition of it, a company arranger suggested playing the song at a "slower tempo and in a sentimental style". Feeling it could be a potential success, [[Irving Mills]] "decided on the song having lyrics added.{{sfn|Furia, Phillip|1992|p=250}}