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==Legacy== "Stardust" is considered a part of the [[Great American Songbook]].{{sfn|van der Merwe, Ann|2016|p=24}}{{sfn|Yagoda, Ben|2015|p=36}} The song has been recorded over 1,500 times,{{sfn|Wilson, Nancy|2008}} and has been translated into 40 languages.{{sfn|DiMartino, Dave|2016|p=108}} The ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' has defined it as "one of the most renowned and most recorded standards in all of American music".{{sfn|The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica|2006}} Carmichael's 1927 version was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 1995.{{sfn|Roland, Tom|1995|p=3D}} The 1940 recording of the song by [[Artie Shaw]] And His Orchestra was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web | title=GRAMMY Hall Of Fame {{!}} Hall of Fame Artists {{!}} GRAMMY.com | url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/hall-of-fame-award#s | access-date=2024-12-17 | website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> National Public Radio included it on their NPR 100, a 1999 list of the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century. For NPR, [[Susan Stamberg]] defined it as "an American song of longing, dreams, desires, [that] still stretches across the decades to touch the spirit of anyone who hears it".{{sfn|Stamberg, Susan|2000}} In 2004, the [[Library of Congress]] inducted Carmichael's "Stardust" into the [[National Recording Registry]],{{sfn|Library of Congress|2005}} which lists "culturally, historically or aesthetically important" music that "informs or reflects life" in the United States.{{sfn|Library of Congress|2020}} Carmichael's entry to the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] deemed the song "most notably one of the greatest standards" from the [[Jazz Age]].{{sfn|SWoF|2018}} Carmichael's biographer [[Dick Sudhalter|Richard Sudhalter]] attributed the song's popularity to "some combination of young Carmichael's heartland upbringing, Bix's uniquely bardic sensibility, and the unself-conscious emotional directness that characterizes much non-urban American pop music".{{sfn|Sudhalter, Richard|2003|p=113}} Nelson's ''Stardust'' album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2015.{{sfn|Recording Academy|2020}} ===In popular culture=== In 1938, [[Orson Welles]]'s radio broadcast ''[[The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama)|The War of the Worlds]]'' featured an excerpt of "Stardust" played by the fictional Ramón Raquello Orchestra.{{sfn|Schwartz, Brad|2015|pp=70-71}} The 1961 episode "The Hit Songwriters" of ''[[The Flintstones]]'' featured a version by [[Fred Flintstone]].{{sfn|Sudhalter, Richard|2003|p=312}} Different versions of the song appeared in films, including ''[[Stardust Memories]]'' (1980), ''[[Goodfellas]]'' (1990), ''[[Another Man's Poison]]'' (1951), ''[[Sleepless in Seattle]]'' (1993), ''[[Casino (1995 film)|Casino]]'' (1995),{{sfn|Perone, James|2016|p=79}} ''[[The Aviator (2004 film)|The Aviator]]'' (2004),{{sfn|MacDonald, Laurence|2013|p=472}} ''[[A Star Is Born (2018 film)|A Star Is Born]]'' (2018),{{sfn|Warner Bros. staff|2019}} ''[[Captive State]] (2019)''.,{{sfn|Leydon, Joe|2019}} and Carmichael's own short 1942 recording<ref>{{Cite web|title=Star Dust (1942 Decca DLA-2982 18395B) on Discogs|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3721021-Hoagy-Carmichael-Hoagy-Carmichael-Plays-Sings-And-Whistles-His-Own-Compositions|access-date=2022-01-19|website=Discogs.com|language=en}}</ref> is featured at the start of closing credits in ''[[Nightmare Alley (2021 film)|Nightmare Alley (2021)]]''. On [[YouTube]] that 1942 recording has garnered nearly 230,000 views of one posting alone.<ref>{{Cite web|title=hoagy carmichael/stardust (1942/ best of hoagy's vocal versions)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvhq3V8ZhTA|access-date=2022-07-06|website=YouTube.com| date=June 2010 |language=en}}</ref> On December 1, 2000, Nelson's version of "Stardust" was used to wake up the crew of [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']]{{'}}s mission [[STS-108]].{{sfn|Perone, James|2016|p=79}} [[The Caretaker (musician)|The Caretaker]] sampled versions of the song for 2 of his albums; Marjorie Stedeford's version in ''[[We'll All Go Riding on a Rainbow]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stardust by The Caretaker on WhoSampled|url=https://www.whosampled.com/The-Caretaker/Stardust/|access-date=2022-01-19|website=WhoSampled|language=en}}</ref> and Charlie Spivak's version in ''[[Everywhere at the End of Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sublime Beyond Loss by The Caretaker on WhoSampled|url=https://www.whosampled.com/The-Caretaker/Sublime-Beyond-Loss/|access-date=2022-01-19|website=WhoSampled|language=en}}</ref>
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