I love this, I think it's so beautiful! Frank Sinatra will always be one of my favorite singers 💕 wish this was longer.

I like how the four top comments are saying the NKC version is better. Why are you here?

I think Johnny Mathis version is better!

Love Frank, but why would they do only the prelude and not the song?

He sings only the introduction not the whole song...

Nat King Cole was better than Sinatra; he was a victim of the Jim Crow times back then

Verse Only ?

We all have to admit that Nat did it much better and we love Frank

Sandra Motis does it very well too

la canzone che ho amato dall'infanzia.

Scrumdiddlyumptious song & great sound, thank you for sharing & for keeping the music alive.................Peace

I can see why they wanted to add in Wall-e.

no one can sing this song like nat king cole

Sinatra and Nat's are great, as are Billie's and Ella's, but Jo Stafford laps them.

Thanks for posting. The arranger is evidently Don Costa, according to another video. Great music!

The genius of Sinatra. This indescribably beautifully lush arrangement, and it’s all for just the verse to the song STARDUST. Sinatra understood how poignant these lyrics are and it is one of his masterpieces. There is no other singer male or female who could hold a candle to Sinatra. He was in a league all his own. The depths and heights he could reach in his interpretation of a song are incomparable. He made one brilliant album after another from the early 50s to the early 60s. Something like 16 albums in a row of unmatched artistry.

los años. dorados fueronlos mas ermosos

Melancolía!!!!

Hola

I wish he had sung the whole song.

Sinatra version is also good. Although Nat King Cole version is very very good. Michel Bublé version is also good. Rod Stewart ? No, sir !

For my money, Frank takes the prize. Nat Cole's version is very good, but this is sublime. Your mileage may, of course, vary. It is still one of the best songs ever written, whoever sings it.

This is magnificent -- yet I was eagerly awaiting the rest of the song. A Masterful way of turning the introduction to a song - into a song of its own.

Boring

Doris Day or no Stardust at all

Yeah, yeah Sinatra vs Cole BUT have you heard Louis Armstrong's 1931 version? Have ya???

Unforgettable!!

There oughta be a law: You can't just record "Stardust" chorus alone w/o the opening verse! Most singers --from Crosby on out to the present-- only sing the chorus: "Sometimes I wonder why I spend the lonely night ..." and totally leave out the magnificent verse: "And now the purple dusk of twilight time, steals across the meadow of my heart ...". It's kind of amazing how listeners accept only half the great song (see other comments). Nat Cole of course did the whole thing. So does Torme and a few others (Sarah slow-scats the verse and then words-through the chorus). Sinatra of course makes the ultimate compensatory gesture: He just sings the verse, no chorus!

For me, personally, the definitive version of this song is Nat King Cole's....(in the words of that other song, "Nobody does it better.....")!!

Thank you and God bless Francis Albert..!!!

Sinatra sang it, Nat told a story

I completely disagree. Much as I love Nat no one tops Sinatra. Nat, above all would agree!

Great voice , great song - Frank Sinatra for ever ....

Excellent performance, but not as good as Nat King Coles'. Sometimes, Elvis can't make the song his own. It's a mission to destruction, to top NKC's version....

Stardust.......perhaps the greatest American standard of all.

I will always love you Frank but ya shoulda left it at Nat.

My favorite version of Stardust. Thank you for posting. Love you, Mr. Frank Sinatra! :-)

I gotta say. I love Sinatra I always have but Nat King Cole just does this song better. Cole gives it so much more longing.

Sinatra recorded only the verse of this song to make a point of how beautiful and complete it was itself. Carmichael wrote another great verse to "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening," which also could probably stand by itself.Other great verses is the verse to "Bewitched," while the verse to "Someone to Watch Over Me" is another song in itself. I've always been a big fan of verses, but they were usually dropped for pop recordings due to airtime pressures. A very seldom heard verse is to the song, "As Time Goes By." As usual, the great saloon or jazz singers typically include the verse in their recordings. I know Tony Bennett includes the verse in his recording of "As Time Goes By."Maybe others would like to nominate other great verses that are almost as good as the chorus. Berlin has a great verse for "Isn't It a Lovely Day" too.

to honest with you this is a beautiful song ,sinatra version make it sound like a sad song.

let not make this white and black essue. frank have limitations certain songs ,he will not dare touch.

This song is hard to sing.

agree 100/100 .

Ver llover estrellas en el firmamento al oír cantar a Sinatra es llenarse los ojos de recuerdos.

Nat King Cole and Johnny Mathis versions are so much superior.

I am sorry but there is no question that the supreme version of this song is Nat King Cole's. It was MADE for that unique dusky baritonal voice which caessed the words. he sang. This the last song I want to hear,NKC singing THIS song as the darkness descends. Dipak Nandy

I love you frank but not good enough in this song.

RE: Colin James, (Canadian Legendary Blues Guitarist) host of Music Program on CBC Radio, Canada's National Radio Broadcaster, "The BEST SONG ever written, of ALL TIME." Although he was not referring to this version, but the original song, by H. Carmichael as the most complex and satisfying musical pieces ever wrote. That says a lot if you know anything about music. Not that C. James is the Final Authority of music, although more than qualified, the sheer fact of this piece, speaks for itself.How do we measure that? Statistics help, Stardust has been recorded about 1,500 times. That's an astounding number but still less than Louie Louie which has racked up an estimated 1,600 recorded versions in a much shorter time and that's not counting stuff being posted on RU-clip every day. It's a cultural phenomenon but nobody (while sober) thinks Louie Louie is the best song ever written. INCREDIBLE ! What is it about Lawyers? Complexity? How about another example, you ask? WW I and it's "Lost Battalion?" Led by a N.Y. Lawyer, Major Whittlesey, Muese-Argonne Sector 1918, CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL of HONOUR recipient? Very thought provoking?

this song makes me nostalgic and I'm a 90's

Sorry, but the best versions of the song is that of Nat King Cole's....and look, I love Frank.....

The intro note above tells it all. For Hoagy Carmichael it was a song designed for the piano. (Listen to Carmichael's version on RU-clip; it's beautiful -- hence the long musical introduction that someone was whining about.) It has become a lasting favorite for cocktail pianists, but Mitch Parish's lyrics are so good that no singer can ruin it. Well, maybe Keith Richards or Norah Jones, Nat King Cole features the lyrics, and many people find his gentle voice very soothing. I'd like to hear a piano version by Cole, as he was primarily a pianist with a great jazz trio before drifting into singing. Too bad he only lived to age 46. Hats off to Sinatra and Mel Torme for their wonderful singing.

this is only the introduction to the song???

Billy Ward and His Dominoes 1957! Is the Best!

I don't mind the fact that he only sang the verse but I think a 1:04 minutes intro for a 2:49 minutes song is a little too much.

Such a sad song, of love lost.

Recording just the introduction is amazing...everyone leaves it out. Here....just to remind us how beautiful it is...by itself.

I preferred Billy Eckstine's

Well he only sang the verse ,ya know the part that sets the mood. Most of the comments seem not to have noticed this. It is from the album SINATRA AND STRINGS.

The interpretation of Nat King Cole is very much greater. It's the best by far.

super my da song

We all have our likes and dislikes. This is not my idea of the best version of this wonderful song. I much prefer the simpler arraignments and more heartfelt singing. Sinatra was better with the rat pack type tunes and later the braggadocio's like "My Way" and "New York, New York." But if this is your fave rendition - enjoy.

don costa wrote this arrangement...worthy of the all time greats...mozart...beethoven would be impressed by these charts

This song is Nat's song. Frank is great but this song belongs to Nat. And it's only half the lyrics.

I like listening to this one, and then his older version with the pipers and seeing what a better singer he used to be before he got all famous and sang the same way for every song. I wish he had softened his voice and held out more notes, like he did in the 40s.

natalies tomlinson theme.

Kind of anticlimactic...

For a lost love I will always miss

Whoever posted this, it would have been nice to include information regarding the arranger--especially one as important to Sinatra's career as Nelson Riddle.

I can't understand the dislike of this song. Nat King Cole is a great singer, but his version is weak. He fails to emote. Armstrong is a great musician, but his version seems to ignore the lyrics. Frank Sinatra made this song his own. How can so many people pick at it?

He doesn't actually sing the song. All he does is the introduction. This is lame.

my favorite voice

i think "Nat King Cole" version is better !

When music was really music... I honestly hate my generation :(

Nice rendition by Frank Sinatra,the best version I have heard so far.

I think it is utterly ridiculous that he leaves out the best part. I don't get it.

to me its a toss up between Stardust and Skylark

WOWWonderful version of ( in my opinion is the most beautiful song of all time,sung by the greatest male vocalist of all time,Frank Sinatra )No other person could even get close to this performance.From a 70yo Aussie fan.

Taylor Yale

What a lush arrangement! Interesting that in this version only the first half of the song is sung. In the Hoagy Carmichael "original" recorded version he sings only the second half...I guess I would have to say I like the Nat Cole version better if only because it includes both parts of this beautiful song.

When Sinatra heard Cole's version he HAD to get Nelson Riddle, and kept him thereafter. Nelson Riddle ended up on Merv Griffin. He also did a lot of work with Garland too! A great arranger and orchestra leader.

voor mij nog steeds de grootste,

Love this song. It makes me wanna love at night :)

Sinatra was a gangster thug.

One of my favourite song...!!!

best ever.............smoke them strikes if ya got um 94 and and still love the nu filltered

In the golden era of "Popular" songs many have a prelude to the main words and melody,and in this version Frank sings the beautiful intro as a complete song. Thank you for posting.

Michael Buble!!!!

There is NO best version just ones you prefer or I prefer. Ones I like are those from Nat, Bing, Frank here and Louis as well as Mel Torme. Very, very good song.

As a Sinatra and Cole admirer, The best version byfar was Mel Torme with Wess on sax

my love's fav.

Tough to argue with you, David! But can I put a word in for Louis Armstrong?

Nice "Sinatra" rendition, but nobody tops Nat King Cole.

FAS...Sinatra is the King forever in music...period! God, we were so lucky to have had his life and music.

Agree, Frank's version is good, but is soooo stylized you don't "get' the lyrics or the song. Also like Willie Nelson's great phrasing.

I agree 100%Probably the greatest tune ever composed sung by ( in my opinion ) the greatest male vocalist of all time,Frank Sinatra.Amazing sounds & so,so goodAnd what about that fantastic backing!

Louis Armstrong's version is also sublime.

Frank does a great job here, but Nat Cole owns this song... Just my $.02.

Good Grief kids grow up.......You know who you are..the idiots down there making stupid comments back and forth to one another.

The Great Francis Albert Sinatra...none better. Love him forever!