It's not "the easiest song to sing" - which is why, 76 years ago, it was played far more often than it was sung. Frank gave us the key and the piano and rhythm section began, and we just tried to get some background to hold it all together. Frank, do you think we can scare something up for you to sing?' Sinatra called out 'Stardust', which is not the easiest song to sing. He said, 'Ladies and Gentlemen, this is our new vocalist, and we don't have any arrangements for him as yet. I'll never forget how Harry introduced him to the audience. He formally joined the orchestra at a gig in New Haven, Connecticut, as Jack Palmer, a featured trumpeter with the James band, recalled: In fact, it was the very first song he sang after signing a two-year contract with Harry James in June of 1939. But "Stardust" was part of Frank Sinatra's story from his earliest days as a professional singer. "Stardust" isn't thought of as a Sinatra song - Nat "King" Cole's is probably the voice that first springs to mind in association with the ballad, and Artie Shaw's clarinet when it comes to instrumental recordings.
They have a new singer - a 23-year old boy vocalist who signed with the band a few days earlier - and he steps to the microphone to sing: It's July 8th 1939 and the Harry James orchestra is on stage at the Roseland Ballroom in New York.
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