Music: They're Playing Our Song

In Italy it is called Polvere di Stelle, and ranks with O Sole Mio as an alltime favorite. In Japan it is called Sutaadasuto, and is one number record stores are not afraid to overorder. In England, where professionals call it a "gone evergreen," no song has sold more copies. In the U.S. it is called Stardust, and is the nation's most durable hit—comfortable as an old shoe, and yet rare as a glass slipper.

Its publishers are currently celebrating its 25th anniversary. Actually, the song was born in the summer of 1927, but...

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