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Stardust is a studio album by American singer Natalie Cole, released on September 24, 1996. Cole won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for the song "When I Fall in Love", a duet with Nat King Cole, at the 39th Grammy Awards.[3]

Stardust
Studio album by Natalie Cole
Released	September 24, 1996
Recorded	June–September, 1996
Studio	Ocean Way Recording, Capitol Studios, Conway Studios and LeGonks West (Hollywood, CA); Record Plant (Los Angeles, CA); Chartmaker Studios (Malibu, CA); The Hit Factory and Sony Music Studios (New York, NY); The Shire (Bedford, NY); Wisseloord Studios (Hilversum, Netherlands)
Genre	Jazz
Length	78:30
Label	Elektra
Producer	George Duke David Foster Phil Ramone Natalie Cole (also exec.)
Natalie Cole chronology
Holly & Ivy (1994) Stardust (1996) Snowfall on the Sahara (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[2]

The song also won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s) for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.[4] The album was nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance.

Track listing

Unless otherwise noted, Information is based on the album's Liner Notes[5]

1. "There's a Lull in My Life" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) - 5:22
2. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 4:40
3. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Irving Berlin) - 2:16
4. "Teach Me Tonight" (Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul) - 3:16
5. "When I Fall in Love" (duet w/ Nat King Cole) (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 4:12
6. "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" (Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever) - 3:16
7. "Love Letters" (Heyman, Young) - 4:49
8. "He Was Too Good to Me" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:07
9. "Dindi" (Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 4:36
10. "Two for the Blues" (Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks) - 4:22
11. "If Love Ain't There" (Johnny Burke) - 3:25
12. "To Whom It May Concern" (Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins) - 3:27
13. "Where Can I Go Without You?" (Young, Peggy Lee) - 4:23
14. "Ahmad's Blues" (Ahmad Jamal, Bobby Williams) - 4:13
15. "Pick Yourself Up" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 3:31
16. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 4:42
17. "Like a Lover" (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta) - 5:17
18. "This Morning It Was Summer" (Bob Haymes) - 3:24
19. "When I Fall in Love" (Spanish Version) (Heyman, Young) - 4:12

Notes

• Nat King Cole's "Let's Face the Music and Dance" originally recorded on November 21, 1961[6]
• Nat King Cole's "When I Fall in Love" originally recorded on December 28, 1956[7]
• Portuguese lyrics on "Dindi" written by Louis Oliveira
• Additional lyrics on "Two for the Blues" written by Natalie Cole
• Additional Portuguese lyrics on by Dori Caymmi, Dorival Caymmi and Natalie Cole

Personnel

Information is based on the album's Liner Notes[5]

• Natalie Cole – lead vocals, vocal arrangements (5, 7, 14), backing vocals (7, 10), music arrangements (17)
• Terry Trotter – acoustic piano (1, 4, 5, 12, 13, 16-18), Fender Rhodes (1, 13), keyboards (12, 18)
• Michael Lang – acoustic piano (2)
• Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano (3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 15), additional keyboards (3), keyboards (6, 8, 9, 11, 15), music arrangements (6, 8, 9, 15)
• Nat King Cole – Hammond B3 organ solo (3), lead vocals (5)
• George Duke – acoustic piano (7), keyboards (7, 10), music arrangements (7, 10, 17), vibraphone (10), horn arrangements (10), vocals arrangements (14)
• Bob James – keyboards (14), acoustic piano solo (14), music arrangements (14)
• John Chiodini – guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 16-18), acoustic guitar (7)
• John Pizzarelli – guitar (3, 6, 8, 9, 11)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar (7, 10)
• Lee Ritenour – guitar solo (14)
• Jim Hughart – bass (1, 4, 13, 16), music arrangements (16)
• Chuck Domanico – bass (2, 5)
• David Finck – bass (3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 15)
• Reggie Hamilton – bass (7, 10)
• Chuck Berghofer – bass (12, 18)
• Nathan East – bass (14, 17)
• Harold Jones – drums (1, 4, 13, 16)
• Ralph Penland – drums (2)
• Chris Parker – drums (3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 15)
• John Guerin – drums (5, 12, 18)
• John Robinson – drums (7, 10)
• Harvey Mason – drums (14)
• Bashiri Johnson – percussion (6, 9, 15)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (7, 17)
• Rafael Padilla – percussion (14)
• Dan Higgins – saxophone solo (5)
• Everette Harp – alto saxophone solo (10)
• Michael Brecker – saxophone solo (15)
• Jon Clarke – oboe solo (5)
• George Bohanon – trombone solo (4)
• Wynton Marsalis – trumpet solo (8)
• Toots Thielemans – harmonica solo (7, 9)
• Alan Broadbent – music arrangements (1-3, 5, 11, 13)
• John Clayton – music arrangements (4)
• David Foster – music arrangements (5), vocals arrangements (5)
• Gordon Jenkins – original[7] music arrangements (5)
• Clare Fischer – strings arrangements (7, 17)
• Jerry Hey – horns arrangements (10, 14)
• Johnny Mandel – music arrangements (12, 18)
• Charles Floyd – music arrangements (16)
• Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals (10)

Production

• Executive Producer – Natalie Cole
• Producers – Phil Ramone (Tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 & 15); David Foster (Tracks 2, 5, 12 & 18); George Duke (Tracks 4, 7, 10, 14, 16 & 17); Natalie Cole (Track 17).
• Production Assistants – Simon Ramone (Tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 & 15); Corrine Duke (Tracks 4, 7, 10, 14 & 16, 17).
• Instrumental (Track) Recording – Al Schmitt (Tracks 1, 5, 12, 13 & 18); Elliot Scheiner (Tracks 3, 6, 8, 9, 11 & 15); Erik Zobler (Tracks 4, 7, 10, 14, 16 & 17); Dave Reitzas (Track 5).
• Vocal Recording – Al Schmitt (Tracks 1, 5, 13 & 18); Elliot Scheiner (Tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 & 15); Dave Reitzas (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 12, 14, 17 & 18); Erik Zobler (Tracks 4, 7, 10, 14 & 16).
• Additional Engineering – Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson and Patrick Ulenberg.
• Assistant Engineers – Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut and Robbes Stieglitz.
• Mixed by Al Schmitt at Bill Schnee Studio (Hollywood, CA).
• Orchestra and Big Band Contractors – Debbie Datz, Jill Dell'Abate, Bill Hughes, Morris Repass and Patti Zimmitti.
• Project Coordinator – Shari Sutcliffe
• Album Concept – Natalie Cole
• Art Direction – Gabrielle Raumberger
• Design – Emily Rich
• Photography – Rocky Schenck
• Management – Dan Cleary
• Personal Assistant – Benita Hill Johnson
• Hair – Janet Zeitoun
• Make-up – Tara Posey
• Stylist – Cecille Parker
• Linguists – Dori Caymmi, Helena Caymmi, David Romano, Roberta Taurello and Veronique Triquet.
• Liner Notes – Dick La Palm

Charts

Chart (1996)[8]	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[9]	33
U.S. Billboard 200	20
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	11

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[10]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

На других языках

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- [en] Stardust (Natalie Cole album)

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[ru] Stardust (альбом)

Stardust — студийный альбом американской певицы Натали Коул, выпущенный в 1996 году. Натали Коул выиграла премию «Грэмми» в номинации «Лучший дуэт в музыкальном стиле поп» за песню «When I Fall In Love» вместе с Нат Кингом Коулом, на 39 церемонии вручения премии «Грэмми»[3].

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