STAIRWAY TO THE STARS
(Music: Matt Malneck & Frank Signorelli / Lyrics: Mitchell Parish)

Glenn Miller & His Orch. (vocal: Ray Eberle) - 1939
Kay Kyser & His Orch. (vocal: Harry Babbitt) - 1939
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: Bob Eberly) - 1939
Al Donohue & His Orch. (vocal: Paula Kelly) - 1939
Martha Raye (with David Rose & His Orch.) - 1939
The Ink Spots - 1939
The Keys - 1950
Beverly Kenny - 1956
Bud Powell (Instr.) - 1956
Ella Fitzgerald - 1960
Bobby Hackett (Instr.) - 1960
Johnny Mathis - 1961
Milt Jackson & Wes Montgomery - 1962
Kevin Mahogany - 1998
Rachael Price - 2008

Also recorded by:
Sarah Vaughan; Natalie Cole; Marlene VerPlanck; Erroll Garner;
Maria Morlino; Dexter Gordon; Bill Evans Trio; Oscar Peterson;
Henry Mancini; Norrie Paramour; Louis Prima; Caterina Valente;
Carmen Cavallaro; Chet Baker; Sonny Red; Mel Tormé; Stan Getz;
Benny Goodman; Spike Jones; Stan Kenton; Dee Dee Bridgewater;
George Shearing; Jack Lemmon; Dinah Washington; Benny Carter;
Jack Teagarden...........and many others.



There's a silver trail of moonlight
Leading upward to the sky
And the night is like a velvet lullaby
There's a heaven of blue
And we'll go there just you and I

Let's build a stairway to the stars
And climb that stairway to the stars
With Love beside us
To fill the night with a song

We'll hear the sound of violins
Out yonder where the blue begins
The moon will guide us
As we go drifting along

Can't we sail away on a lazy daisy petal
Over the rim of the hill
Can't we sail away on a little dream
And settle high on the crest of a thrill

Let's build a stairway to the stars
A lovely stairway to the stars
It would be heaven
To climb to heaven with you



TRIVIA:
Violinist Matt Malneck and pianist Frank Signorelli originally wrote the music
in 1934 as the finale section of the extended piece "Park Avenue Fantasy". It
was recorded under that title by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra in that same
year. Mitchell Parish added lyrics a few years later and it became "Stairway To
The Stars".