Recording: Star Eyes

Performed by

Recording date

October 7, 1943

First release

On Audio single They're Either Too Old or Too Young (1943)

Comments

Vocals by Kitty Kallen and Bob Eberly. Although Helen O'Connell had been the female vocalist when this song was introduced in I Dood It, before the song was recorded, she got married and quit the Dorsey band.

Rating

Song info

Song

Star Eyes

Written by

Gene De Paul, Don Raye

First performance

Star Eyes by Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly With Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra in movie I Dood It (September 1943)

First recording

Star Eyes by Stephane Grappelly and His Quartet (October 6, 1943)

First release

Star Eyes by Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra on audio single They're Either Too Old or Too Young (1943)

Language

English

Versions

	Title	Performer	Release date
1	Star Eyes	Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly With Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra	September 1943 (performance date)
2	Star Eyes	Stephane Grappelly and His Quartet	1943
3	Star Eyes	Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra	1943
4	Star Eyes	Charlie Parker	1952
5	Star Eyes	Buddy DeFranco	1954
6	Star Eyes	George Wallington Trio	1954
7	Star Eyes	Donald Byrd	1955
8	Star Eyes	Johnny Mathis	1956
9	Star Eyes	Carmen McRae	1956
10	Star Eyes	Helen O'Connell	1957
11	Star Eyes	Art Pepper	1957
12	Star Eyes	Red Rodney	1957
13	Star Eyes	Lee Konitz	1957
14	Star Eyes	Jimmy Smith Trio with Lou Donaldson	1957
15	Star Eyes	Bob Davis Quartet	1958
16	Star Eyes	Joe Newman	1958
17	Star Eyes	Dave Pell Octet	1958
18	Star Eyes	Cal Tjader With Strings	1958
19	Star Eyes	The 4 Freshmen	1958
20	Star Eyes	Hank Jones	1958
21	Star Eyes	Bud Powell	September 1959
22	Star Eyes	Phineas Newborn Jr.	1959
23	Star Eyes	Richie Kamuca, Conte Candoli, Frank Rosolino, Ed Leddy, Bill Holman, Vince Guaraldi, Monte Budwig, Stan Levey	1959
24	Star Eyes	Sonny Stitt	1959
25	Star Eyes	Jack Marshall Sextette	1959
26	Star Eyes	Barry Harris With Sam Jones, Louis Hayes	1960
27	Star Eyes	The Frank Wess Quartet	1961
28	Star Eyes	The Cannonball Adderley Quintet	1961
29	Star Eyes	Art Van Damme	1961
30	Star Eyes	Lionel Hampton	1961
31	Star Eyes	Pat Thomas	1961
32	Star Eyes	Jackie Davis	1961
33	Star Eyes	Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis	1961
34	Star Eyes	Ahmad Jamal	1962
35	Star Eyes	Chet Baker Sextet	1962
36	Star Eyes	Milt Jackson Orchestra	1962
37	Star Eyes	McCoy Tyner	1963
38	Star Eyes	Illinois Jacquet with Kenny Burrell	1964
39	Star Eyes	Slide Hampton	1964
40	Star Eyes	Bill Evans, Shelly Manne, Eddie Gomez	1966
41	Star Eyes	Sonny Stitt With Don Patterson	1966
42	Star Eyes	Ted Curson	1966
43	Star Eyes	Lucky Thompson and Friends	1967
44	Star Eyes	Dexter Gordon	1971
45	Star Eyes	Supersax	1973
46	Star Eyes	Joe Albany & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen	1974
47	Star Eyes	Ronnie Cuber	1976
48	Star Eyes	Conte Candoli & Frank Rosolino	1976
49	Star Eyes	Barney Kessel	1977
50	Star Eyes	Art Lande	1977
51	Star Eyes	Irene Kral	1977
52	Star Eyes	Tommy Flanagan	1979
53	Star Eyes	Marian McPartland Trio	1980
54	Star Eyes	Walter Bishop, Jr.	1980
55	Star Eyes	Tina Brooks	1980
56	Star Eyes	Lew Tabackin	1982
57	Star Eyes	The Phil Woods Quartet	1982
58	Star Eyes	Supersax & L.A. Voices	1983
59	Star Eyes	Freddie Hubbard	1983
60	Star Eyes	Bobby Hutcherson	1984
61	Star Eyes	Earl Coleman	1985
62	Star Eyes	Woody Shaw	1986
63	Star Eyes	Alan Broadbent Trio	1987
64	Star Eyes	Sir Roland Hanna/Jesper Thilo Quartet	1987
65	Star Eyes	Hal Galper	1987
66	Star Eyes	The John Bunch Trio	1987
67	Star Eyes	Frank Morgan Quartet	1988
68	Star Eyes	John Campbell [1]	1989
69	Star Eyes	George Shearing and Hank Jones	1989
70	Star Eyes	Lars Roos	1989
71	Star Eyes	Walter Bishop, Jr. Trio	1990
72	Star Eyes	Sally Burgess	1990
73	Star Eyes	Maynard Ferguson	1990
74	Star Eyes	Art Farmer/Frank Morgan	1990
75	Star Eyes	Billy Pierce	1990
76	Star Eyes	George Arvanitas, David Murray	1991
77	Star Eyes	Dave McKenna	1993
78	Star Eyes	Phil Woods	1994
79	Star Eyes	Joe Pass	1994
80	Star Eyes	Warne Marsh & Kenny Drew Trio	1994
81	Star Eyes	Mickey Tucker Sextet	1994
82	Star Eyes	The Roy Hargrove/Christian McBride/Stephen Scott Trio	August 22, 1995
83	Star Eyes	Derek Watkins, The Brian Lemon Quartet	1995
84	Star Eyes	Michael Rabinowitz	June 1996
85	Star Eyes	Charito	1998
86	Star Eyes	Larry Coryell	January 26, 1999
87	Star Eyes	Marlene Ver Planck	1999
88	Star Eyes	Hank Crawford	2000
89	Star Eyes	Mundell Lowe & Hendrik Meurkens	2001
90	Star Eyes	De Paula encontra D'Andrea	2002
91	Star Eyes	Curtis Fuller With Brad Goode	March 16, 2004
92	Star Eyes	The Don Friedman VIP Trio	August 2, 2005
93	Star Eyes	Mike DiRubbo and Larry Willis	2011