日本演藝天后［中山美穗］數位單曲──爵士／抒情曲──［STARDUST／星塵］

Piano:Yoichi Yamazaki

Bass:Kiichiro Komobuchi

Sing:Miho Nakayama

And now the purple dust of twilight time

Steals across the meadows of my heart

High up in the sky the little stars climb

Always reminding me that were apart

You wandered down the lane and far away

Leaving me a song that will not die

Love is now the stardust of yesterday

The music of the years gone by

Sometimes I wonder why I spend the lonely night

Dreaming of a song

The melody haunts my reverie

And I am once again with you

When our love was new

And each kiss an inspiration

But that was long ago

Now my consolation

Is in the stardust of a song

Besides a garden wall when stars are bright

You are in my arms

The nightingale tell his fairy tale

Of paradise where roses grew

Though I dream in vain

In my heart it will remain

My stardust melody

The memory of loves refrain

１９９９年年９月１５日，日本演藝巨星中山美穗推出第２１張大碟manifesto／宣言］和第３９首單曲［Adore］（King Records出版）後，

決定暫停音樂事業，將重心放在演戲．

之後只發行數位下載限定單曲，不再出全新題材的實體CD．

２０００年７月７日，３０歲的中山推出首支數位下載限定單曲［STARDUST／星塵］

這是翻唱英語爵士標準經典

Hoagy Carmichael１９２７年作曲，Mitchell Parish１９２８年作詞，

１９２８年Don Redman最先灌錄，至２０２５年，［STARDUST］已被錄製超過１５００次．

中山版［STARDUST］被製作成一首爵士／抒情曲，

編曲簡單，由鋼琴主導，美穗以呢喃的嗓音娓娓詮釋這首經典名曲．

不過中山的英語發音有點難懂，加上彷彿在低語，筆者初次聆聽時，竟然搞不清她唱的是英語還是日語．

撇開這點，自２０００年後，中山的數位音樂作品明顯帶有強烈實驗性，商業性漸淡，顯示出她的音樂喜好品味．

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hzFiFtMx8I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N8np1ePBv4