"Stardust" sounds like something a jazz soloist might have invented, which is why so many jazz players take it up. In 1940, Artie Shaw and his orchestra recorded it and sold a million copies. By ...

Just in time for the 100th anniversary of his birth, AirTalk remembers legendary jazz clarinetist and band leader Artie Shaw. Despite big hits including Begin the Beguine, Frenesi and Stardust ...

Artie Shaw's first feature-length film was Second Chorus, in 1940. By then, the 30-year-old clarinetist was earning up to $60,000 a week ... The 40-piece orchestra with strings became known as his ...

Artie Shaw, the dynamic, cantankerous swing era icon who abruptly quit the music business in 1954, ... including Cole Porter’s “Begin the Beguine” and Hoagy Carmichael’s “Stardust. ...

Artie Shaw, 94, the dynamic, ... a stunning series of hit-making songs, including Cole Porter’s “Begin the Beguine” and Hoagy Carmichael’s “Stardust.” ...

The general consensus was that Shaw was fed up with the commercial aspects of the music business—that's why he quit. Here's two pertinent quotes: "I'm through with dance bands. There are so many times ...

Artie Shaw, poses for a photo in his Newbury Park home on Aug. 17, 2002. ... who formed a big band with strings that made the classic 1940 recording of "Stardust." ...