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Released on Deutsche Grammophon, also Scherzo no. 3 in C-sharp minor, op. 39: Presto con fuoco (Martha Argerich), Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning (Göteborgs Symfoniker) and Barcarolle in F-sharp major, op. 60: Allegretto (Martha Argerich)
Written by Langston Hughes, also Backlash Blues (Nina Simone), Daybreak in Alabama (Audra McDonald) and Dream Variations (Audra McDonald)
Part of There’s a Place for Us, also 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: Take Care of This House, Lúa descolorida and Songfest: A Julia de Burgos
Written by Ricky Ian Gordon, also Daybreak in Alabama (Audra McDonald), Dream Variations (Audra McDonald) and Song for a Dark Girl (Audra McDonald)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Langston Hughes wrote 21 songs on fono
Langston Hughes’s most frequent co-writer is Ricky Ian Gordon (4 songs together)
Langston Hughes first appears on fono in 1959, 59 years before this song
Ricky Ian Gordon first appears on fono in 1998, 20 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Langston Hughes and Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performed by
- Nadine Sierra
- Part of
- There’s a Place for Us
- Released on
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Written by
- Langston Hughes and Ricky Ian Gordon
- Performed by
- Nadine Sierra
- Part of
- There’s a Place for Us
- Released on
- Deutsche Grammophon
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Langston Hughes
Same writer: Ricky Ian Gordon
Same label: Deutsche Grammophon
Same release: There’s a Place for Us
Same writer: Ricky Ian Gordon
Same label: Deutsche Grammophon
Same release: There’s a Place for Us
Same writer: Ricky Ian Gordon
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Stars was performed by Nadine Sierra
2MusicBrainz Stars was written by Langston Hughes
3MusicBrainz Stars was written by Ricky Ian Gordon
4MusicBrainz Stars is part of the release There’s a Place for Us
Stars is part of the release There’s a Place for Us
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Deutsche Grammophon is the label of the song Stars
Deutsche Grammophon is the label of the song Stars
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Stars was released on 2018-08-24