Stardust is a 1978 album by
Willie Nelson that spans the genres of
pop,
jazz, and
country music. Its ten songs consist entirely of
pop standards that Nelson picked from among his favorites. Nelson asked
Booker T. Jones, who was his neighbor in
Malibu at the time, to arrange a version of "
Moonlight in Vermont". Impressed with Jones's work, Nelson asked him to produce the entire album. Nelson's decision to record such well-known tracks was controversial among
Columbia executives because he had distinguished himself in the
outlaw country genre. Recording of the album took only ten days.