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"The Nearness of You" is a popular song written in 1937 by Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981), with lyrics by Ned Washington (1901-1976). Intended for an unproduced Paramount Pictures film titled Romance In The Rough , the studio's publishing division Famous Music reregistered and published the song three years later in 1940.
Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor, author and lawyer.Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s and 1940s, and was among the first singer-songwriters in the age of mass media to utilize new communication technologies such as old-time radio broadcasts ...
The title song was a last-minute substitute for the originally planned "The Nearness of You," which did not appear on the original LP. The album spent nine weeks at number one on the Billboard stereo album chart , and one week at number one on the corresponding mono album chart. [ 6 ]
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The Nearness of You" is a popular song, written in 1938 by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Ned Washington. The Nearness of You may also refer to: The Nearness of You (Shelly Berg album), 2008; The Nearness of You (Paul Bley album), 1989; The Nearness of You (Red Garland album), 1962; The Nearness of You (Helen Merrill album), 1958
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Carmichael noted J.B.'s name in the song's sheet music as the author of the poem that inspired the lyrics, and asked for help to identify "J.B.". However, it wasn't until the mid-1950s that a positive identification was made. Jane Brown Thompson died the night before the song was introduced on radio by Dick Powell. [1]