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Hoagland Howard 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, television ...
Thompson's identity as the author of the poem was for many years unknown, even to Carmichael; he had been handed the poem anonymously at an event at Indiana University, and the poem only noted the author as "J.B.". 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 ...
This second version is with two vocalists (Carmichael and Irving Brodsky) and was released on Victor Records as V-38139B. [3] Louis Armstrong recorded it with Hoagy Carmichael on vocals on December 13, 1929 at Okeh studios after the stock market crashed, giving a badly needed boost to Carmichael's finances. The recording was released as Okeh ...
"Georgia on My Mind" is a 1930 song written by Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981), and Stuart Gorrell (1901-1963), and first recorded that same year by Hoagy Carmichael at the RCA Victor Studios at 155 East 24th Street in Manhattan of New York City.
Matt Monro – Sings Hoagy Carmichael: 2004 Marion Montgomery – Skylark: 1961 David "Fathead" Newman – Straight Ahead: 1941 Anita O'Day with the Gene Krupa Orchestra recorded the song on November 25, 1941. [14] 2010 Gregory Porter – Water: 2010 Sue Raney - Listen Here: 1996 María Rivas – Muaré: 1984 Linda Ronstadt with the Nelson ...
"Stardust" is a 1927 song composed by Hoagy Carmichael, with lyrics later added by Mitchell Parish. It has been recorded as an instrumental or vocal track over 1,500 times. Carmichael developed a taste for jazz while attending Indiana University. He formed his own band and played at local events in Indiana and Ohio.
"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.
Lazybones or "Lazy Bones" is a Tin Pan Alley song written in 1933, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer (1909-1976), and music by Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981).. Mercer was from Savannah, Georgia, and resented the Tin Pan Alley attitude of rejecting Southern regional vernacular in favor of artificial Southern songs written by people who had never been to the South.