On this day, November 22, 1899, Hoagy Carmichael was born.

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Sun Nov 22, 2020: On this day, November 22, 1899, Hoagy Carmichael was born.

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Hoagy Carmichael



Carmichael in 1947

Born: November 22, 1899; Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Died: December 27, 1981 (aged 82); Rancho Mirage, California, United States

Website: Hoagy.com

Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. American composer and author Alec Wilder described Carmichael as the "most talented, inventive, sophisticated and jazz-oriented of all the great craftsmen" of pop songs in the first half of the 20th century. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s and was among the first singer-songwriters in the age of mass media to utilize new communication technologies, such as television and the use of electronic microphones and sound recordings.

Carmichael composed several hundred songs, including 50 that achieved hit record status. He is best known for composing the music for "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind" (lyrics by Stuart Gorrell), "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul" (in collaboration with lyricist Frank Loesser), four of the most-recorded American songs of all time. He also collaborated with lyricist Johnny Mercer on "Lazybones" and "Skylark." Carmichael's "Ole Buttermilk Sky" was an Academy Award nominee in 1946, from Canyon Passage, in which he co-starred as a musician riding a mule. "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening," with lyrics by Mercer, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1951. Carmichael also appeared as a character actor and musical performer in 14 films, hosted three musical-variety radio programs, performed on television, and wrote two autobiographies.

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From last year's thread:

Hoagy Carmichael - Georgia on My Mind

Arthur Landa
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356,885 views May 28, 2013
© Written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Stuart Gorrell (lyrics) ©

Gorrell wrote the lyrics for Hoagy's sister, Georgia Carmichael. However, the lyrics of the song are ambiguous enough to refer either to the state or to a woman named "Georgia".

Carmichael's 1965 autobiography, "Sometimes I Wonder", records the origin: a friend, saxophonist and bandleader Frankie Trumbauer, suggested: "Why don't you write a song called 'Georgia'? Nobody lost much writing about the South." Thus, the song is universally believed to have been written about the state.

(The photo has very little to do with the song. look for "To Have And Have Not". Brilliant Piece)

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I am trying, so far unsuccessfully, to find a video of him playing "Stardust." This is wonderful.

Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael - Original Version

Lee Mac Realt
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1,018,506 views Jul 26, 2010
Great song written and performed by Hoagy Carmichael.

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He was in the movies:

Am I Blue (1944) Hoagy Carmichael
504,333 views • Feb 5, 2009

UkeRichard
519 subscribers

Am I Blue

Excerpt from "To Have And Have Not" (1944)

The Ford Show: Hoagy Carmichael (6/15/61)
1,320 views • Jun 6, 2020

Gerald Baker
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I'm looking for a clip of him in "Laramie." This came up.

HOAGY CARMICHAEL LAZY BONES

Ugaccio
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42,465 views Oct 9, 2015
Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (Bloomington, 22 novembre 1899 – Rancho Mirage, 27 dicembre 1981) è stato un compositore, pianista, cantante e attore statunitense, noto soprattutto per aver composto la canzone Stardust (1927).(WIKIPEDIA)

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Here's a comment about that video:

@179cpv 3 years ago
Enjoyable song performed by the man who was the physical model for how author Ian Fleming envisioned James Bond should look. No joke.

There seems to be no end to wonderful videos of Hoagy Carmicheal.

"How Little We Know" - To Have and Have Not (1944)

yourveins
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83,528 views Mar 23, 2011
Cricket (Hoagy Carmichael) performs part of a song he's working on to Slim (Lauren Bacall).

Film: To Have and Have Not (1944)

Hoagy Carmichael - "The monkey song"

2Cloggies
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158,099 views Feb 28, 2011
from "The Las Vegas Story" (1952) with Jane Russell.
Title changed from "One of Those Things" to "How Little We Know" on February 4th, 2012. Thanks, Capnmax.

[Layzeebeaver]

1. An all-time fav of mine

Thanks for this!