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On this day, December 27, 1981, Hoagy Carmichael died.
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 fifty 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 motion pictures, hosted three musical-variety radio programs, performed on television, and wrote two autobiographies.
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1940s
Carmichael and Harold Russell play a duet in The Best Years of Our Lives as Fredric March watches
Carmichael appeared as an actor in 14 motion pictures, performing at least one of his songs in each. He described his on-screen persona as the "hound-dog-faced old musical philosopher noodling on the honky-tonk piano, saying to a tart with a heart of gold: 'He'll be back, honey. He's all man.'" In 1944 Carmichael played Cricket in the screen adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, opposite Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. He sang "Hong Kong Blues" and "The Rhumba Jumps", and played piano as Bacall sang "How Little We Know". In the multi-Academy Award-winning film The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) with Myrna Loy and Fredric March, Carmichael's character teaches a disabled veteran with metal prostheses to play "Chopsticks", and also performs "Lazy River".[62] Carmichael played Hi Linnett in Canyon Passage (1946), a Universal Pictures western that starred Dana Andrews (his costar in The Best Years of Our Lives and Night Song), Susan Hayward, and Brian Donlevy. He also composed several songs for the film, including "Ole Buttermilk Sky," an Academy Award nominee.
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1950s
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During the 1950s the public's musical preferences shifted toward rhythm and blues and rock and roll, ending the careers of most He was also a regular cast member, playing the character role of Jonesy the ranch hand in the first season of NBC's western series Laramie (1959–63).
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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 fifty 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 motion pictures, hosted three musical-variety radio programs, performed on television, and wrote two autobiographies.
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1940s
Carmichael and Harold Russell play a duet in The Best Years of Our Lives as Fredric March watches
Carmichael appeared as an actor in 14 motion pictures, performing at least one of his songs in each. He described his on-screen persona as the "hound-dog-faced old musical philosopher noodling on the honky-tonk piano, saying to a tart with a heart of gold: 'He'll be back, honey. He's all man.'" In 1944 Carmichael played Cricket in the screen adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, opposite Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. He sang "Hong Kong Blues" and "The Rhumba Jumps", and played piano as Bacall sang "How Little We Know". In the multi-Academy Award-winning film The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) with Myrna Loy and Fredric March, Carmichael's character teaches a disabled veteran with metal prostheses to play "Chopsticks", and also performs "Lazy River".[62] Carmichael played Hi Linnett in Canyon Passage (1946), a Universal Pictures western that starred Dana Andrews (his costar in The Best Years of Our Lives and Night Song), Susan Hayward, and Brian Donlevy. He also composed several songs for the film, including "Ole Buttermilk Sky," an Academy Award nominee.
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1950s
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During the 1950s the public's musical preferences shifted toward rhythm and blues and rock and roll, ending the careers of most He was also a regular cast member, playing the character role of Jonesy the ranch hand in the first season of NBC's western series Laramie (1959–63).
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You might have heard this tune before.
Hoagy Carmichael - Georgia on My Mind
Arthur Landa
4.11K subscribers
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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Arthur Landa
4.11K subscribers
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
2.01K subscribers
1,018,506 views Jul 26, 2010
Great song written and performed by Hoagy Carmichael.
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Lee Mac Realt
2.01K subscribers
1,018,506 views Jul 26, 2010
Great song written and performed by Hoagy Carmichael.
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He was in the movies. This is a great little video clip. Who are the other musicians? I'm sure IMDb has the answer.
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)
504,333 views • Feb 5, 2009
UkeRichard
519 subscribers
Am I Blue
Excerpt from "To Have And Have Not" (1944)
He was on television:
The Ford Show: Hoagy Carmichael (6/15/61)
1,320 views • Jun 6, 2020
Gerald Baker
24 subscribers
1,320 views • Jun 6, 2020
Gerald Baker
24 subscribers
I'm looking for a clip of him in Laramie. This came up.
HOAGY CARMICHAEL LAZY BONES
Ugaccio
5.47K subscribers
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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Ugaccio
5.47K subscribers
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.
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
3.05K subscribers
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)
yourveins
3.05K subscribers
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
2K subscribers
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.
2Cloggies
2K subscribers
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.
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