Hoagy Carmichael

Hoagy Carmichael

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Born 1899-11-22 Bloomington, Indiana, USA 7 credit(s) Popularity 0.5
Hoagy Carmichael was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. He is best known for composing the music for "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind", "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul", four of the most-recorded American songs of all time. American composer and author Alec Wilder wrote of Carmichael in American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900–1950 that he was the "most talented, inventi...
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Hoagy Carmichael was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. He is best known for composing the music for "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind", "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul", four of the most-recorded American songs of all time.

American composer and author Alec Wilder wrote of Carmichael in American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900–1950 that he was the "most talented, inventive, sophisticated and jazz-oriented" of the hundreds of writers composing pop songs in the first half of the 20th century.

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Burke's Law poster
Burke's Law
as 'Jango' Jordan
1963-09-20
The Flintstones poster
The Flintstones
as Self (voice)
1960-09-30
Laramie poster
Laramie
as Jonesy
1959-09-15
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957-07-29
Telephone Time poster
Telephone Time
1956-04-08
The Colgate Comedy Hour poster
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950-09-10
What's My Line? poster
What's My Line?
as Self
1950-02-02

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