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Hoagy Carmichael
Basic Information
Born: Hoagland Howard Carmichael November 22, 1899, Bloomington, Indiana, (US)
Died: December 27, 1981 (age 82), Rancho Mirage, California
Primary songwriting roles: composer and lyricist; also film actor, pianist, singer, lawyer
Co-writers: Click here to view a database of Hoagy Carmichael's co-writers.
Hoagy sings his song "Hong Kong Blues" in the 1944 movie, To Have and Have Not. This song is not currently in the our Catalog but the Carmichael and Mercer song "How Little We Know" from the same film is.
Hoagy Sings Carmichael
(Carmichael singing ten of his own songs with The Pacific Jazz Men, 1956
Hoagy Carmichael The First of the Singer Songwriters -- Key Cuts Multi CD set of "101 recordings (two previously unreleased) which span the years 1928 to 1946, and trace the impact Hoagy's compositions had upon the jazz scene, as represented by some of the outstanding bands and soloists of the time" (from Amazon customer reviewer Barry McCanna)
Hoagy Carmichaelresearch resources in print (listed chronologically):
ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, New York: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Cattell/Bowker, Fourth edition, 1980 (dates, collaborators, shows/movies, songs, etc., entry p. 76).
Hoagy Carmichael. The Stardust Road & Sometimes I Wonder: The Autobiography of Hoagy Carmichael. New York: Da Capo Press, 1999 ("This book combines . . . Carmichael's two autobiographies, "The Stardust Road" (1945) and "Sometimes I Wonder" (1965) with the addition of eight new pages of photos and a new introduction and select discography. . . ." from Amazon description).
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. New York: Da Capo Press, 1999 ("This book combines . . . Carmichael's two autobiographies, "The Stardust Road" (1945) and "Sometimes I Wonder" (1965) with the addition of eight new pages of photos and a new introduction and select discography. . . ." from Amazon description).