Hoagy Carmichael
Composer
PERFORMANCE/TOUR: The Queen of Cabaret, Andrea Marcovici, Celebrates the Johnny Mercer Centennial at the Algonquin Hotel....composers to create some of the most distinguished works of the American Popular Songbook. Along with composers such as Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael, Jerome Kern, Henry Mancini, Jimmy Van Heusen, and Harry Warren, he created memorable hits... In this article: Andrea Marcovicci, Algonquin Hotel, Skylark, Cole Porter, Oscar, Moon River, and Henry Mancini |
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National Public Radio | 7 days ago
100 Years Of Johnny Mercer, Pop Poet Laureate
...words, and sometimes the music, for more than 1,500 songs, with more than 200 collaborators, among them composers Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael and Jerome Kern. He was nominated for 18 Academy Awards and won four. One hundred years ago...
In this article: Judy Garland, Savannah, Henry Mancini, Moon River, Georgia State University, and The Harvey Girls
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Playbill.com | 7 days ago
Esparza, Ziemba, Jenkins and Sperling Join 92nd Street Y's Lyrics & Lyricists Season
...has been announced for the 92nd Street Y's Lyrics & Lyricists 40th anniversary season, which will celebrate the music of Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Burke, Irving Berlin and more. Advertisement The first concert, Babalu: The American...
In this article: Lyricists, Karen Ziemba, Johnny Burke, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Misty
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Power Line | 7 days ago
Johnny Mercer at 100
He was an utterly brilliant lyricist. Among the composers to whose work he contributed the lyrics are Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael, Jimmy Van Heusen, Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn, Jerome Kern, Gordon Jenkins and Henry Manicini. I...
In this article: Philip Furia, Tin Pan Alley, One for My Baby, Midnight Sun, Harold Arlen, Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, Too Marvelous for Words, Skylark, and Terry Teachout
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USATODAY.com | November 16, 2009
Playlist: Johnny Mercer's lyrics, Bee Gees' 'Guilty' pleasure
...pull of his lyrics. Maggart's shivery vocals bring out its aching loneliness, while Cullum's piano work serves the wistful beauty of Hoagy Carmichael's music. She channeled Peggy Lee on the Mercer-penned title track of her 2007 album, also...
In this article: Maude Maggart, Skylark, Jamie Cullum, Bee Gees, Guilty, TCM, Burton Lane, John Kander, and Queen Latifah
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Fox News Entertainment | November 13, 2009
Hollywood Pays Tribute to Music Legend Johnny Mercer
...with haunting music composed by the illustrious Henry Mancini. Also: In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening (1951), with music by Hoagy Carmichael; On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (1946), with music by Harry Warren, sung in The...
In this article: Academy Awards, Hollywood, Judy Garland, David Rose, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Moon River, and In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
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PopMatters | November 11, 2009
Ray Charles: The Genius Hits the Road (Review)
...southern state, but thankfully the theme of songs about destinations was loosely enforced. Stuart Gorrell wrote the lyrics about Hoagy Carmichael's sister, and Ray's version of their collaborative effort proved to be an absolute monster hit.
In this article: Ray Charles, The Genius Hits the Road, Georgia, Moon Over Miami, Deep in the Heart of Texas, Blue Moon of Kentucky, Basin Street Blues, Rainy Night in Georgia, Lonely Avenue, and Hit the Road, Jack
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New York Daily News | November 04, 2009
Johnny Mercer biopic shows golden-age songwriter at his best
..."That Old Black Magic," "Blues in the Night" and hundreds more. He collaborated with writers from Hoagy Carmichael to Henry Mancini, for whom he wrote the lyrics to "Moon River." Mercer was a son of the South, a proud Georgian whose...
In this article: TCM, One for My Baby, Dream, Baby It's Cold Outside, Moon River, Come Rain or Come Shine, Blues in the Night, and That Old Black Magic
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Miami Herald - 5-minute Herald | November 01, 2009
At Festival Miami, sweet sound of jazz fills the air
...of Evidence preserved the composer's offbeat, astringent harmonies and quirky rhythms. Only in a slow, overly slick rendition of the Hoagy Carmichael classic Heart and Soul did Clayton briefly falter (after a lovely introductory duet for...
In this article: John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, Orchestration, Heart and Soul, University of Miami, Thelonious Monk, Johnny Hodges, and Horace Silver
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Washington Times | November 01, 2009
VAULTS: Celebrating the music of Johnny Mercer
...Topeka and the Santa Fe," with a tune by Harry Warren; "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening," which reunited Mercer with Hoagy Carmichael; and the back-to-back collaborations with Henry Mancini on "Moon River" and "Wine and Roses." A...
In this article: Walt Disney, Academy Award, Richard Sherman, Moon River, In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening, Days of Wine and Roses, That Old Black Magic, and St. Louis Woman
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St. Petersburg Times | October 27, 2009
Pinellas event calendar
...The Suncoast Singers begin a 30th season with "There's Something About Swing," featuring music by Cole Porter, Ira and George Gershwin, Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington and others at 7:30 p.m. at the Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324...
In this article: Tax, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and Duke Ellington
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Description from Wikipedia:
Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. He is best known for writing "Stardust" (1927), and "Heart and Soul", two of the most-recorded American songs of all time.
Alec Wilder, in his study of the American popular song, concluded that Hoagy Carmichael 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.
- Name At Birth:
- Hoagland Howard Carmichael
- Birth Date:
- November 22, 1899
- Birthplace:
- Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.
- Death Date:
- December 27, 1981
- Place of Death:
- Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
- Spouse:
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- Ruth Meinardi (1937 - 1955) (divorced) 2 children
- Wanda McKay (1977 - 1981) (his death)
- Occupation:
- songwriter, singer, actor
- Instrument Played:
- piano, vocals
- Years Active:
- 1918-1981
- Associated With:
- Sidney Arodin, Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire, Bix Biederbecke, Ray Charles, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Helen Forrest, Harry James, Frank Loesser, Johnny Mercer, Glenn Miller, Dinah Shore, Paul Whiteman
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