Hoagy carmichael

Confession: I was bored and unmoved the first time I watched THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES. Before you start penning your hate mail, I was in my early twenties at the time, and my idea of a “war film” was BUCK PRIVATES (1941), the 84-minute Abbott and Costello romp in which the draft looks…

Hoagy Carmichael

Hoagy Carmichael, Robert L Crawford - Laramie (1960)

__________________________________ I’ve Found a New Baby (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams) Basin Street Blues (Spencer Williams) If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) (m. James P. Johnson, …

Hoagy Carmichael, the inspiration for the look of James Bond

Hoagy Carmichael's timeless melody: Stardust , came to him one night while in school at Indiana University.

Hoagie Carmichael CBS studios

Photos of an American composer. He wrote my mother's favorite song. Crowd in Portland, Oregon handing records to Hoagy Carmichael to sign Harold Russell and Hoagy Carmichael in 'The Best Years of Our Lives' Hoagy and Ruth Carmichael (left of Hoagy) at a Halloween party Hoagy and Ruth Carmichael at a piano Hoagy Carmichael and unidentified woman with Stardust Road record on stage at autograph signing in Culver City, California Hoagy Carmichael composing in the den of his Los Angeles home…

Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward and Hoagy Carmichael on the set of "Canyon Passage"

With a laid-back, familiar style, the composer, pianist and singer created popular hits for decades — and logged numerous entries into the great American songbook. When asked about his tuneful gift, he credited his early roots in jazz.