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Hoagy Carmichael
  • Birth Name:
    Hoagland Howard Carmichael
  • Date of Birth:
    November 22, 1899
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Sagittarius
  • Place of Birth:
    Bloomington, Indiana
  • Place of Death:
    Rancho Mirage, California, USA
  • Date of Death:
    December 27, 1981
  • Cause of Death:
    Heart Attack
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    American

Family

Hoagy Carmichael
  • Spouse:
    Ruth Meinardi - divorced
    Wanda McKay -

Career

Hoagy Carmichael

Trivia

Hoagy Carmichael
  • Interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
  • Pictured on one of a set of four 32ยข US commemorative postage stamps in the Legends of American Music series, issued 11 September 1996, celebrating American songwriters. Others honored in this issue are Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, and Dorothy Fields.
  • James Bond Creator Ian Fleming, stated in his 1953 novel Casino Royale, that 007 bore a striking resemblance to Hoagy
  • Judy Garland got her name from a popular song that he wrote in the early 1930s, about a girl whose voice is as fresh as spring.
  • Holds the record for longest song title: "I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doing Those Beat-o, Beat-o, Flat on my Seat-o Hirohito Blues".
  • Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971.
  • Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 130-133. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
  • He is best known for writing "Stardust" (1927), "Georgia On My Mind," and "Heart and Soul", three of the most-recorded American songs of all time.
  • Was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader.

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