biography
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Carmichael, Hoagy
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popular name of Hoagland Howard Carmichael
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| lived:
| (1899–1981)
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| biography:
| Composer and performer, born in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. During his law studies, he learned ragtime piano and played in small bands, and after briefly practising law he left to work as a bandleader and musical arranger. In 1927 he composed the melody that later became ‘Star Dust’ after lyrics were added, which became one of the most widely performed and recorded popular songs of all time. In 1930 he made a series of recordings for RCA Victor with the Dorsey brothers, Jack Teagarden, Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, Joe Venuti, and Bix Beiderbecke. Between 1930 and 1960 he wrote songs and composed film scores, and occasionally acted in movies, appearing either as himself or as a similar character, playing the piano with a cigarette dangling from his mouth. During the 1940s and 1950s he briefly hosted two radio shows and a television variety show, Saturday Night Revue. In the early 1960s he acted in a weekly television western and was a frequent guest on other television shows. He was elected to the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 1971. |
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