First Name |
Hoagy
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Last Name |
Carmichael
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Full Name at Birth |
Hoagland Howard Carmichael
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Alternative Name |
Hoagland Howard Carmichael, Hoagy Carmichael
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Birthday |
22nd November, 1899
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Birthplace |
Bloomington, Indiana USA
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Died |
27th December, 1981
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Place of Death |
Rancho Mirage, California
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Cause of Death |
Heart Attack
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Buried |
Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, USA
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Build |
Slim
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Hair Color |
Brown - Dark
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Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio
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Sexuality |
Straight
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Ethnicity |
White
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Nationality |
American
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University |
Indiana University
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Occupation Text |
Songwriter, Singer, Actor
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Occupation |
Composer
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Claim to Fame |
Stardust
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Music Genre (Text) |
Musical films, Popular Songs
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Music Genre |
Jazz, Piano
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Year(s) Active |
1918–1981
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Music Style |
Vocal, Early Jazz, Popular Music Entry, Standards, Traditional Pop, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Show Tunes, Cast Recordings, Stage & Screen
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Music Mood |
Sentimental, Reserved, Soothing, Poignant, Calm/Peaceful, Sweet, Sophisticated, Intimate, Springlike, Refined/Mannered, Gentle, Wistful, Reflective, Innocent, Elegant, Stylish, Cheerful, Romantic
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Instrument |
Piano, Vocals, Composer
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Instrument (text) |
Piano, Vocals
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Associated Acts |
Sidney Arodin, Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire, Bix Biederbecke, Ray Charles, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Helen Forrest, Harry James, Spike Jones, Frank Loesser, Johnny Mercer, Glenn Miller, Dinah Shore, Paul Whiteman, Bix Beiderbecke, Jack Teagarden
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Official Websites |
www.hoagy.com/, http://www.hoagy.com/catalogue.htm, http://www.hoagy.com/, www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/hoagy_carmichael/, www.allmovie.com/artist/hoagy-carmichael-p84200
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Friend |
Victor Fleming, Johnny Mercer, Paul Whiteman, Arleen Whelan
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Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. American composer and author Alec Wilder described Carmichael as the "most talented, inventive, sophisticated and jazz-oriented of all the great craftsmen" of pop songs in the first half of the 20th century. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first singer-songwriters in the age of mass media to utilize new communication technologies such as television and the use of electronic microphones and sound recordings.