Hoagy Carmichael Biography
Hoagy Carmichael was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. He is best known for composing the music for "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind", "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul", four of the most-recorded American songs of all time. American composer and author Alec Wilder wrote of Carmichael in American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900–1950 that he 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.
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Hoagy Carmichael Quotes
A Moment Before the Performance
Cricket:
Stick around for a while, she's gonna sing.
Morgan:
I'll be right back.
Slim:
Give her my love.
Morgan: [about her slinky dress]
I'd give her my own if she had that on.
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Planning a Departure and Job Confirmation
Morgan:
I was getting you a ticket on the plane this afternoon that leaves at four. Can you make it?
Slim:
Sure. You took that job, didn't you?
Morgan:
Uh huh. See, I figure this way, you wouldn't get your feet wet.
Slim:
Yeah, that's right.
Morgan:
Well, that's what you wanted, wasn't it?
Slim:
Sure, but I just...You want me to go, don't you?
Morgan:
Yes, I want you to go.
Slim:
OK, Steve.
Morgan:
Help her get on that plane, will you Cricket?
Cricket:
I sure will, Harry.
Morgan:
Now I'm gonna be pretty busy from now on, so I probably won't see you again. If I ever get up your way...
Slim:
Yeah, do that. I'll leave my address with Frenchie so you can find me.
Morgan:
Maybe I'll know how to whistle by then. So long, Slim.
Slim: [he leaves]
So long, Steve. Well, it was nice while it lasted.
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