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	Hoagy Carmichael - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carmichael maintained a lifelong affiliation with the university; in 1937 he wrote the song "Chimes of Indiana" which was presented to the school as a gift by the class of 1935.
		Carmichael also holds the distinction of being awarded an honorary doctorate in music by the Indiana University in 1972.
		Carmichael was one of the first ten songwriters inducted into the USA's Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1969.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hoagy_Carmichael (342 words)

	Brief Biography of Hoagy Carmichael
		Carmichael sought out cheap pianos in restaurants, night spots, and brothels where he was allowed to sit in.
		Carmichael closed the chapter on the first of three periods in his life when he left Indiana in 1929 and moved to New York City-where you had to go to make it in the music business.
		In the 1940s, Carmichael's career took off in multiple ways-as a songwriter, as a singer (recording for three labels), as a movie actor, and as a radio star (he had his own series on three networks), and as an author (his first book of memoirs, The Stardust Road, was published in 1946).
	www.dlib.indiana.edu /collections/hoagy/research/bio (2287 words)

	The Official Hoagy Carmichael Web Site
		Hoagland Howard Carmichael was born in 1899 in Bloomington.
		Hoagy kept writing what sounded 'right' and in 1930 made recordings of "Georgia On My Mind," "Rockin' Chair," and "Lazy River." Other artists heard the new songs and within a year Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and the Dorsey brothers had recorded their own versions and were performing them on the new hot medium, radio.
		Hoagy Carmichael himself was still barely known to the public, but they were hearing and singing his songs, and in 1936 Hoagy went to Hollywood where "the rainbow hits the ground for composers."
	www.hoagy.com /bio_short.htm (998 words)

	Stardust: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Hoagland Howard Carmichael was born in 1899 in Bloomington, Indiana.
		Hoagy said, "It threw my judgment out of kilter." When Hoagy played an improvised tune for Bix, the strange young man with the magical horn said, "Whyn't you write music, Hoagy?" The rest of his life was the answer to Bix's question.
		To Have and Have Not w/Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Hoagy Carmichael.
	www.riverwalk.org /proglist/showpromo/hoagy.htm (628 words)

	NPR : Hoagy Carmichael
		Hoagy Carmichael in his apartment in Los Angeles, Calif., taken in the mid-1960s.
		Carmichael was born in 1899 in Indiana -- the same year as Duke Ellington.
		Carmichael worked as a stockbroker, and paid his dues, playing and writing songs at night and getting to know the stars of the Manhattan jazz scene.
	www.npr.org /programs/atc/features/2002/may/hoagy (465 words)

	Hoagy Carmichael
		Hoagy Carmichael is remembered today as one of America's great composers of popular songs.
		Carmichael himself led several other sessions at Gennett, where he recorded the first version of "Stardust" in 1927.
		By 1935 Hoagy was working in Hollywood as a songwriter and he also became a character actor, appearing in over twenty films throughout his career.
	www.redhotjazz.com /hoagy.html (548 words)

	Hoagy Carmichael (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Carmichael was born in Bloomington, EHandler: no quick summary.
		"georgia on my mind" is a song written by stuart gorrell and hoagy carmichael which has become the state song of the u.s.
		Carmichael was one of the first 10 songwriters inducted into the USA's Songwriters Hall of Fame Songwriters Hall of Fame quick summary:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ho/hoagy_carmichael.htm (845 words)

	Hoagy Carmichael: Brilliant Minds: Advancing Indiana: IU
		As one of America's greatest composers, Carmichael is a cultural icon whose songs are among the most memorable and widely recognized of the 20th century.
		To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Carmichael's birth, in 1999 the IU Digital Library Program and the IU Archives of Traditional Musiclaunched a Web site featuring IU's vast collection of materials pertaining to Carmichael.
		The Hoagy Carmichael Collection represents the largest holding of materials pertaining to Carmichael available anywhere in the world, including photos, original lyric sheets, and selections of the songwriter's award-winning music contained in the Archives of Traditional Music.
	advancing.indiana.edu /minds/hoagy.shtml (174 words)

	Jazz/Jerry Jazz Musician/Hoagy Carmichael biographer Richard Sudhalter interview
		Hoagy Carmichael remains, for millions, the enduring voice of heartland America, a beloved counterpoint to the urban sensibility of Cole Porter and George Gershwin.
		Hoagy in those years referred to himself as the "half-educated man." He was ready for figures who would establish the templates on which the rest of his own career was going to be built on.
		It's interesting that Carmichael doesn't play or sing a note in that film, but his performance is, given the passage of half a century, far more compelling than that of Kirk Douglas, which somehow seems forced and never quite convinces you that you are looking at a trumpet player.
	www.jerryjazzmusician.com /linernotes/hoagy_carmichael.html (3328 words)

	Solid! -- Hoagy Carmichael Biography
		Hoagy Carmichael left his mark on the music world as one of the great composers of the twentieth century.
		Carmichael was one of the first inductees into the Songwriting Hall of Fame in 1971.
		Hoagy Carmichael suffered a heart attack and passed away in late 1981.
	www.parabrisas.com /d_carmichaelh.php (367 words)

	Indiana Historical Society
		Following that advice to his death in 1981, Hoagy Carmichael fashioned a string of enduring songs and instrumentals that led to his rise as one of America's foremost songwriters.
		Born in Bloomington, Indiana, on Nov. 22, 1899, Hoagland Howard Carmichael was the first son of Howard Clyde and Lida Mary (Robison) Carmichael.
		The young Carmichael's earliest musical influence was his mother, who supplemented the family's meager income by playing piano for dances at Indiana University and for silent movies.
	www.indianahistory.org /pop_hist/people/hoagy.html (509 words)

	CMT.com : Hoagy Carmichael : Biography
		Carmichael, who was briefly a lawyer, loved jazz almost from the start, and particularly the cornet playing of Bix Beiderbecke.
		Carmichael, as a pianist, vocalist, and occasional trumpeter, eventually abandoned law to concentrate on jazz, particularly after recording "Washboard Blues" with Paul Whiteman in 1927.
		In the 1940s, Carmichael recorded some trio versions of his hits, and in 1956, he cut a full set of vocals while backed by a modern jazz group that included Art Pepper.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/carmichael_hoagy/bio.jhtml (303 words)

	Amazon.com: Ole Buttermilk Sky: Music: Hoagy Carmichael (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Hoagy Carmichael made a surprising number of recordings of his own and others' music.
		In some of the performances of his own material there is the frisson that comes from hearing Carmichael's immense creativity: he brings a feeling of improvisation to the recordings, yet does justice to his own melody, while fully acknowledging the lyric.
		Carmichael had the kind of voice that was an imperfect instrument, yet was ideally suited to anything he chose to sing.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000DHII?v=glance (715 words)

	Hoagy Carmichael
		Carmichael closed the chapter on the first of three periods in his life when he left Indiana in 1929 and moved to New York City—where you had to go to make it in the music business.
		Carmichael was now writing folksy songs that would become jazz standards—notably Rockin’ Chair (copyrighted in 1930) and Lazy River (1931).
		In the 1940s, Carmichael’s career took off in multiple ways—as a songwriter, as a singer (recording for three labels), as a movie actor, and as a radio star (he had his own series on three networks), and as an author (his first book of memoirs, The Stardust Road, was published in 1946).
	www.coutant.org /hoagy.html (2243 words)

	Hoagy Carmichael : Ole Buttermilk Sky - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Hoagy Carmichael recorded a few isolated singles on Decca Records in the late 1930s and early 1940s, then had an exclusive five-year relationship with the label from 1946 to 1951.
		Carmichael is best known as a songwriter, secondarily as a jazz musician and character actor, but these recordings recall Carmichael the recording star, who scored a number one hit with "Huggin' and Chalkin'" in 1947.
		As in the case of that novelty song, many of Carmichael's records featured songs he had not written himself and on which he was accompanied by an orchestra.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,61531,00.html (321 words)

	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Hoagy Carmichael
		Carmichael's roots were in the 1920s Midwest, where traditional Americana intersected with the exciting developments of jazz.
		Hoagland Howard Carmichael was born on November 22, 1899,; in Bloomington,; Indiana.
		Carmichael's earliest surviving composition, the honky-tonk "Riverboat Shuffle," was written in 1924 and recorded by the Wolverines, Beiderbecke's jazz band (Carmichael, incidentally, wrote the soundtrack music and played a supporting role in Hollywood's 1950 fictionalized version of Beiderbecke's life, Young Man with a Horn, starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, and Doris Day).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200194 (193 words)

	Digital Star Dust: The Hoagy Carmichael Collection at Indiana University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Hoagy Carmichael Project will accomplish two goals: first, it will preserve and digitize unique resources that appeal both to the general public and to scholars of twentieth-century American music; and second, the Project will provide a model for presenting these various media through a Web site that is meaningful to these distinct audiences.
		Carmichael valued his association with the community and University, and as a result, he and his heirs have contributed to Indiana University many materials pertaining to Carmichael's career.
		November 22, 1999, was the Centennial of Hoagy Carmichael's birth in Bloomington, Indiana.
	firstmonday.org /issues/issue5_6/brancolini/index.html (6040 words)

	Hoagy Carmichael
		Actor/singer/composer Hoagy Carmichael was taught piano by his mother in his native Bloomington, Indiana.
		Carmichael worked his way through the University of Indiana law school by performing with his own three-piece band.
		Finally giving in to the inevitable, Carmichael began making records as an orchestra leader; among his musicians were the Dorsey brothers, Benny Goodman, and Carmichael's personal hero and closest friend, jazz trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke.
	www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P+84200 (206 words)

	Hoagy - The Hoagy Carmichael Musical
		At once a loving tribute and a grand entertainment, Hoagy is a jazzy and sensual celebration of Hoagy Carmichael, one of the greatest American songwriters that ever lived and a true legend of popular music.
		Hoagy shines the spotlight on these and many more memorable songs.
		And in the tradition of Jolson and Company, Hoagy chronicles the life and times of its title character, with a singer/actor giving a tour de force performance as Hoagy Carmichael, supported by another singer, dancers, and an on-stage band.
	www.cabaretscenes.com /LBNReleases/Hoagy.htm (131 words)

	Hoagy Carmichael News
		The Hoagy Carmichael Landmark Project has received $108,000 in donations and pledges to build a bronze, life-sized statue of the jazz composer, organizers said.
		Statue of Hoagy Carmichael to be erected in Bloomington
		Plans for a life-size bronze statue of jazz great Hoagy Carmichael were revealed during a ceremony at a park where it will make its permanent home in 2006.
	www.topix.net /who/hoagy-carmichael (575 words)

	Hoagy Carmichael - Stark Reality
		Born in Bloomington, Indiana in 1899, Carmichael studied to be a lawyer before settling his heart in the realm where it rightly belonged - music.
		By the 1960s the entertainment industry that Carmichael had thrived within for over thirty years was a different place altogether.
		Hoagy Bix Carmichael, was in tune with what made the kids tick, and he was determined to keep his father's music fresh.
	home.att.net /~montystark/hoagy.html (294 words)

	Hoagy Carmichael @ peermusic - The Independent Major
		Reggie le enseñó a Hoagy como hacer "saltar" a la música y le dió el credo por el cual vivió: Nunca toques algo que no suena bien.
		Hoagy describe su sorpresa la primera vez que escuchó una grabación de "Stardust.
		Hoagy encontró muchas canciones dentro del libro de cuentos de su vida, y quizas su viaje personal comenzó una noche cuando, de niño, escuchó la banda de Louis Jordan, y se volvió loco por el Jazz.
	www.peermusic.com /artistpage/Hoagy_Carmichael.html (789 words)

	Amazon.ca: Stardust Melody: The Life and Music of Hoagy Carmichael: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Sudhalter draws from numerous interviews, archival material, recorded music and Carmichael's personal papers to show that the laid-back man at the piano, cigarette dangling from his lips, was, for the most part, image.
		Carmichael, far from being carefree, embodies the American myth hardworking, self-taught, recognized for his efforts and pushed aside by the next big thing: rock and roll.
		Hoagy Carmichael's college roommate, Hank Wells, claimed all his life that Hoagy, consciously or subcon- scioujsly, stole Star Dust from him.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0195131207 (1017 words)

	Hoagy Carmichael Collection
		Carmichael family and friends (late-1800s to 1920s-1930s), including Hoagy Carmichael as a child.
		Hoagy Carmichael's personal and career life (1920s to mid-1940s), including his early career, marriage and own family.
		Hoagy Carmichael's career life (1960s - 1981), including portraits, work in radio and television, concerts, and appearances at award receptions.
	www.letrs.indiana.edu /cgi-bin/hoagy-idx.pl?type=header&idno=ATM-MC2-3 (135 words)

	Carmichael, Hoagy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Bloomington, Ind. While still a student at Indiana Univ. he was influenced by a number of jazz musicians.
		Carmichael also played in and recorded with a number of bands.
		His easygoing charm made him a popular celebrity and was apparent in his film roles, e.g., in To Have and Have Not (1944) and Young Man with a Horn (1950).
	www.bartleby.com /65/ca/CarmichH.html (192 words)

	Todd Peach's Hoagy Carmichael Bio Page
		Nicknamed "Hoagy" by a college sweetheart, he led a band called"Carmichael's Collegeans" where he gained noriety on the campus.
		Hoagy was now developing a solid reputation as a songwriter and by 1930, his compositions, Georgia on My Mind, (lyrics by Stuart Gorrell), "Rockin' Chair," "Lazy River," (with Sidney Arodin), and "Lazybones" (lyrics by Johnny Mercer).were recorded.
		In 1953, Hoagy becomes TV host for the variety program "The Saturday Night Revue," a summer replacement for Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows." He kept on writing and recording up until the late 50's when he recorded "Hoagy Sings Charmichael" backed by a full orchestra.
	www.thepeaches.com /music/composers/hoagy/Bio.html (610 words)

	Hoagy Carmichael - MSN Encarta
		Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981), American composer of popular music.
		He practiced law before turning to writing songs full time.
		Carmichael's most famous song, “Stardust” (1929), quickly became a standard among popular songs.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761568101 (81 words)

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