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  HOGLAND HOWARD CARMICHAEL

 (1899-1981)

  Was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader.

   he is best known for writing STARDUST 1927, which has been called
   the most recorded American song ever written.

Carmichael was born in Bloomington, Indiana.  he attended Indiana University at Bloomington,
where he received his Bachelor's degree in 1925 and a Law degree in 1926.

He originally studied law while playing music on the side, but he eventually decided to devote his
energies to music.
Carmichael devoted a lifelong affiliation with the university: in 1937 he wrote the song, CHIMES
OF INDIANA which was presented to the school in 1936.

It was made Indiana's official Alma Mater in 1978.
 Carmichael holds the distinction of being awarded an Honorary Doctorate
 by the university in 1972.

 Aside from STARDUST, he wrote RIVERBOAT SHUFFLE, ROCKIN' CHAIR,   WASHBOARD BLUES,HEART & SOUL, NEW ORLEANS, and GEORGIA ON MY MIND, collaborating with Sidney Arodin on the standard UP A LAZY RIVER.

His collaboration with Johnny Mercer, IN THE COOL COOL COOL OF THE EVENING, won the 1952 Oscar for the best original song.
Carmichael was one of the first ten songwriters inducted into the United States Songwriters
Hall of Fame in 1969.

Hoagy Carmichael appeared as an actor in at least 14 motion pictures, most notably the
Humphrey Bogart-Lauren Bacall classic TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN, with Bacall and Kirk Douglas, and THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES with Myrna Loy and
Frederick March, often singing and playing the piano with his own compositions.
Carmichael wrote two autobiographies: THE STARDUST ROAD, 1946 and SOMETIMES I WONDER 1965.  He also voiced a stone-age parody of himself STONEY CARMICHAEL on an episode of
THE FLINTSTONES.

He died of a heart attack in Rancho Mirage California.
He is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, in Bloomington.

Author Ian Fleming wrote in his novels CASINO ROYALE and MOONRAKER, that British Secret
Agent James Bond resembled Hoagy Carmichael.

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