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November 22, 2010

Happy birthday, Hoagy Carmichael (Nov 22, 1899 - Dec 27, 1981)

Hoagy et aHere's Hoagy in a scene from The Best Years of Our Lives. He wrote a number of wonderful songs with Johnny Mercer as lyricist. Everyone knows and loves "Skylark." Not so many know "How Little We Know," which Hoagy plays on the piano while Lauren Bacall (assisted by the young Andy Williams in the dubbing room) sings in To Have and Have Not, the movie in which the foxy young brunette (nee Betty Perske) teaches Humphrey Bogart how to whistle. Happy birthday, Mr Carmichael of Bloomington, Indiana. Your music will live as long as ears can hear.-- DL

Posted by on November 22, 2010 at 12:32 AM in Movies, Music |

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Oh, Hoagy. I'm kvelling...

Posted by: Laura Orem | November 22, 2010 at 09:20 AM

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