Hoagy Carmichael Documentary - Hollywood Walk of Fame

Hoagland Howard Carmichael was an American songwriter, musician, actor, singer, and attorney. 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, electronic microphones, and sound recordings.

Carmichael composed several hundred songs, including 50 that achieved hit record status. 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. He also collaborated with lyricist Johnny Mercer on "Lazybones" and "Skylark". Carmichael's "Ole Buttermilk Sky" was an Academy Award nominee in 1946, from Canyon Passage, in which he co-starred as a musician riding a mule. "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening", with lyrics by Mercer, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1951. Carmichael also appeared as a character actor and musical performer in 14 films, hosted three musical-variety radio programs, performed on television, and wrote two autobiographies.

[PacoOtis]

What a talent! Thanks for sharing this very informative video!

[theresachiorazzi]

He was a good talent he seems like a very nice person cool and calm. I love piano music ❤❤

[marilynfosseen]

Hoagy and Bacall were the best part of To Have and Have Not. I loved his piano playing and the beats that he put to Am I Blue and How Little We Know.

[lemokolyon]

Both Hoagy Carmichael biographies, published as one book, are very interesting. A view on the 1920 30's jazz, his student life, his friendship with another young musician named Bix.

[dianehall]

Informative, but I had hoped for his actual music.

[merkin_muffley]

Carmichael was a brilliant composer. His masterpiece, Stardust, is considered by many to be the most perfect popular song ever written. Its melody line spans three octaves and to this day is a challenge for the best vocalists. Here on YouTube check out the Johnny Carson show where Johnny Mathis takes a run at it, though poor orchestration diminishes the performance. It is my sense that if this song was introduced today to musical fans who were unaware of it, they would fall in love with it. Its musicality is timeless.

If asked who from the boomer generation is today's Hoagy Carmichael, I would not hesitate to recommend Brian Wilson. Both men went through tough times, but their talent and loving family and friends saw them through.

[PabloVestory]

I'm sorry but Hoagy deserves way better than a narrator robot

[bevnfred]

Rockin’ Chair was “covered” by Randy Newman in his award winning theme song to Monsters Inc. I’m not aware of any credit given to Hoagy.

[theoriginalchefboyoboy]

Could've been a really nice doc but the crappy AI voice and lack of music made it barely bearable. I did learn the origin of his name, though...
Fun Fact: Ian Fleming's original description of James Bonds' looks was said to resemble Hoagy Carmichael.

[drbobcaster]

Well organized and presented - but the announcer seems like he is in a race. What's the hurry?