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Hoagy Carmichael Musical artist

Howard Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) 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.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Carmichael Howard Hoagland
Birth date	November 22, 1899
Birth place	Bloomington Indiana , Indiana
Date of death	December 27, 1981
Place of death	California , Rancho Mirage California

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